Frogs to play Grambling State in day-after Thanksgiving contest
11/23/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Nov. 23, 2006
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Four Score and Many Years Ago
• TCU is looking to improve to 4-1 for the first time since the 1998-99 campaign.
• The Horned Frogs have been 4-1 or better through five games just three times in the past 14 seasons dating back to 1992-93.
Getting the Close Ones
• The Horned Frogs have picked up a pair of six-point wins and an eight-point double-overtime victory already this season, making them 3-0 in games determined by 10 points or less.
• The Frogs went just 3-13 (.188) in games decided by 10 or less last year.
• In the first three seasons under Neil Dougherty, the Frogs were 21-24 (.467) in those games (8-6 in 2004-05; 7-9 in 2003-04; 6-9 in 2002-03).
• Nineteen of the team's last 35 games (54 percent) have been decided by 10 or fewer points.
Local Flavor
• TCU is playing its second of three games this year against schools from Louisiana.
• Of the Horned Frogs' 13 nonconference games, TCU has six against programs in the state of Texas. In addition, five more are versus schools from neighboring states (Louisiana-3, Oklahoma-1 and Arkansas-1).
• The only nonleague games against schools from nonbordering states are against St. Mary's and Colorado.
Home Sweet Home
• TCU is 379-224 (.629) in 603 home games since Daniel-Meyer Coliseum opened in 1961.
• Over the past 10-plus seasons, the Horned Frogs are 119-49 (.708) in DMC and have won at least 10 home games seven times over that span.
• The Horned Frogs are riding a four-game home winning streak dating back to last year's win over Utah.
New Balance
• Of TCU's 281 points on the year, 154 (or 55 percent) have been courtesy of the newcomers while 127 have come from veterans.
• Three Frogs, two newcomers (Kevin Langford and Ryan Wall) and one returnee (Brent Hackett), are averaging double figures in points.
• Four Frogs, two newcomers (Kevin Langford and Alvardo Parker) and two veterans (Blake Adams and Neiman Owens), are averaging better than 5.0 rebounds per contest.
• Nine players, five veterans and four newcomers, are playing at least 15 minutes per game.
The Horned Frogs Against the Tigers
• TCU and Grambling State have met on seven previous occasions, with the Horned Frogs winning each time.
• This is the fifth straight season and the sixth time in the last eight years that the teams have played.
• Neil Dougherty is 4-0 against the Tigers, winning by an average of 19.3 points per game.
• The Horned Frogs have scored an average of 94.8 points per contest over the past four meetings.
• TCU is 16-1 all time against Southwestern Athletic Conference schools.
Stealing the Show
• TCU ranks first in the Mountain West in steals per game (11.0).
• The Horned Frogs' closest competitor is UNLV at 9.0.
• Individually, Neiman Owens ranks second in the MWC at 2.3 steals per game, while Ryan Wall is tied for fourth (2.0) and Keion Mitchem is tied for eighth (1.8).
Finding Nemo
• Junior guard Neiman Owens scored a career-high 14 points on perfect 6-of-6 shooting from the floor against St. Mary's.
• He also added a team-best seven rebounds in the contest.
• At just 6-foot-3, Owens leads the team in boards at 6.5 per game, a figure that ranks eighth in the Mountain West.
• He has averaged 9.0 points and 8.0 rebounds over the last two games.
