Frogs Put Streak On Line

The TCU Horned Frogs put their five-game winning streak on the line as they travel to Indianapolis to face the Butler Bulldogs in a Saturday afternoon contest at the Hinkle Fieldhouse.

The Frogs are coming off a four-game homestand, one that saw them defeat VCU, Central Oklahoma, Princeton and, most recently, UT-Arlington by a 115-84 margin on Tuesday.

This is the second times these two teams have met on the hardwood. The Bulldogs surprised TCU with an 86-78 victory in Fort Worth on Dec. 27, 1999. Myron Anthony and Marquise Gainous each scored 20 for the Frogs in that contest, but TCU could not overcome a 12-point halftime deficit.

TCU boasts the highest scoring offense in the nation, averaging 101.1 points per game. They have done it with a balanced attack, as five players are scoring in double figures. Senior Ryan Carroll leads the way at 19.5 points per game. He is followed by Myron Anthony (15.8) and Greedy Daniels (15.2), with Derrick Davenport (14.5) and Bingo Merriex (10.2) also in double digits.

Head coach Billy Tubbs has the Frogs playing Billy Ball, a style that uses an aggressive, pressing defense and an attacking offense. The Frogs have been over the 100-point plateau six times in their 10 games this season, including a season-high 141 in a win over Central Oklahoma. Since Coach Tubbs took over the TCU program in 1994, the Frogs are 50-1 when they score 100 or more points. Now in his 27th season as a head coach, Tubbs has compiled an overall record of 567-273, including a 128-71 mark since coming to Fort Worth seven years ago.

TCU will be in action again next Thursday, December 28, when the Frogs take part in the Fort Worth Classic. The double-header at the Fort Worth Convention Center will feature the TCU women's team vs. Texas in a 5:30 p.m. battle, followed by the men's action which pits the Frogs against Texas Tech at approximately 8:00 p.m.

SCOUTING BUTLER
The Butler Bulldogs bring a 5-3 record into the contest against TCU, but their three losses have been by a combined eight points. They suffered a one-point loss at Evansville, dropped an overtime decision at Indiana State, then fell in a five-point decision to UNC-Wilmington. They have wins over Eastern Illinois, Birmingham-Southern, Ball State, Tennessee-Martin and most recently, Santa Clara by an 84-60 score on Dec. 20. They hit 17-of-29 from three-point land in the win over Santa Clara.

The Bulldogs are coming off a successful 23-8 campaign, one that saw them reach the NCAA tournament. They return four starters and eight lettermen from a team that tied for the Midwestern Collegiate Conference championship with a 12-2 record.

Like the Horned Frogs, Butler uses a balanced scoring attack, as six players are scoring in double-digits for the Bulldogs. Senior guard LaVall Jordan tops the squad at 12.9 ppg. Thad Matta is in his first season leading the Bulldogs. He takes over for Barry Collier, who took the head coaching duties at Nebraska. Matta played collegiately at Butler, graduating in 90. He served as an asssistant under Collier for the last three seasons.

TCU Probable Starters

No.   Player              Pos.    Ht.     Wt.     Cl.     Hometown            PPG     RPG 
 3    Thomas McTyer       G       5-11    153     Sr.     Las Vegas,Nev.      8.9     2.5
15    Derrick Davenport   C       6-10    184     Sr.     Indianapolis, Ind.  14,5    8.3
25    Ryan Carroll        F       6-5     198     Sr.     Longview, Texas     19.5    6.0     
32    Myron Anthony       F       6-7     229     Sr.     Jacksonville, Fla.  15.8    8.6
41    Greedy Daniels      G       6-1     183     Jr.     New Orleans, La.    15.2    2.5

Off The Bench

1       Nucleus Smith     G       6-2     180    Fr.     Pontiac, Mich.         3.0    1.3 
11      Larry Allaway     G       5-11    190    Sr.     Chicago, Ill.          5.7    2.2
34      Bingo Merriex     G       6-8     221    So.     Wichita Falls, Texas  10.2    3.7
42      Marlon Dumont     C       6-9     210    Jr.     Kingston, Jamaica      7.7    6.3

