TCU
Florida
Preview: vs. No. 10 Florida
11/25/2025 10:40:00 AM | Men's Basketball
TCU begins play in the Rady Children’s Invitational on Thursday
FORT WORTH – TCU will begin play in the Rady Children's Invitational on Thursday, Nov. 27 against defending national champion and No. 10 Florida. Tip is at 2 p.m. CT from Jenny Craig Pavilion in San Diego, Calif., and will air on FS1.
NOTES
- It will be the second-straight season that the Horned Frogs will play on Thanksgiving Day.
- TCU is led in scoring by Jayden Pierre with 12.2 points per game.
- TCU has been led in scoring by four different players through the five games this season.
- Pierre and Micah Robinson have made at least one 3-pointer in every game.
- Robinson's 84.6 percent shooting (22-of-26) from the free throw line ranks ninth in the Big 12.
- TCU's top returning rebounder from last season, David Punch, is leading the team this year with 6.2 per game.
- Punch's 2.2 blocks per game ranks third in the Big 12.
- Brock Harding ranks ninth in the Big 12 with a 2.89 assist/turnover radio.
- Harding ranks 10th in the Big 12 with 5.2 assists per game.
- Harding ranks second in the Big 12 and seventh nationally with 3.4 steals per game.
- Xavier Edmonds, the top JUCO player in the nation last season, is averaging 9.6 points and 4.4 rebounds.
- Edmonds is from Long Beach, Calif., just over 100 miles north of San Diego.
- TCU ranks second in the Big 12 and 31st nationally with 16.8 turnovers forced per game.
- TCU ranks fifth in the Big 12 in turnover margin at +4.4.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 with 5.6 blocks per game.
- TCU lost 73.1 percent of its scoring and 68.6 percent of its rebounding among eight players last season.
- TCU returns nine players and welcome seven newcomers as well as two others who redshirted last season.
- TCU returns six "scholarship" players from last season, the second most in the Big 12 only to Houston's nine.
- TCU's schedule consists of five teams in the Preseason AP Top 10 and eight in the Top 25.
- It is Jamie Dixon's 10th season with the Horned Frogs. His 507 career wins ranks 20th among active coaches.
- Of TCU's 41 top 25 wins in its history, 25 have come with Dixon as head coach. TCU is 0-1 this season vs. top 25.
- Under Dixon, TCU is 31-21 in neutral site games and 15-5 in these types of mid-season tournaments.
- Under Dixon, TCU has a record of 49-9 in November and 87-20 in November and December combined.
- Under Dixon, TCU is 106-19 against nonconference teams.
- 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
- Defending national champion Florida is 4-1 on the season and is coming off an 80-45 win over Merrimack on Friday.
- The Gators are one of the nation's top defensive team, ranking 12th nationally allowing 35.3 percent shooting from the field. Florida also leads the nation in rebounding margin (+19.2), rebounds per game (52.8) and offensive rebounds per game (19.2).
- Leading the rebounding effort is Rueben Chinyelu, who ranks ninth nationally with 11.4 rebounds per game and has three double-doubles.
- Florida's leading scorer is Thomas Haugh, who is averaging 17.8 points per game to go with 7.6 rebounds per game.
SERIES HISTORY
- Florida leads the all-time series with TCU, 2-1.
- The Horned Frogs won the last meeting, 55-50, on Jan. 26, 2019 in Fort Worth, part of the SEC/Big 12 Challenge.
- One of TCU's losses came in the second round of the 1986 NIT, 77-75. Jamie Dixon was a junior on the team.
LAST TIME OUT
- A 17-0 start set the tone for the game as TCU clamped down on defense and made 14 3-pointers in an 81-45 win over Kansas City at Schollmaier Arena on Nov. 19.
- The Frogs held the Roos to 23.2 percent shooting from the field. It was the lowest percentage by a TCU opponent since Texas Tech shot 22.9 percent on Jan. 17, 2015.
- Jayden Pierre was 5-of-8 from three for 17 points and Liutauras Lelevicius was 4-of-5 for 16 points.
UP NEXT
- The Frogs will face either Providence or Wisconsin on Friday. The consolation game is at 2 p.m. CT and the championship game is at 4:30 p.m. CT. Both will air on FOX.
