TCU
West Virginia
Preview: West Virginia
2/11/2024 9:13:00 AM | Men's Basketball
The Horned Frogs host the Mountaineers Monday at 7 p.m.
FORT WORTH –  TCU will play its first Monday game in Big 12 play this season when it hosts West Virginia at 7 p.m. on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.Â
NOTES
-Â Â Â Currently at 155, Jamie Dixon is one win away from tying Billy Tubbs for second in wins by a TCU head coach.
- Â Â TCU is 10-2 at home this season.
-Â Â Â Six of TCU's seven losses are in NET Quadrant 1 games.
-Â Â TCU is 4-4 against AP Top 25 teams and 4-2 against the top 15.
- Â Â TCU is receiving votes in this week's AP Top 25 poll.
- Â Â Emanuel Miller leads the team and ranks sixth in the Big 12 with 16.5 points per game.
- Â Â Miller has scored in double figures in each of the last 11 games and reached 20 points seven times this season.
- Â Â Miller is the team leader in rebounds with 5.9 per game, which ranks 14th in the Big 12.
- Â Â Miller ranks third in the Big 12 in field goal percentage at 49.5.
- Â Â Currently at No. 26, Miller (1,124) is one point shy of Kenrich Williams on TCU's all-time scoring list.Â
- Â Â Ernest Udeh Jr. has won the opening tip in 19 of 23 games and all four overtime periods.
- Â Â Trevian Tennyson leads the Big 12 in 3-point percentage at 45.3. The TCU record is 47.7 (Henry Salter, 2007-08).
- Â Â Jameer Nelson Jr. ranks second in the Big 12 and 31st nationally with 2.2 steals per game.
- Â Â Nelson is one of three players in the Big 12 that is averaging at least 10 points, 2.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game.
- Â Â Xavier Cork has made his last nine shot attempts.
- Â Â JaKobe Coles is averaging 12.0 points over the last three games and has made 14 of his last 19 shot attempts.
-Â Â Â TCU is 5-4 this season when trailing by 10 or more points.
- Â Â TCU has had two different starting lineups. Only 10 teams have used two or fewer. TCU used 15 last year.
-Â Â Â TCU leads the nation with 20.2 fastbreak points per game. No other team averages 20.
-Â Â TCU leads the Big 12 and ranks 25th nationally in shortest offensive possession length at 15.7 seconds.
-Â Â Â TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 18th nationally with 9.2 steals per game.
-Â Â Â TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 26th nationally with 15.2 turnovers forced per game.
-Â Â Â The Frogs have forced 13 or more turnovers in all but four games this season (at ISU, UH, OSU, Nev.).
-Â Â Â TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 11th nationally with 17.9 assists per game. The best under Dixon is 18.9 in '17-'18.
-Â Â Â TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 26th nationally with 81.8 points per game. The best under Dixon is 75.4 in '17-'18.
-Â Â TCU is shooting 71.7 percent from the free throw line. The best under Jamie Dixon is 70.6 percent in 2017-18.
-Â Â Â TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 23rd nationally in field goal percentage at 48.6 percent.
- Â Â Of the sixteen 20-win seasons in TCU's history, five have come in the last seven seasons.
- Â Â TCU is looking for three-straight trips to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history.Â
About the Opponent
- Â Â West Virginia (8-15, 3-7) has dropped its last two games. WVU is 0-5 on the road this season and fell at Texas on Saturday, 94-58.
- Â Â Â Â RaeQuan Battle leads the Mountaineers in scoring with 15.2 points per game and Jessie Edwards leads the rebounding effort with 8.4 per game.
LAST TIME OUT
-   TCU dropped a 71-59 game at No. 14 Iowa State on Saturday. Â
- Â Â Emanuel Miller led the Horned Frogs with 18 points, on 8-of-12 shooting, and had six rebounds.
- Â Â JaKobe Coles came off the bench to score 14 points, the most he's had in Big 12 play.
Series History
- Â Â West Virginia leads the all-time series 18-5 and leads 6-5 in games played in Fort Worth.
- Â Â TCU has won five of the last six matchups in Fort Worth, including the last two meetings.
- Â Â TCU won the last meeting, 76-72 on Jan. 31 last season where JaKobe Coles led the Frogs with 17 points off the bench and Xavier Cork scored 15.
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UP NEXT
- Â Â TCU will play at Kansas State on Saturday at 11 a.m. on either ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU.
