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Preview: at No. 23 Texas Tech - TCU Athletics
FORT WORTH – TCU (18-7, 7-5) will look for consecutive sweeps of Texas Tech (18-7, 7-5) when the two meet on Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Lubbock, Texas on ESPN2.
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FORT WORTH – TCU (18-7, 7-5) will look for consecutive sweeps of Texas Tech (18-7, 7-5) when the two meet on Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Lubbock, Texas on ESPN2.
NOTES
- TCU is a 5-3 on the road this season and 3-3 in the Big 12. No other Big 12 team has five road wins.
- TCU's five road wins is its most since winning six road games in the 2004-05 season.
- Six of TCU's seven losses are in NET Quadrant 1 games.
- TCU is 3-6 in Q1 games and has three opportunities for Q1 wins, starting with Tuesday's game.
- TCU is 4-4 against AP Top 25 teams this season and 4-2 against the top 15.
- Of TCU's six road wins all-time against AP Top 25 teams, five have occurred in the past five seasons.
- 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 fifth in the Big 12 with 16.1 points per game.
- Miller has scored in double figures in each of the last 13 games and reached 20 points seven times this season.
- Miller is the team leader in rebounds with 5.6 per game, which ranks tied for 15th in the Big 12.
- Miller ranks fourth in the Big 12 in field goal percentage at 49.0.
- At 1,148 points, Miller ranks 23rd on TCU's all-time scoring list. Next on the list is JD Miller (1,153).
- Ernest Udeh Jr. has won the opening tip in 21 of 25 games and all four overtime periods.
- Trevian Tennyson leads the Big 12 in 3-point percentage at 44.9. The TCU record is 47.7 (Henry Salter, 2007-08).
- Tennyson has made 2.9 threes in Big 12 games this season, which ranks second in the league.
- Jameer Nelson Jr. ranks third in the Big 12 and 29th 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 three different starting lineups. TCU used 15 last year.
- TCU leads the nation with 19.6 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 20th nationally with 15.2 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 10th nationally with 17.8 assists per game. The best under Dixon is 18.9 in '17-'18.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 28th nationally with 81.5 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 76.9 points per game. BYU is second at 75.1.
- TCU is shooting 71.7 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 and 22nd nationally in field goal percentage at 48.4 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
- Jameer Nelson Jr. made a step-back 3-pointer with 1.1 seconds remaining give TCU a 75-72 win at Kansas State.
- Former Texas Tech guard Micah Peavy scored 17 of his career-high 26 points in the second half as TCU rallied from 10 points down in the first half. TCU brought down 14 offensive rebounds, its most in seven games.
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
- Texas Tech is coming off an 82-74 loss at Iowa State on Saturday.
- The Red Raiders are 13-1 at home this season with the lone loss coming to Cincinnati on Feb. 3.
- Pop Isaacs is tied with Emanuel Miller for fifth in the Big 12 in scoring with 16.1 points per game.
- Texas Tech is one of the best free throw shooting teams in the country, leading the Big 12 and ranking 16th nationally at 77.6 percent.
SERIES HISTORY
- Texas Tech leads the all-time series 86-56, including a 50-17 advantage in Lubbock.
- The Horned Frogs have won the last four meetings, including the last game in Lubbock, 83-82, last season.
- With a win on Tuesday, TCU would have five-straight wins over Texas Tech for the second time ever. TCU won five-straight from 1989-1991. The Frogs have never defeated a ranked Red Raider team in Lubbock.
- In the first meeting this season, TCU tied a season-high with 11 3-pointers and Trevian Tennyson scored 23 points on 4-of-8 from three. The Horned Frogs won in Fort Worth, 85-78.
UP NEXT
- TCU will host two games in three days starting with Cincinnati at 2 p.m. on Saturday on Big 12 Now on ESPN+. The Horned Frogs will then host No. 11 Baylor at 8 p.m. ESPN's Big Monday.
