TCU
Baylor
Preview: at No. 15 Baylor
1/25/2024 9:38:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Horned Frogs face ranked Bears Saturday at 3 p.m. in Waco, Texas
FORT WORTH – TCU (14-5, 3-3) will face its fourth AP Top 25 team in five games on Saturday at 3 p.m. at No. 15 Baylor (14-4, 3-2). The game will air on ESPN2 from the Bears' new venue, Foster Pavilion.
NOTES
- TCU will face its fourth AP Top 25 team in five games on Saturday at 3 p.m. at No. 15 Baylor. The game will air on ESPN2 from the Bears' new venue, Foster Pavilion.
- TCU is 3-2 on the road this season and 1-2 in the Big 12. Both losses have come by a combined six points.
- Four of TCU's five losses are to NET Quadrant 1 opponents. Saturday is one of six Q1 opportunities remaining.
- TCU is 2-3 against AP Top 25 teams this season (OU, UH). TCU is receiving votes in this week's AP Top 25 poll.
- Of TCU's 35 wins over AP Top 25 teams in its history, 21 have come under Dixon.
- Of TCU's five road AP Top 25 wins, four have come in the last five years.
- Currently at 153, Jamie Dixon is three wins away from tying Billy Tubbs for second in wins by a TCU head coach.
- Emanuel Miller has earned Big 12 Player of the Week honors twice this season.
- Miller leads the team and ranks seventh in the Big 12 with 16.5 points per game.
- Miller has scored in double figures in all but two games this season.
- Miller is also the team leader in rebounds with 6.0 per game, which ranks 14th in the Big 12.
- Miller ranks eighth in the Big 12 in free throw percentage at 82.8.
- Ernest Udeh Jr. has won the opening tip in 16 of 19 games.
- Trevian Tennyson ranks sixth in the Big 12 shooting 46.3 percent from 3-point range in conference games only.
- Jameer Nelson Jr. ranks second in the Big 12 and 26th nationally with 2.5 steals per game.
- Nelson is one of three players in the Big 12 that is averaging at least 10 points, 3.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game.
- TCU leads the nation with 21.5 fastbreak points per game. No other team averages 20.
- TCU ranks 16th nationally in shortest possession length at 15.2 seconds per offensive possession.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 16th nationally with 9.5 steals per game.
- TCU ranks fourth in the Big 12 and 14th nationally with 15.4 turnovers forced per game.
- The Frogs have forced 13 or more turnovers in all but three games this season (Houston, OSU and Nevada).
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 12th nationally with 18.2 assists per game. The best under Dixon is 18.9 in '17-'18.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 25th nationally with 82.5 points per game. The best under Dixon is 75.4 in '17-'18.
- TCU is shooting 72.4 percent from the free throw line. The best under Jamie Dixon is 70.6 percent in 2017-18.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 25th nationally in field goal percentage at 48.7 percent.
- In Big 12 games, TCU leads the conference with 12.8 offensive rebounds per game.
LAST TIME OUT
- Emanuel Miller recorded his first double-double of the season with 21 points and a season-high 11 rebounds as TCU overcame a 17-point deficit to win at Oklahoma State, 74-69, Tuesday night in Gallagher-Iba Arena.
- Avery Anderson III, who spent the past four seasons at Oklahoma State, tied a season-high with 15 points.
About the Opponent
- Baylor is 14-4 overall and 3-2 in the Big 12, but has lost its last two games, including a 75-73 defeat at Texas last Saturday. The Bears did not have a midweek game.
- The Bears are led in scoring by freshman Ja'Kobe Walter's 14.8 points per game.
Series History
- Baylor leads the all-time series, 104-86, and leads 55-38 in Waco. It will be the 191st meeting in the series.
- TCU is 5-6 against Baylor since the 2017-18 season.
- Baylor won the last meeting in the series, 72-68, on Feb. 11, 2023 in Fort Worth.
- TCU won last season's meeting in Waco, 88-87, on Jan. 4. over the No. 19 Bears. Chuck O'Bannon Jr. hit the game-winning jumper with 4.0 seconds remaining. The ensuing shot attempt by Keyonte George was blocked by Xavier Cork.
UP NEXT
- TCU will host No. 20 Texas Tech on Tuesday at 6 p.m. on ESPN2.