BUTLER Probable Starters
No.     Player              Pos.    Ht.     Wt.     Cl.     Hometown               PPG     RPG
 4      Brandon Miller      G       6-0     170     So.     New Castle, Ind.       11.9    2.5
 5      Thomas Jackson      G       5-9     165     Jr.     East Lansing, Mich.    12.6    4.0
25      LaVall Jordan       G       6-2     190     Sr.     Albion, Mich.          12.9    3.5
33      Joel Cornette       C       6-10    225     So.     Cincinnati, Ohio       11.1    4.3
42      Rylan Hainje        F       6-6     235     Jr.     Indianapolis, Ind.     10.8    6.0

Off The Bench
 3      Rob Walls           G/F     6-5     205     So.     Aurora,Ill.               1.9     0.9
10      Darnell Archey      G       6-1     155     So.     New Castle, Ind.         10.0     1.0

200 FOR TUBBS IN FROGLAND
TCU head coach Billy Tubbs is coaching his 200th game since taking over the Frogs' program. He has recorded a 128-71 record in six+ seasons guiding the TCU basketball fortunes, a .643 percentage.

DEFENSE
TCU held Princeton to just nine points in the first 14 minutes of Monday's game and allowed just 45 points in the contest. It was the fewest points TCU has allowed in a game since hammering SMU, 83-43 on February 3, 1990, a stretch of 324 games.

STREAKING FROGS
TCU has won five straight games after losing two in a row in the Hawaii-Pacific Thanksgiving Tournament. They have won their last 10 games at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum since a 101-96 setback to Fresno State on January 15.

BALANCED ATTACK
The Frogs have five players averaging over 10 points per game. Senior Ryan Carroll tallied a career-high 40 points in the win over Central Oklahoma and leads the team in scoring at 19.5 points per game. Myron Anthony scored a careeer-high 38 in the win over Central Oklahoma and is next at 15.8. Greedy Daniels poured in a career-high 31 vs. Minnesota and is right behind at 15.2 points per game. Derrick Davenport is fourth on the list at 14.5. Bingo Merriex has come off the bench to chip in 10.2 ppg.

BOMBS AWAY
TCU has launched 30 or more shots from beyond the arc five times this season, including a school record 36 three-point attempts in the win over Central Oklahoma. To put that in perspective, coming into the season they had recorded just seven games in which they put up 30 or more three-pointers in their history (four coming last season). Through 10 games they have taken 266 three-point shots, an average of 26.6 attempts per game. They've hit 98 of those three-pointers, 36.8 percent accuracy, or an average of 9.8 made three-pointers per game. Greedy Daniels (74), Ryan Carroll (69) and Bingo Merriex (55) have taken the majority of the long-range missiles.

HIGH SCORING FROGS
TCU is averaging 101.1 points per game, tops in the country. The Frogs have gone over the century mark six times in 10 games, tallied 99 points in another contest and have scored more than 90 points eight times.

They have scored 100 or more points in five of six home games. They have surpassed the 100-point plateau 51 times since Coach Tubbs took over the program in 1994. The Frogs are 50-1 when scoring 100 or more points since Tubbs came aboard.

The lone loss was a 111-104 setback to Baylor on Feb. 14, 1995. Last season, TCU averaged 87.9 points per game to rank second in the nation. The Horned Frogs led the nation in scoring in both 1995 and 1998 and have led the WAC in scoring in all four years in which they've been members of the conference.

FOR STARTERS
Marlon Dumont has started each of the last two games, his first two Division I starts. He responded with a career-high 15 points on 6-of-7 shooting from the field Monday vs. Princeton, then came back with his first career double-double on Tuesday vs. UTA.

CARROLL CLIMBS
Senior guard Ryan Carroll continues his assault on the TCU all-time scoring list. He has 98 points in the last four tilts and has scored 195 points this season, an average of 19.5 points per game. In the process, he has moved into 13th place on the all-time list with 1,162 career points. He needs 30 points to tie Dennis Nutt (1,192) for 12th place on the all-time list.

