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Preview: at No. 11 BYU - TCU Athletics
FORT WORTH – TCU (11-5, 1-2) will play its third-straight AP Top 25 opponent on Wednesday at 10 p.m. CT at No. 11 BYU (15-1, 3-0) on ESPN2.
Preview: at No. 11 BYU
TCU is 3-1 away from home this seasonLive Stats
FORT WORTH – TCU (11-5, 1-2) will play its third-straight AP Top 25 opponent on Wednesday at 10 p.m. CT at No. 11 BYU (15-1, 3-0) on ESPN2.
NOTES
- TCU is 3-1 away from home this season with its lone loss at No. 22 Kansas.
- TCU is 1-3 against AP Top 25 teams this season with a win over No. 10 Florida.
- Of TCU's seven road wins against AP Top 25 teams, six have occurred under Dixon.
- The Frogs are 2-3 in NET Q1 games.
- Junior Tanner Toolson played at BYU in the 2022-23 season. His father, Andy, played and coached for the Cougars.
- Xavier Edmonds, who played the past two years at Salt Lake CC, is averaging 10.4 points and 4.2 rebounds.
- Sophomore David Punch leads the team in points (14.1) and rebounds (7.8).
- Punch has scored in double figures in 11-straight games.
- Punch is one of two players nationally averaging at least 14 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 2 blocks.
- Punch's 2.56 blocks per game ranks first in the Big 12 and 11th nationally.
- Punch ranks 10th in the Big 12 with 7.8 rebounds per game.
- Punch's free throw percentage has improved from 52.9 percent last season to 66.7 percent this season.
- Senior Jayden Pierre is at 956 career points, 44 away from 1,000.
- Pierre scored 12 points against BYU last season while playing for Providence.
- Harding ranks fourth in the Big 12 and 23rd nationally with 6.2 assists per game.
- Harding ranks fifth in the Big 12 with 2.0 steals per game.
- Harding is one of three players in the country averaging at least 8 points, 6 assists and 2 steals.
- Sophomore Micah Robinson has come off the bench in every game and averages 10.1 points per game.
- Junior Liutauras Lelevicius is 24-of-24 from the free throw line, tied for the most in the nation without a miss.
- TCU ranks 26th nationally in KenPom's defensive efficiency rating at 98.5 and 27th in turnover percentage at 20.6.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 with 14.7 turnovers forced per game.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 42nd nationally in turnover margin at +3.3.
- TCU ranks fifth in the Big 12 with 7.9 steals per game.
- TCU ranks fifth in the Big 12 and 35th nationally with 16.13 fastbreak points per game.
- TCU ranks second in the Big 12 and 11th nationally with 5.8 blocks per game.
- It is Jamie Dixon's 10th season with the Horned Frogs. His 515 career wins ranks 20th among active coaches.
- 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.
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
- No. 11 BYU is 15-1 this season and 3-0 in the Big 12 following Saturday's 89-84 win at Utah. The Cougars' lone loss was to No. 3 UConn, 86-84, in Boston, Mass. on Nov. 15.
- BYU is ranked in the top 20 in both offense (eighth) and defense (17th) according to KenPom.
- Freshman AJ Dybantsa is the nation's fourth-leading scorer at 22.9 points per game. The top-recruit in the country is on the top of most NBA Draft boards. He's had nine-straight games with at least 20 points.
- Richie Saunders is the Big 12 Player of the Week after scoring a career-high 31 points against Arizona State and then 24 points and a career-high tying 14 rebounds at Utah last week.
SERIES HISTORY
- BYU leads the all-time series 20-4, including a 10-1 advantage in Provo.
- The Horned Frogs won last season's meeting, 71-67, in Fort Worth on Jan. 11. Noah Reynolds made the game-winning layup with 25.3 seconds remaining.
- Micah Robinson (10 points) and David Punch (7) were the only two active players this year to score in that game.
- In the last meeting in Provo, TCU led by 17 points at halftime before falling, 87-75, on March 2, 2024.
- TCU's last win in Provo was Feb. 13, 1997, 92-80. The Cougars have won seven straight meetings in Provo.
LAST TIME OUT
- TCU fell behind early and was unable to take a lead in an 86-73 loss to No. 1 Arizona on Saturday.
- The 13-point margin was the closest any team had played the undefeated Wildcats in 11 games.
- Tanner Toolson came off the bench and scored 17 of his team-high 20 points in the second half.
UP NEXT
- TCU will continue its road swing on Saturday for a 1 p.m. CT game at Utah on TNT.
