Arkansas basketball at TCU (charity exhibition)

Arkansas

– G Boogie Fland

– G DJ Wagner

– F Adou Thiero

– F Carter Knox

– F Zvonimir Ivisic

TCU

– G Brendan Wenzel

– G Frankie Collins

– G Noah Reynolds

– F Trazarien White

– C Ernest Udeh Jr.

8:40 – TCU wins the tip and we’re on at Dickies Arena. Big Z sinks Arkansas’ first bucket with a three-point splash off an assist from Boogie Fland. (3-2, Arkansas)

6:17 – Arkansas forward Adou Thiero banked in a finger-roll and-one layup to push the Hogs’ lead to five points. (7-2, Arkansas)

5:13 – Freshman Boogie Fland is sent to the free throw line after a shooting foul. He knocks on both freebies and guard Johnell Davis subs in for Karter Knox. (9-5, Arkansas)

4:13 – The Horned Frogs lead for the first time on a layup by David Punch. (10-9, TCU)

2:35 – Adou Thiero ends a scoring drought to cut Arkansas’ deficit to within two points. Theiro then blocks a David Punch layup out of bounds at the other end and we have a media timeout. (13-11, TCU)

1:02 – The man on fire is Adou Theiro, who has 11 points after a corner three-pointer. He is a perfect 5-for-5 on shot attempts. (17-16, TCU)

0:00 – TCU ends the first quarter with a three-pointer from Brendan Wenzel to give themselves the lead. (20-19, TCU)

9:00 – Both teams trade missed three-point jump shots to start the second quarter, but a David Punch foul on Trevon Brazile sends him to the charity stripe. Brazile sinks a shot. (20-20)

7:03 – Freshman wing Billy Richmond III grabs his first points of the game on a perfect cut to the rim, Adou Thiero is credited with the assist. The Horned Frogs respond with back-to-back field goals. (25-22, TCU)

6:10 – AND AN ADOU THIERO! He sinks the free throw and the Hogs lead again. (27-25, Arkansas)

5:15 – After an Arkansas timeout, TCU guard Frankie Collins goes up for a dunk but is BLOCKED by Adou Thiero. At the other end, Billy Richmond III blasts a home run for the lead. (29-27, Arkansas)

4:00 – Trevon Brazile sinks his first bucket of the game on a three-pointer off an assist from Boogie Fland. That sends us to another media timeout. (32-29, Arkansas)

2:52 – TCU’s Noah Reynolds pulls the Horned Frogs within a one-point deficit, but Karter Knox answers with a three-pointer. (35-31, Arkansas)

1:26 – Adou Thiero steals the ball and Boogie Fland drains his first field goal on a mid-range jumper. (37-31, Arkansas)

0:00 – Karter Knox connects on the mid-range jumper and he grabs the defensive rebound at the other end to send us to halftime. (39-31, Arkansas)

9:08 – Out of the half, Boogie Fland turns it over, but an Adou Thiero two-handed block keeps the Horned Frogs off the board. (39-31, Arkansas)

7:25 – Some ugly ball is played both ways, but DJ Wagner pushes the Hogs’ lead out to double digits with a layup. (41-31, Arkansas)

5:14 – Mass trades are coming to Arkansas after a DJ Wagner walk. TCU makes a three-pointer thanks to Micah Robinson. (43-36, Arkansas)

3:58 – Adou Thiero will take to the charity stripe after his third and one layup make. He is the only Hog in double figures. (45-38, Arkansas)

3:08 – Hello, Johnell Davis. The Arkansas guard drains a 3-pointer and the Razorbacks lead by 11. (49-38, Arkansas)

2:21 – And. One. Adou. Thiero. He cuts to the rim and sinks the layup off an assist from Trevon Brazile. The free throw is good. Thiero has 18 points. (52-41, Arkansas)

1:40 – Timeout TCU after Johnell Davis is found by Adou Thiero for a layup. The Razorbacks have their biggest lead of the night. (54-41, Arkansas)

1:00 – TCU cut the Arkansas lead to eight points after a three-pointer and a layup. (54-46, Arkansas)

0:00 – On the final possession of the quarter, TCU – which is on a 7-0 run – got to the free throw line and made a shot. (54-49, Arkansas)

7:45 – A pair of buckets from Allette to TCU cut Arkansas’ lead to 56-54, and Calipari called a timeout. (56-54, Arkansas)

6:00 – Fland found Ivisic open near the basket for a slam dunk to give the Hogs some momentum. (60-56, Arkansas)

3:51 – Fland knocked down a 3-pointer to give the Hogs some room, but Udeh knocked down a jumper and Collins then hit a free throw to make it a one-possession game again. (63-61, Arkansas)

1:28 – After an Udeh turnover, the Hogs crossed the clock with the ball before Calipari called a timeout ahead of a critical possession. (65-63, Arkansas)

0:18 – Wenzel drained a three from the corner to give the Horned Frogs the lead late in the game. (66-65, TCU)

0:00 – Arkansas missed a 3-point attempt as time expired. (FINAL: TCU 66, Arkansas 65)

Notes

– Arkansas center Jonas Aidoo will not play tonight, according to Chuck Barrett on pregame radio. However, he is expected to play next week.

