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FORT WORTH – TCU (1-0) will host Southern (0-1) on Friday at 7 p.m. on ESPN+.

NOTES
-    The Horned Frogs will attempt to move to 2-0 for the 12th time in the last 13 seasons.
-    TCU has won 11 of its last 14 games dating back to last season.
-    In 2025-26, the Frogs made the program's 12th NCAA Tournament appearance and finished with a record of 23-12.
-    TCU returns 50.8 percent of its scoring, all from Xavier Edmonds, Brock Harding, Micah Robinson and Tanner Toolson.
-    TCU appeared No. 1 on Andy Katz' list of Top 10 Final Four Dark Horses.
-    TCU ranked No. 23 nationally and fourth in the Big 12 on College Basketball Report's list of top frontcourts.
-    Edmonds was one of 10 players named to the Preseason All-Big 12 Conference Team.
-    Edmonds was named to the Karl Malone Award watch list for the nation's top power forward.
-    Edmonds averaged 12.7 points and 6.5 rebounds last season to earn All-Big 12 Third Team honors.
-    Edmonds was ranked No. 69 in CBS Sports' Top 100 And 1 players who will define the 2026-27 season.
-    Harding is the Big 12's top returning assist leader after averaging 5.6 last season.
-    Harding's 2.95 assist/turnover ratio last season was the best in TCU history.
-    Robinson led TCU in scoring in the NCAA Tournament with 18 points against each opponent, Ohio State and Duke.
-    Robinson has made at least one 3-pointer in six-straight games.
-    The Horned Frogs welcome 10 newcomers, led by Big West Conference Freshman of the Year Gavin Sykes.
-    Sykes missed the season opener due to a left ankle injury sustained during the Wyoming exhibition game.
-    Junior guard Trent Lincoln was the top-ranked junior college player in the nation last season.
-    TCU will play seven teams currently ranked in the Preseason AP Top 25.
-    The Frogs received 17 votes in the Preseason AP Top 25, which would have them ranked No. 31.
-    TCU was picked to finish seventh in the Big 12 in a preseason poll conducted by the league's coaches.
-    Jamie Dixon's 200 career wins as TCU's head coach is five away from Buster Brannon's record of 205.
-    Dixon ranks 17th among all active DI head coaches in wins at 528.
-    Dixon is the ninth-most tenured coach at a power conference school, now in his 11th season.
-    Under Dixon, TCU is 54-9 in November and 100-21 in November and December combined.
-    Under Dixon, TCU is 78-8 against nonconference opponents in Schollmaier Arena.

ABOUT THE OPPONENT
-   Southern opened the season with an 85-72 loss at SMU on Monday. The Jaguars trailed 40-38 at halftime.
-   R'Chaun King led the Jaguars with 12 points and six rebounds and Daniel Dormu added 10 points and seven assists.
-   Southern was picked second in the Southwestern Athletic Conference's Predicted Order of Finish, voted on by the league's head coaches and sports information directors.

SERIES HISTORY
-    TCU leads the all-time series, 2-0.
-    The last meeting was a 108-75 win by the Horned Frogs on Nov. 6 to open the 2023-24 season.
-    TCU is 49-1 all-time against current members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.

LAST TIME OUT
-    Micah Robinson and DJ Thomas each scored 19 points to lead five Horned Frogs in double figure scoring a 98-59 season-opening win over Lindenwood on Monday.
-    Thomas was one of four players to score their first TCU points, joined by Trent Lincoln (12), Ricards Aizpurs (7) and Ryan Hunt (5).
-    Harding had a well-rounded game of 17 points, five rebounds and five assists. It was the fifth time he's had a game of at least 15 points, five rebounds and five assists as a Horned Frog.
-    It was Jamie Dixon's 200th win as TCU's head coach.
-    TCU was 10-of-19 shooting from 3-point range, which came from five different players.
-    TCU led for all, but 36 seconds of the game and by as many as 45 points late in the game.

UP NEXT
-    TCU will host ULM on Tuesday at 8 p.m. on ESPN+.

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Players Mentioned

Ricards Aizpurs

Xavier Edmonds

Brock Harding

Ryan Hunt

Trent Lincoln

Micah Robinson

Gavin Sykes

DJ Thomas

Tanner Toolson

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