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Preview: at No. 25 Baylor - TCU Athletics
FORT WORTH – TCU (9-7, 2-3) will face No. 25 Baylor (11-5, 3-2) on Sunday at 4 p.m. at Foster Pavilion in Waco. The game will air on ESPN.
GoFrogs: TCU at No. 25 Baylor MBB Preview
FORT WORTH – TCU (9-7, 2-3) will face No. 25 Baylor (11-5, 3-2) on Sunday at 4 p.m. at Foster Pavilion in Waco. The game will air on ESPN.
NOTES
- Jamie Dixon is three wins away from 500 as a head coach. His 169 wins at TCU rank second all-time.
- TCU is 0-3 on the road this season and 0-1 against AP Top 25 teams.
- TCU's six losses are all to teams ranked in the top 100 of the NET.
- TCU went 6-5 in away games last season, the first time in 25 years the Frogs finished over .500 on the road.
- Of TCU's 38 wins over AP Top 25 teams in its history, 23 have come under Dixon.
- Of TCU's six road wins against AP Top 25 teams in its history, five have occurred in the past six seasons.
- Ernest Udeh Jr., who is averaging 7.4 points, 7.9 rebounds and 1.5 blocks, is TCU's only returning scholarship player.
- Udeh's rebounding average of 7.9 ranks seventh in the Big 12.
- Udeh is one of 10 players in the Big 12 averaging at least 7.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game.
- Udeh has won the opening tip in 12 of 14 games played this season and 37 of 43 career games.
- TCU's newcomers includes six transfers and four freshmen. Two additional players are redshirt freshmen.
- Leading TCU in scoring is Noah Reynolds with 12.5 points. His average of 18.6 in Big 12 games ranks third.
- Trazarien White has made a 3-pointer in each of the last 10 games and is averaging 9.8 points per game.
- Brendan Wenzel is TCU's top 3-point threat at 46.2 percent.
- Vasean Allette is averaging 11.4 points and has scored in double figures in seven-straight games.
- Freshman David Punch is one of five freshmen in the Big 12 averaging at least 5.0 (5.8) points and 4.5 (4.9) rebounds.
- TCU, which led the nation in fastbreak scoring the past two seasons, ranks fifth in the Big 12 and 64th nationally with 13.3 per game.
- TCU ranks second in the Big 12 and 24th nationally in 3-point defense, allowing 29.1 percent from three.
- Opponents are shooting 26.9 percent from three in Schollmaier Arena this season.
- TCU ranks 31st in defensive efficiency at 96.9 according to KenPom. TCU finished 44th last season.
- TCU ranks second for the fewest turnovers in Big 12 games with 9.4 per game.
- The Frogs have committed less than 10 turnovers in four of the last five games.
- 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.
- Only 21 active D1 coaches have more wins than Dixon's 497.
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
- Baylor is 11-5 overall and 3-2 in the Big 12 following an 81-70 loss at Arizona on Tuesday.
- The Bears are led in scoring by Norchad Omier, who ranks seventh in the Big 12 with an average of 15.5 points per game while shooting a conference-best 64.3 percent from the field. His 10.2 rebounds per game rank second in the conference.
- Baylor was ranked as high as eighth in the AP Top 25, which came in the preseason poll. The Bears are 25th after going unranked the previous week.
SERIES HISTORY
- Baylor leads the all-time series 105-87, including a 55-39 advantage in games played in Waco.
- TCU has won the past two meetings in Waco.
- Jameer Nelson Jr. scored 30 points in TCU's 105-102 win in triple overtime last season.
- Baylor won the last meeting in the series, 62-54, last season in Fort Worth.
- Sunday's game will be the 193rd meeting between the two programs.
- The last five meetings have been decided by 10 or fewer points.
- TCU is 3-12 all-time against a ranked Baylor team. The three wins came in the last five seasons.
LAST TIME OUT
- TCU dropped its first game in Schollmaier Arena, 73-65, to Utah on Wednesday.
- Vasean Allette led the Frogs in points (19), rebounds (9) and assists (4).
- Noah Reynolds and Brendan Wenzel scored 12 points and Micah Robinson matched his season-high with 10 points.
UP NEXT
- TCU will host No. 9 Kansas on Wednesday at 6 p.m. on ESPN2.
