TCU Takes Winning Streak to Waco Saturday
2/9/2017 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 9, 2017
(17-7, 6-5)
(21-3, 8-3)
ESPNU
TwitterFORT WORTH, Texas -- Riding a three-game conference winning streak for the first time since 2008, TCU (17-7, 6-5) will play at No. 6 Baylor (21-3, 8-3) Saturday at 1 p.m. in the Farrell Center.
The game will be broadcast on ESPNU with Dave Armstrong (Play-By-Play) and Bryndon Manzer (Color) calling the action. The game can also be heard on KLIF AM 570, KTCU 88.7 FM, FrogVision or TuneIn Radio.
THE OPPONENT
Baylor is 21-3 overall, 8-3 in the Big 12 Conference following a 72-69 win at Oklahoma State on Wednesday. The Bears had dropped two-straight games prior to the win over the Cowboys. Baylor is led in scoring and rebounding by Johnathan Motley, who ranks fourth in the Big 12 with 16.6 points per game and first with 9.8 rebounds per game.
THE SERIES
Baylor leads the all-time series 99-81 with a 51-36 advantage in Waco. The Bears won the first meeting of the season, 62-53, on Jan. 21 in front of a crowd of 7,276, the third-largest crowd in TCU history. Vladimir Brodziansky led the Frogs with 19 points and 10 rebounds in a game that featured five ties and 13 lead changes after halftime. Kenrich Williams also had a double-double with 16 points and 12 rebounds. The Frogs, who held a 48-47 lead with 5:27 remaining, turned the ball over just eight times, but shot 29.3 percent from the field. TCU's last win over Baylor came on Dec. 7, 2002, 72-64, in Waco.
VS. RANKED OPPONENTS
TCU will be trying for its first win over an AP Top 25 team since a 70-55 win over No. 21 Oklahoma State on Feb. 14, 2015. The Frogs have lost its last 19 games against ranked opponents. A TCU win on Saturday at No. 6 Baylor would be the highest ranked team the Frogs have taken down since a 62-55 win over No. 5 Kansas on Feb. 6, 2013. TCU has lost 38-straight against ranked teams on the road with the last win coming on Jan. 19, 1998 at No. 24 Hawaii.
IT'S MILLER TIME
JD Miller is 9-of-11 from 3-point range in the last three games. The sophomore has made at least one 3-pointer in each of the last five 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 14.3 points and 4.8 rebounds in the last four games. He is 6-for-7 from 3-point range in the second half of the last three 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 is over .500 in conference play through 11 games for the first time since the 2004-05 season, also at 6-5.
• 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.
CROAK NOTES
• TCU's six conference wins are its most ever in the Big 12. TCU is in its fifth season in the league.
• TCU has three road conference wins in its five seasons in the Big 12 with two of those wins coming this season.
• TCU has won three-straight conference games for the first time since the 2007-08 season when it was in the Mountain West.
• TCU has not won four consecutive conference games since 1998 when it went 14-0 in the WAC.
• In 11 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 41.
• 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 17-4 against unranked opponents.
• The Frogs are 13-3 at home this season and 3-4 on the road.
• TCU is 16-3 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 10-2 when forcing more turnovers than it commits (Baylor, Auburn).
• TCU's 76.9 points per game is the highest average since the 2002-03 season (80.4).
• TCU is shooting 46.6 percent from the field, the most since the 1998-99 season (49.1).
• TCU's 17.0 assists per game is the most since the 2000-01 season (18.9).
• TCU's 36.8 rebounds per game is the most since the 2002-03 season (38.9).
• TCU currently ranks No. 2 in the Big 12 and No. 20 in the NCAA in assists (17.0).
• Kenrich Williams ranks No. 2 in the Big 12 and No. 36 in the NCAA with 9.4 rebounds per game.
• Brandon Parrish is a 2017 Allstate NABC Good Works Team® nominee.
• Parrish ranks 7th all-time in games played in school history. He is 9 away from the most in school history (129).
• Karviar Shepherd is No. 6 all-time in career starts at TCU with 97. He played in his 100th game against Arkansas State
• Shepherd has tallied 614 career rebounds and needs 86 to become only the 10th player all-time to capture 700 boards.
• Robinson has led TCU in assists 17 times this season.
• Williams ranks No. 23 in the NCAA and No. 2 in the Big 12 in offensive rebounds with a 3.4 average on the season.
• Vladimir Brodziansky ranks second in the Big 12 and 21st nationally with 2.4 blocks per game.
• Brodziansky's 58 total blocks ranks eighth for the most in school history for a single season.
