Arkansas Basketball at TCU (Benefit Exhibition)

Arkansas

-G Boogie Fland

-G DJ Wagner

-F Adou Thiero

-F Karter 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-off and we’re at Dickies Arena. Big Z sinks Arkansas' first basket with a three-pointer off an assist from Boogie Fland. (3-2, Arkansas)

6:17 – Arkansas forward Adou Thiero hits a finger roll and a layup to extend the Hogs' lead to five points. (7-2, Arkansas)

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

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

2:35 – Adou Thiero ends a goal drought and closes Arkansas' deficit to two points. Theiro then blocks a David Punch layup out of bounds on the other side and there is a media timeout. (13-11, TCU)

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

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

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

7:03 – Freshman wing Billy Richmond III scores his first points of the game with a perfect cut to the rim, Adou Thiero gets credit for the assist. The Horned Frogs respond with consecutive field goals. (25-22, TCU)

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

5:15 – After a timeout in Arkansas, TCU guard Frankie Collins tries to dunk but is blocked by Adou Thiero. On the other hand, Billy Richmond III scored a goal and took the lead. (29-27, Arkansas)

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

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

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

0:00 – Karter Knox sets up the midfield jumper and he grabs the defensive rebound at the other end to send us into halftime. (39-31, Arkansas)

9:08 – Outside halftime, Boogie Fland turns the ball over, but a two-handed block from Adou Thiero keeps the Horned Frogs off the pitch. (39-31, Arkansas)

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

5:14 – After a walk by DJ Wagner, there are mass substitutions for Arkansas. TCU makes a three-pointer thanks to Micah Robinson. (43-36, Arkansas)

3:58 – Adou Thiero will head to charity after his third-and-1 layup. He is the only pig with double digits. (45-38, Arkansas)

3:08 – Hello, Johnell Davis. Arkansas guard slams home a three-point shot and the Razorbacks lead by 11. (49-38 Arkansas)

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

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

1:00 – TCU cut 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 – reached the free throw line and took a shot. (54-49, Arkansas)

7:45 – Two throws from Allette for TCU cut Arkansas' lead to 56-54 and Calipari called for a timeout. (56-54, Arkansas)

6:00 – Fland found Ivisic open near the basket and made 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 space, but Udeh knocked down a jump shot and then Collins made a free throw, making it a one-possession game again. (63-61, Arkansas)

1:28 – After a turnover by Udeh, the Hogs crossed the time line with the ball before Calipari signaled a timeout before a critical possession. (65-63, Arkansas)

0:18 – Wenzel converted a three-pointer 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, Chuck Barrett said on the radio before the game. However, he is expected to play next week.

– Guard Jaden Karuletwa and guard Melo Sanchez also were not seen in early warmups, according to Anthony Kristensen of WholeHogSports.

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

What: Charity exhibition game. The Horned Frogs will support the Cook Children's Health Foundation and the Razorbacks' preferred charity is the Arkansas Children's Foundation.

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

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

TV/Stream: None

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

Sirius/XM: None

NOT A SUBSCRIBER? SIGN UP TODAY TO GET ACCESS TO ALL OF HAWGBEAT'S PREMIUM CONTENT AND FEATURES

The No. 16 Arkansas Razorbacks earned an 85-69 charity exhibition victory over No. 1 Kansas last Friday and face another charity exhibition matchup on Friday at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas TCU.

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

“We know how important it is to travel to Dallas,” Arkansas associate head coach Chin Coleman said Wednesday. “A large portion of our alumni live in Dallas to give them the opportunity to see the team. Also, 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 large number of graduates, but for us it's an away game so we're getting into our routine consequences.

“So you will understand what it looks like and what we do. What are our routines? What are our habits, right? So that they can understand the next time we go back to Dallas, when we play Baylor on the road, we have a routine. They know when we eat. You know what time it is. You know what time it is. So we use it as a roadkill experience.

Despite last week's win, 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 see it differently than maybe everyone else,” Calipari said after the game. “I'm glad we played like that. Did we seem 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 go and say, 'That was fun to watch.'”

TCU is led by Jamie Dixon, who is entering his ninth season with the show. Similar to the Hogs, the Frogs also have a team full of new faces. TCU returns just three players from last year's team in 2024-2025, and the Horned Frogs have lost their top seven scorers.

“A brand new team,” Coleman said. “First of all, they have a brand new team, just like we have a brand new team. They're probably only returning one player, and that's who they – I hope I'm not messing up his name, but he was a transfer from Kansas and everyone else is pretty new to this team.

“They had five fifth-graders that played in the NCAA Tournament last year. So they're new, but again, we're not taking anything for granted about their performance in this first game, right? We’ll be better against us because it’s their second game and besides, they’ve seen us on film, you’re right.”

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

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

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

Overall, the Hogs hold a 105-38 lead over the Frogs, including 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 past the Round of 32 in any of those seasons.

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

**CONVERSATION WITH ARKANSAS FANS ON TROUGH, HAWGBEAT'S PREMIUM MESSAGE BOARD**