Frogs Host Tech in Classic
12/27/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
(Dec. 27) - The TCU Horned Frogs are back in action Thursday, December 28, as they take on the Texas Tech Red Raiders in the nightcap of the Fort Worth Classic. This is the first year of an annual event in which the TCU men's and women's team will play a doubleheader at the Fort Worth Convention Center.
The Frogs look to get back on the winning track after suffering an 85-73 setback at Butler on Saturday in Indianapolis. TCU never had a lead in that contest as the Bulldogs scored the game's first 10 points and held a 43-30 advantage at halftime. Ryan Carroll was the top scoring Frog with 18 points. TCU shot nearly 55 percent from the field, including 53 percent from three-point land, but was outrebounded by a 32-17 margin and was outscored at the free throw line, 25-5 in the loss.
Head coach Billy Tubbs has the Frogs playing Billy Ball, again this season, a style that uses an aggressive, pressing defense and an attacking offense. The Frogs are the nation's top scoring team at 98.5 points per game and have been over the 100-point plateau six times in their 11 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 567-274, including a 128-72 mark since coming to Fort Worth.
This is the 108th meeting between these two schools in a rivalry that dates back to 1932. Texas Tech leads the all-time series, 65-42, but TCU holds a 26-25 advantage in Fort Worth and has won the last three meetings.
TCU will be in action again on Saturday when they host Arkansas-Pine Bluff in the Daniel-Meyer Coliseum on the TCU campus. Game time is set for 7:05 p.m. That contest will mark the Frogs final non-conference tuneup prior to the start of the WAC season.
SCOUTING TEXAS TECH
The Texas Tech Red Raiders, out of Lubbock, Texas and the Big 12 Conference, present a formidable opponent due to the inside tandem of 6-11 Andy Ellis and 6-8 Cliff Owens. Ellis, a junior center, was a pre-season All-Big 12 selection and leads the Red Raiders in scoring at 16.2 ppg. Owens, a senior, is a space-eater at 240 pounds and is averaging 14 points a contest.
Texas Tech has featured a balanced scoring attack through the early part of the season. The man responsible for getting the ball to the hot hand is point guard Jamal Brown. Brown, a junior out of Dallas, averages 7.6 assists a game.
The Red Raiders are led by head coach James Dickey. Dickey, in his 10th season in Lubbock, owns a career record of 162-109, including a 12-16 mark during the 1999-2000 season.
This is the 108th meeting on the hardwood between these two former members of the Southwest Conference. Texas Tech leads the all-time series by a 65-42 count, but TCU holds a slim 26-25 advantage in Fort Worth and has won each of the last three meetings. The last time these two schools got together, TCU posted a 105-86 victory on December 8, 1998. Tech's last win came in Lubbock on February 7, 1996 by an 85-70 score.
200 FOR TUBBS IN FROGLAND
The loss at Butler on Saturday marked TCU head coach Billy Tubbs' 200th game since taking over the Frogs' program. He has recorded a 128-72 record in six+ seasons guiding the TCU basketball fortunes, a .640 percentage. Only Buster Brannon (464), Johnny Swaim (253), Jim Killingsworth (236) and Moe Iba (204) have coached more games at TCU than Tubbs.
STREAKING FROGS
TCU has won its last 11 games in Fort Worth since a 101-96 setback to Fresno State on January 20, 2000. Here are the top five home court winning streaks in TCU history:
| Number | Streak Began | Streak Ended |
| 24 | Nov. 23, 1985, vs. McMurry, 89-43 | Feb. 25, 1987, vs. Houston, 65-84 |
| 20 | March 1, 1931, vs. SMU, 37-29 | Jan. 7, 1935, vs. Texas, 21-24 |
| 17 | Jan. 8, 1998, vs. Fresno State, 91-76 | Jan. 23, 1999, vs. UNLV, 88-95 |
| 14 | Jan. 20, 1990, vs. Hosuton, 89-73 | Jan. 15, 1991, vs. Arkansas, 73-93 |
| 14 | Feb. 12, 1958, vs. Texas, 88-58 | Dec.22, 1959, vs. Oklahoma City, 63-78 |
BALANCED ATTACK
The Frogs have four players averaging in double figures in 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 19.4 points per game. Greedy Daniels poured in a career-high 31 vs. Minnesota and is next at 15.2 points per game. Myron Anthony scored a careeer-high 38 in the win over Central Oklahoma and is right behind at 14.9. Derrick Davenport is fourth on the list at 13.2 points per game.
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 11 games they have taken 285 three-point shots, an average of 25.9 attempts per game.
