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Preview: No. 15 Baylor - TCU Athletics
FORT WORTH – TCU (19-8, 8-6) will host No. 15 Baylor (19-8, 8-6) Monday at 8 p.m. on ESPN's Big Monday platform.
GoFrogs: No. 11 Baylor at TCU MBB Preview
FORT WORTH – TCU (19-8, 8-6) will host No. 11 Baylor (19-8, 8-6) Monday at 8 p.m. on ESPN's Big Monday platform.
NOTES
- TCU is 12-2 at home this season and 102-36 under Jamie Dixon, including 39-31 in Big 12 games.
- Seven of TCU's eight losses are in NET Quadrant 1 games.
- TCU is 3-7 in Q1 games and has two more opportunities for Q1 wins, starting Monday against Baylor.
- TCU is 4-5 against AP Top 25 teams this season and 4-2 against the top 15.
- Of TCU's 37 wins over AP Top 25 teams in its history, 23 have come under Dixon.
- TCU is 5-4 on the road this season, its most since winning six road games in the 2004-05 season.
- Emanuel Miller leads the team and ranks tied for fifth in the Big 12 with 16.5 points per game.
- Miller has scored in double figures in each of the last 15 games and reached 20 points seven times this season.
- Miller is the team leader in rebounds with 5.9 per game, which ranks 12th in the Big 12.
- Miller ranks third in the Big 12 in field goal percentage at 49.0.
- At 1,181 points, Miller ranks 22nd on TCU's all-time scoring list.
- Ernest Udeh Jr. has missed the last two games with a left leg injury suffered at Kansas State.
- Trevian Tennyson ranks second in the Big 12 in 3-point percentage at 43.7.
- Tennyson has made 2.6 threes in Big 12 games this season, which ranks second in the league.
- Jameer Nelson Jr. ranks fourth in the Big 12 and 36th nationally with 2.1 steals per game.
- Nelson is one of three players in the Big 12 that is averaging at least 10 points, 3.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game.
- When trailing by 10 or more points, TCU is 6-4, including 3-1 in road games.
- TCU has used five different starting lineups, including four in the last five games. TCU used 15 last year.
- TCU leads the nation with 19.5 fastbreak points per game.
- TCU leads the Big 12 and ranks 25th nationally in shortest offensive possession length at 15.8 seconds.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 17th nationally with 9.2 steals per game.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 21st nationally with 15.1 turnovers forced per game.
- The Frogs have forced 13 or more turnovers in all but five games this season.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 10th nationally with 17.7 assists per game. The best under Dixon is 18.9 in '17-'18.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 with 81.3 points per game. The best under Dixon is 75.4 in '17-'18.
- TCU is shooting 72.4 percent from the free throw line. The best under Jamie Dixon is 70.6 percent in 2017-18.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 28th nationally in field goal percentage at 48.0 percent.
- In Big 12 games only, TCU is first in scoring offense (77.1) and first in 3-point percentage (38.2).
- With one more win, TCU will have 20 wins for the sixth time in the eight seasons under Dixon.
- Of the sixteen 20-win seasons in TCU's history, five have come in the last seven seasons.
- A win would give Dixon his 18th 20-win season in his 21 seasons as a head coach.
- TCU is looking for three-straight trips to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history.
LAST TIME OUT
- TCU won its first-ever game against Cincinnati, 75-57, Saturday at Schollmaier Arena.
- JaKobe Coles and Emanuel Miller led the Frogs with 18 points each. Miller also led the team in rebounds and assists with six each.
- Against one of the top rebounding teams in the nation, TCU won the battle on the boards, 33-32.
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
- Baylor (19-18, 8-6) is coming off an 82-76 overtime loss to No. 2 Houston at home on Saturday.
- The Bears are led by freshman Ja'Kobe Walters' 14.7 points per game, which ranks 11th in the conference.
- Baylor is the top 3-point shooting team in the conference at 39.6, which also ranks fourth nationally.
- The Bears offensive efficiency of 123.6 ranks fifth nationally.
Series History
- Baylor leads the all-time series, 104-87. It will be the 192nd meeting in the series.
- TCU is 6-6 against Baylor since the 2017-18 season. Its last sweep over the Bears came in 2018.
- TCU won the meeting earlier this season, 105-102 in triple overtime behind 30 points by Jameer Nelson Jr.
- TCU leads the series in Fort Worth, 45-44, but Baylor has won the last three with TCU's last win coming on Feb. 29, 2020. The 75-72 win over the No. 2 Bears was TCU's highest ranked win over a team at home.
UP NEXT
- TCU play at BYU on Saturday at 8 p.m. CT on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.
