TCU Horned Frogs vs. Kansas Jayhawks

Mar 12, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
TCU	34	39	73
KU	31	47	78

Game Recap

Peterson scores 24 to lead No. 14 Kansas past TCU 78-73 in the Big 12 quarterfinals. Darryn Peterson scored 24 points in a season-high 37 minutes and No. 14 Kansas beat TCU 78-73 in the last quarterfinal of the Big 12 tournament Thursday night at T-Mobile Center.

Player Stats

TCU	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
24Xavier Edmonds	22	2-7	1-3	0-0	2	2	0	1	3	4	5
15David Punch	34	8-15	1-2	7-9	10	1	1	2	5	2	24
5Micah Robinson	24	2-8	2-4	2-2	6	0	1	0	2	4	8
1Jayden Pierre	34	4-13	3-7	0-0	4	3	1	0	1	5	11
2Brock Harding	31	2-8	0-3	0-0	3	3	0	0	1	2	4
23Vianney Salatchoum	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
3Liutauras Lelevicius	30	5-7	2-3	2-3	8	0	0	1	1	2	14
55Tanner Toolson	23	1-5	0-3	3-4	2	1	1	0	0	4	5
TOTAL	-	25-6439.1%	9-2536.0%	14-1877.8%	36	10	4	4	13	23	73

KANSAS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
40Flory Bidunga	27	5-5	0-0	3-4	10	1	1	3	2	4	13
15Bryson Tiller	24	5-10	0-1	3-4	8	0	1	1	0	1	13
14Melvin Council Jr.	40	3-12	1-4	0-0	5	5	1	0	2	2	7
3Tre White	38	3-9	1-5	1-1	3	1	0	1	1	3	8
22Darryn Peterson	37	5-17	1-4	13-16	8	1	3	0	2	1	24
34Paul Mbiya	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11Jamari McDowell	8	0-2	0-1	0-2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
13Elmarko Jackson	25	1-3	1-2	10-10	2	0	2	0	1	1	13
TOTAL	-	22-5837.9%	4-1723.5%	30-3781.1%	38	8	8	5	9	13	78

