FORT WORTH<\/b> \u2013 Winners of five of its last six games, TCU (8-3) will host Florida A&M (3-6) at 3 p.m. in Schollmaier Arena on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Tickets<\/a> for TCU’s remaining December games are on sale for as low as $10. Another option for purchase is the Dixon Deal, which includes a ticket and 24 oz. drink and your choice of any two of the following items: hot dog, peanuts, popcorn, pretzel or candy. Voucher must be picked up at will call.<\/p>\n NOTES<\/b> ABOUT THE OPPONENT<\/b> SERIES HISTORY<\/b> LAST TIME OUT<\/b> UP NEXT<\/b>
\n– \u00a0\u00a0 It is the penultimate home final contest of a stretch that includes three home games in seven days.\u00a0
\n– \u00a0\u00a0 TCU is 5-3 at home this season and will play its next three games at Schollmaier Arena.
\n– \u00a0\u00a0 TCU’s top returner in scoring and rebounding, David Punch<\/a>, leads in those categories this season with 14.1 points and 7.9 rebounds per game. He has scored at least 12 points in the last six games.
\n–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Punch’s 2.45 blocks per game ranks first in the Big 12 and 18th nationally.
\n–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Punch is shooting 56.9 percent from the field which ranks sixth in the Big 12.
\n–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Punch is one of five players nationally averaging at least 14.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 1.0 assist and 2.0 blocks.
\n– \u00a0\u00a0 Punch ranks seventh in the Big 12 with 7.9 rebounds per game and has led the team in the last seven games.
\n– \u00a0\u00a0 Jayden Pierre<\/a> is TCU’s top 3-point threat, making 41.5 percent from deep and 2.0 threes per game.
\n– \u00a0\u00a0 Harding ranks second in the Big 12 and 22nd nationally with 2.2 steals per game.
\n– \u00a0\u00a0 Harding ranks fifth in the Big 12 and 39th nationally with 5.5 assists per game.
\n–\u00a0\u00a0 Harding ranks sixth in the Big 12 with a 3.05 assist\/turnover radio.
\n– \u00a0\u00a0 TCU has had season-low eight turnovers in three of its last four games.
\n– \u00a0\u00a0 TCU ranks 23rd nationally in KenPom’s defensive efficiency rating at 97.1 and 15th in turnover percentage at 22.5.
\n– \u00a0\u00a0 TCU ranks second in the Big 12 and 27th nationally with 15.8 turnovers forced per game.
\n– \u00a0\u00a0 TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 21st nationally in turnover margin at +4.3.
\n– \u00a0\u00a0 TCU ranks fifth in the Big 12 with 8.4 steals per game.
\n– \u00a0\u00a0 TCU ranks fifth in the Big 12 with 15.5 fastbreak points per game.
\n– \u00a0\u00a0 TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 25th nationally with 5.2 blocks per game.
\n– \u00a0\u00a0 TCU returns nine players and welcome seven newcomers as well as two others who redshirted last season.
\n– \u00a0\u00a0 TCU returns six “scholarship” players from last season, the second most in the Big 12 only to Houston’s nine.
\n–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It is Jamie Dixon<\/a>‘s 10th season with the Horned Frogs. His 512 career wins ranks 20th among active coaches.
\n–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Under Dixon, TCU has a record of 92-21 in November and December combined.
\n–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Under Dixon, TCU is 111-20 against nonconference teams including 74-7 in Schollmaier Arena.
\n–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dixon was inducted into the Southwest Conference Hall of Fame in August.
\n–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dixon is one of just 11 active head coaches who have made at least 15 appearances in the NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n
\n–\u00a0\u00a0 Florida A&M is 3-6 on the season. Friday’s 78-54 loss at Tarleton State snapped a three-game win streak that included wins over Florida Memorial, Albany State and Jacksonville.\u00a0\u00a0
\n–\u00a0\u00a0 The Rattlers are led in scoring by Antonio Baker’s 11.8 points per game.\u00a0
\n–\u00a0\u00a0 Like TCU, FAMU forces a lot of turnovers, ranking fourth in the SWAC with 14.56 turnovers forced per game and third with 8.9 steals per game.
\n–\u00a0\u00a0 Former two-sport athlete and first round NBA Draft pick Charlie Ward is in his first season as the Rattlers’ head coach.<\/p>\n
\n– \u00a0\u00a0 TCU leads the all-time series 1-0 following a 105-59 win by the Frogs to open the 2024-25 season on Nov. 4.
\n– \u00a0\u00a0 In last season’s meeting, six Frogs scored in double figures. In their collegiate debuts, Jace Posey<\/a> scored 11 points and David Punch<\/a> and Micah Robinson<\/a> scored seven points.
\n– \u00a0\u00a0 TCU was 14-of-30 from 3-point range and outrebounded the Rattlers, 47-29.
\n– \u00a0\u00a0 TCU is 48-1 all-time against current members of the Southwestern Conference.
\n– \u00a0\u00a0 Jamie Dixon<\/a> is 16-0 against the SWAC.<\/p>\n
\n– \u00a0\u00a0 TCU never trailed in a 72-53 win over Oral Roberts Thursday night at Schollmaier Arena.
\n– \u00a0\u00a0 David Punch<\/a> led all players with 17 points and tied with Micah Robinson<\/a> for the team-high in rebounding with six.
\n– \u00a0\u00a0 Jayden Pierre<\/a> scored 12 points on 2-of-5 shooting from three.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
\n– \u00a0\u00a0 TCU will play its final nonconference game on Dec. 29 against Jackson State at 7 p.m. in Schollmaier Arena.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT WORTH \u2013 Winners of five of its last six games, TCU (8-3) will host Florida A&M (3-6)…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":462205,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,7371,7372,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-462204","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-fort-worth","10":"tag-fortworth","11":"tag-texas","12":"tag-tx","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115757655222771811","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}