PREVIEW: #10/7 Men’s Basketball Meets TCU in Fort Worth

Wednesday, January 28

Fort Worth, Texas

8 p.m.

University of Houston

TCU

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Kingston Flemings driving the basketball

PREVIEW: #10/7 Men’s Basketball Meets TCU in Fort Worth

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Cougars tip off at 8 p.m., Wednesday, inside Schollmaier Arena

FORT WORTH, Texas – Winners of 11 of its last 12 games, the #10/7 University of Houston Men's Basketball program returns to action when it meets Big 12 Conference rival TCU at 8 p.m., Wednesday, inside Ed & Rae Schollmaier.

The Cougars look to return to their winning ways after suffering a 90-86 loss at #12/12 Texas Tech on Saturday afternoon, their first conference setback of the season and only the fifth in more than two years in the league.

Against the Red Raiders, freshman point guard Kingston Flemings led all players with 42 points on 15-of-26 shooting. The San Antonio, Texas, native set a Houston freshman single-game scoring record, topping the previous mark by Cougar great Rob Williams against Rice during the 1979-80 season.

Flemings became only the 12^th Cougar in school history to score 40+ points in a game and recorded the third-highest point total by any Cougar in any class during a true road game. With his impressive performance, Flemings was named to the Big 12 Starting Five of the Week for the for the fifth time this season and moved into the team lead with 17.0 points per game.

With three 3-pointers against #12/12 Texas Tech last weekend, senior guard Emanuel Sharp moved into sole possession of second with 264 treys in Houston career history. Guard Marcus Sasser holds the school record with 276 treys from 2019 to 2023.

Fans can view Wednesday's digital game program by clicking here.

TUNE IN
• Fans can watch Wednesday's game on ESPN2 with Dave Flemming (play-by-play) and Sean Farnham (analyst) calling.
• Fans can hear Wednesday's game on 950 AM KPRC, the Varsity Network app and SiriusXM Ch. 84 with Jeremy Branham (play-by-play) calling. The pregame show begins at 7:45 p.m., Wednesday.
• Fans can follow live stats from Wednesday's game on StatBroadcast.

NOTES
• With Monday's national rankings, Houston has been ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 poll for 118 consecutive weeks. That is the longest active streak in the nation.
• The Cougars have appeared in the AP Top 10 for each of the last 23 polls. That is the nation's second-longest active streak.
• The defending Lefty Driesell Award recipient and a National Defensive Player of the Year candidate this season, junior forward Joseph Tugler is the only student-athlete to rank among the Big 12's Top-Nine leaders in both blocked shots and steals per game.

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ABOUT TCU
• TCU enters Wednesday's game with a 13-7 overall record. The Horned Frogs are 3-4 in Big 12 Conference play to stand in ninth.
• TCU has won its last two games. Those wins snapped a four-game losing streak.
• The Horned Frogs are 9-4 in home games this season.
• In its most recent action, TCU took a 97-90 win over Baylor in Waco, Texas, on Saturday evening.
• Against Baylor, Jayden Pierre led TCU with 25 points, thanks to 6-of-9 shooting from the field and 10-of-12 from the free throw line. Xavier Edmonds posted 23 points with a team-high 10 rebounds and connected on 11-of-13 from the free throw line. Brock Hardin totaled 16 points with a game-high six assists and Tanner Toolson posted 12 points in the win.
• This season, David Punch leads the Horned Frogs with 14.6 points, 7.8 rebounds and 2.4 blocked shots per game. Edmonds stands second with 11.7 points and 5.1 rebounds per game while Pierre averages 11.1 points per game to stand third. Harding is tops on the team with 6.3 assists per game.
• Head Coach Jamie Dixon is in his 10th season at TCU and his 23rd year as a collegiate head coach.
• Dixon has built a 189-133 record with TCU and is 517-256 during his career.
• He previously posted a 328-123 record at Pittsburgh (2003-16).
• Dixon has posted a 1-2 record against Houston during his career.
• He has posted a 1-2 record against Houston Head Coach Kelvin Sampson during their careers with TCU and Houston, respectively.
• Dixon is a 1987 graduate of Baylor.

SERIES HISTORY vs. TCU
• Houston owns a 50-26 lead in the series, which began during the 1955-56 season.
• Wednesday's game will be the lone regular-season meeting against the Horned Frogs during the 2025-26 season.
• At 76 games, the series against TCU is the fourth-most played in Houston history. It trails only SMU (92), Texas A&M (87) and Rice (84).
• This marks the third straight season in which the Cougars will face TCU as Big 12 Conference rivals. The two schools competed as Southwest Conference rivals from the 1975-76 season through the 1995-96 campaign.
• Saturday's game marks the fourth straight encounter against TCU in which Houston was ranked in the Associated Press poll. Houston owns a 2-1 record in those games.
• Houston has won the last two meetings three of the last four. Only a 68-67 loss in Fort Worth, Texas, on January 13, 2024, prevents a longer streak.
• In the most recent meeting, #12/11 Houston took a 65-46 win inside Fertitta Center in Houston on January 6, 2026.
• In the series' first meeting, Houston enjoyed a 101-58 win over the Horned Frogs during the Birmingham, Classic in Birmingham, Ala., on December 10, 1955.
on Road: TCU owns a 19-14 lead in games played in Fort Worth, Texas, during the series history.
• TCU won the most recent meeting and has won four of the last five games in Fort Worth. Only a 54-48 Houston win on December 4, 2012, prevents a longer streak.
• In the most recent road meeting, then-#2/2 Houston dropped a 68-67 decision inside Ed & Rae Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, on January 13, 2024.
• In the first road encounter, Houston claimed a 61-56 win in Fort Worth on January 25, 1962.

UP NEXT
• Following Wednesday's game, Houston returns to Fertitta Center to close the month of January and the regular-season series against Cincinnati at 11 a.m., Saturday, January 31. That game will air on FOX. The Cougars took a 67-60 win over the Bearcats in Cincinnati in the Big 12 opener for both schools on January 3.
• From there, the Cougars play host to UCF at 6 p.m., Wednesday, February 4, inside Fertitta Center. That game will air on FS1.
• Following that game, the Cougars will take a swing through the state of Utah with a pair of games.
• The road trip begins at 9:30 p.m. (CST) begins against #13/13 BYU inside Marriott Center in Provo, Utah, That game will air on ESPN.
• From there, the Cougars meet Utah at 8 p.m. (CST), February 10 inside Jon M. Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City. That game will air on ESPN or ESPN2.
• All Houston Men's Basketball games can be heard on 950 AM KPRC, the Varsity Network app and Sirius XM Radio.

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