They've hit 108 of those three-pointers, 37.9 percent accuracy, or an average of 9.8 made three-pointers per game. Greedy Daniels (80), Ryan Carroll (76) and Bingo Merriex (57) have taken the majority of the long-range missiles.
HIGH SCORING FROGS
TCU is averaging 98.5 points per game, tops in the country. The Frogs have gone over the century mark six times, 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.
CARROLL CLIMBS
Senior guard Ryan Carroll continues his assault on the TCU all-time scoring list. He has 116 points in the last five tilts (23.2 ppg) and has scored 213 points this season, an average of 19.4 points per game. In the process, he has moved into 13th place on the all-time list with 1,180 career points. He needs 12 points to tie Dennis Nutt (1,192) for 12th place on the all-time list. (see chart).
THREE POINTERS TOO
Ryan Carroll has moved into second place on TCU's all-time three point field goals made. He has connected for 186 three pointers, trailing only Michael Strickland (231).
LENDING A HELPING HAND
Thomas McTyer has dished out 62 assists in 11 games, an average of 5.6 assists per game, while committing just 19 turnovers. He has an excellent assists-to-turnovers ratio of 3.3-1. The senior from Las Vegas handed out a career-high 10 assists in the win over Central Oklahoma.
COMING ON STRONG
Marlon Dumont has come on strong in the last three games. The junior college transfer scored a career-high 15 points on 6-of-7 shooting from the field Dec. 18 vs. Princeton, then came back with his first career double-double on Dec. 19 vs. UTA. He hit 5-of-6 shots from the field Saturday at Butler.
ANTHONY COMES UP BIG
Myron Anthony has been a force in the middle for the Frogs this season. The 6-7, 229-pound senior leads the team in rebounds (8.0 rpg) and is third on the team in points (14.9) ppg. He is tied for the team lead with four double-doubles and scored a career-high 38 vs. Central Oklahoma.
GREED(Y) IS GOOD
Junior guard Greedy Daniels, a member of the 1999 WAC Mountain Division All-Defensive Team, has recorded 44 steals in 11 games, an average of 4.0 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 is tied for the team lead with four double-doubles this season. The 6-10 senior from Indianapolis is averaging 13.2 points and 7.6 rebounds per game. He also has blocked 29 shots this season and has rejected 125 shots since joining the Frogs last year.
WAC RANKINGS (Thru 12/26/00) TCU Scoring Offense 1st 98.5Scoring Defense 9th 79.1Scoring Margin 1st +19.5Field Goal Pct. 5th .461Field Goal Pct. Defense 6th .4153-Point FG Pct. 2nd .3793-Point FG Pct. Defense 4th .3073-Point FG Made/Game 1st 98Free Throw Pct. 3rd .737Rebounding Average 2nd 42.5Rebounding-Opponents Avg. 9th 42.5Rebounding Margin 7th -0.1Blocked Shots 2nd 6.3Assists 1st 20.3Steals 1st 12.0Turnover Margin 1st +8.2Assist/Turnover Ratio 1st 1.5Offensive Rebounds 1st 16.6Defensive Rebounds 3rd 25.8INDIVIDUALScoring: Carroll 2nd 19.4 Daniels 10th 15.2 Anthony 11th 14.9Field Goal Pct.: Dumont 5th .571 Davenport 6th .553 Anthony 10th .521Assists: Daniels 2nd 5.7 McTyer 3rd 5.6Rebounding: Anthony 5th 8.0 Davenport 7th 7.6 Dumont 12th 6.2Free Throw Pct.: McTyer 1st .920 Allaway 6th .806 Carroll 7th .784 Daniels 15th .746Steals: Daniels 1st 4.0 Carroll T9th 1.63-Point FG Pct.: McTyer 1st .538 Merriex 9th .4043-Point FG Made: Carroll 1st 2.6 Daniels 3th 2.5 Merriex T5th 2.1 McTyer 9th 1.9Blocked Shots: Davenport T2nd 2.6 Dumont 7th 1.3 Carroll 9th 1.2Assist/Turnover Ratio: Carroll 1st 3.5 McTyer 2nd 3.3TCU
- Shot 54.7 percent from the field including 52.6 percent from 3 but was outrebounded 32-17 in the loss at Butler on Saturday.
- Nation's top scoring team had eight players in double figures and three double-doubles in the 115-84 win over UTA on December 19.
- Held Princeton to 45 points on December 18, 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 22 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
- Scored two points and added two rebounds at Butler on Saturday.
- Senior guard scored a season-high 11 points vs. UTA on December 19. 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
- Held to season lows with six points and three rebounds Saturday at Butler.
