TCU
8-3,0-0Big 12
Oral Roberts
5-9,0-0Summit League
TCU Powers Over Oral Roberts, 72-53
12/18/2025 10:54:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Punch finishes with 17 points and six rebounds
FORT WORTH – TCU never trailed in a 72-53 win over Oral Roberts Thursday night at Schollmaier Arena.
David Punch led all scorers with 17 points and tied with Micah Robinson as the leading rebounder with six boards. Punch also had three blocked shots, helping the defensive effort that held Oral Roberts (5-9) to 38.5 percent shooting from the field.
Following a 38-25 halftime lead, TCU (8-3) led by as many as 25 points in the second half. A Brock Harding jump shot made it, 56-31, with 12:16 to play. Harding finished with six points, three assist and no turnovers, part of another low turnover night for the Horned Frogs which finished with eight.
The Horned Frogs received great production from Harding's backcourt teammate, Jayden Pierre. The senior guard scored 12 points on 2-of-5 shooting from three and tied season highs in assists with four and steals with three.
Coming off the bench, Robinson scored nine points, Tanner Toolson finished with eight and freshman guard Kayden Edwards hit a 3-pointer and finished with a season-best seven points.
For the third-straight game, TCU won the rebounding battle, 38-26.
TCU, which has won five of its last six games, continues its stretch of three home games in seven days with a matchup with Florida A&M on Sunday at 3 p.m. on ESPN+.
TEAM NOTES
- TCU leads the all-time series 5-1.
- TCU improved to 5-3 at home this season.
- TCU improved to 92-21 under Jamie Dixon in November and December games combined.
- TCU improved to 111-20 against nonconference teams under Dixon, including 74-7 in Schollmaier Arena.
- TCU finished with a season-low eight turnovers for the second-straight game.
- TCU outrebounded ORU, 38-26. The Frogs improved to 7-0 this season, 147-44 under Jamie Dixon and 156-44 since the 2015-16 season when outrebounding their opponent.
- TCU shot 48.2 percent and held ORU to 38.5 percent. The Frogs improved to 118-3 when outrebounding and outshooting their opponent from the field under Dixon.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
- David Punch had a game-high 17 points. It was his sixth-straight game with 12 or more points.
- Punch led TCU in rebounding for the seventh-straight game with six boards.
- Micah Robinson tied Punch for team-high honors with six rebounds.
- Punch had three blocked shots. He has at least one block in all 11 games this season. The last player with such a streak was Kevin Samuel in 2020-21 with 11.
- Tanner Toolson had a season-high five rebounds. It was his second-straight game with a season high rebound total.
- Toolson played a season-high 27 minutes.
- Jayden Pierre finished 2-of-5 from 3-point range. He's made a three in 10 of 11 games this season.
- Pierre led TCU in assists for the second-straight game with a season-high tying four.
- Pierre tied a season high with three steals.
- Freshman Kayden Edwards scored a season-high seven points.
- Edwards' 11 minutes played was the most this season.