– Guard Jaden Karuletwa and guard Melo Sanchez were also not seen in the early warm-ups, by Anthony Kristensen by WholeHogSports.

WHO: No. 16 Arkansas Razorbacks vs. TCU Horned Frogs

What: Exhibition game for charity. The Horned Frogs will support the Cook Children’s Health Foundation, and the Razorbacks’ charity of choice is the Arkansas Children’s Foundation.

When: Friday 1 November at 7:00 p.m. CT

Where: Fort Worth, Texas – Dickies Arena (13,500)

TV/Stream: No

Radio: Learfield Razorback Sports Network (Chuck Barrett and Matt Zimmerman)

Sirius/XM: No

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Fresh off an 85-69 charity exhibition win over No. 1 Kansas last Friday, the No. 16 Arkansas Razorbacks are ready for another charity exhibition game against TCU on Friday at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.

The contest against the Horned Frogs will not be televised, but will have radio coverage via the Learfield Razorback Sports Network with Chuck Barrett and Matt Zimmerman on the call.

“We understand the importance of us going to Dallas,” Arkansas associate head coach Chin Coleman said Wednesday. “A lot of our alumni live in Dallas to give them an opportunity to see the team, like we took the team to Pine Bluff, we took the team to Hot Springs, and now we’re taking the team to an area where we have a huge alumni But for us, as far as basketball goes, it’s a road game.

“So they get to understand what it looks like and what we do. What are our routines? What are our habits, right? So they can understand the next time we come back to Dallas, on the road when we play Baylor , we have a routine You know what time we eat You know what time it is we use it as an experience for roadkill That’s what we like to call it – roadkill.

Despite the win last week, first-year head coach John Calipari said his team still has a lot of work to do before the start of the regular season, such as rebounding and ball security, but he likes where his team is at.

“I’m looking at this differently than maybe everybody else,” Calipari said after the game. “I’m happy we played the way we did. Did we look organized? Did we look like we were really trying to play hard and defend? We’ve only been together for a short time so I’m happy because I wanted people to walk away saying, ‘That was fun to watch.'”

TCU is led by Jamie Dixon, who is entering his ninth season with the program. Like the pigs, the frogs have a team full of new faces. TCU returns just three players from last year’s team in 2024-2025, and the Horned Frogs lost their top seven scorers.

“A whole new team,” Coleman said. “For starters, they have a brand new team, just like we have a brand new team. They probably only return one player, and that’s the one they — I hope I don’t get his name wrong, but he was a transfer from Kansas and everyone else is pretty much new to that team.

“They had five fifth-year seniors last year that went to the NCAA tournament. So they’re new, but again, we’re not taking anything for granted as far as how they performed in the first game, right? They” They’ll get better in their game against us because it’s their second game and you’re also right, they watched us on film.”

A name on TCU’s roster that won’t be new to Arkansas fans in Trazarien White. The Mansfield, Texas, native played last season for North Carolina-Wilmington, which visited Bud Walton Arena on Dec. 30.

In the game, which Arkansas won 106-90, White dropped 28 points on 9-of-20 shooting and hauled in five rebounds. He led UNC-Wilmington in scoring that day, but former Razorback Keyon Menifield Jr. surpassed him by 32 points.

Arkansas and TCU last met in January 2020 in the Big 12/SEC Challenge, a game the Razorbacks won 78-67 under former head coach Eric Musselman at Bud Walton Arena. That match was the first time in 28 years that the two teams had met. Arkansas has not lost to TCU since February 1990.

All-time, the Hogs hold a 105-38 advantage over the Frogs, which includes a 46-21 record against games played at TCU.

The Horned Frogs have appeared in the NCAA Tournament each of the last three years, but have not advanced beyond the Round of 32 in any of those seasons.

Friday’s game will be just the 14th time Arkansas has played an exhibition away from Fayetteville and the third time the Razorbacks have played out of state for an exhibition game. Proceeds from the game will be donated to the Cook Children’s Health Foundation in Fort Worth.

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