Jayden Pierre had 17 points and six rebounds in TCU's 81-45 victory Wednesday night over Kansas City at Fort Worth, Texas.

The Horned Frogs (3-2) completed their string of five straight home games to open the season.

Liutauras Lelevicius added 16 points on 5-of-7 shooting from the field, including 4 of 5 from 3-point range.

David Punch led the Horned Frogs with nine rebounds and seven assists.

TCU shot better from beyond the arc at 43.8 percent (14 of 32) than from the field overall. The Horned Frogs made 39.7 percent of its shots (27 of 68) from the field.

TCU scored the first 17 points in the first five minutes of the game and was never threatened.

Lelevicius had eight of those points, including two 3-pointers.

After Kansas City (1-4) cut the lead to 35-21 with 5:41 left in the fi

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