Hoops preview (TCU at Texas by Chris Flanagan)

[HornSports Staff]

submitted on Today, 10:30 AM in Texas Longhorns Basketball By Chris Flanagan
 
Texas (15-8, 4-6 Big 12) vs. TCU (14-9, 1-9 Big 12)

Wednesday, February 11, 2015 – 7:00PM (CST)

• The game will be televised by Longhorn Network

TCU SERIES INFO

• Texas has won 10 straight and 14 of the last 15 meetings against TCU entering Wednesday's game in Austin.

• Last meeting: Texas 66-48 (Jan. 19, 2015; Fort Worth).

• Texas leads the all-time series 105-62.

• The Longhorns hold a 61-19 advantage in games played in Austin. Texas has won 12 straight home games against the Horned Frogs entering Wednesday's contest.

TEXAS NOTES

• Texas coach Rick Barnes enters Wednesday's contest with an overall career record of 599-308 (.660) in 28 seasons as a collegiate head coach. With a victory, Barnes will become just the 13th active NCAA Division I men's basketball coach to reach the 600-win milestone.

• Sophomore point guard Isaiah Taylor is averaging 18.3 points, 5.3 assists and 4.3 rebounds per game over the last six contests.

• In their last game, the Horns limited K-State to 31.9% FG shooting (15-of-47). Texas also posted a 22-10 advantage in points in the paint.

• UT is averaging 7.7 blocks per contest in its first 23 games this year (176 total blocks) – that mark ranks first nationally in blocks per game (thru games of Feb. 7).

TCU NOTES

• In the last three games (Oklahoma, Baylor and Iowa State), senior Kyan Anderson has dished out five or more assists in each contest.

• Sophomore Kenrich Williams has come on since scoring 10 points against Texas last month. In the last six games, Williams has five double-digit scoring outings, and is averaging 10.2 points a contest. The sophomore has also been dominant on the glass, averaging a team-leading 7.3 boards in the six games, while playing the second-most minutes of anyone during that stretch (29.7 minutes).

• In the last five games combined, the Frogs have out-rebounded nationally ranked Kansas, West Virginia, Iowa State, Baylor and Oklahoma in offensive rebounds by a combined 91-64.

• In six out of TCU's nine losses this season, the Frogs have either led or trailed by single-digits in the last 5 minutes of the ball game.

 

[Matt Cotcher]

• In the last five games combined, the Frogs have out-rebounded nationally ranked Kansas, West Virginia, Iowa State, Baylor and Oklahoma in offensive rebounds by a combined 91-64.

They have 2 in the first half tonight.