Michigan Wolverines @ TCU Horned Frogs
Transfers Yaxel Lendeborg and Morez Johnson Jr. have double-doubles as No. 6 Michigan wins at TCU
FORT WORTH, Texas -- — Transfer forwards Yaxel Lendeborg and Morez Johnson Jr. both had double-doubles and No. 6 Michigan won 67-63 at TCU on Friday night.
Lendeborg, the transfer from UAB, had 14 points and 10 rebounds while Johnson from Illinois had 10 points and 12 rebounds.
Michigan (3-0) overcame 22 turnovers and held on to beat a Horned Frogs team that had won six of its previous seven games when hosting a top 10 team.
Trey McKenney added 11 points for the Wolverines, including a three-point play with 6:24 left that made it 51-49 and put them ahead to stay. That was only the fourth lead change of the night.
Between McKenney's go-ahead 3-point play and his 3-pointer only 1:23 later, Johnson had a layup. Johnson followed that in the closing stretch with a strong inside basket and then a putback to give Michigan it's largest lead of the night at 61-54.
Brock Harding had 15 points for TCU (2-2), which missed 11 of 12 shots over a six-minute stretch late when it lost to the lead. Micah Robinson added 12 points and Tanner Toolson 10.
The Wolverines went from an eight-point deficit to the lead with a 10-0 run in the first half, though there was nearly 3 minutes between Nimari Burnett's layup that started it and Elliott Cadeau's 3 with 4:47 left that put them up 23-21. Lendeborg had the other five points, with a three-point play and a jumper.
Michigan is home against Middle Tennessee on Wednesday, the same night that TCU plays the last of five consecutive home games to open the season when hosting Kansas City.
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Game Information
- Referees:
- Doug Sirmons
- Edwin Young
- Tommy Johnson
2025-26 Big Ten Conference Standings
| Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 0-0 | - | 4-0 |
| Northwestern | 0-0 | - | 4-0 |
| Indiana | 0-0 | - | 3-0 |
| Iowa | 0-0 | - | 3-0 |
| Michigan | 0-0 | - | 3-0 |
| Michigan State | 0-0 | - | 3-0 |
| Nebraska | 0-0 | - | 3-0 |
| Ohio State | 0-0 | - | 3-0 |
| Oregon | 0-0 | - | 3-0 |
| Penn State | 0-0 | - | 3-0 |
| Purdue | 0-0 | - | 3-0 |
| Rutgers | 0-0 | - | 3-0 |
| USC | 0-0 | - | 3-0 |
| Wisconsin | 0-0 | - | 3-0 |
| UCLA | 0-0 | - | 3-1 |
| Washington | 0-0 | - | 3-1 |
| Maryland | 0-0 | - | 2-1 |
| Minnesota | 0-0 | - | 2-1 |
2025-26 Big 12 Conference Standings
| Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 0-0 | - | 4-0 |
| West Virginia | 0-0 | - | 4-0 |
| BYU | 0-0 | - | 3-0 |
| Baylor | 0-0 | - | 3-0 |
| Cincinnati | 0-0 | - | 3-0 |
| Colorado | 0-0 | - | 3-0 |
| Houston | 0-0 | - | 3-0 |
| Iowa State | 0-0 | - | 3-0 |
| Kansas State | 0-0 | - | 3-0 |
| Oklahoma State | 0-0 | - | 3-0 |
| Utah | 0-0 | - | 3-0 |
| Texas Tech | 0-0 | - | 3-1 |
| UCF | 0-0 | - | 3-1 |
| Arizona State | 0-0 | - | 2-1 |
| Kansas | 0-0 | - | 2-1 |
| TCU | 0-0 | - | 2-2 |

