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Frogs Look for Sixth Straight Victory at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum

The Purple and White will welcome Wichita State to Fort Worth for the first time since 1949.

 
 
 

 
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Dec. 7, 2008

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Game Preview
• The Horned Frogs will return to the Daniel-Meyer Coliseum for their second consecutive home game as the Purple and White welcomes Wichita State to Fort Worth for an 8:00 p.m. central time tip.

• This will be the seventh meeting between the Frogs and Shockers as Wichita State holds a 5-1 advantage over TCU. This will be the first meeting since December 26, 1975, when Wichita State won by an 84-65 decision and the first time that the two programs will be meeting in Fort Worth since December 27, 1949, when TCU won 54-42.

• The Frogs and Shockers can also be heard over the airwaves via ESPN Radio 103.3 FM and KTCU 88.7 FM with Brian Estridge (play-by-play) and John Denton (analyst). Faithful of the Purple and White can listen to the game courtesy of Yahoo Broadcasts and view via GameTracker on www.GoFrogs.com. The game can also be seen on The Mtn. Network with James Bates (play-by-play) and Steve Wolf (analyst) handling the television duties.

Stellar Defense Equals Victories
• The defense of the Frogs has been nothing short of stellar during their five-game winning streak as TCU has held its opponents to a combined 38.4 percent (96-of-250) shooting from the field and a combined 19.3 percent (16-of-83) shooting from behind the three-point line.

• During a three-game stretch - the Frogs held SMU, St. Gregory's and Colorado to 46 or less points, which marked the first time since the 1951-52 season that TCU held three consecutive opponents to less than 46 points after achieving the feat against Rice (30), Texas (43) and SMU (43).

• In each of the last four games - the Frogs' defense has held opponents to 15 points fewer than their season averaging coming into the contest. On the season - only one team has recorded a higher score than season scoring average against the Frogs in College of Charleston (86 points against TCU | 80.8 season scoring average).

Hometown Hero
• In his three seasons with the Purple and White - Kevin Langford has not only been a maintstay in the Frogs' starting lineup, but has also been one of their most productive players. A starter in 69 consecutive games - the TCU senior has posted a double-digit scoring performance in 52 of those contests (6 - Sr. | 24 - Jr. | 22 So.).

• The Fort Worth product has an opportunity to become the 29th player in TCU history to reach the 1000-point milestone as Langford currently sits at 924 career points with the Frogs. Langford only needs 76 points to reach the 1,000-point milestone and become the 16th player in TCU history to reach the mark in under three full seasons.

• For his career - Langford has scored 990 points after collecting 66 points during his freshman campaign at the University of California. The 6-8 forward transferred to TCU prior to the 2005-06 campaign.

Point of Order
• Jason Ebie has started all nine games for the Frogs at the point guard position where he ranks third in the Mountain West Conference in assists per game (4.78 A-G) and set a career-high with nine assists against St. Gregory's. Ebie's nine assists are tied for the most in the conference this season with Jackson Emery of BYU.

• Ebie has dished out three of more assists in eight of nine games this season and has averaged 6.5 assists per game over the last four contests. In the last three games - the TCU point guard has posted a 4.2:1 assist-to-turnover ratio after dishing out 21 assists compared to five turnovers.

Good Things Come in Three's
• The Frogs have made at least one three-pointer in 319 consecutive games dating back to the 1997-98 season. The last time that the Purple and White failed to connect on a trey came against LIU-Brooklyn on November 22, 1997.

• The Frogs have recorded at least one three-pointer in 536 of their last 537 games. Prior to that failed connection against LIU-Brooklyn - TCU made at least one three-pointer in 217 straight games dating back to the 1989-90 season when the University of Texas stopped the Frogs behind the arc on February 11, 1990.

Frogs Record 400th Victory at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum
• With a victory over McNeese State on November 22nd - the Frogs notched their 400th victory at the DMC. In the 48-year history of the DMC - the Frogs have posted a record of 403-236 (.631) on their home court. Over the past 11 seasons - the Frogs have posted a 143-61 (.701) overall record at home and have won at least 10 games in seven of those campaigns.

Non-Conference - No Problem at Home
• The Horned Frogs have captured 17 of their last 20 games at home against non-conference opponents. In their last 10 games - TCU has posted victories in eight of them with setbacks coming against a pair of Big 12 Conference-foes in Oklahoma and Nebraska.

No Three for You
• This season - the Frogs are ranked first in the Mountain West Conference in three-point field goal percentage defense as opponents have only connected on 26.1 percent (40-of-153) of their trey attempts.

• During their five-game winning streak - the Frogs have held opposing offenses to 19.3 percent (16-of-83) from behind the three-point arc. No team has connected on more than four treys during that time.

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