Preview: Kansas State

Saturday, January 4

Fort Worth, Texas

3 p.m.

TCU

Kansas State

1/2/2025 9:07:00 AM | Men's Basketball

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The Horned Frogs face the Wildcats on Saturday at 3 p.m.

FORT WORTH – TCU hosts Kansas State at Schollmaier Arena on Saturday at 3 p.m. on CBSSN.

NOTES
-    TCU hosts Kansas State at Schollmaier Arena on Saturday at 3 p.m. on CBSSN.
-    Jamie Dixon is five wins away from 500 as a head coach. His 167 wins at TCU rank second all-time.
-    Under Dixon in Schollmaier Arena, TCU is 109-38 overall and 39-32 in Big 12 games.
-    TCU is 7-0 at home this season with an average scoring margin of +19.6.
-    Sophomore guard RJ Jones played in 28 games for KSU last season. He is redshirting for TCU this year.
-    Ernest Udeh Jr., who is averaging 9.2 points, 8.6 rebounds and 1.5 blocks, is TCU's only returning scholarship player.
-    Udeh's rebounding average of 8.6 ranks fourth in the Big 12. He had a season-high 14 at Arizona on Monday.
-    Udeh is one of four players in the Big 12 averaging at least 9.0 points and 8.5 rebounds per game.
-    Udeh has won the opening tip in nine of 10 games played this season and 34 of 39 career games.
-    TCU's newcomers includes six transfers and four freshmen. Two additional players are redshirt freshmen.
-    Senior guard Frankie Collins was ruled out for the season on Dec. 13, with a broken left foot.
-    Leading TCU in scoring is Vasean Allette at 10.7 points per game and had 18 at Arizona on Monday.
-    Trazarien White arrived at TCU with over 1,000 career points. Noah Reynolds is one point from 1,000 for his career.
-    Reynolds leads TCU with 3.9 assists and has an assist to turnover ratio of 2.53, which ranks seventh in the Big 12.
-    Brendan Wenzel is TCU's top 3-point threat at 45.7 percent. He missed the last three games with a high ankle sprain.
-    Freshman David Punch is one of six freshmen in the Big 12 averaging at least 560 (6.1) points and 4.5 (4.8) rebounds.
-    Freshman Micah Robinson along with White, has made a 3-pointer in each of the last six games.
-    TCU is 40-of-47 (85.1%) from the free throw line over the last two games.
-    TCU, which led the nation in fastbreak scoring the past two seasons, ranks third in the Big 12 and 30th nationally in with 15.5 per game.
-    TCU ranks second in the Big 12 and 20th nationally in 3-point defense, allowing 28.3 percent from three.
-    Opponents are shooting 26.0 percent from three in Schollmaier Arena this season.
-    TCU ranks seventh in the Big 12 in turnovers forced per game at 14.1.
-    TCU ranks sixth in the Big 12 and 57th nationally in turnover margin at 2.9.
-    TCU ranks 28th in defensive efficiency at 96.6 according to KenPom. TCU finished 44th last season.
-    Last season, TCU finished the season in the NCAA Tournament for a program-best, third-straight season.
-    Dixon is one of just nine active head coaches who have made at least 15 appearances in the NCAA Tournament.
-    Only 21 active D1 coaches have more wins than Dixon's 495.
-    TCU has 17 seasons of 20 or more wins in its history and six have come in the last eight seasons.

ABOUT THE OPPONENT
-   Kansas State is 7-5 on the season and 1-0 in Big 12 Conference play following its 70-67 win over No. 16 Cincinnati on Monday.
-   Fifth-year senior David N'Guessan leads the Wildcats with 13.6 points per game. His 66.7 percent shooting from the field is second in the Big 12 and ninth nationally.
-   Coleman Hawkins, who is coming off 20 points and 10 rebounds against the Bearcats, leads the team in rebounding with 10.1 per game.

SERIES HISTORY
-    Kansas State leads the all-time series 21-13, but TCU has won the past two meetings.
-    TCU has won three of the past five meetings and eight of the last 12.
-    Last year's only meeting was a 75-72 win by TCU in Manhattan on a step-back 3-pointer by Jameer Nelson Jr. with 1.1 seconds remaining.

LAST TIME OUT
-    TCU dropped its Big 12 opener at Arizona on Monday, 90-81.
-    Noah Reynolds led TCU with a season-high 23 points on 9-of-16 shooting, including 3-of-6 from three.
-    The Frogs had just eight turnovers, their second fewest of the season.
-    TCU shot 14-of-18 (77.8 percent) from the free throw line, its best effort away from Schollmaier Arena this season.

UP NEXT
-    TCU will play at No. 14 Houston for the first time since 2011 on Monday at 8 p.m. on ESPN2.