Colorado St. 95, TCU 89

Colorado St. 95, TCU 89

Published Jan. 15, 2012 12:08 a.m. ET

Will Bell scored a career-high 23 points and Wes Eikmeier had four of his 21 in the second overtime as Colorado State outlasted TCU 95-89 in a Mountain West opener Saturday night.

Bell also had eight rebounds and blocked a shot that secured the victory for the Rams (12-4, 1-0), who won their seventh straight. Dorian Green added 19 points.

Hank Thorns scored 21 points and Amric Fields 20 for the Horned Frogs (10-6, 0-1), who lost their 12th consecutive conference road game. Garlon Green added 14 points and 12 rebounds for the Horned Frogs, who last won a Mountain West road game on Feb. 13, 2009, at Wyoming.

TCU led 89-87 on Garlon Green's dunk in the second overtime, but the Rams scored the next six points to go up 93-89. Bell blocked Kyan Anderson's layup with 23 seconds remaining, and Eikmeier sealed it with two free throws.

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