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Texas A&M-Commerce
Preview: Texas A&M-Commerce
12/29/2023 10:53:00 AM | Men's Basketball
The Horned Frogs return home for final nonconference game on Jan. 1 at 3 p.m.
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- Â Â TCU (10-2) will host Texas A&M-Commerce (6-6) at Schollmaier Arena in its final nonconference game of the season on Monday at 3 p.m. It will air on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.
- Â Â TCU's 35 days between its home games is the third-longest stretch without a home game among D1 teams.
- Â Â TCU is 6-0 at home and has won those games by an average of 29.7 points. A win would secure an unbeaten home nonconference record for the third time under Jamie Dixon. The previous unbeatens came in 2016-17 and 2021-22.
- Â Â It will be the second time ever TCU has played on New Year's Day. The last time resulted in a 56-31 loss to LIU-Brooklyn on Jan. 1, 1945. TCU went 20-12 in the 2023 calendar year.
-Â Â Â TCU used just its second different starting lineup during the last game at Hawai'i. Through 12 games last year, TCU used 10 different starting lineups.
- Â Â TCU's remaining strength of schedule rank is No. 8 nationally according to ESPN's BPI.
- Â Â TCU has a scoring margin of 18.0, which ranks 12th nationally.
- Â Â Emanuel Miller leads the team and ranks seventh in the Big 12 with 16.5 points per game.
- Â Â Miller is also the team leader in rebounds with 6.1 per game.
-Â Â Â Miller ranks seventh in the Big 12 in shooting percentage at 50.7 and seventh in free throw percentage at 83.6.
- Â Â Jameer Nelson Jr. ranks second in the Big 12 and 10th nationally with 2.7 steals per game.
- Â Â Nelson is one of 13 players nationally that is averaging at least 11.0 points, 3.0 assists and 2.5 steals per game.
-Â Â Â TCU leads the nation with 24.6 fastbreak points per game.
-Â Â TCU ranks fourth nationally in average possession length at 14.3 seconds per offensive possession.
-Â Â Â TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 11th nationally with 17.0 turnovers forced per game.
-Â Â Â TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and eighth nationally with 10.3 steals per game.
-Â Â Â TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and ninth nationally in assists with 19.3 per game
-Â Â Â TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 13th nationally with 86.5 points per game.
-Â Â Â TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 20th nationally with a turnover margin of +4.3.
-Â Â Â TCU ranks fifth in the Big 12 and 15th nationally in field goal percentage at 50.1 percent.
- Â Â Against nonconference teams under Dixon, TCU is 95-15 overall and 61-5 in Schollmaier Arena.
LAST TIME OUT
- Â Â TCU won at Hawai'i, 65-51, on Dec. 24 to finish in third place at the Diamond Head Classic in Honolulu, Hawaii.
- Â Â The Horned Frogs held the Rainbow Warriors to just eight field goals made in the second half and a shooting percentage of 29.6 percent, the lowest by a TCU opponent in a half all season. Hawai'i's 51 points were also a season-low for a TCU opponent.
- Â Â TCU was without Essam Mostafa and Chuck O'Bannon Jr. due to injury.
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About the Opponent
-Â Â Texas A&M-Commerce is 6-6 on the season and has won its past two games.
- Â Â The Lions' previous win came against Arlington Baptist, 130-53, on Dec. 18, 2023.
- Â Â Jerome Brewer Jr. leads the team with an average of 14.6 points and 4.6 rebounds per game.
Series History
- Â Â TCU leads the all-time series 9-4 and has won the past four meetings.
- Â Â Â It's the first meeting between the two schools since TCU won against then, East Texas State, 35-26 on Dec. 1, 1983 in Fort Worth. TCU has not allowed that few of points (26) since then.
- Â Â TCU is 36-6 all-time against members of the Southland Conference, including a 101-64 win over Houston Christian in TCU's last home game this season.Â
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UP NEXT
- Â Â TCU will begin Big 12 Conference play at No. 2 Kansas on Saturday, Jan. 6 at 1 p.m. on CBS.
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