FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Gabe Madsen scored 17 points, Keanu Dawes added 16 and Utah never trailed in a 73-65 victory over TCU on Wednesday night. Lawson Lovering added 11 points and Mike Sharavjamts 10 for Utah (10-6, 2-3 Big 12). Jake Wahlin grabbed 11 rebounds to go with eight points.

Keanu Dawes delivered another stellar performance as Utah basketball secured a pivotal 73-65 road victory over the TCU Horned Frogs, marking their first Big 12

TCU trailed by double digits most of the second half, but did make a late charge to cut Utah’s lead to 65-59 with 1:09 left on the clock. The Horned Frogs got a stop and had a chance to cut it to four, but Allette’s layup at the rim was blocked and TCU’s comeback attempt fell short.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Utah picked up its first road win of the season on Wednesday night, and it came at a good time for the Runnin’ Utes. Utah went into Schollmaier Arena and beat TCU 73-65 for the Utes’ second straight loss, helping continue to right the ship a bit before a big rivalry matchup this weekend.

Prince finished the game off in the second half by continuing to play more bully ball against the Knights. Leading 72-55, Prince scored six straight points to stretch the lead to 78-58. UCF made things interesting in the final minutes with 12-2 run that cut TCU’s lead to 87-81, but Van Lith made a free throw to thwart a late game collapse.