- Recorded his fourth double-double of the season and 10th of his career with a 17-point, 15-rebound effort Dec. 19 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.
- Leads the team with 88 rebounds, an average of 8.0 caroms per contest.
- 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 Dec. 18 vs. Princeton with one minute of action.
Ryan Carroll
- Led the team in scoring at Butler on Saturday with 18 points. Has topped the team in points in six of 11 games this season.
- Recorded a season-high nine rebounds Dec. 18 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 1,180 points, 12 behind Dennis Nutt.
- Has hit 186 career three-pointers, second on the TCU all-time list.
- Was a pre-season first-team All-WAC selection by Basketball News.
Greedy Daniels
- Scored 15 points at Butler on Saturday but has scored just 44 points in the last four games (11.0 ppg) after averaging 17.6 points through the first seven contests.
- Has connected on just 23 of his last 82 shots from the field, 28.0 percent, including 12-of-47 from beyond the arc (25.5 percent) but has handed out 46 assists over that seven-game span 6.6 assists per game.
- Has recorded a team-leading 44 steals, an average of 4.0 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 35 of his last 42 from the free throw line, 83.3 percent.
Derrick Davenport
- Held scoreless for just the second time in his TCU career Dec. 23 at Butler.
- Collected just one rebound in 14 minutes Saturday at Butler after grabbing 41 rebounds in the previous four contests (10.3 rpg) and is second on the team with 7.6 caroms per game.
- Owns four double-doubles this season, notching them vs. Northwestern State (15-10), Siena (14-12), VCU (18-11) and Central Oklahoma (23-16).
- Senior center has blocked 29 shots this season, giving him 125 blocks for his TCU career in just 43 games (2.9 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.
James Davis
- Freshman from Detroit is redshirting this season.
Marlon Dumont
- Hit five-of-six shots in a 10-point effort Saturday at Butler.
- Has started twice this season. Scored a season-high and team-leading 15 points on 6-of-7 shooting from the field in his first start on December 18 vs. Princeton. Made his second start of the season December 19 vs. UTA and notched his first double-double, collecting a career-high 10 rebounds to go with his 10 points.
- Has scored 83 points (9.2 ppg) with 54 rebounds (6.0) over the last nine games after scoring just four points in the season's first two games.
- Has hit 35 of his last 51 shots from the field, 68.6 percent, after recording just one basket in eight tries over the first two games. Leads the team in field goal percentage at .571.
J.R. Jones
- Walk-on from Fort Worth played one minute in three games this season.
Thomas McTyer
- Hit four-of-seven shots from the field, including two-of-three from 3 for 11 points in the loss at Butler on Saturday. Scored TCU's first 6 points.
- Scored a career-high 17 points, all in the second half, vs. UTA on Dec. 19.
- Dished out a career-high 10 assists in the win over Central Oklahoma on December 9.
- Has handed out 62 assists (5.6 assists/game) while committing 19 turnovers (1.7 tpg). In six of the 11 games he has no more than one turnover.
- Has connected on 23 of his 25 free throw attempts this season, a WAC-leading 92.0 percent.
Bingo Merriex
- Scored just one point in the loss at Butler on December 23.
- Scored a season-high 17 points and grabbed a season-high 10 rebounds December 19 vs. UTA as he recorded his first double-double of the season.
- Has hit 23-of-57 (.404) from beyond the three-point line this season. 57 of his 84 shots from the field (67.9 percent) have been from three-point land. Is just 10-of-27 inside the arc.
- Was one of only two freshmen named to the 2000 WAC All-Newcomer team.
- Has hit 73 career three-pointers. The sophomore ranks 10th on TCU's all-time three-point list.
Rebel Paulk
- Did not play Saturday at Butler due to a slight concussion suffered in practive.
- 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 10 points on five-of-six shooting from the field in the loss at Butler on December 23.
- 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.
