Frogs Open with 98-59 Win over Lions

Monday, November 2

Fort Worth, Texas

7 p.m.

TCU

1-0,0-0Big 12

Lindenwood

0-1,0-0OVC

Team	1	2	F
Lindenwood	37	22	59
TCU	57	41	98

Tanner Toolson dunks the gall against Lindenwood.

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Dixon picks up 200th win at TCU

FORT WORTH – Micah Robinson and DJ Thomas each scored a game-high 19 points and TCU got 43 points from its bench in a 98-59 win over Lindenwood to open the season Monday in Schollmaier Arena.

The Horned Frogs made 10-of-19 3-point attempts and forced the Lions into 20 turnovers to help Jamie Dixon earn his 200^th win as TCU's head coach.

Robinson scored 14 of his 19 points in the first half and did most of his damage at the free throw line, going 7-of-10. The junior guard went 5-of-7 from the field, including 2-of-3 from 3-point range. Thomas also went 2-of-3 from beyond-the-arc and was 7-of-7 at the free throw line.

After leading 57-37 at halftime, the Horned Frogs went on a 22-2 scoring run that started with a Thomas field goal with 15:37 to play and ended with a bucket by Ryan Hunt to put TCU ahead 81-44 with 10 minutes to play. Hunt finished the game with five points and a team-high eight rebounds.

One of five to score in their TCU debut, Trent Lincoln made his third 3-pointer of the game to give the Frogs their largest lead of the game, 89-44, with 5:25 to play. Lincoln finished with 12 points off the bench.

Harding had his second-best scoring output as a Horned Frog with 17 points to go with a team-high five assists.

In a game with 45 fouls called, TCU battled foul trouble with starting big men Luke Bamgboye and Xavier Edmonds as the two combined for just over 26 minutes played.

TCU will next play host to Southern on Friday at 7 p.m.

NOTES
- It was TCU's first meeting with Lindenwood.
- Jamie Dixon improved to 200-138 as a head coach at TCU. He is five away from tying Buster Brannon's school record of 205.
- It was the third time in the last four years under Dixon that TCU scored 85 points or more in a season opener.
- TCU scored 43 bench points in tonight's matchup. The last time the Frogs tallied that many points off the bench was Dec. 8, 2024 against Vanderbilt.
- TCU outrebounded Lindenwood, 46-37, and improved to 160-47 under Dixon when outrebounding its opponent.
- TCU improved to 78-8 against nonconference opponents in Schollmaier Arena under Dixon.
- TCU improved to 54-9 in November and 101-21 in November and December games combined under Dixon.
- TCU went 28-of-38 from the free throw line. It tied for the fifth-most free throws made and attempted by a TCU team under Dixon.
- The Frogs had 15 steals, the most since recording 16 steals at Kansas on Jan. 6, 2024. It also ties for the fourth most by a team under Dixon.
- A total of 45 fouls were called, 22 on TCU and 23 on Lindenwood.
- Micah Robinson tied a team high with 19 points and was one away from his career high. It was his 26th game in double-digit scoring.
- Micah Robinson went 7-of-10 from the free throw line. It was a career high in free throw attempts and tied his career high for free throws made.
- Brock Harding's 17 points were the second-most he has scored at TCU.
- Harding was 2-of-3 from 3-point range. It was his third-straight game with two made 3-pointers, going back to last season.
- Harding led TCU in assists with five assists. It was the 45th time in his career he recorded five or more assists in a game.
- DJ Thomas tied for the game-high with 19 points.
- Thomas' 7-of-7 effort from the free throw line was a career-high in makes and attempts.
- Thomas had a career-high five steals.
- Thomas and Trent Lincoln's first TCU points came off a 3-pointer.
- Xavier Edmonds picked up his fourth foul with 19:18 to go in the second half. He later fouled out after scoring nine points in 11 minutes.
- In his collegiate debut, Ricards Aizpurs scored seven points in 14 minutes.
- TCU was without Sam Fleming and Gavin Sykes due to injury.