LENDING A HELPING HAND
TCU guard Thomas McTyer has dished out a team-leading 60 assists in nine games, an average of 6.0 assists per game, while committing just 17 turnovers. He has an excellent assists-to-turnovers ratio of 3.5-1. The senior from Las Vegas handed out a career-high 10 assists while turning the ball over just once in the win over Central Oklahoma.

ANTHONY COMES UP BIG
Myron Anthony has been a force in the middle for the Frogs this season. The 6-7, 229-pound senior from Jacksonville, Fla. leads the team in rebounds (8.6 rpg) and is second on the team in points (15.8) ppg. He is coming off a 17-point, career-high 15-rebound performance against UT-Arlington, his fourth double-double of the season.

GREED(Y) IS GOOD
Junior guard Greedy Daniels continues to show why he was named to the WAC Mountain Division All-Defensive Team in 1998-99 at UNLV. The junior transfer has recorded 42 steals in 10 games, an average of 4.2 thefts per contest. He has tied the school record with seven steals in a game twice this season, and has two other contests with six thefts. Mike Jones set the school records for steals in a season (96) and average steals per game (2.9) in the 1997-98 campaign. Daniels also tied a school record with 16 assists in the win over Central Oklahoma.

DOUBLE-DOUBLE FOR DOUBLE D
TCU center Derrick Davenport has recorded four double-doubles this season. The 6-10 senior from Indianapolis is averaging 14.5 points and 8.3 rebounds per game. He also has blocked 28 shots this season and has rejected 124 shots since joining the Frogs last year.

WAC RANKINGS (Thru 12/20/00)

                                              TCU                                  
Scoring Offense                 1st     101.1
Scoring Defense                 9th     78.4
Scoring Margin                  1st     +22.7
Field Goal Pct.                 6th     .455
Field Goal Pct. Defense         5th     .408
3-Point FG Pct.                 5th     .368
3-Point FG Pct. Defense         3rd     .291
3-Point FG Made/Game            1st     9.8
Free Throw Pct.                 3rd     .741
Rebounding Average              2nd     45.0
Rebounding-Opponents Avg.       9th     43.6
Rebounding Margin               5th     +1.4
Blocked Shots                   2nd     6.7
Assists                         1st     21.3
Steals                          1st     12.5
Turnover Margin                 1st     +9.3
Assist/Turnover Ratio           1st     1.7
Offensive Rebounds              1st     17.6
Defensive Rebounds              2nd     27.4

INDIVIDUAL
Scoring:
        Carroll              2nd    19.5
        Anthony             10th    15.8
        Daniels             12th    15.2
        Davenport           14th    14.5
Field Goal Pct.:
        Davenport            5th    .559
        Dumont               6th    .544
        Anthony              9th    .521
Assists:
        McTyer               1st     6.0
        Daniels              2nd     5.8
Rebounding:
        Anthony              3rd     8.6
        Davenport            4th     8.3
        Dumont              12th     6.3
        Carroll             13th     6.0
Free Throw Pct.:
        McTyer               1st    .917
        Allaway              6th    .806
        Carroll             10th    .784
        Daniels             14th    .754
Steals:
        Daniels              1st    4.2
        McTyer              T8th    1.6
        Carroll            T10th    1.5
3-Point FG Pct.:
        McTyer               1st    .528
        Merriex             10th    .418
3-Point FG Made:
        Carroll             T2nd    2.5
        Daniels             T4th    2.3
        Merriex             T4th    2.3
        McTyer              T9th    1.9
Blocked Shots:
        Davenport           T1st    2.8
        Dumont              T5th    1.4
        Carroll             9th     1.2
Assist/Turnover Ratio:
        Carroll             2nd     3.7
        McTyer              3rd     3.5

TCU

Eight players scored in double figures and three recorded double-doubles in the 115-84 win over UTA on Tuesday. It was the sixth 100-point game of the season for the nation's top scoring team.

