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Preview: vs. Vanderbilt - TCU Athletics
FORT WORTH – TCU will face Vanderbilt on Sunday at 11:30 a.m. in a neutral-site contest at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth. The game is part of the USLBM Coast to Coast
GoFrogs: Vanderbilt vs. TCU MBB Preview
FORT WORTH – TCU will face Vanderbilt on Sunday at 11:30 a.m. in a neutral-site contest at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth. The game is part of the USLBM Coast to Coast Challenge and will air on ESPNU.
NOTES
- Jamie Dixon is seven wins away from 500 as a head coach. His 165 wins at TCU rank second all-time.
- Under Dixon, TCU is 31-19 in neutral site games and 0-2 this season.
- TCU is 4-1 in Dickies Arena and played the first college basketball game there against USC on Dec. 6, 2019.
- Not included in the 4-1 record is TCU's charity exhibition win over Arkansas, 66-65, on Nov. 1 at Dickies Arena.
- Ernest Udeh Jr., who is averaging 8.7 points, 8.5 rebounds and 1.7 blocks, is TCU's only returning scholarship player.
- Udeh's rebounding average of 8.5 ranks sixth in the Big 12.
- TCU's newcomers includes six transfers and four freshmen. Two additional players are redshirt freshmen.
- Frankie Collins leads the Frogs with 11.9 points, 4.1 assists and 1.9 steals per game.
- Collins has led TCU in points, rebounds and assists in each of the last two games.
- Noah Reynolds assist/turnover ratio of 2.50 ranks ninth in the Big 12. He missed the last game with a wrist injury.
- Vasean Allette started his first game vs. Xavier and ranks fourth on the team with 9.5 points per game.
- Brendan Wenzel is TCU's top 3-point threat at 41.9 percent.
- Wenzel has made at least one 3-pointer in every game except Santa Clara.
- Trazarien White arrived at TCU with over 1,000 career points. Collins (37 away) and Reynolds (50 away) are closing in on 1,000 for their careers.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 32nd nationally in fastbreak points with 15.9 per game. TCU led the nation the last two seasons.
- TCU ranks second in the Big 12 and 69th nationally in 3-point defense, allowing 29.4 percent from three.
- Opponents are shooting 27.4 percent from three in Schollmaier Arena this season.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 43rd nationally in turnovers forced per game at 15.6.
- TCU ranks fourth in the Big 12 and 24th nationally in turnover margin at 4.8.
- TCU ranks fifth in the Big 12 and 57th nationally in scoring defense at 65.3 points per game allowed.
- TCU ranks 36th in defensive efficiency at 97.0 according to KenPom.
- 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 22 active D1 coaches have more wins than Dixon's 492.
- TCU has 17 seasons of 20 or more wins in its history and six have come in the last eight seasons.
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
- Vanderbilt is 8-1 on the season and is coming off an 80-64 win at Virginia Tech on Wednesday. The Commodores' only loss was against Drake, 81-70.
- Vanderbilt is led in scoring by Jason Edwards, whose 18.0 points per game rank sixth in the SEC.
- The Commodores take care of the ball well and are ranked ninth nationally in turnover margin at 6.2 and turnovers per game at 9.2.
SERIES HISTORY
- Vanderbilt leads the all-time series 5-1 and has won the last five meetings.
- The last meeting saw the Commodores win, 81-78, on Jan. 28, 2018 in Nashville, part of the Big 12/SEC Challenge.
- The only meeting in Fort Worth came on Jan. 3, 2004 and was a 95-60 win by Vanderbilt.
LAST TIME OUT
- TCU made four of its final five field goal attempts to pull away from Xavier for a 76-72 win on Thursday in Schollmaier Arena.
- Frankie Collins had 16 points, one of five Frogs in double-figures. He also led in rebounds with seven and assists with five.
UP NEXT
- TCU will next play South Alabama on Monday, Dec. 16 at 7 p.m. in Schollmaier Arena.
