FORT WORTH, Texas -- Vladimir Brodziansky scored 11 straight points for TCU late in the second half and Jaylen Fisher hit a tie-breaking 3-pointer in the final minute as the Horned Frogs defeated Illinois State 80-71 on Monday.Brodziansky finished with 24 points on 7-of-8 shooting for the Horned Frogs (4-0), keeping new coach Jamie Dixon undefeated at his alma mater. The 4-0 record is the best start for any first-year coach in TCU history.This was a very good win against a very good team, Dixon said. Were making great progress. You can feel it building. You can feel it happening. And you can see it happening.It was a back-and-forth game that featured seven ties and 11 lead changes, many of them down the stretch. Illinois State (1-2) led for much of the second half until Brodziansky took over, getting open look after open look in the paint. In one stretch, he scored 14 of 17 points for TCU as it built a three-point lead.My teammates were finding me in the open spot, and I just had to finish it, Brodziansky said. I was just 2 feet from the basket, so I had an easy job to finish it.The Redbirds fought back behind a 3-pointer from Paris Lee and a pair of free throws from MiKyle McIntosh to take a 70-69 lead. With the score tied at 71, Fisher, a freshman point guard, hit a 3-pointer with 41 seconds left to give TCU the lead for good.TCU outscored Illinois State 34-18 in the paint and had a 43-19 advantage from bench players. Fisher finished with 15 points and five assists, while point guard Alex Robinson added 14 points and six assists.Guard Kenrich Williams had 13 points and 10 rebounds for TCU in his first start after missing all of last season with a knee injury. He played 20 minutes Friday in his first action back.McIntosh had 20 points and nine rebounds for Illinois State.BIG PICTUREIllinois State: Lee, a senior guard, was a difference-maker against TCUs young backcourt. Lee is the Missouri Valley Conferences active career leader in assists and steals. He had seven assists and two steals against TCU, to go along with 13 points.TCU: After making at least 10 3-pointers in each of their last two games, the Horned Frogs cooled off against the Redbirds. They were just 1-of-3 from deep in the first half, and made just six 3s overall.NO BUZZER BEATERIllinois States Keyshawn Evans hit a 3-pointer with 5 seconds left to close out the first half, but TCUs Robinson nearly answered. His running 3 from just inside the midcourt line initially counted, but the officials waived it off after checking the replay, indicating it came just after the halftime buzzer sounded.HIGHLIGHT REELThe games most spectacular play came in the second half, when Evans and Phil Fayne connected on an alley-oop. Evans was about 25 feet out when he tossed the lob to Fayne, who came from the baseline for the dunk.UP NEXTIllinois State: The Redbirds have three straight home games on the schedule, beginning Sunday against Ferris State, followed by matchups with IUPUI and New Mexico.TCU: After starting the season with four straight games at home, the Horned Frogs head to Las Vegas, Nevada for the Global Sports Classic. They play UNLV on Friday and either Western Kentucky or Washington on Saturday. They may end up with consecutive games against Washington, as the Huskies come to Fort Worth on Nov. 30. Khalil Mack Bears Jersey . However, he did make them miss him a little less. 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NEW YORK -- After losing four of their first five games in August, the Cleveland Indians lead second-place Detroit by just two games in the AL Central.We cant keep looking over our back and see whose trying to catch us, Josh Tomlin said Friday night after a 13-7 loss to the New York Yankees. If we keep winning games, then no one can catch us.Tomlin (11-4) allowed a season-high seven earned runs and nine hits in 4 2/3 innings and is 3-3 in 10 outings since an 8-1 start. Starlin Castro hit a third-inning grand slam that gave the Yankees a 6-0 lead in the series opener, and Jacoby Ellsbury had his first four-hit game since May 3 last year.Cleveland held a 6 1/2-game lead at the All-Star break, but the Tigers have cut the gap by winning nine of their last 10.Were a confident group, Indians first baseman Mike Napoli said. We know we got a good team. Its a long season. You go through some good stretches. You go through some bad stretches -- just about trying to minimize them.New York had 16 hits, including at least one by every starter, and the Indians failed to retire the Yankees in order in any inning.Michael Pineda (6-10) won for the third time in four outings following a six-start winless streak, allowing four runs and six hits in six-plus innings. His ERA rose slightly to 5.17.You could look at his ERA and you try to figure out because, man, thats electric stuff, Indians manager Terry Francona said.Brian McCann hit an RBI double in the third and, with runners at second and third, Tomlin intentionally walked Chase Headley. Two pitches later, Castro sent a cutter over the right-field scoreboard for his 12th homer this season and first career slam.Tomlin has allowed 26 homers, tied for the big league lead with Kansas Citys Ian Kennedy and Chris Young, and Torontos R.dddddddddddd. Dickey.Too many pitches out of the plate, Tomlin said. Just didnt execute when I needed too, and then left a pitch up out of the plate to Castro and he put a good swing on it, changed the game.Chris Gimenez, a .198 hitter coming in, hit a three-run homer in the Cleveland fifth, his third home run this season.Gimenez hung in there on a breaking ball enough to kind of get us that three, at least make it interesting, Francona said.Shawn Morimando, a 23-year-old left-hander recalled before the game, made his second big league appearance and gave up four runs while getting three outs as the Yankees stretched their lead to 11-4. He walked four in a two-run sixth inning, then gave up Aaron Hicks leadoff homer and Brett Gardners stand-up triple in the seventh.He allowed two runs over 3 2/3 innings at Toronto on July 2 in his big league debut and has an 11.57 ERA.Kind of sped up, and I wasnt able to come back and execute like I was when I first came out, Morimando said. Its a learning process.STREAKINGFrancisco Mejia, a 20-year-old Indians catching prospect, doubled in the first inning for Class A Lynchburg, extending his hitting streak to 47 games. The first 22 games of the streak were for Class A Lake County.UP NEXTLHP CC Sabathia (6-8) starts for the Yankees against his first big league club after going 1-4 with a 6.85 in his last eight starts. RHP Corey Kluber (10-8), the 2014 AL Cy Young Award winner, starts for the Indians. ' ' '