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FORT WORTH, Texas – HBU took a loss at Big 12 member TCU on Wednesday evening, the delayed opening day of college basketball, falling to the Horned Frogs 69-45 inside Schollmaier Arena.
 
The Huskies (0-1) got off to a slow start, missing their first 12 field goal attempts while TCU (1-0) built a 15-0 lead over the first 7:23 of the game until sophomore Zach Iyeyemi dropped a layup in the bucket at the 12:37 mark with an assist from Philip McKenzie. Following their 0-for-12 start, the Huskies then connected on five of their next 10 but trailed 31-12 with 4:36 left in the first half. The Horned Frogs took a 38-16 lead into the half.
 
HBU came out ready to go offensively in the second half, connecting on five of the first six shots of the half but that only got them to within 18, 44-26, four minutes in. Midway through the half, TCU went on a run of three consecutive three-pointers to push its lead to 59-30 but the Huskies answered with an 8-0 run over a two-minute stretch to pull their deficit back to 21 with 5:50 remaining. That was the closest the Huskies would get, however.
 
Junior transfer Pedro Castro finished with a double-double, totaling career-highs in both scoring and rebounding with a team-best 13 points and 10 rebounds. Fellow junior Hunter Janacek, who saw his first action in an NCAA Division I game in 1,366 days, ended the night with 10 points and six rebounds. Iyeyemi, meanwhile, set a new career-best with eight points thanks to 2-of-5 shooting and a 4-of-5 mark from the foul line.
 
As a team, the Huskies shot 32.1 percent (18-of-56) from the floor but were 40.9 percent after that initial 0-for-12 drought to start the game. TCU finished the game shooting 45.9 percent (28-of-61) and out-rebounded the Huskies, 44-31. Freshman Mike Miles led TCU with 13 points, five assists and three steals.
 
HBU will embark on its longest trip of the season for its next game, a Sunday, Nov. 29 matchup in Tempe, Ariz. versus the 18^th-ranked Arizona State Sun Devils.