TCU
Baylor
Preview: at Baylor
1/22/2026 2:59:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Horned Frogs attempt at sweep of Bears Saturday
FORT WORTH – TCU (12-7, 2-4) will try for its fourth-straight win at Baylor (11-7, 1-5) when the two teams meet for a 5 p.m. tip Saturday in Waco, Texas on ESPN.
NOTES
- The Horned Frogs are 3-3 away from Schollmaier Arena this season.
- 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 has scored a career-high 22 points in each of the last two 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 17th 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 61.4 percent this season.
- Senior Jayden Pierre is at 977 career points, 23 away from 1,000.
- Pierre is TCU's top 3-point threat shooting 41.2 percent from three. He has made a three in all but two games.
- Harding ranks fourth in the Big 12 and 18th nationally with 6.3 assists per game.
- Harding has had five or more assists in eight-straight games and in 14 games this season, which ranks 12th.
- Harding ranks seventh 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.
- Sophomore Micah Robinson has come off the bench in every game and averages 10.3 points.
- Junior Liutauras Lelevicius is 24-of-24 from the free throw line, tied for the most in the nation without a miss.
- TCU ranks 22nd nationally in KenPom's defensive efficiency rating at 98.8.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 with 14.3 turnovers forced per game.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 41st nationally in turnover margin at +3.0.
- TCU has had less than 10 turnovers in a game seven times this season.
- TCU ranks fifth in the Big 12 with 7.6 steals per game.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 34th nationally with 15.4 fastbreak points per game.
- TCU ranks second in the Big 12 and 13th nationally with 5.5 blocks per game.
- It is Jamie Dixon's 10th season with the Horned Frogs. His 516 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
- Baylor is 11-7 overall and 1-5 in the Big 12 following Saturday's 92-73 loss to No. 12 Texas Tech. The Bears' Big 12 win came at Oklahoma State.
- Baylor is led by Cameron Carr's 20.4 points per game, which ranks fifth in the Big 12 and 25th nationally. Tounde Yessoufou ranks second in the Big 12 with 2.2 steals per game and Obi Agbim is second in the Big 12 with an assist/turnover ratio of 3.63.
- The Bears have one of the top offenses in the country, ranking 21st in KenPom's offensive efficiency at 123.5.
SERIES HISTORY
- It will be the 196th meeting in the series which Baylor leads 106-89 overall.
- TCU has won the last three games in Waco, each by three points or fewer.
- The Horned Frogs won the meeting earlier this season, 69-63, on Jan. 3 in Fort Worth. Micah Robinson recorded 13 points and 10 rebounds off the bench and hit two free throws with 14 seconds to play to help TCU win.
- TCU has not swept Baylor in a season series since 2018.
- TCU is 2-0 all-time in Foster Pavilion.
LAST TIME OUT
- TCU scored the final 10 points of the game to overcome a nine-point deficit and win its eighth-straight over Oklahoma State in Schollmaier Arena with a 68-65 victory over the Cowboys on Tuesday.
- Xavier Edmonds (18 points, 10 rebounds) and David Punch (22 points, 10 rebounds) each recorded a double-double.
UP NEXT
- TCU will host No. 6 Houston on Wednesday at 8 p.m. in a game that will air on ESPN2.