Double-DoublesPlayer (Number) Opponent Points ReboundsDerrick Davenport (4) Northwestern State 15 10 Siena 14 12 VCU 18 11 Central Oklahoma 23 16Myron Anthony (4) Alabama State 18 14 at UT-San Antonio 15 11 Central Oklahoma 38 10 UT-Arlington 17 15Bingo Merriex (1) UT-Arlington 17 10Marlon Dumont (1) UT-Arlington 10 10Scoring BalanceOpponent Players Scoring in Double FiguresNorthwestern State (4) Carroll-23; Daniels-17; Merriex-16; Davenport-15Alabama State (5) Carroll-22; Anthony-18; Davenport-18; Daniels-13; Merriex-13Siena (5) Daniels-24; Carroll-19; Anthony-17; Davenport-14; Dumont-10Minnesota (3) Daniels-31; Anthony-16; Merriex-12College of Charleston (3) Davenport-14; Anthony-13; Carroll-13at UT-San Antonio (7) Daniels-17; Anthony-15; McTyer-13; Davenport-13; Carroll-11; Merriex-10VCU (4) Carroll-28; Davenport-18; Daniels-14; Anthony-10Central Oklahoma (4) Carroll-40; Anthony-38; Davenport-23; McTyer-11Princeton (3) Dumont-15; Carroll-11; Davenport-11UT-Arlington (8) Carroll-19; Anthony-17; McTyer-17; Merriex-17; Daniels-13; Allaway-11, Dumont-10; Davenport-10Butler (5) Carroll-18; Daniels-15; McTyer-11; Dumont-10; Smith-10Starting Lineups
Anthony, Carroll, Daniels, Davenport, McTyer - 9 games (6-3)
- (W) Northwestern State; Alabama State; Siena; at UTSA; VCU; Central Oklahoma
- (L) Minnesota; College of Charleston; at Butler
Anthony, Carroll, Daniels, Dumont, McTyer - 2 games (2-0)
- (W) Princeton; UT-Arlington
Largest Home Win: 49, vs. Central Oklahoma, 12/9/00Average Margin Victory: +30.0 (240 points)Largest Home Loss: -Average Margin Defeat: -8.7 (26 points)Largest Road Win: 11, at UT-San Antonio, 12/02/00Average Difference: +29.6 (216 points)Largest Road Loss: 13, at Butler, 12/23/00Largest Neutral Win: 20, vs. Siena, 11/24/00Largest Neutral Loss: 8, vs. Minnesota, 11/25/00Team Statistics TCU Opp.SCORING 1084 870 Points Per Game 98.5 79.1 Scoring Margin +19.5 -FIELD GOALS-ATT: 358-776 297-716 Field Goal Pct. .461 .4153 POINT FG-ATT: 108-285 75-244 3-Point FG Pct. .379 .307 3-Point FG Made/Game: 9.8 6.8FREE THROWS-ATT: 260-353 201-288 Free Throw Pct. .737 .698REBOUNDS 467 468 Rebounds/Game 42.5 42.5 Rebounding Margin -0.1 -ASSISTS 223 169 Assists/Game 20.3 15.4TURNOVERS 148 238 Turnovers/Game 13.5 21.6 Turnover Margin +8.2 - Assist/Turnover Ratio 1.5 0.7STEALS 132 78 Steals/Game 12.0 7.1BLOCKS 69 36 Blocks/Game 6.3 3.3WINNING STREAK 0 - Home Win Streak 6 -ATTENDANCE 22,260 8,567 Home Games-Avg/Game 6-3710 2-2952 Neutral Site-Avg/Game - 3-888The Horned Frogs Record...When Leading at the Half: 8-1When Tied at the Half: 0-0When Trailing at the Half: 0-2When Scoring 100 or more points: 6-0When Allowing 100 or more points: 0-1When Scoring 90 or more points: 7-1When Allowing 90 or more points: 2-1When Scoring 80 or more points: 7-1When Allowing 80 or more points: 5-2When Shooting 50 percent from the field: 1-2When Shooting less than 50 pct. from field: 7-1When Opponents Shoot 50 pct. from field: 0-2When Opp. Shoot less than 50 percent: 8-1When Shooting 40 percent from three: 4-1When Shooting less than 40 pct. from three: 4-2When Opponents Shoot 40 pct. from three: 0-2When Opp. Shoot less than 40 percent: 8-1When making more 3-point FG's than opp. 5-2When making equal 3-point FG's as opp. 1-0When making fewer 3-point FG's than opp. 2-1When making more Free Throws than opp. 7-0When making equal Free Throws as opp. 0-1When making fewer Free Throws than opp. 1-2When Outrebounding opponents: 6-0When Rebounds equal opponents: 0-0When Outrebounded by opponents: 2-3Fewer Turnovers than opponents: 7-2Equal Turnovers as opponents: 0-0More Turnovers than opponents: 1-1With 8 or more Steals: 7-0With less than 8 Steals: 1-3Site:Home: 6-0Road: 1-1Neutral: 1-2Overtime Games:Overall: 0-0Home: 0-0Away: 0-0Neutral: 0-0Days of the Week:Sunday: 0-1Monday: 2-0Tuesday: 1-0Wednesday: 1-0Thursday: 0-0Friday: 2-0Saturday: 2-2By Month:November: 3-2December: 5-1January: 0-0Febraury: 0-0March: 0-0
