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GoFrogs: TCU at Texas Preview

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FEB. 23 | FRANK ERWIN CENTER (16,540) | AUSTIN, TEXAS | 6 PM
TCU Horned Frogs (17-8, 6-7 Big 12)

HC: Jamie Dixon (TCU ‘87) • At TCU: 113-79 (6th) • Career: 441-202 (19th)
vs. #20 TEXAS Longhorns (19-8, 10-4 Big 12)
HC: Chris Beard (Texas ‘95) • At School: 19-4 (1st) • Career: 227-93 (10th)

GAME INFO
Broadcast: ESPN2
Play-By-Play: Mark Neely Analyst: Chris Spatola
Online: WatchESPN.com // ESPN App
Radio: KLIF 570 AM | XM/SXM Ap: 387/977
Play-By-Play: Brian Estridge Analyst: John Denton
Online: HFTV // TuneIn
Series: Texas leads 117-68
In Fort Worth: TCU leads 46-41
In Austin: Texas leads 68-22
Neutral: Texas leads 7-1
First Meeting: Texas won 53-27 (1914-15) in Austin
Last Meeting: Texas won 73-50 (1/25/22) in Fort Worth
Winning Streak: UT, W6
Dixon vs. UT: 6-8
Dixon as a player vs. UT: 7-1

GAME NOTES
• TCU continues a stretch of playing three games in five days when it plays at No. 20 Texas on Wednesday on ESPN2.
• Jamie Dixon (TCU) and Chris Beard (Texas) are two of 44 coaches nationally who are leading their alma mater.
• TCU has 16 or more wins for the fifth time under Jamie Dixon. TCU had 16 wins just three times in the 14 seasons prior to his arrival.
• TCU’s six Big 12 wins are its most conference wins through 13 games since the 2016-17 season when it was 6-7.
• Four of TCU’s remaining five games are against teams ranked in the top 25. Four of TCU’s five games remaining are Quadrant 1.
• Preseason All-Big 12 guard Mike Miles Jr. is the only player that ranks in the top six in the Big 12 in scoring (sixth, 14.7) and assists (sixth, 4.1). He is one of four among Power 5 conferences that is averaging at least 14.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists.
• Chuck O’Bannon Jr. is fourth on the team in scoring with 9.6 points per game and is shooting a team-best 35.3 percent from three. He made three in TCU’s win over West Virginia.
• Eddie Lampkin Jr. has been one of the most improved players in the Big 12 and is averaging 6.5 points and 6.0 rebounds overall and even better in conference play at 7.6 points and 6.4 rebounds. His 3.0 offensive rebounds per game overall ranks second in the Big 12.
• Lampkin went out with a knee injury at the end of the first half of Saturday’s game at Baylor and did not play vs. West Virginia.
• Emanuel Miller leads eight newcomers with 10.7 points per game and a team-leading 6.4 rebounds per game, which ranks sixth in the Big 12. Miller’s 2.6 offensive rebounds per ranks fourth in the Big 12.
• In the last two games, Miller has averaged 17.5 points and 7.7 rebounds.
• Damion Baugh is third on the team with 10.5 points per game and ranks fourth in the Big 12 with 4.1 assists per game.
• Micah Peavy’s defensive points per possession is .65, which ranks in the top percentile nationally.
• Peavy has made 10 of his last 13 shot attempts.
• TCU leads the Big 12 and ranks in the top 15 nationally in offensive rebound percentage (first, 38.9%), rebounding margin (third, 9.8), offensive rebounds per game (sixth, 13.7) and rebounds per game (13th, 40.2).
• When outrebounding its opponent, TCU is 16-5 this season and 97-31 under Jamie Dixon. This season, TCU has been outrebounded just three times.
• TCU’s adjusted defensive efficiency rating of 94.1 ranks 26th nationally and is TCU’s best number since KenPom began tracking stats in 1996-97.

LAST TIME OUT
• TCU shot a season-best 53.7 percent from the field and the entire starting five scored in double-figures as TCU beat West Virginia 77-67 on Monday. The Frogs dominated the rebounding effort, 42-24.

ABOUT THE OPPONENT
• Texas is coming off a 61-55 home loss to Texas Tech on Saturday.
• Timmy Allen leads a balanced scoring attack with 11.7 points and has a team-high 6.4 rebounds per game.

SERIES HISTORY
• Texas leads the series 117-68.
• Texas has won the last two meetings in Austin. TCU last won there on March 2, 2019, 69-65.
• The last two meetings in Austin had nearly identical scores, 70-56 in 2020 and 70-55 in 2021.

UP NEXT
• TCU will play its second-straight top 20 team on Saturday when it hosts No. 9 Texas Tech at 5 p.m. on ESPN2.

See the full release at https://gofrogs.com/documents/2022/2/22/26_at_Texas.pdf
 
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