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FORT WORTH – TCU (19-9, 8-7) will face BYU (20-8, 8-7) for the first time in the Big 12 Conference when the two play Saturday at 8 p.m. CT in Provo, Utah on Big
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FORT WORTH – TCU (19-9, 8-7) will face BYU (20-8, 8-7) for the first time in the Big 12 Conference when the two play Saturday at 8 p.m. CT in Provo, Utah on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.
NOTES
- TCU is 5-4 on the road this season, its most since winning six road games in the 2004-05 season.
- TCU's five road wins is tied with Houston (5-3) for the most in the Big 12.
- Eight of TCU's nine losses are in NET Quadrant 1 games.
- TCU is 3-8 in Q1 games and has another opportunity for a Q1 win on Saturday.
- TCU is 4-6 against AP Top 25 teams this season, 4-3 against the top 15.
- Of TCU's 37 wins over AP Top 25 teams in its history, 23 have come under Dixon.
- Emanuel Miller leads the team and ranks tied for sixth in the Big 12 with 15.9 points per game.
- Miller has scored in double figures in each of the last 16 games and reached 20 points seven times this season.
- Miller is the team leader in rebounds with 5.9 per game, which ranks 13th in the Big 12.
- Miller ranks third in the Big 12 in field goal percentage at 48.8.
- At 1,191 points, Miller ranks 22nd on TCU's all-time scoring list. He is 12 away from moving into the top 20 (pg. 13).
- Ernest Udeh Jr. has missed the last three games with a left leg injury suffered at Kansas State.
- Trevian Tennyson ranks fourth in 3-point percentage in Big 12 Conference games only at 41.1.
- Jameer Nelson Jr. ranks fourth in the Big 12 and 37th 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 6-5, including 3-1 in road games.
- TCU has used five different starting lineups, including four in the last six games. TCU used 15 last year.
- TCU leads the nation with 19.1 fastbreak points per game.
- TCU leads the Big 12 and ranks 26th nationally in shortest offensive possession length at 15.8 seconds.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 18th nationally with 9.1 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 13th nationally with 17.5 assists per game. The best under Dixon is 18.9 in '17-'18.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 with 80.3 points per game. The best under Dixon is 75.4 in '17-'18.
- TCU is shooting 72.7 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 in field goal percentage at 47.5 percent.
- In Big 12 games only, TCU is second in scoring offense (75.5) and second in 3-point percentage (37.4).
- With one more win, TCU will have 20 wins for the sixth time in the eight seasons under Dixon.
- With one more win, TCU will tie a program-best with nine Big 12 wins for the second-straight season.
- 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 fell to No. 15 Baylor, 62-54, on Monday in Schollmaier Arena.
- The Horned Frogs held the Bears to 37.7 percent shooting, the lowest of any TCU Big 12 opponent this season.
- TCU was 15-of-18 from the free throw line. The 83.3 percent shooting was the Frogs' second best in Big 12 play.
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
- BYU (20-8, 8-7) is coming off an 76-68 win at No. 7 Kansas on Tuesday.
- The Cougars are led by Jaxson Robinson's 14.1 points per game, one of five in double figures.
- BYU is the top scoring offense in the league at 82.6 points per game, which ranks 20th in the NCAA. The Cougars also rank third nationally assist/turnover ratio at 1.80.
- BYU ranks third nationally with 11.4 made threes per game and take the second most in the country with 32.5 per game.
SERIES HISTORY
- BYU leads the all-time series, 19-3, including an 8-1 advantage in games played in Provo.
- TCU has lost the last 16 meetings with its last win coming on Feb. 13, 1997, a 92-80 win in Provo.
- The last meeting in the series was a 64-58 win by the Cougars on March 10, 2011, in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Conference Championship at Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas.
- TCU and BYU were members of the same conference twice. First was the Western Athletic Conference from 1996-99 and then the Mountain West Conference from 2005-2012.
UP NEXT
- TCU will play at West Virginia on Wednesday at 8 p.m. on either ESPN2 or ESPNU.
