Men’s Basketball: TCU blows out Southern, records largest margin of victory in 12 years

Five Horned Frogs reached double figures as the TCU men’s basketball team broke the century mark in points and recorded its largest margin of victory in 12 seasons. Micah Robinson led the way with 18 points, three steals and three assists, while big man Xavier Edmonds posted a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds as the Horned Frogs (2-0) routed Southern 106-54 at Schollmaier Arena on Friday evening.

Tanner Toolson (13 points, three rebounds, three assists), DJ Thomas (11 points, three rebounds) and Brock Harding (10 points, 12 assists) rounded out the starting lineup. Harding notched a double-double and tied his career high in assists during the win. Gavin Sykes led the bench scorers with 11 points and four assists, Trent Lincoln chipped in eight points with two assists and both Ryan Hunt and Ricards Aizpurs had seven points.

Milos Sojic (five points) and Gavin Murphy (three points) completed TCU’s list of scorers. The Horned Frogs shot 49.2% from the field, 48.1% from 3-point range and 85.3% from the free-throw line. TCU totaled 41 bench points, 28 points off turnovers, 36 points in the paint, 27 fast break points and 21 second chance points.