TCU
Clemson
Preview: vs. Clemson
12/7/2023 8:50:00 AM | Men's Basketball
A battle of unbeatens will take place in Toronto on Saturday at 3 p.m.
NOTES
- Â Â TCU (7-0) will face No. 24 Clemson (8-0) on Saturday, Dec. 9 at 3 p.m. CT. in the Discount Tire Hall of Fame Series Toronto. The game will be held at Coca-Cola Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario and televised on FS1.
- Â Â It will be the Horned Frogs' first regular season game out of the country since the 2015-16 season when they competed in the Cancun Challenge in Cancun, Mexico. TCU has never played in Canada.
- Â Â TCU and Clemson are two of 13 schools unbeaten on the season. TCU is one of three schools with undefeated men's and women's basketball programs, joining Baylor and Colorado State.
-Â Â Â TCU's six wins against AP Top 25 teams last season were the most wins over ranked teams in program history.
-Â Â Â Of TCU's 34 wins over AP Top 25 teams in its history, 19 have come in the last six seasons under Dixon.
- Â Â The Horned Frogs are 7-0 for the first time since the 2017-18 season when they were 12-0.
- Â Â TCU's remaining strength of schedule rank is No. 3 nationally according to ESPN's BPI.
- Â Â TCU has won its games by an average of 25.6 points per game, which ranks fourth nationally for scoring margin.
- Â Â Emanuel Miller is the reigning Big 12 Player of the Week after averaging 24 points over the two games last week.
- Â Â Miller, a native of Scarborough, Ontario is averaging 15.9 points per game, which ranks 10th in the Big 12.
- Â Â Assistant Coach Jamie McNeilly is also from Scarborough, a district of Toronto.
-Â Â Â JaKobe Coles ranks fourth in the Big 12 in field goal percentage (61.8) and Peavy ranks sixth (57.8).Â
- Â Â Jameer Nelson Jr. leads the Big 12 and ranks sixth nationally with 3.1 steals per game.
- Â Â Nelson is one of three players nationally that is averaging at least 11.0 points, 4.0 assists and 3.0 steals per game.
-Â Â Â TCU leads the nation with 29.0 fastbreak points per game.
-Â Â Â TCU ranks second nationally (Kansas) in assists with 22.1 per game and shooting percentage at 53.5 percent.
-Â Â Â TCU ranks second in the Big 12 and sixth nationally with 91.7 points per game.
-Â Â Â TCU ranks first in the Big 12 and fourth nationally with 18.4 turnovers forced per game.
-Â Â Â TCU ranks first in the Big 12 and fourth nationally with 11.9 steals per game.
-Â Â Â TCU ranks first in the Big 12 and 12th nationally with 6.1 blocks per game.
-Â Â TCU ranks second nationally in average possession length at 13.5 seconds per offensive possession.
- Â Â Under Dixon, TCU has gone 75-11 in the months of November and December combined.
-Â Â Â Â Under Dixon, TCU is 29-13 in neutral site games.
- Â Â TCU was picked to finish fifth in the Big 12 in a poll voted on by the league's coaches.
- Â Â 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
- Â Â Emanuel Miller scored a career-high 29 points including a buzzer-beating 3-pointer led the TCU men's basketball team to an 84-83 win at Georgetown on Saturday, Dec. 2 at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C.
- Â Â JaKobe Coles added 17 points and Avery Anderson III had 11 points.
About the Opponent
- Â Â Clemson is off to its best start since the 2008-09 season (16-0) after a 72-67 win over South Carolina Wednesday.
- Â Â The Tigers are led by PJ Hall's 20.5 points and 7.8 rebounds per game.
Series History
- Â Â Clemson leads the all-time series 3-0.
- Â Â The last meeting was a 62-60 overtime win by the Tigers in Las Vegas, Nev., part of the MGM Resorts Main Event at T-Mobile Arena. Desmond Bane had 17 points, 10 rebounds and six assists.
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UP NEXT
- Â Â TCU will play Arizona State on Saturday, Dec. 16 at 9 p.m. at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, part of the US LBM Coast-to-Coast Challenge.