Held Princeton to 45 points Monday, the fewest points allowed since an 83-43 win over SMU on February 3, 1990, a stretch of 324 games.

Scored a school record 75 first-half points in the 141-92 win over Central Oklahoma on December 9. Came back with 66 points after intermission, tying for the sixth highest second half total in school history.

Have scored 50 or more points in 10 of their 20 halves this season.

Lowest scoring half of the season came in the loss to College of Charleston on November 26 when TCU was held to just 23 points.

Larry Allaway

Senior guard scored a season-high 11 points vs. UTA on Tuesday. Hit three-of-four shots from beyond the arc. Also added four assists.

Has hit his last 12 and 15 of his last 16 free throw attempts.

Myron Anthony

Recorded his fourth double-double of the season and 10th of his career with a 17-point, 15-rebound effort Tuesday vs. UTA. The 15 rebounds represents a career high. Eight of the 15 boards came on the offensive end of the court.

Senior forward had the best game of his career vs. Central Oklahoma, scoring a career-high 38 points on 16-of-23 shooting from the field. I Has collected 86 rebounds, an average of 8.6 caroms per game, tops on the team.

Has scored 152 points over the last nine games, an average of 16.9 points per game, after notching just six points in the season-opening win over Northwestern State.

Was a pre-season second-team All-WAC selection by Basketball News.

Chris Campbell

Walk-on who sat out last season as a redshirt transfer from Air Force.

Made his collegiate debut Monday vs. Princeton with one minute of action.

Ryan Carroll

Led eight players in double figures in scoring vs. UTA on Tuesday with 19.

Recorded a season-high nine rebounds Monday vs. Princeton and tied a career best with four blocked shots.

Named the WAC Player of the Week December 11 after scoring 68 points in two contests. Scored just 33 points in the previous three games combined.

Became the 19th player in school history to score 40 points in a game when he hit 15-of-21 shots, including 5-of-10 from beyond the arc, and 5-of-7 from the free throw line in the win over Central Oklahoma on December 9.

Became the 24th player in TCU history to score 1,000 points in a career. Ranks 13th on the all-time list with 1,162 points, 30 behind Dennis Nutt.

Has hit 182 career three-pointers, tying Jeff Jacobs for second on the TCU all-time list.

Was a pre-season first-team All-WAC selection by Basketball News.

Greedy Daniels

Has scored just 29 points in the last three games after averaging 17.6 points through the first seven contests.

Has connected on just 18 of his last 70 shots from the field, 25.7 percent, including 8-of-41 from beyond the arc (19.5 percent) but has handed out 41 assists over that six-game span 6.8/game.

Has recorded a team-leading 42 steals, an average of 4.2 steals per game, tops in the WAC.

Tied a school record with 16 assists in the win over Central Oklahoma. Also has tied the school record with seven steals on two occasions.

Led the Frogs with 62 points (20.6/game) in the Hawaii-Pacific Thanksgiving Classic, earning all-tournament honors.

Scored a career-high 31 points in the November 25 loss to Minnesota, the most points for a Horned Frog this season. Attempted 15 three-point field goals, just one shy of the school record.

Has connected on 34 of his last 40 from the free throw line, 85 percent.

Derrick Davenport

Scored 10 points and grabbed seven rebounds in just 19 minutes of action Tuesday vs. UTA.

Owns four double-doubles this season, notching them vs. Northwestern State (15-10), Siena (14-12), VCU (18-11) and Central Oklahoma (23-16).

Has collected 41 rebounds in the last four contests (10.3/game) and is second on the team with 8.3 caroms per game.

Senior center has blocked 28 shots this season, giving him 124 blocks for his TCU career in just 42 games (3.0 blocks per game). Set a single season school record with 96 blocked shots last season. Ranks fourth on TCU's all-time blocked shots list. Reggie Smith is third with 133 blocks.

Leads the team in field goal percentage, hitting 55.9 percent of his shots.

James Davis

Freshman from Detroit is redshirting this season.

Marlon Dumont

Made his second start of the season Tuesday vs. UTA and notched his first double-double, collecting a career-high 10 rebounds to go with his 10 points.

