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FORT WORTH – TCU (12-11, 5-7) will try for its sixth-straight home win over Oklahoma State (12-11, 4-8) when the two teams meet Wednesday at 6 p.m. The game at Schollmaier Arena will be televised on CBSSN.

NOTES
-    Under Dixon in Schollmaier Arena, TCU is 113-40 overall and 43-34 in Big 12 games.
-    TCU is 11-2 at home this season and has won the last two. TCU's losses were to Utah and Kansas.
-    TCU's losses are all to teams ranked in the top 79 of the NET.
-    TCU is 6-1 in games decided by five or fewer points.
-    TCU has five games remaining that as of now, are NET Q1.
-    Ernest Udeh Jr., who is averaging 7.0 points, 7.9 rebounds and 1.5 blocks, is TCU's only returning scholarship player.
-    Udeh ranks seventh in the Big 12 with 7.8 rebounds per game.
-    Udeh is one of nine players in the Big 12 averaging at least seven points and seven rebounds per game.
-    Udeh has won the opening tip in 17 of 21 games played this season.
-    TCU's newcomers includes six transfers and four freshmen. Two additional players are redshirt freshmen.
-    TCU is the only team in the Big 12 with five freshmen averaging 7.0 minutes or more. No other team has four.
-    Only three teams nationally have more than five freshmen averaging at least 7.0 minutes or more.
-    Leading TCU in scoring is Noah Reynolds with 12.5 points. His average of 15.0 in Big 12 games ranks 11th.
-    Vasean Allette is averaging 11.5 points.
-    Freshman David Punch is one of five freshmen in the Big 12 averaging at least 5.0 (6.0) points and 4.0 (4.2) rebounds.
-    TCU ranks fourth in the Big 12 and 58th nationally in 3-point defense, allowing 31.0 percent from beyond-the-arc.
-    TCU ranks35th in defensive efficiency at 97.5 according to KenPom. TCU finished 44th last season.
-    Opponents are shooting 27.5 percent from three in Schollmaier Arena this season.
-    The Frogs have committed less than 10 turnovers in six of the last 12 games.
-   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.
-    Dixon is one of 20 active D1 head coaches that has at least 500 career wins at a D1 program.

ABOUT THE OPPONENT
-   Oklahoma State is 12-11 overall and 4-8 in the Big 12 following a 96-73 win over Arizona State on Sunday.
-   The Cowboys are led in scoring by Marchelus Avery's 12.3 points per game. Abou Ousmane is averaging 11.8 points and a team-best 5.8 rebounds.
-   OSU leads the Big 12 in free throws made (17.7) and free throws attempted (24.5).
-   OSU ranks second in the Big 12 with 8.5 steals per game.

SERIES HISTORY
-    Oklahoma State leads the all-time series, 29-14, including a 9-8 advantage in Fort Worth.
-    The Horned Frogs have won the last six meetings in Fort Worth.
-    TCU won 10 of the last 14 meetings overall, including last season's game in Stillwater, 74-69.
-    The last time OSU played at TCU, the Frogs won 100-75 on Feb. 18, 2023.
-    In Big 12 regular season games only, the series is tied 11-11.

LAST TIME OUT
-    TCU lost at No. 8 Iowa State, 82-52, on Saturday.
-    Vasean Allette and Trazarien White led the Frogs with nine points each. Allette added a team-high five assists.

UP NEXT
- TCU will play at Arizona State for the first time since 2009 on Saturday at 7 p.m. on ESPN+.

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Players Mentioned

Vasean Allette

David Punch

Noah Reynolds

Ernest Udeh Jr.

Trazarien White

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