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FORT WORTH – TCU (3-0) will host its fourth of five-straight home games on Friday at 7 p.m. against Milwaukee (2-2) on ESPN+.

NOTES
-    TCU will host its fourth of five-straight home games on Friday at 7 p.m. against Milwaukee on ESPN+.
-    The Horned Frogs will attempt to move to 4-0 for the first time since the 2023-24 season.
-    TCU has back-to-back wins with over 100 points scored in each game for the first time since the 2002-03 season.
-    The Frogs have totaled 304 points, the most through their first three games of a season since 2000-01 (317).
-    TCU has won 13 of its last 16 games dating back to last season.
-    TCU returns 50.8 percent of its scoring, all from Xavier Edmonds, Brock Harding, Micah Robinson and Tanner Toolson.
-    The Horned Frogs have six players averaging double figures in points.
-    TCU has had at least five players score in double figures in all three games this season.
-    Edmonds was named to the Preseason All-Big 12 Conference Team and the Karl Malone Award watch list.
-    Edmonds has recorded a double-double in 11 of his last 16 regular season games.
-   Edmonds ranks second in the Big 12 in rebounding with 8.3 boards per game to go with a 13.0 scoring average.
-    Harding is averaging 8.3 assists per game, which is second in the Big 12 and sixth best nationally.
-    Harding has led or tied for the team lead in assists in 29 of 38 games played at TCU.
-    Harding has made at least two 3-pointers in five-straight games dating back to last season.
-    Robinson, who leads TCU with 21.3 points per game, has made at least one 3-pointer in eight-straight games.
-    Dating back to last season, Robinson has led TCU in points and scored 18 or more in each of his last five games.
-    At 21.7 per game, TCU ranks second in the Big 12 and ranks 25th nationally in assist average.
-    TCU's 75.4 percent from the free throw line ranks second in the Big 12.
-    TCU's 29.7 free throws made per game leads the Big 12 and ranks second nationally.
-    TCU's 39.3 free throw attempts per game leads the nation.
-    The Frogs are averaging 14.0 steals per game, which leads the Big 12 and ranks seventh nationally.
-    The Frogs received 13 votes in this week's AP Top 25.
-    TCU was picked to finish seventh in the Big 12 in a preseason poll conducted by the league's coaches.
-    Dixon's 203 career wins as TCU's head coach is three away from Buster Brannon's record of 205.
-    Dixon ranks 17th among all active DI head coaches in wins at 530.
-    Dixon is the ninth-most tenured coach at a power conference school, now in his 11th season.
-    Under Dixon, TCU is 56-9 in November and 102-21 in November and December combined.
-    Under Dixon, TCU is 80-8 against nonconference opponents in Schollmaier Arena.

ABOUT THE OPPONENT
-   Milwaukee is 2-2 following an 82-73 win at Indiana State on Wednesday.
-   The Panthers are led by Amare Hereford's 13.0 points and 5.0 assists per game. Nate Malosa leads the team in rebounding with 6.8 boards per game.
-   Danilo Jovanovich and Chandler Jackson landed on the Horizon League Preseason Team for Milwaukee, which was picked sixth in the preseason poll.
-   Milwaukee started the season with two losses, at No. 21 USC and at Santa Clara.

SERIES HISTORY
-    TCU won the only meeting in the series, 83-73 on March 13, 2012 in the second round of the College Basketball Invitational at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum.
-    In that game, Amric Fields and Craig Williams led the Frogs in scoring with 15 points.
-    Current Assistant AD, Men's Basketball Operations Thomas Montigel was a sophomore on that team.

LAST TIME OUT
-    TCU fought its way to a 100-92 win over ULM in double overtime on Tuesday.
-    The game had 14 ties and 23 lead changes.
-    TCU was 32-of-46 from the free throw line, the most attempted in 11 seasons.
-    For the second-straight games, six Horned Frogs scored in double-figures, led by Micah Robinson's career-high 27.

UP NEXT
-    TCU will host Texas A&M on Thursday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. The game will air on Peacock.

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Players Mentioned

Xavier Edmonds

Brock Harding

Micah Robinson

Tanner Toolson

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