FWST: Slow-starting and cold-shooting, TCU swamped in Big 12 road finale
BY CARLOS MENDEZÂ [email protected]
MANHATTAN, KAN.  – Sometimes the ball doesn’t go down for TCU. Usually, it’s on the road.
TCU shot 33.3 percent for the second time in a Big 12 road game this year, falling 79-54 at Kansas State on Wednesday night.
The Frogs started 8-for-16 shooting but went 10 or 38 after that, leaving themselves no chance to pick up their first road victory in the league this year. They went winless in Big 12 road games for the third time in the four years they have been in the league.
“I just would have liked for us to have shot the ball better, and I would have liked for us to have had maybe one more man out there,†TCU coach Trent Johnson said. “I mean, I played Karviar Shepherd too long. He’s had some back problems. I had to play him.â€
Shepherd started for the first time since Jan. 23 and finished with eight points, seven rebounds and an assist in 20 minutes. …