TCU Throttles Saint Francis 104-63 in a Bounce Back Win

Tanner Toolson's 25 points leads the Frogs to a monster victory.

Tanner Toolson shoots the ball for TCU in a win over Saint Francis on November 6, 2025. | X: @TCUBasketball

The Frogs needed a bounce-back win desperately and got it Thursday. The Frogs beat Saint Francis 104-63 in a complete dominant effort.

The story of the game starts with the rebounding. After Malick Diallo's torn ACL and getting out-rebounded 39-28 in the New Orleans loss Monday, this was a big concern for Jamie Dixon's squad.

The Frogs out-rebounded Saint Francis 48-22 despite these factors, their first time out-rebounding a team by 20+ since against Montana State (24) on December 22, 2024. Micah Robinson's double-double led the way, along with nine rebounds from Xavier Edmonds and eight boards from David Punch.

Micah Robinson had his first career double-double in TCU’s win over Saint Francis:

13 PTS
10 REB (career high)
3 AST
1 BLK
3-4 FG
6-7 FT (career high)

Great start to the season for the sophomore pic.twitter.com/USI2KL0lkM

— Nick Girimonte (@GirimonteNicky) November 7, 2025

The rebounding, combined with the free-throw differential, seemed to be the two crucial differences in the box score. TCU went 24-28 from the charity stripe, while Saint Francis shot just five of six.

It was a balanced scoring attack for the Frogs, where six TCU players scored in double figures, the first time that has happened since at Texas Tech on February 20, 2023. This ability to score with so many different players showed the believed depth that the Frogs may have this year.

TCU had six players with 10+ points in the win over Saint Francis:

Tanner Toolson (25)
Micah Robinson (13)
Xavier Edmonds (12)
David Punch (11)
Liutauras Lelevicius (10)
Jace Posey (10)

That is the first time that has happened since 2/20/23 at Texas Tech.

— Nick Girimonte (@GirimonteNicky) November 7, 2025

The only scorer with 20+ points however was Tanner Toolson. The Utah Valley transfer dropped 25 points with four made threes and really showed the spark plug he can be for this team.

Tanner Toolson in TCU’s win over Saint Francis:

25 PTS
8-11 FG
4-5 3PT
5-5 FT
2 REB
1 BLK
+30 pic.twitter.com/CTovedLWMP

— Nick Girimonte (@GirimonteNicky) November 7, 2025

Toolson had just seven points with no made threes in the loss vs. New Orleans. Thursday night's play is more of the type of player Jamie Dixon and staff believed they were bringing in out of the portal.

Returning from injury/illness was sophomore Jace Posey and Vianney Salatchoum. Both played rotational minutes and made an obvious difference than what their absence showed in game one.

Now, after TCU took care of business, they turn to Lamar on Monday night as the last game before welcoming No. 7 Michigan into Schollmaier Arena. While a win over Saint Francis surely does not fix everything, it puts the Frogs in a much better direction with tons more optimism going forward in their season.

The press conferences below showed just how passionate these players and Coach Dixon are in this program and worth the time to watch for TCU fans.

Press Conferences

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