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GoFrogs: TCU Tops ULM in Season Opener, 83-73
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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) Vladimir Brodziansky scored 16 points after TCU celebrated its NIT championship in a pre-game ring ceremony and the Horned Frogs held on to beat Louisiana-Monroe 83-73 in the opener Friday night.
Kenrich Williams had 13 points and game highs of 14 rebounds and seven assists on coach Jamie Dixon's 52nd birthday.
Dixon led his alma mater to the NIT title in his first season after spending his first 13 years as a head coach at Pittsburgh. TCU won for the eighth time in nine games going back to last season, including five NIT victories.
The Horned Frogs return their top six scorers from a 24-15 team, and four of them were in double figures. JD Miller and Desmond Bane scored 12 apiece. Point guard Jaylen Fisher had eight points and five assists.
Kouat Noi, a 6-foot-7 redshirt freshman forward from Australia, has 12 points and eight rebounds in 22 minutes in his TCU debut.
Sam McDaniel led ULM with 21 points, and Jordon Harris scored 16, going 4 of 5 from 3-point range.
The Warhawks didn't score after McDaniel made two free throws to get within 78-73 with 2:08 remaining. Brodziansky answered with a dunk on an assist from Alex Robinson, and Harris missed a jumper at the other end.
BIG PICTURE
Louisiana-Monroe: Travis Munnings, the leading returning scorer, matched last season's average with 13 points and led the Warhawks with nine rebounds. ULM was tied late in the first half in what surely feels like an uplifting way to start after going 9-24 last season.
TCU: Defense at the 3-point figures to be an early point of emphasis for Dixon after the Warhawks shot 44 percent from long range (12 of 27). The three most prolific shooters were a combined 10 of 18.
UP NEXT
Louisiana-Monroe: The Warhawks will stay in the Dallas-Fort Worth area for a Sunday game at SMU.
TCU: Tennessee Tech is next Monday in the second of four straight at home.
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TCU Postgame Notes
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Team Notes
* TCU’s attendance of 6,715 was the third largest crowd ever in Schollmaier Arena.
* TCU has won eight of its last nine games.
* TCU improved to 70-37 all-time in season openers and have won 16 of the last 18.
* TCU improved to 2-3 all-time against ULM.
* TCU improved to 23-5 when outrebounding its opponent after outboarding ULM 40-35. Jamie Dixon improved to 287-53 when outrebounding the other team.
* TCU continues a stretch where it plays three games in five days when it hosts Tennessee Tech Monday at 8 p.m.
Individual Notes
* After leading the Big 12 with 19 double-doubles last season, junior guard Kenrich Williams had 13 points and 14 rebounds to go with seven assists for his first double-double of the season. It was Williams’ sixth-straight double-double dating back to last season when he had a double-double in each of the five NIT games to end the season.
* Ahmed Homdy, RJ Nembhard, Kouat Noi and Shawn Olden made their TCU debuts, each coming off the bench. Noi, a redshirt freshman from Australia, scored 12 points and had eight rebounds in 22 minutes.
* Senior forward Vladimir Brodziansky led the team in points with 16. It was the 22nd time in his career he led the team in scoring.
* Sophomore guard Desmond Bane scored 12 points and was 2-of-3 from 3-point range. It was his sixth-straight game with a made 3-pointer dating back to last season.
GoFrogs: TCU Tops ULM in Season Opener, 83-73
Final Stats | Notes | Photo Gallery
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) Vladimir Brodziansky scored 16 points after TCU celebrated its NIT championship in a pre-game ring ceremony and the Horned Frogs held on to beat Louisiana-Monroe 83-73 in the opener Friday night.
Kenrich Williams had 13 points and game highs of 14 rebounds and seven assists on coach Jamie Dixon's 52nd birthday.
Dixon led his alma mater to the NIT title in his first season after spending his first 13 years as a head coach at Pittsburgh. TCU won for the eighth time in nine games going back to last season, including five NIT victories.
The Horned Frogs return their top six scorers from a 24-15 team, and four of them were in double figures. JD Miller and Desmond Bane scored 12 apiece. Point guard Jaylen Fisher had eight points and five assists.
Kouat Noi, a 6-foot-7 redshirt freshman forward from Australia, has 12 points and eight rebounds in 22 minutes in his TCU debut.
Sam McDaniel led ULM with 21 points, and Jordon Harris scored 16, going 4 of 5 from 3-point range.
The Warhawks didn't score after McDaniel made two free throws to get within 78-73 with 2:08 remaining. Brodziansky answered with a dunk on an assist from Alex Robinson, and Harris missed a jumper at the other end.
BIG PICTURE
Louisiana-Monroe: Travis Munnings, the leading returning scorer, matched last season's average with 13 points and led the Warhawks with nine rebounds. ULM was tied late in the first half in what surely feels like an uplifting way to start after going 9-24 last season.
TCU: Defense at the 3-point figures to be an early point of emphasis for Dixon after the Warhawks shot 44 percent from long range (12 of 27). The three most prolific shooters were a combined 10 of 18.
UP NEXT
Louisiana-Monroe: The Warhawks will stay in the Dallas-Fort Worth area for a Sunday game at SMU.
TCU: Tennessee Tech is next Monday in the second of four straight at home.
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TCU Postgame Notes
Recap | Final Stats | Photo Gallery
Team Notes
* TCU’s attendance of 6,715 was the third largest crowd ever in Schollmaier Arena.
* TCU has won eight of its last nine games.
* TCU improved to 70-37 all-time in season openers and have won 16 of the last 18.
* TCU improved to 2-3 all-time against ULM.
* TCU improved to 23-5 when outrebounding its opponent after outboarding ULM 40-35. Jamie Dixon improved to 287-53 when outrebounding the other team.
* TCU continues a stretch where it plays three games in five days when it hosts Tennessee Tech Monday at 8 p.m.
Individual Notes
* After leading the Big 12 with 19 double-doubles last season, junior guard Kenrich Williams had 13 points and 14 rebounds to go with seven assists for his first double-double of the season. It was Williams’ sixth-straight double-double dating back to last season when he had a double-double in each of the five NIT games to end the season.
* Ahmed Homdy, RJ Nembhard, Kouat Noi and Shawn Olden made their TCU debuts, each coming off the bench. Noi, a redshirt freshman from Australia, scored 12 points and had eight rebounds in 22 minutes.
* Senior forward Vladimir Brodziansky led the team in points with 16. It was the 22nd time in his career he led the team in scoring.
* Sophomore guard Desmond Bane scored 12 points and was 2-of-3 from 3-point range. It was his sixth-straight game with a made 3-pointer dating back to last season.
