Cincinnati vs TCU — College Basketball, Mar 7, 2026

TCU beat Cincinnati 73–63 at home on Mar 7, 2026.

FinalSat, Mar 7Conference game

Cincinnati Bearcats

18-15 · 2-11 on the road

63

TCU Horned Frogs

21-11 · 15-5 at home

73

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Line score◷History

Team	1st	2nd	Final
CIN	29	34	63
TCU	32	41	73

Top performersiEach team's three leading scorers in this game, with rebounds and assists. The full box score is below.◷History

Cincinnati Bearcats

• Day Day ThomasG

  19 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast
  7-14 FG

  5-11 3PT
• Jalen CelestineG

  12 pts · 3 reb · 4 ast
  4-9 FG

  4-8 3PT
• Jizzle JamesG

  11 pts · 2 reb · 2 ast
  4-9 FG

  3-7 3PT

TCU Horned Frogs

• Jayden PierreG

  18 pts · 5 reb · 5 ast
  7-11 FG

  1-3 3PT
• Liutauras LeleviciusG

  14 pts · 4 reb
  4-9 FG

  2-6 3PT
• David PunchF

  13 pts · 4 reb · 7 ast · 3 stl
  4-6 FG

Box score◷History

every player+

CIN	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Day Day Thomas	37	19	4	1	1	2	4	7-14	5-11	0-0	—
Jizzle James	34	11	2	2	0	1	2	4-9	3-7	0-0	—
Baba Miller	34	4	14	3	0	0	5	1-4	0-2	2-2	—
Jalen Celestine	29	12	3	4	0	1	2	4-9	4-8	0-0	—
Moustapha Thiam	28	8	5	0	1	1	3	4-8	0-1	0-0	—
Keyshuan Tillery	14	4	0	4	0	0	1	1-3	0-0	2-4	—
Sencire Harris	13	0	1	5	1	0	1	0-3	0-1	0-0	—
Halvine Dzellat	9	2	3	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	—
Shon Abaev	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	—
Totals		63	32	19	3	5	18	23-52	13-31	4-6

TCU	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
David Punch	33	13	4	7	3	0	2	4-6	0-0	5-6	—
Jayden Pierre	32	18	5	5	2	0	1	7-11	1-3	3-4	—
Brock Harding	32	7	1	6	0	0	1	2-6	0-1	3-6	—
Micah Robinson	30	7	4	2	0	0	0	3-11	1-6	0-0	—
Xavier Edmonds	23	9	2	0	1	1	1	4-8	1-2	0-1	—
Liutauras Lelevicius	26	14	4	0	1	0	1	4-9	2-6	4-4	—
Tanner Toolson	21	5	4	1	0	0	0	2-6	1-3	0-0	—
Vianney Salatchoum	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	—
Trey Stuart	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	—
Totals		73	24	21	8	1	6	26-59	6-22	15-21

Starters first, then by minutes. +/- is the team's point margin while he was on the floor.

Team statsiTeam stats: green marks the better side; a longer bar is a bigger number, not always a better one.◷History

CINTCU

44.2%

Field goals?Made-attempted: away 23-52, home 26-59.

44.1%

41.9%

Three-pointers?Made-attempted: away 13-31, home 6-22.

27.3%

66.7%

Free throws?Made-attempted: away 4-6, home 15-21.

71.4%

37

Rebounds

30

11

Offensive rebounds

11

19

Assists

21

19

Turnovers?Fewer is better.

6

3

Steals

8

5

Blocks

1

14

Points in the paint

30

5

Fast-break points

10

18

Fouls?Fewer is better.

10

This game's box score totals; green marks the better side (fewer turnovers and fouls are better).

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Going into the game · matchup numbers, form, rest+

Offense vs defense: the four factorsiEach offense's league rank against the defense it faces in shooting, turnovers, rebounding and free throws; longer = better.◷History

ranks betterranks worseStronger72+ places apartleague middleLonger bar = better rank of 361 (#1 = best)

CIN offensevsTCU defense

CIN offense ranks better in 0 of 4 matchups · TCU defense in 4 (2 by a clear margin)

Shooting · effective FG%?Field-goal percentage with threes counted at 1.5; the defense's number is what it allows.

50.5%

#215

51.2%

slight#173

Turnovers · per 100 plays?Turnovers the offense commits (fewer is better) and the turnovers the defense forces.

14.7%

#195

17.3%

Stronger#25

Offensive rebounding %?Share of its own misses the offense rebounds; the defense's number is what it allows.

30.6%

#177

29.7%

slight#147

Free throw rate?Free throws made per field-goal attempt; the defense's number is what it allows.

20.0%

#336

22.3%

Stronger#79

TCU offensevsCIN defense

TCU offense ranks better in 1 of 4 matchups · CIN defense in 3 (1 by a clear margin)

Shooting · effective FG%?Field-goal percentage with threes counted at 1.5; the defense's number is what it allows.

50.5%

#213

47.3%

Stronger#27

Turnovers · per 100 plays?Turnovers the offense commits (fewer is better) and the turnovers the defense forces.

13.3%

#77slight

16.1%

#81

Offensive rebounding %?Share of its own misses the offense rebounds; the defense's number is what it allows.

34.1%

#65

27.3%

slight#52

Free throw rate?Free throws made per field-goal attempt; the defense's number is what it allows.

27.1%

#121

21.3%

slight#55

Season box-score numbers; ranks of 361 teams. A defense ranks well for allowing less and forcing more turnovers.

Key numbers and mismatchesiHeadline ratings, then the biggest mismatches between one team's offense and the other's defense.◷History

CINTCU

+8.1 70thNet rating?Points scored minus points allowed per 100 possessions75th +7.4

106.3 244thOffensive rating?Points scored per 100 possessions127th 111.5

98.2 11thDefensive rating?Points allowed per 100 possessions (rank 1 = allows least)60th 104.1

68.8 141stPace?Possessions per game (rank 1 = fastest)102nd 69.5

Expected pace: about 69 possessions a team (the two teams' average). Rank among 361 teams, 1st = best.

Where one side has the better of it

No pairing is lopsided: each unit meets one ranked within a few spots of it.

ContextiEach team's last ten days going into this game (filled = home, outline = road; travel distance is not tracked)◷History

last 10 days

TFSSMTWTFGame

CIN

OKST

BYU

TCU

3 days rest

TFSSMTWTFGame

TCU

KSU

TTU

CIN

3 days rest

homeroadday offthis gameFrom the schedule; travel distance is not tracked.

CIN · last 10

18-15 · 3 days rest

• Mar 3 vs BYUW 90–68
• Feb 28 vs OKSTW 91–68
• Feb 24 @ TTUL 68–80
• Feb 21 @ KUW 84–68
• Feb 15 vs UTAHW 69–65
• Feb 11 @ KSUW 91–62
• Feb 8 vs UCFW 92–72
• Feb 5 vs WVUL 54–59
• Jan 31 @ HOUL 54–76
• Jan 28 vs BAYW 67–57

7-3 in these

TCU · last 10

21-11 · 3 days rest

• Mar 3 @ TTUW 73–65
• Feb 28 @ KSUW 77–68
• Feb 24 vs ASUW 90–78
• Feb 21 vs WVUW 60–54
• Feb 17 @ UCFL 71–82
• Feb 14 @ OKSTW 95–92
• Feb 10 vs ISUW 62–55
• Feb 7 vs KSUW 84–82
• Feb 1 @ COLOL 61–87
• Jan 28 vs HOUL 70–79

7-3 in these

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