TCU
Georgetown
Preview: at Georgetown
12/1/2023 8:59:00 AM | Men's Basketball
The Horned Frogs play in the BIG EAST/Big 12 Battle Saturday
NOTES
- TCU (6-0) faces its first road test of the season on Saturday with a game at Georgetown (5-2), part of the BIG EAST/ Big 12 Battle. The game at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. will air at 4:30 p.m. CT. on FS1.
- The Horned Frogs are 2-2 in the BIG EAST/Big 12 Battle and have won the past two games in the schedule series.
- TCU is 8-3 under Jamie Dixon in arenas where an NBA team calls home and is 1-0 in Capital One Arena.
- TCU has won its first road game of the season in each of the last seven seasons or ever since Dixon was hired.
- The Horned Frogs are 6-0 for the first time since the 2017-18 season when they were 12-0.
- TCU's remaining strength of schedule rank is No. 4 nationally according to ESPN's BPI.
- TCU has won its games by an average of 29.7 points per game, which ranks third nationally for scoring margin.
- The Horned Frogs are led by JaKobe Coles' 15.3 points per game which ranks 11th in the Big 12.
- Preseason All-Big 12 forward Emanuel Miller is averaging 13.7 points and 5.7 rebounds.
- Micah Peavy has scored in double-figures in each of the Frogs' six games. He's averaging 13.2 points.
- Coles ranks fifth in the Big 12 in field goal percentage (60.7) and Peavy ranks sixth (59.4).
- Jameer Nelson Jr. leads the Big 12 and ranks fifth nationally with 3.2 steals per game.
- Nelson is one of two players (Dean, FIU) that is averaging at least 12.0 points, 4.0 assists and 3.0 steals per game.
- TCU leads the nation with 30.5 fastbreak points per game.
- TCU ranks second nationally (Kansas) in assists with 23.0 per game and shooting percentage at 53.7 percent.
- TCU ranks first in the Big 12 and fourth nationally with 93.0 points per game.
- TCU ranks first in the Big 12 and third nationally with 19.3 turnovers forced per game.
- TCU ranks first in the Big 12 and third nationally with 12.5 steals per game.
- TCU ranks first in the Big 12 and ninth nationally with 6.5 blocks per game.
- TCU ranks 17th nationally in defensive efficiency at 93.8.
- TCU ranks second nationally in average possession length at 13.3 seconds per offensive possession.
- Ten of Dixon's 13 years at Pittsburgh were spent in the BIG EAST. His win percentage was .658 in BIG EAST games.
- Under Dixon, TCU has gone 74-11 in the months of November and December combined.
- TCU was picked to finish fifth in the Big 12 in a poll voted on by the league's coaches.
- TCU is receiving votes in the AP Top 25. TCU was No. 22 in the final ranking of the 2022-23 season.
LAST TIME OUT
- Jameer Nelson Jr. recorded his sixth-career double-double with 15 points and 10 assists to lead TCU to a 101-64 win over Houston Christian on Monday. Emanuel Miller led the team in scoring with 19 points.
- The Horned Frogs committed a season-low 10 fouls and six turnovers.
About the Opponent
- Georgetown is off to a 5-2 start under new head coach Ed Cooley.
- It will be the third time in four seasons that Cooley will face the Horned Frogs. Cooley was the head coach of Providence for 12 seasons. His Friars defeated TCU, 79-70 in 2020 and lost 75-62 in 2022. Both games were in Fort Worth.
- As a head coach, Jamie Dixon is 3-1 all-time against Cooley.
- Jayden Epps is one of Four Hoyas averaging double figures in points. He leads the team with 18.4 points per game.
Series History
- TCU leads the all-time series 1-0 after winning their meeting in Washington D.C., 80-73, on Dec. 18, 2021.
- The game in 2021 featured 11 Horned Frogs 3-pointers from three different players. Mike Miles Jr. finished with 20 points and Chuck O'Bannon Jr. had 15 points, all in the first half, on 3-of-6 shooting from three.
UP NEXT
- TCU plays against Clemson on Saturday, Dec. 9 at 3 p.m. in the Discount Tire Hall of Fame Series Toronto. The game will be held at Coca-Cola Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario.
