Tipoff: 8 p.m., Schollmaier Arena, Fort Worth, Texas

Records: Saint Francis (0-1, 0-0 NEC); Texas Christian (0-1, 0-0 Big 12)

TV: TNT (Bryan Anderson, Grant Hill and Andy Katz)

Live stats: https://tinyurl.com/4m4nbw9f

Notable: The Red Flash and Horned Frogs will be meeting for the first time. TCU coach Jamie Dixon is 3-0 all-time vs. SFU from his time at Pittsburgh (2003-16). … TCU was 16-16 in 2024-25 and 9-11 in Big 12 play. The Frogs lost Tuesday night at home to New Orleans, 78-74, led by David Punch’s 19 points and eight rebounds. Micah Robinson scored 14 points and Jayden Pierre and Xavier Edmonds each scored 11 points. Punch and Robertson were with TCU last season. Punch averaged 6.5 points and 4.4 rebounds per game, while Robinson averaged 5.3 points and 1.8 rebounds. Pierre averaged 12.3 points and 2.8 rebounds per game at Providence last year. Edmonds played two seasons at Salt Lake City Community College and was ranked as the No. 1 JUCO player in the country. … SFU graduate senior Skylar Wicks looks to follow up his 20-point scoring performance against Oklahoma, seeking to score 20-or-more in back-to-back games since he did it four times in a row for Incarnate Word from Nov. 14-25, 2023. Wicks was the only player in the NEC to register a 20-point game on opening night against a Division I opponent.

Mirror prediction: TCU 85, Saint Francis 65

Mirror prediction record: 1-0

— Dan Isenberg