Friday, November 8
Fort Worth, Texas
7 p.m.
TCU
vs
Florida Gulf Coast
Preview: vs. Florida Gulf Coast
11/7/2024 9:42:00 AM | Men's Basketball
The Horned Frogs host the Eagles on Friday at 7 p.m.
FORT WORTH – TCU (1-0) will continue its three-game homestand Friday night against Florida Gulf Coast (0-1) at 7 p.m. on ESPN+.
NOTES
- The Frogs are 52-6 in the month of November since the 2014-15 season.
- Jamie Dixon is in his 22nd season as a head coach and his ninth season with TCU.
- Dixon is 11 wins away from 500 as a head coach. His 161 wins at TCU rank second all-time.
- Under Dixon, TCU is 63-5 against nonconference opponents at Schollmaier Arena
- The Horned Frogs lost nine scholarship players from last year's team, including their top seven scorers.
- All six players who ran out of eligibility last season signed with a professional team.
- TCU returned just 4.7% of its scoring from last season, the fewest in the Big 12 and 10th fewest in the nation.
- TCU's 14.2% of returning rebounding ranks as the second fewest in the Big 12 and 21st fewest in the nation.
- TCU returns 7.5% of its minutes played from last season which is the fewest in the Big 12 and 12th in the country.
- Top departures from last year's team included all-conference players Emanuel Miller and Jameer Nelson Jr.
- Ernest Udeh Jr. is the lone returning scholarship player.
- TCU's incoming class includes seven transfers and four freshmen.
- The freshman class ranks 17th by ESPN and highlighted by Micah Robinson (64) and David Punch (96).
- Among the transfer class are Frankie Collins, Noah Reynolds, Trazarien White and Brendon Wenzel, who each have played at least three years of college basketball before arriving at TCU in the summer.
- White is a two-time All-Colonial Athletic Association guard from UNC Wilmington and has 1,298 career points.
- Collins started at guard the past two seasons at Arizona State and averaged 13.6 points and 3.2 assists last year.
- Reynolds ranked third in the Horizon League with 20.0 points at Green Bay last season.
- Wenzel is a career 37.7% 3-point shooter after shooting exactly that percentage at Wyoming last season.
- Newcomer, Vasean Allette, averaged 17.4 points and 5.7 rebounds as a freshman at Old Dominion.
- Returning to the team are Isaiah Manning and Jace Posey, who redshirted last season as freshmen.
- Dixon announced after the previous game that RJ Jones and Ashton Simmons plan to redshirt this season.
- TCU led the nation in fast break points the past two seasons and had 23 in Monday's game vs. Florida A&M
- Last season, TCU finished the season in the NCAA Tournament for a program-best, third-straight season.
- TCU has made four NCAA Tournament appearance in the last six seasons that a postseason was held.
- TCU had been to one NCAA Tournament in the 30 years prior to Dixon's first appearance in 2018.
- TCU's win percentage during Dixon's eight seasons is .593, the best by a TCU coach in 20 years.
- Only 22 active D1 coaches have more wins than Dixon.
- TCU has 17 seasons of 20 or more wins in its history and six have come in the last eight seasons.
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
- Florida Gulf Coast returns six players from last year's roster, four of which saw minutes last season.
- One returner is Keeshawn Kellman who was a unanimous selection to the ASUN Preseason All-Conference team and was the ASUN Preseason Defensive Player of the Year.
- The Eagles fell at UNC Greensboro in their opener, 73-64. Kellman and Dallion Johnson led the team with 15 points.
SERIES HISTORY
- The lone meeting in the series was a 73-72 win by TCU on Nov. 11, 2011.
- TCU led by as many as 16 in the second half before a big shot by Hank Thorns sealed the one-point win to open the season. FGCU shot 61.4 percent from the field but was forced into 29 turnovers.
LAST TIME OUT
- Six Horned Frogs scored in double figures, led by a 20-point outing off the bench by Vasean Allette in TCU's 105-59 win over Florida A&M on Monday.
- TCU made 14 3-pointers from seven different players, including a game-high three by Jace Posey.
- Ernest Udeh Jr. recorded his second-career double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds.