Play-by-Play

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1st halfTCUKU

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Kansas.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by TCU.
(19:40) Darryn Peterson misses 8-foot floating jump shot.
(19:35) Bryson Tiller Offensive Rebound.
+2 (19:35) Bryson Tiller makes 0-foot tip in layup.
02
(19:12) David Punch misses layup.
(19:12) Flory Bidunga Block.
(19:08) Flory Bidunga Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:51) Melvin Council Jr. makes driving layup.
04
(18:24) David Punch traveling turnover.
(18:01) Melvin Council Jr. misses 10-foot floating jump shot.
(17:57) Brock Harding Defensive Rebound.
(17:33) Xavier Edmonds misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(17:30) Tre White Defensive Rebound.
+3 (17:18) Melvin Council Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Flory Bidunga assists).
07
(16:58) Micah Robinson misses 8-foot jumper.
(16:55) Melvin Council Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(16:47) Foul on Micah Robinson.
(16:41) Bryson Tiller misses dunk.
(16:38) Jayden Pierre Defensive Rebound.
(16:28) Liutauras Lelevicius misses layup.
(16:26) Flory Bidunga Defensive Rebound.
(16:11) Flory Bidunga turnover.
(15:52) Xavier Edmonds bad pass turnover.
(15:40) Foul on Flory Bidunga.
(15:40) Flory Bidunga turnover.
(15:20) David Punch misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(15:17) Melvin Council Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(15:14) Melvin Council Jr. misses layup.
(15:14) David Punch Block.
(15:11) Liutauras Lelevicius Defensive Rebound.
(14:54) Xavier Edmonds misses 8-foot step back jumpshot.
(14:51) Bryson Tiller Defensive Rebound.
+2 (14:43) Bryson Tiller makes 8-foot turnaround jump shot.
09
+3 (14:29) Xavier Edmonds makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jayden Pierre assists).
39
(14:14) Bryson Tiller misses 8-foot floating jump shot.
(14:11) Jayden Pierre Defensive Rebound.
+2 (14:04) Jayden Pierre makes 10-foot floating jump shot.
59
(13:33) Tre White misses 17-foot jumper.
(13:32) TCU Defensive Rebound.
+2 (13:16) Brock Harding makes 17-foot pullup jump shot.
79
+2 (13:05) Bryson Tiller makes 1-foot dunk (Melvin Council Jr. assists).
711
(12:57) Micah Robinson misses driving layup.
(12:57) Tre White Block.
(12:54) Jamari McDowell Defensive Rebound.
(12:49) Tre White misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(12:46) Liutauras Lelevicius Defensive Rebound.
+2 (12:40) Liutauras Lelevicius makes layup.
911
(12:26) Tre White misses 17-foot jumper.
(12:23) Brock Harding Defensive Rebound.
+3 (12:19) Liutauras Lelevicius makes 24-foot three point jumper (Brock Harding assists).
1211
(12:10) Foul on Xavier Edmonds.
(12:10) Jamari McDowell misses free throw 1 of 2.
(12:10) Kansas Deadball Team Rebound.
(12:09) Jamari McDowell misses free throw 2 of 2.
(12:08) Micah Robinson Defensive Rebound.
(11:46) Brock Harding misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(11:43) Liutauras Lelevicius Offensive Rebound.
(11:40) Tanner Toolson misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(11:38) Darryn Peterson Defensive Rebound.
(11:26) Foul on Brock Harding.
+1 (11:26) Darryn Peterson makes free throw 1 of 2.
1212
+1 (11:26) Darryn Peterson makes free throw 2 of 2.
1213
(11:00) Tanner Toolson misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(10:56) Micah Robinson Offensive Rebound.
(10:55) Micah Robinson misses 14-foot jumper.
(10:54) Flory Bidunga Defensive Rebound.
(10:43) Darryn Peterson misses 10-foot floating jump shot.
(10:40) David Punch Defensive Rebound.
(10:29) David Punch misses 3-foot jumper.
(10:28) Liutauras Lelevicius Offensive Rebound.
(10:28) Foul on Flory Bidunga.
(10:28) Liutauras Lelevicius misses free throw 1 of 2.
(10:28) TCU Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (10:28) Liutauras Lelevicius makes free throw 2 of 2.
1313
(10:17) Darryn Peterson misses 15-foot pullup jump shot.
(10:12) David Punch Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:05) Liutauras Lelevicius makes 1-foot dunk.
1513
(9:35) Jamari McDowell misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(9:32) David Punch Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:22) Xavier Edmonds makes layup.
1713
(9:07) Tre White misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(9:05) Kansas Offensive Rebound.
(8:51) Jamari McDowell misses 7-foot floating jump shot.
(8:48) Liutauras Lelevicius Defensive Rebound.
+3 (8:38) Jayden Pierre makes 22-foot three point jumper (Xavier Edmonds assists).
2013
(8:22) Elmarko Jackson bad pass turnover.
(8:22) Jayden Pierre Steal.
(8:18) Jayden Pierre misses layup.
(8:16) Jamari McDowell Defensive Rebound.
+3 (8:00) Elmarko Jackson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tre White assists).
2016
+3 (7:36) Liutauras Lelevicius makes 23-foot three point jumper (Xavier Edmonds assists).
2316
(7:19) Melvin Council Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(7:16) Brock Harding Defensive Rebound.
(6:46) team shot clock turnover .
(6:31) Melvin Council Jr. misses 9-foot jumper.
(6:27) Flory Bidunga Offensive Rebound.
+2 (6:27) Flory Bidunga makes 0-foot tip in layup.
2318
(6:10) Micah Robinson misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(6:07) Flory Bidunga Defensive Rebound.
(5:57) Foul on Xavier Edmonds.
+2 (5:46) Flory Bidunga makes layup.
2320
(5:26) Tanner Toolson misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(5:24) Darryn Peterson Defensive Rebound.
+2 (5:07) Darryn Peterson makes 5-foot floating jump shot.
2322
(4:45) David Punch misses 20-foot jumper.
(4:42) Melvin Council Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (4:40) Tre White makes 1-foot dunk (Melvin Council Jr. assists).
2324
(4:40) Foul on Tanner Toolson.
+1 (4:40) Tre White makes free throw 1 of 1.
2325
(4:27) Jayden Pierre misses 6-foot jumper.
(4:24) Bryson Tiller Defensive Rebound.
+3 (4:18) Darryn Peterson makes 23-foot three point step back jumpshot (Melvin Council Jr. assists).
2328
+2 (3:53) David Punch makes layup.
2528
(3:33) Melvin Council Jr. bad pass turnover.
(3:33) David Punch Steal.
(3:23) David Punch misses layup.
(3:20) Bryson Tiller Defensive Rebound.
(3:13) Bryson Tiller misses 6-foot jumper.
(3:09) Jayden Pierre Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:59) David Punch makes 5-foot jumper (Jayden Pierre assists).
2728
(2:36) Darryn Peterson bad pass turnover.
(2:36) Micah Robinson Steal.
(2:31) Foul on Melvin Council Jr..
+1 (2:31) Micah Robinson makes free throw 1 of 2.
2828
+1 (2:31) Micah Robinson makes free throw 2 of 2.
2928
+2 (2:07) Melvin Council Jr. makes 5-foot floating jump shot.
2930
(1:48) Jayden Pierre misses 30-foot three point jumper.
(1:44) Tre White Defensive Rebound.
(1:36) Darryn Peterson bad pass turnover.
(1:20) Brock Harding misses 19-foot pullup jump shot.
(1:18) Melvin Council Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(1:12) Foul on Tanner Toolson.
(1:12) Darryn Peterson misses free throw 1 of 2.
(1:12) Kansas Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (1:12) Darryn Peterson makes free throw 2 of 2.
2931
+2 (1:00) David Punch makes 6-foot jumper (Jayden Pierre assists).
3131
(1:00) Foul on Tre White.
(0:59) David Punch misses free throw 1 of 1.
(0:57) Bryson Tiller Defensive Rebound.
(0:35) Darryn Peterson misses 17-foot pullup jump shot.
(0:31) Micah Robinson Defensive Rebound.
+3 (0:13) Jayden Pierre makes 26-foot three point jumper.
3431
(0:00) Bryson Tiller misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(0:00) Micah Robinson Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

TCU

73Points78

25-64(39.1%)Field Goal(%)22-58(37.9%)

9-25(36.0%)3-Point(%)4-17(23.5%)

14-18(77.8%)Free Throw(%)30-37(81.1%)

40(12)Rebounds(Offensive)41(11)

10Assists8

4Steals8

4Blocks5

14Turnovers10

23(0)Fouls(Technical)13(0)

7Largest Lead9

Game Details

Thursday, March 12, 2026 · 9:49 PM

T-Mobile Center · Kansas City, MOS

attendance: 17,015 (89.7%)

tv: ESPN2

spread: KU -4.5

over/under: 146.5