Less than one year after suffering a serious knee injury, Baylor's Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua returned to the basketball court on Saturday, playing his first minutes of the season.

With 13:06 left in the first half of Saturday's game against Texas Tech, Tchamwa Tchatchoua went to the scorer's table and checked into the game, earning a standing ovation from the Ferrell Center crowd.

He helped spark Baylor to an 89-62 win over the Red Raiders, playing 14 minutes and finishing with eight points and four rebounds - making both of his 3-point attempts in the process.

Tchamwa Tchatchoua went down with a season-ending left knee injury against Texas on Feb. 12, 2022, suffering multiple torn ligaments and nerve damage. He underwent two surgeries, first to repair his knee and then to address the nerve damage, and was not given a definitive timetable to return.

Tchamwa Tchatchoua returned to practice earlier this season and began taking part in pregame warmups in late January.

"Jon is somebody, again, he's a walking miracle," Drew said last month. "That's an injury that some people don't expect you to ever come back from. And not only is he on pace to come back, but do it in record time."

In a video released before the season, Tchamwa Tchatchoua described the arduous process of recovering from his injuries in an attempt to return to the court.

"It's crazy because even to this day, I still go back to like, that same spot on the court where I got hurt and just sit down here," he said. "And just think like, what if I didn't step this way? What if I didn't step that far? So it's just crazy to see like, how a couple millimeters or centimeters just can change your life."

"If anyone can come back from an injury like this, Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua is that guy," Drew said in the video.