TCU
Houston
Preview: No. 10 Houston
1/26/2026 5:11:00 PM | Men's Basketball
All fans are encouraged to wear black
FORT WORTH – Winners of two-straight games, TCU (13-7, 3-4) will host No. 10 Houston (17-2, 5-1) on Wednesday at 8 p.m. on ESPN2.
The game is TCU men's basketball's annual black out. All fans are encouraged to match the team and wear black. Tickets are available by visiting the TCU Ticket Office at GoFrogs.com/tickets.
NOTES
- The Horned Frogs are 8-4 at home this season.
- TCU is 1-4 against AP Top 25 teams this season. The win came against another No. 10-ranked team in Florida.
- TCU is 10-9 against AP Top 25 teams at home since the 2021-22 season.
- The Frogs have won six of the last nine games against top 10 opponents at home.
- Of TCU's four Big 12 losses, three were by six points or less.
- Sophomore David Punch leads the team in points (14.6) and rebounds (7.8).
- Punch missed the last game against Baylor due to illness following consecutive career-high 22-point games.
- Punch is one of two players nationally averaging at least 14 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 2 blocks.
- Punch's 2.4 blocks per game ranks second in the Big 12 and 16th nationally.
- Punch ranks ninth in the Big 12 with 7.8 rebounds per game.
- Punch's free throw percentage has improved from 52.9 percent last season to 61.4 percent this season.
- Jayden Pierre is TCU's top 3-point shooter at 42.7 percent. He has made a three in all but two games.
- Brock Harding ranks fourth in the Big 12 and 19th nationally with 6.3 assists per game.
- Harding has had five or more assists in every Big 12 game and nine-straight games overall.
- Harding has had five or more assists in 15 games this season, which ranks as the 13th most nationally.
- Harding ranks fifth in the Big 12 with 1.9 steals per game.
- Harding is one of three players in the Big 12 averaging at least 8 points, 6 assists and 1 steal.
- Xavier Edmonds has recorded back-to-back double-doubles and is averaging 11.7 points and 5.0 rebounds.
- Edmonds earned a spot on this week's Big 12 Starting Five.
- Sophomore Micah Robinson has come off the bench in all but one game and averages 9.7 points.
- Junior Liutauras Lelevicius is 26-of-26 from the free throw line, the most in the nation without a miss.
- TCU ranks 20th nationally in KenPom's defensive efficiency rating at 98.2.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 with 14.5 turnovers forced per game.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 50th nationally in turnover margin at +3.2.
- TCU has had less than 10 turnovers in a game seven times this season.
- TCU ranks sixth in the Big 12 with 7.7 steals per game.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 26th nationally with 15.8 fastbreak points per game.
- TCU ranks second in the Big 12 and 15th nationally with 5.4 blocks per game.
- It is Jamie Dixon's 10th season with the Horned Frogs. His 517 career wins ranks 20th among active coaches.
- Under Dixon in Schollmaier Arena, TCU is 125-44 overall and 48-36 in Big 12 games.
- Dixon was inducted into the Southwest Conference Hall of Fame in August.
- Dixon is one of just 11 active head coaches who have made at least 15 appearances in the NCAA Tournament.
COACHES VS. CANCER WEEK
- TCU will be joining coaches all over the country in participation of Coaches vs. Cancer's Suits and Sneakers Week, an annual collaboration between the American Cancer Society and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
- In the game vs. Houston on Wednesday and its game at Colorado on Sunday, TCU coaches and staff will wear shoes painted by patients at Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth.
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
- Houston is 17-2 overall and 5-1 in the Big 12 following their first loss in conference play on Saturday at Texas Tech, 90-86.
- The Cougars rank in the top 15 in both offense (15) and defense (7) efficiency. Houston allows 61.6 points per game, which is the third fewest in the country. Offensively, Houston takes care of the ball well at just 8.5 turnovers per game, which ranks second nationally and a turnover margin of 6.7, which ranks third.
- The Cougars are led in scoring by Kingston Flemings' 17.0 points per game. Emanuel Sharp, the 2025 Midwest Regional Most Outstanding Player, is averaging 16.1 points in his senior season.
SERIES HISTORY
- Houston leads the all-time series 50-26 and has won the last two meetings.
- TCU leads the series in games played in Fort Worth, 19-14. The Frogs have won four of the past five at home.
- In the last meeting in Fort Worth, TCU defeated No. 2 Houston, 68-67, on Jan. 13, 2024.
LAST TIME OUT
- For the first time since 2018, TCU swept the season series with Baylor after winning 97-90 on Saturday in Waco.
- The Horned Frogs led by as many as 17 points with 5:52 to play and made 35 of 43 free throw attempts.
- Jayden Pierre (25 points) and Xavier Edmonds (23 points) each scored a career high.
UP NEXT
- TCU will play at Colorado on Sunday at 1 p.m. on TNT.
