Sports shorts Monsters beat Griffins, 2-1

Tyler Motte and Cameron Gaunce each scored goals in the third period to lift the Monsters to a 2-1 victory over the Grand Rapids Griffins on Jan. 13.

Gaunce scored a minute into the final period and Motte added his tally three minutes.

Matt Puempel scored with 20 seconds remaining for the Griffins.

Trae Young scored 29 of his 43 points after halftime, and No. 9 Oklahoma defeated No. 16 TCU, 102-97, in overtime on Saturday.

Young, the freshman who leads the nation in scoring and assists, also had 11 rebounds and seven assists. Brady Manek added 22 points for the Sooners (14-2, 4-1 Big 12), who made a school-record 19 3-pointers.

It was Young’s second dominant performance against TCU this season. He had 39 points and 14 assists and made the game-winning free throws with 7 seconds left in a 90-89 win over the Horned Frogs on Dec. 30.

Jaylen Fisher had a career-high 22 points and Vlad Brodziansky added 21 for TCU (13-4, 1-4), which lost its second overtime game of the week. TCU lost to Texas in double-overtime on Wednesday after Fisher missed what would have been the go-ahead layup in the closing seconds.

TCU’s losses are by a combined 11 points, and three have been in overtime

Keenan Evans scored 20 points, Brandone Francis had a career-high 17 and No. 8 Texas Tech won the firstever Top 10 matchup on its home court, beating second-ranked West Virginia, 72-71, on Saturday.

Evans hit a lean-in jumper to give the Red Raiders (15-2, 4-1 Big 12) a four-point lead in the final minute and send the first sellout crowd of the season into a frenzy. The Mountaineers had their nation-leading 15game winning streak stopped.