TCU
Texas Tech
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3/2/2026 1:50:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Horned Frogs face Red Raiders at 6 p.m. on Tuesday
FORT WORTH – TCU (19-10, 9-7) will play its final road game of the season on Tuesday at 6 p.m. at No. 10 Texas Tech (22-7, 12-4). The game will air on FS1.
NOTES
- TCU has won six of its last seven games, which is its most Big 12 wins for a TCU team over a seven-game stretch.
- TCU has outrebounded its opponents in each of the last seven games with an overall margin of +6.6.
- TCU is 6-5 away from Schollmaier Arena this season, including 4-5 in road games.
- TCU is 2-3 against top 10 ranked teams this season with wins over No. 5 Iowa State and No. 10 Florida.
- TCU has beaten a ranked Texas Tech team four times in the last six seasons.
- The Frogs received two points in this week's AP Top 25 Poll.
- Six of TCU's losses were by six points or less. Four of its losses were to four of the current top five ranked teams.
- TCU has swept three Big 12 opponents for the second time ever and the first since 2018.
- TCU has a program-best nine Big 12 wins for the fourth-straight season and fifth time overall.
- The Frogs last had more than nine conference wins in the 1997-98 season when they were 14-0 in the WAC.
- A win Tuesday would give TCU 20 wins for the fourth time in the last five seasons and seven times in the last 10.
- Sophomore David Punch leads the team in points (13.9) and rebounds (6.6).
- Punch is one of two players averaging at least 13.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.0 assist, 1.0 steal and 2.0 blocks.
- Punch's 2.1 blocks per game ranks third in the Big 12 and 24th nationally.
- TCU is 5-1 since Micah Robinson was inserted into the starting lineup.
- Robinson is averaging 10.6 points this season and a team-best 14.0 points since being a starter the last six games.
- Xavier Edmonds ranks seventh in the Big 12 with 8.3 rebounds per game in conference play.
- Edmonds is averaging more points (14.6-10.5) and rebounds (8.6-4.2) in Big 12 play than he did in nonconference.
- Edmonds' nine double-doubles this season is the most at TCU since Kevin Samuel in 2020 (11).
- Edmonds' nine double-doubles are tied with JT Toppin (TTU) for the most in Big 12 play.
- Liutauras Lelevicius is TCU's top 3-point threat at 40.2 percent. He is shooting 46.9 percent in Big 12 play.
- Brock Harding ranks third in the Big 12 and 25th nationally with 5.9 assists per game.
- Harding has had four or more assists in all but two (at CU, at UCF) Big 12 game.
- Harding ranks fifth in the Big 12 with 1.75 steals per game.
- Harding is one of seven players in the Big 12 averaging at least 8.0 points, 5.0 assists and 1.0 steal.
- TCU ranks 23rd in defensive efficiency with a rating of 98.2 according to KenPom.
- TCU ranks second in the Big 12 with 13.9 turnovers forced per game.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 in turnover margin at +2.9.
- TCU has had less than 10 turnovers in a game 10 times this season and in three of the last five games.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 with 7.1 steals per game.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 28th nationally with 14.7 fastbreak points per game.
- TCU ranks second in the Big 12 and 28th nationally with 4.7 blocks per game.
- It is Jamie Dixon's 10th season with the Horned Frogs. His 523 career wins ranks 20th among active coaches.
- Dixon is one of just 11 active head coaches who have made at least 15 appearances in the NCAA Tournament.
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
- Texas Tech is 22-7 overall and 12-4 in the Big 12, which is tied for second in the league with Houston. The Red Raiders have won three straight including an 82-73 win over No. 4 Iowa State on Saturday.
- Tech ranks ninth in offensive efficiency (126.6) and 28th in defensive efficiency (99.0). The Red Raiders lead the Big 12 and rank fifth nationally with 11.5 3-pointers made per game.
- Since the season-ending injury to Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year JT Toppin, guard Christian Anderson has led the Red Raiders. Anderson is averaging 19.4 points and a Big 12 best 7.7 assists per game which ranks third nationally.
SERIES HISTORY
- Texas Tech leads the all-time series 88-57. The Red Raiders leads the series in Lubbock, 52-17.
- The Frogs have won five of the last seven including the last meeting, 69-66, in Fort Worth.
- TCU has lost two-straight at Tech with its last win coming on Feb. 25, 2023 by the score of 83-82.
LAST TIME OUT
- TCU closed the game on a 10-3 run in a 77-68 win at Kansas State on Saturday.
- Xavier Edmonds led TCU in scoring with 15 points and rebounding with a career-high tying 13 boards.
- The Frogs had just eight turnovers and forced the Wildcats into 18.
UP NEXT
- TCU will conclude the regular season at home on Saturday against Cincinnati which will air on TNT.