- TCU led 59-22 at the half. The 37-point margin was the largest in program history.
UP NEXT
- TCU will host Texas State on Tuesday at 7 p.m. before hitting the road at Michigan on Nov. 15.
NOTES
- The Frogs are 52-6 in the month of November since the 2014-15 season.
- Jamie Dixon is in his 22nd season as a head coach and his ninth season with TCU.
- Dixon is 11 wins away from 500 as a head coach. His 161 wins at TCU rank second all-time.
- Under Dixon, TCU is 63-5 against nonconference opponents at Schollmaier Arena
- The Horned Frogs lost nine scholarship players from last year's team, including their top seven scorers.
- All six players who ran out of eligibility last season signed with a professional team.
- TCU returned just 4.7% of its scoring from last season, the fewest in the Big 12 and 10th fewest in the nation.
- TCU's 14.2% of returning rebounding ranks as the second fewest in the Big 12 and 21st fewest in the nation.
- TCU returns 7.5% of its minutes played from last season which is the fewest in the Big 12 and 12th in the country.
- Top departures from last year's team included all-conference players Emanuel Miller and Jameer Nelson Jr.
- Ernest Udeh Jr. is the lone returning scholarship player.
- TCU's incoming class includes seven transfers and four freshmen.
- The freshman class ranks 17th by ESPN and highlighted by Micah Robinson (64) and David Punch (96).
- Among the transfer class are Frankie Collins, Noah Reynolds, Trazarien White and Brendon Wenzel, who each have played at least three years of college basketball before arriving at TCU in the summer.
- White is a two-time All-Colonial Athletic Association guard from UNC Wilmington and has 1,298 career points.
- Collins started at guard the past two seasons at Arizona State and averaged 13.6 points and 3.2 assists last year.
- Reynolds ranked third in the Horizon League with 20.0 points at Green Bay last season.
- Wenzel is a career 37.7% 3-point shooter after shooting exactly that percentage at Wyoming last season.
- Newcomer, Vasean Allette, averaged 17.4 points and 5.7 rebounds as a freshman at Old Dominion.
- Returning to the team are Isaiah Manning and Jace Posey, who redshirted last season as freshmen.
- Dixon announced after the previous game that RJ Jones and Ashton Simmons plan to redshirt this season.
- TCU led the nation in fast break points the past two seasons and had 23 in Monday's game vs. Florida A&M
- Last season, TCU finished the season in the NCAA Tournament for a program-best, third-straight season.
- TCU has made four NCAA Tournament appearance in the last six seasons that a postseason was held.
- TCU had been to one NCAA Tournament in the 30 years prior to Dixon's first appearance in 2018.
- TCU's win percentage during Dixon's eight seasons is .593, the best by a TCU coach in 20 years.
- Only 22 active D1 coaches have more wins than Dixon.
- TCU has 17 seasons of 20 or more wins in its history and six have come in the last eight seasons.
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
- Florida Gulf Coast returns six players from last year's roster, four of which saw minutes last season.
- One returner is Keeshawn Kellman who was a unanimous selection to the ASUN Preseason All-Conference team and was the ASUN Preseason Defensive Player of the Year.
- The Eagles fell at UNC Greensboro in their opener, 73-64. Kellman and Dallion Johnson led the team with 15 points.
SERIES HISTORY
- The lone meeting in the series was a 73-72 win by TCU on Nov. 11, 2011.
- TCU led by as many as 16 in the second half before a big shot by Hank Thorns sealed the one-point win to open the season. FGCU shot 61.4 percent from the field but was forced into 29 turnovers.
LAST TIME OUT
- Six Horned Frogs scored in double figures, led by a 20-point outing off the bench by Vasean Allette in TCU's 105-59 win over Florida A&M on Monday.
- TCU made 14 3-pointers from seven different players, including a game-high three by Jace Posey.
- Ernest Udeh Jr. recorded his second-career double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds.
- TCU led 59-22 at the half. The 37-point margin was the largest in program history.
UP NEXT
- TCU will host Texas State on Tuesday at 7 p.m. before hitting the road at Michigan on Nov. 15.
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