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Preview: No. 9 Texas Tech - TCU Athletics
FORT WORTH – Having won four of its last five games, TCU (14-11, 7-7) will host No. 9 Texas Tech (20-5, 11-3) on Tuesday at 7 p.m. on ESPN+
GoFrogs: No. 9 Texas Tech at TCU MBB Preview
FORT WORTH – Having won four of its last five games, TCU (14-11, 7-7) will host No. 9 Texas Tech (20-5, 11-3) on Tuesday at 7 p.m. on ESPN+
NOTES
- TCU will retire the jersey of current Memphis Grizzlies guard Desmond Bane at halftime. It will air live on ESPN+.
- TCU is 12-2 at home this season and has won the last three. The losses were to Utah and Kansas.
- Under Jamie Dixon in Schollmaier Arena, TCU is 114-40 overall and 44-34 in Big 12 games.
- TCU is 1-3 against teams ranked in the AP Top 25 this season. The win came at No. 25 Baylor.
- Of TCU's 40 wins over AP Top 25 teams in its history, 24 have come under Jamie Dixon.
- TCU has won its last three meetings with No. 9 ranked teams in Schollmaier Arena.
- TCU has won five of the last six games against top 10 opponents in Schollmaier Arena.
- TCU is 8-1 in games decided by five or fewer points this season.
- TCU's losses are all to teams ranked in the top 72 of the NET. TCU has no Q3 or Q4 losses.
- TCU has four games remaining that as of now, are NET Q1, including Tuesday vs. Texas Tech.
- Ernest Udeh Jr., who is averaging 6.7 points, 7.4 rebounds and 1.3 blocks, is TCU's only returning scholarship player.
- Udeh ranks eighth in the Big 12 with 7.4 rebounds per game.
- Udeh is one of 10 players in the Big 12 averaging at least six points, seven rebounds and one block per game.
- Udeh has won the opening tip in 18 of 23 games played this season.
- TCU's newcomers includes six transfers and four freshmen. Two additional players are redshirt freshmen.
- Three freshmen, Malick Diallo, Jace Posey and Micah Robinson, have recorded career highs over the past two games.
- TCU is the only team in the Big 12 with five freshmen averaging 7.0 minutes or more. No other team has four.
- Only three teams nationally have more than five freshmen averaging at least 7.0 minutes or more.
- Leading TCU in scoring is Noah Reynolds with 12.8 points. His average of 15.1 in Big 12 games ranks 12th.
- Vasean Allette is averaging 11.8 points and 13.2 in Big 12 games, which ranks 19th.
- Allette is averaging 13.8 points and 5.2 assists over the last five games.
- Freshman David Punch is one of five freshmen in the Big 12 averaging at least 5.0 (5.9) points and 4.0 (4.2) rebounds.
- TCU ranks fourth in the Big 12 and 48th nationally in 3-point defense, allowing 31.0 percent from beyond-the-arc.
- Opponents are shooting 27.5 percent from three in Schollmaier Arena this season.
- TCU ranks 31st in defensive efficiency at 97.3 according to KenPom. TCU finished 44th last season.
- The Frogs have committed less than 10 turnovers six times in Big 12 play.
- Last season, TCU finished the season in the NCAA Tournament for a program-best, third-straight season.
- Dixon is one of just nine active head coaches who have made at least 15 appearances in the NCAA Tournament.
- Dixon is one of 20 active D1 head coaches that has at least 500 career wins at a D1 program.
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
- Texas Tech is 20-5 overall and 11-3 in the Big 12. The Red Raiders have won their past two games, including a 93-55 win at Oklahoma State on Saturday.
- Texas Tech has the best offense in the Big 12, ranking first with 82.4 points per game and first in shooting at 48.2 percent from the field.
- Reigning Big 12 Player and Newcomer of the Week JT Toppin ranks fourth in the Big 12 with 17.2 points per game and third with 9.1 rebounds per game. His 10 double-doubles this season rank second in the conference, only to Norchad Omier's 13 for Baylor.
- Elijah Hawkins ranks first in the Big 12 with 6.4 per game.
SERIES HISTORY
- Tuesday will be the 145th game in the series, which Texas Tech leads, 88-56 and has won the past two meetings.
- TCU holds a 35-33 advantage in games played in Fort Worth and has won the past four.
- In the meeting on Jan. 29 in Lubbock, TCU trailed by seven with just under four minutes to go before falling 71-57. Noah Reynoldsled the Frogs with 14 points and three assists.
LAST TIME OUT
- TCU picked up its second road win of the season in a 74-70 victory at Arizona State on Saturday.
- Redshirt freshman Jace Posey came off the bench to score a career-high 20 points and added six rebounds.
- Senior guard Noah Reynolds scored 19 points, including a 3-pointer to break a 67-67 tie with 16.5 seconds to go.
UP NEXT
- TCU will play at Cincinnati on Saturday at 11 a.m. on ESPN2.
