Dec. 16, 2005
TCU vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff Game Notes
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FT. WORTH, Texas -- Coming off an eight-day break from final exams, the TCU men's basketball team will return to the court to host the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff on Sunday, Dec. 18, at 7 p.m.
The contest will be the first of three matchups to be played in a span of five days for the Horned Frogs and the second of a five-game homestand at the Daniel-Meyer Coliseum.
TCU and UAPB meet on the hardwood for the second year in a row and third all-time with the Frogs owning a 2-0 record in the series.
GAME 9: TCU (2-6) vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (3-3)
TIPOFF: Sunday, Dec. 18, 2005 at 7 p.m. (CT)
SITE: Daniel-Meyer Coliseum (7,201) in Ft. Worth
TELEVISION: Not available
RADIO: KTCU 88.7 FM in FortWorth/Dallas and KMKI-620 AM in Dallas/Fort Worth
Brian Estridge (play-by-play) and John Denton (color analyst) will call the game.
ONLINE: Live Radio Broadcast and Gametracker on www.GoFrogs.com
ABOUT THE GAME
• TCU returns to the court after an 8-day break for finals. The Horned Frogs will entertain Arkansas-Pine Bluff in the second of a five-game homestand at the Daniel-Meyer Coliseum, meeting for the third all-time and second year in a row. The Horned Frogs lead the series 2-0.
• All three meetings between the two teams have been played in the month of December and in Fort Worth.
• UAPB is coached by Van Holt (Arkansas A&M, 1970), who is in his fourth season with the Golden Lions. Currently, he has a 15-74 record at the school and in his career.
• Both head coaches, Neil Dougherty and Van Holt, enter their fourth season at the helm of their respective programs.
• Arkansas-Pine Bluff is the second of three schools from the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) on TCU's slate this year.
• UAPB was tabbed to finish eighth in the SWAC's preseason poll this year with junior forward Jarvis Gunter earning preseason All-SWAC honors. The Golden Lions return four starters from last year's squad, which ended the season with a 7-21 overall record.
• The Frogs are a perfect 5-0 in the Dougherty era against the SWAC, having defeated Jackson State earlier this season on Nov. 22.
• TCU boasts an all-time 14-1 mark against current SWAC members. The lone loss occurred in the Frogs' only meeting with Texas Southern (103-78) on Dec. 28, 1988 in Fort Worth.
• All but two contests against SWAC schools have been played in Fort Worth. The two matchups came in a TCU 90-75 win over Mississippi Valley State on Dec. 2, 1989, in Bowling Green, and a 115-88 victory against Alabama State in Oklahoma City on Jan. 7, 1995.
• Four SWAC opponents have been TCU's 100-point victims over the years, which includes Alabama State (twice), UAPB, Grambling State (three times) and Mississippi Valley State.
• The last 100+ game for TCU came in Dougherty's inaugural year (2002-03). In fact, there were two 100+ games that season. Both were back-to-back 100+ point wins at home for the Frogs against Grambling State (103-84) and Centenary (102-89).
LAST TIME OUT: at TCU 71, Texas-Arlington 63
• TCU built its largest lead of the season on a 3-pointer by Brent Hackett at 9:04 in the first half, putting the Horned Frogs up 13 points by a 21-8 score.
• The Horned Frogs are 2-0 when leading at the half.
• For the second straight game, TCU has held its opponent to under 65 points.
• TCU shot 40.0 percent from the field and at the foul line for the first time this season. In addition, the Frogs have compiled a 70.0 percent or better clip at the stripe three times this year.
• Three Horned Frogs finished with double-figure points with Judson Stubbs leading the way with a game-high 22 points. Brent Hackett tallied 17 points and Nile Murry collected 16.
• Senior Judson Stubbs posted his second double-double of his career and of the season as he finished with a career-high 22 points and 11 rebounds. He has scored in double figures six times this year.
• Senior Nile Murry extended his double-digit scoring streak for the 10th game in a row and eighth for the current season. He finished with 16 points, six rebounds, six assists, four steals and blocked one shot.
• Nile Murry also shot a minimum of 80.0 percent (8-of-10) or above from the charity stripe for the second time this year.
• Sophomore Brent Hackett scored in double digits for the fourth time this season with 11 of his career-best 17 points coming from the opening half.
• Brent Hackett also went 4-of-4 (1.000) from behind the arc, setting a new career high for 3-pointers made. The 6-foot-3 guard had tied his career high of three from long range twice this season against Jackson State and Drake.
• Freshman Allen Taylor set a career high in points with two in the first half.
• Neil P. Dougherty, a junior guard, scored for the first time this season since returning from knee surgery, putting the Frogs up 16-5 in the opening stanza.
• For the second year in a row, the Frogs are 2-0 against UTA when the Mavericks commit a technical foul. TCU defeated UTA in last year's home season opener by a 90-61 score when UTA's Jarrett Howell received a technical.
