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Preview: at Kansas State - TCU Athletics
FORT WORTH – TCU (17-7, 6-5) will play its next two games on the road, starting with Saturday's 11 a.m. game at Kansas State (15-9, 5-6) on ESPNU.
GoFrogs: TCU at Kansas State MBB Preview
FORT WORTH – TCU (17-7, 6-5) will play its next two games on the road, starting with Saturday's 11 a.m. game at Kansas State (15-9, 5-6) on ESPNU.
NOTES
- Currently at 156, Jamie Dixon is tied with Billy Tubbs for second in wins by a TCU head coach.
- TCU is 4-3 on the road this season.
- Six of TCU's seven losses are in NET Quadrant 1 games.
- TCU is 4-4 against AP Top 25 teams and 4-2 against the top 15.
- TCU is receiving votes in this week's AP Top 25 poll.
- Emanuel Miller leads the team and ranks sixth in the Big 12 with 16.4 points per game.
- Miller has scored in double figures in each of the last 12 games and reached 20 points seven times this season.
- Miller is the team leader in rebounds with 5.7 per game, which ranks 14th in the Big 12.
- Miller ranks third in the Big 12 in field goal percentage at 49.5.
- At 1,138 points, Miller ranks tied for 23rd on TCU's all-time scoring list.
- Ernest Udeh Jr. has won the opening tip in 20 of 24 games and all four overtime periods.
- Trevian Tennyson leads the Big 12 in 3-point percentage at 45.6. The TCU record is 47.7 (Henry Salter, 2007-08).
- Tennyson is one of two players (Abmus-UT) who is averaging over 3.0 threes in Big 12 games at 3.1 per game.
- Jameer Nelson Jr. ranks second in the Big 12 and 26th nationally with 2.2 steals per game.
- Nelson is one of three players in the Big 12 that is averaging at least 10 points, 2.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game.
- JaKobe Coles is averaging 11.8 points over the last four games and has made 18 of his last 28 shot attempts.
- TCU is 5-4 this season when trailing by 10 or more points.
- TCU featured its third different starting lineup on Monday. TCU used 15 last year.
- TCU leads the nation with 20.1 fastbreak points per game.
- TCU leads the Big 12 and ranks 25th nationally in shortest offensive possession length at 15.7 seconds.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 18th nationally with 9.2 steals per game.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 22nd nationally with 15.3 turnovers forced per game.
- The Frogs have forced 13 or more turnovers in all but four games this season (at ISU, UH, OSU, Nev.).
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and ninth nationally with 18.0 assists per game. The best under Dixon is 18.9 in '17-'18.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 27th nationally with 81.8 points per game. The best under Dixon is 75.4 in '17-'18.
- TCU leads the Big 12 in scoring in conference games only with 77.1 points per game. BYU is second at 75.1.
- TCU is shooting 71.8 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 23rd nationally in field goal percentage at 48.6 percent.
- Of the sixteen 20-win seasons in TCU's history, five have come in the last seven seasons.
- TCU is looking for three-straight trips to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history.
LAST TIME OUT
- TCU beat West Virginia, 81-65, on Monday in Fort Worth.
- Emanuel Miller, Jameer Nelson and Trevian Tennyson led the Frogs with 14 points each. Tennyson was 4-of-8 from 3-point range.
- TCU held WVU to 30 percent shooting from the field in the second half.
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
- Kansas State is coming off a 72-66 loss at BYU on Saturday.
- The Wildcats are 12-2 at home this season and 4-1 at home in Big 12 play with the only loss coming to Oklahoma on Jan. 30.
- KSU features three of the Big 12's top 10 scorers. Cam Carter ranks seventh at 15.9 points per game, Tylor Perry ranks eighth at 14.8 and Arthur Kaluma is 10th at 14.5. Kaluma is also fourth in rebounding at 7.2 boards per game.
SERIES HISTORY
- Kansas State leads the all-time series, 21-12, but TCU has won three of the last five meetings.
- The Wildcats have a 9-5 advantage in Manhattan, but the Frogs have won three of the last four meetings.
- TCU won the last meeting, 80-67, in the opening round of the Big 12 Championship. Chuck O'Bannon Jr. scored 22 points on 4-of-7 shooting from three and had seven rebounds.
- KSU won the last meeting in Manhattan, 82-61, last season on Feb. 7.
UP NEXT
- TCU will play at Texas Tech on Tuesday at 8 p.m. on either ESPN or ESPN2.
