TCU to Play at Iowa State Saturday
2/16/2017 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 16, 2017
(17-9, 6-7)
(16-9, 8-5)
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TwitterFORT WORTH, Texas -- TCU (17-9, 6-7) will try for its first win at Iowa State in 36 years when it plays the Cyclones (16-9, 8-5) Saturday at 5 p.m.
The game will be broadcast on ESPNEWS with Jason Benetti (Play-By-Play) and Reid Gettys (Color) calling the action. The game can also be heard on KLIF AM 570, KTCU 88.7 FM, FrogVision or TuneIn Radio.
THE OPPONENT
Iowa State is 16-9 overall and 8-5 in the Big 12 following its 87-79 win at Kansas State on Wednesday. The Cyclones have won three of their last four games, which started with a win at Kansas on Feb. 4 to end the Jayhawks' 51-game winning streak at Allen Fieldhouse. ISU is led by senior guard Monte Morris and his 15.9 points per game, which ranks seventh in the Big 12 Conference. Morris leads the conference with 5.8 assists per game and lead the NCAA with an assist-turnover ratio of 5.8.
THE SERIES
Iowa State leads the all-time series 9-6. The Cyclones lead the series in Ames, 5-1, with the Frogs' lone win coming on Dec. 18, 1982, 74-66. Last season in Ames, TCU lost a high-scoring affair, 92-83. In the first meeting between the two teams this season, TCU won, 84-77, its first win over Iowa State since 1997. Valdimir Brodziansky had 25 points and 14 rebounds to lead the Frogs, who shot 56.9 percent from the field.
AMONG THE MOST IMPROVED
Going from 12-21 last season to 17-9 this season, TCU is the 12th most-improved team among NCAA DI schools.
IT'S MILLER TIME
JD Miller is 13-of-20 from 3-point range in the last five games. The sophomore has made at least one 3-pointer in each of the last seven games after not having any in the previous six contests. The four 3-pointers Miller had in wins at Kansas State and against Texas Tech were career highs. Miller has averaged 13.3 points and 3.8 rebounds in the last six games and scored a team-high 16 points against OSU Wednesday. He is 9-for-13 from 3-point range in the second half of the last five games.
3-POINT SHOOTING UP
TCU has made 10 or more 3-pointers in a game four times this season including a season-high 11 threes against Jacksonville State. In the four seasons prior to this one, TCU had just three games where it hit at least 10 3-pointers. The Frogs had nine-such games during the 2011-12 season.
FIRST SINCE
• TCU was at .500 (6-6) in conference play through 12 games for the first time since the 2011-12 season.
• TCU's six conference wins are its most ever in the Big 12. TCU is in its fifth season in the league.
• TCU's win at Texas was its first in Austin in 30 years, which was Jamie Dixon's senior year.
• TCU swept the season series over Texas for the first time in 30 years.
• TCU's win over Iowa State was its first in 20 years.
• TCU's win at Kansas State was its first win in Manhattan in 18 years.
• TCU won three-straight conference games for the first time since the 2007-08 season when it was in the Mountain West.
CROAK NOTES
• In its five seasons in the Big 12, TCU has three road conference wins, two of those wins coming this season.
• In 12 Big 12 games, Jamie Dixon has coached as many conference wins (6) as TCU had in the last three years combined.
• TCU's NCAA RPI is 49.
• TCU last played in the NCAA Tournament in 1998 with its last win in the tournament coming in 1987 when Dixon was a player.
• TCU is 17-5 against unranked opponents.
• The Frogs are 13-4 at home this season and 3-5 on the road.
• TCU is 16-4 when outrebounding its opponent.
• TCU is 7-1 when shooting over 50 percent from the field.
• TCU is 14-1 when leading at halftime (Baylor).
• TCU is 10-3 when forcing more turnovers than it commits.
• TCU's 74.7 points per game is the highest average since the 2002-03 season (80.4).
• TCU is shooting 46.3 percent from the field, the most since the 1998-99 season (49.1).
• TCU's 16.7 assists per game is the most since the 2000-01 season (18.9).
• TCU's 36.0 rebounds per game is the most since the 2002-03 season (38.9).
• TCU currently ranks No. 2 in the Big 12 and No. 21 in the NCAA in assists (16.7).
• Kenrich Williams ranks No. 2 in the Big 12 and No. 38 in the NCAA with 9.3 rebounds per game.
• Brandon Parrish is a 2017 Allstate NABC Good Works Team® nominee.
• Parrish ranks 4th all-time in games played in school history. He is 7 away from the most in school history (129).
• Shepherd has tallied 617 career rebounds and needs 83 to become only the 10th player all-time to capture 700 boards.
• Alex Robinson has led TCU in assists 19 times this season.
• Robinson has at least four assists in all but four games this season.
• Williams ranks No. 23 in the NCAA and No. 2 in the Big 12 in offensive rebounds with a 3.3 average on the season.
• Vladimir Brodziansky ranks second in the Big 12 and 28th nationally with 2.3 blocks per game.
• Brodziansky's 60 total blocks ranks eighth for the most in school history for a single season. (pg. 4)
• TCU has two consecutive losses despite 7 and 10 turnovers in those games.
