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FORT WORTH – TCU (2-0) will host ULM (1-1) on Tuesday at 8 p.m., part of a doubleheader with the TCU women's team, which hosts Iona at 4 p.m.

NOTES
-    Tuesday will be head coach Jamie Dixon's birthday. He's 3-0 as a head coach on his birthday.
-    The Horned Frogs will attempt to move to 3-0 for the ninth time in 11 seasons.
-    TCU's 204 points through its first two games are the most by a Horned Frogs team since the 2000-01 season (206).
-    TCU has won 12 of its last 15 games dating back to last season.
-    TCU's KenPom rating of 39 is its best since the 2023-24 season (22).
-   TCU returns 50.8 percent of its scoring, all from Xavier Edmonds, Brock Harding, Micah Robinson and Tanner Toolson.
-    The Horned Frogs have seven players averaging double figures in points.
-    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 15 regular season games.
-    Edmonds leads TCU in rebounding with 8.0 boards per game to go with an 11.0 scoring average.
-    Harding is averaging a Big 12-leading 8.5 assists per game, which is eighth best in the nation.
-    Harding has made at least two 3-pointers in four-straight games dating back to last season.
-    Robinson is 6-of-8 from 3-point range. His 75 percent from deep leads the Big 12 and ranks seventh nationally.
-    Robinson, who leads TCU with 18.5 points per game, has made at least one 3-pointer in seven-straight games.
-   Dating back to last season, Robinson has led TCU in points and scored 18 or more in each of his last four games.
-    Newcomer, DJ Thomas is 14-of-14 from the free throw line and ranks second on the team with 15.0 points per game.
-    TCU's 50.0 percent (23-46) from 3-point range leads the Big 12 and ranks seventh nationally.
-    At 22.5 per game, TCU leads the Big 12 and ranks 24th nationally in assist average.
-    TCU's 45.5 scoring margin leads the Big 12 and ranks 10th nationally.
-    TCU's 79.2 percent (57-72) from the free throw line leads the Big 12.
-    TCU's 28.5 free throws made per game leads the Big 12 and ranks sixth nationally.
-    The Frogs are averaging 15.5 steals per game, which leads the Big 12 and ranks fourth nationally.
-    TCU will play seven teams currently ranked in the Preseason AP Top 25.
-    The Frogs received 17 votes in the Preseason AP Top 25, which would have them ranked No. 31.
-    TCU was picked to finish seventh in the Big 12 in a preseason poll conducted by the league's coaches.
-    Dixon's 201 career wins as TCU's head coach is four away from Buster Brannon's record of 205.
-    Dixon ranks 17th among all active DI head coaches in wins at 529.
-    Dixon is the ninth-most tenured coach at a power conference school, now in his 11th season.
-    Under Dixon, TCU is 55-9 in November and 101-21 in November and December combined.
-    Under Dixon, TCU is 79-8 against nonconference opponents in Schollmaier Arena.

ABOUT THE OPPONENT
-   ULM are 1-1, with an 83-78 season opening loss to Central Michigan on Nov. 2 and a 99-55 win over Champion Christian on Nov. 4. The Warhawks will face Texas A&M on Monday before playing the Horned Frogs.
-   ULM was 4-28 last season, including a 1-17 record in the Sun Belt Conference.
-   Ryan Cross is in his first season as head coach after serving as an assistant at UAB the previous six seasons. He was also a ULM assistant from 2012-2020.

SERIES HISTORY
-    The all-time series is tied 3-3 with TCU winning the last two meetings, both under Dixon.
-    The last meeting was a 95-60 TCU win on Nov. 17, 2022 in Fort Worth.
-    TCU also won on Dixon's birthday on Nov. 10, 2017 with the score of 83-73.

LAST TIME OUT
-    TCU trailed 7-0 before routing Southern, 106-54, for its largest margin of victory in 12 seasons.
-    Six players, including all five starters, scored in double-figures led by Micah Robinson's 19 points.
-    Xavier Edmonds had 13 points and 11 rebounds while Brock Harding had 10 points and 12 assists.
-    TCU was 29-of-34 from the free throw line. It was the fifth-most made by a team under Dixon.

UP NEXT
-    TCU will host Milwaukee on Friday at 7 p.m. on ESPN+.

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Players Mentioned

Xavier Edmonds

Brock Harding

Micah Robinson

DJ Thomas

Tanner Toolson

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