Scored a season-high and team-leading 15 points on 6-of-7 shooting from the field in his first start for TCU on Monday vs. Princeton.

Has scored 73 points (9.1/game) with 49 rebounds (6.1) over the last eight games after scoring just four points in the season's first two games.

Has hit 30 of his last 45 shots from the field, 66.7 percent, after recording just one basket in eight tries over the first two games.

J.R. Jones

Walk-on from Fort Worth played one minute in each of the last 2 games.

Thomas McTyer

Poured in a career-high 17 points, all in the second half, vs. UTA on Tuesday. Hit three of four shots from three-point range.

Dished out a career-high 10 assists in the win over Central Oklahoma on December 9.

Has dished out 60 assists (6.0 assists/game) while committing 17 turnovers (1.7 TO's/game). In six of the 10 games he has no more than one turnover.

Has connected on 22 of his 24 free throw attempts this season, 91.7 percent.

Bingo Merriex

Scored a season-high 17 points and grabbed a season-high 10 rebounds Tuesday vs. UTA as he recorded his first double-double of the season.

Has hit 23-of-55 (.418) from beyond the three-point line this season. 55 of his 82 shots from the field (67 percent) have been from three-point land. Is just 10-of-27 inside the arc.

Was one of only two freshmen named to the WAC All-Newcomer team in 1999-2000.

Has hit 73 career three-pointers. The sophomore already ranks 10th on TCU's all-time three-point list.

Rebel Paulk

Played just three minutes in the last two games.

Hit two free throws and grabbed three rebounds in 10 minutes of action vs. Central Oklahoma on December 9.

Came off the in the first half in the win over VCU and contributed six points and six rebounds after not seeing action in the previous three games. The six points matched a career high and the 11 minutes of action was a season-high.

Nucleus Smith

Scored a career-high seven points in the win over VCU on December 6.

One of three freshmen to join the squad this season, but the only one that's playing, as James Davis and Corey Valsin are taking redshirt seasons.

Corey Valsin

Freshman from Port Arthur, Texas is redshirting this season.

The Horned Frogs Record...

When Leading at the Half:       8-1
When Tied at the Half:          0-0
When Trailing at the Half:      0-1

When Scoring 100 or more points:        6-0
When Allowing 100 or more points:       0-1
When Scoring 90 or more points:         7-1
When Allowing 90 or more points:        2-1
When Scoring 80 or more points:         7-1
When Allowing 80 or more points:        5-1

When Shooting 50 percent from the field:        1-1
When Shooting less than 50 pct. from field:     7-1
When Opponents Shoot 50 pct. from field:        0-1
When Opp. Shoot less than 50 percent:           8-1

When Shooting 40 percent from three:            4-0
When Shooting less than 40 pct. from three:     4-2
When Opponents Shoot 40 pct. from three:        0-1
When Opp. Shoot less than 40 percent:           8-1

When making more 3-point FG's than opp.         5-2
When making equal 3-point FG's as opp.          1-0
When making fewer 3-point FG's than opp.        2-0

When making more Free Throws than opp.   7-0
When making equal Free Throws as opp.    0-1
When making fewer Free Throws than opp.  1-1

When Outrebounding opponents:   6-0
When Rebounds equal opponents:  0-0
When Outrebounded by opponents: 2-2

Fewer Turnovers than opponents: 7-2
Equal Turnovers as opponents:   0-0
More Turnovers than opponents:  1-0

With 8 or more Steals:       7-0
With less than 8 Steals:     1-2

Site:
Home:     6-0
Road:     1-0
Neutral:  1-2

Overtime Games:
Overall:  0-0
Home:     0-0
Away:     0-0
Neutral:  0-0

Days of the Week:
Sunday:    0-1
Monday:    2-0
Tuesday:   1-0
Wednesday: 1-0
Thursday:  0-0
Friday:    2-0
Saturday:  2-1

By Month:
November:       3-2
December:       5-0
January:        0-0
Febraury:       0-0
March:          0-0

Schedule

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