NCAAB

TCU Horned Frogs at Arizona Wildcats

· NCAA Men's Basketball
7-5, 0-2 Away
Final
81 - 90
7-5, 6-1 Home

Caleb Love hits 5 3s, scores 33 as Arizona beats TCU 90-81 in Big 12 opener

Tobe Awaka throws down powerful jam vs. TCU Horned Frogs

Love made 11 of 17 from the field, hit 6 of 6 from the free-throw line and had seven rebounds and seven assists. Jaden Bradley added 10 points and six assists for Arizona (7-5).

The Wildcats had a season-high 28 assists, led by KJ Lewis’ eight to go with eight points and three steals. Arizona made 33 of 58 (57%) from the field despite missing 15 of its 22 shots from behind the arc.

Love made a layup to open the scoring with 18:30 left in the first half, followed with a 3-pointer 33 seconds later and Arizona led the rest of the way. Five different Wildcats scored in a 13-2 run that pushed the lead to 22-8 with 10:38 left in the first half. TCU scored 15 of the next 19 points to make it a three-point game about 4 minutes later and went into halftime trailing 41-37.

The Horned Frogs got within a point on three occasions in the first five minutes of the second half, but Arizona responded each time, pulling away for good with a 12-5 spurt that made it 76-66 after Tobe Awaka converted a three-point play with 6:30 to play.

Noah Reynolds scored a season-high 23 points with seven assists for TCU (7-5) and Vasean Allette added 15 points on 6-of-19 shooting. Ernest Udeh Jr. scored 10 and grabbed a career-best 14 rebounds and Micah Robinson also scored 10.

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Matchup Prediction

Arizona: 87.5%
TCU: 12.4%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 81 - 90
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 81 - 90
2nd 0:09 Carter Bryant Defensive Rebound. 81 - 90
2nd 0:12 Noah Reynolds missed Layup. 81 - 90
2nd 0:23 Jaden Bradley made Free Throw. 81 - 90

Statistics

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29-63 FG 33-58
46.0 Field Goal % 56.9
9-23 3PT 7-22
39.1 Three Point % 31.8
14-18 FT 17-21
77.8 Free Throw % 81.0
29 Rebounds 34
13 Offensive Rebounds 11
16 Defensive Rebounds 23
15 Assists 28
5 Steals 7
2 Blocks 3
8 Turnovers 7
0 Team Turnovers 0
8 Total Turnovers 7
2 Technical Fouls 0
2 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
16 Points Off Turnovers 15
8 Fast Break Points 15
34 Points in Paint 42
16 Fouls 16
0 Largest Lead 14

Game Information

McKale Memorial Center

Location: Tucson, AZ
Attendance: 13,560 | Capacity:

2024-25 Big 12 Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Houston 16-1 - 24-4
Arizona 13-4 3 19-9
Texas Tech 12-5 4 21-7
Iowa State 11-6 5 21-7
BYU 11-6 5 20-8
Kansas 10-7 6 19-9
West Virginia 8-9 8 17-11
Baylor 8-9 8 16-12
TCU 8-9 8 15-13
Cincinnati 7-10 9 17-11
Utah 7-10 9 15-13
Kansas State 7-10 9 13-15
UCF 6-11 10 15-13
Oklahoma State 6-11 10 14-14
Arizona State 4-13 12 13-15
Colorado 2-15 14 11-17
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