March 2, 2007

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Game #28 • Sat., Mar. 3, 2007 • TCU (12-15, 4-11) at San Diego State (20-9, 9-6)
5 p.m. (CT)/3 p.m. (PT) • Cox Pavilion • San Diego, Calif.

Game Day Information
Television: MountainWest Sports Network (the mtn.) Rich Cellini (play-by-play) and Rob Evans (analyst) will describe the action.
Satellite Coordinates: TBD
Radio: KMKI AM 620 and KTCU 88.7 FM in Fort Worth/Dallas Brian Estridge (play-by-play) and John Denton (analyst) will call the game on the TCU/ISP Sports Network. The game can also be heard online at www.GoFrogs.com.
Next on the Schedule: TCU heads to Las Vegas, Nev. to play New Mexico in the first round of the Mountain West Conference Tournament on Tuesday. Game time is set for 9:30 p.m. (CT)/7:30 p.m. (PT). If the Horned Frogs win, a quarterfinal matchup with top-seeded BYU awaits on Thursday. That game tips at 2 p.m. (CT)/noon (PT).

A TCU Win Would...
• Match the Horned Frogs' longest winning streak of the year (3), which has been achieved on three occasions, most recently from Dec. 27-Jan. 6.
• Snap the Frogs' three-game losing streak against the Aztecs and give TCU a 4-3 lead in the all-time season series.
• Be TCU's first regular-season-ending win since the 2002-03 campaign.

Getting Hot at the Right Time
• Over TCU's past two games, victories over No. 14/13 Air Force and Wyoming, the Horned Frogs shot a combined 51.5 percent (53-for-103) from the field. TCU went 10-for-24 (.417) from 3-point range.
• Taking the second half of the Air Force game and the first half of the Wyoming game into account, TCU was an amazing 31-for-47 (.660) from the floor.
• The Frogs scored a total of 85 points over those 40 minutes of play (46 vs. Air Force and 39 vs. Wyoming).

Buckling Down
• In addition, the TCU defense has picked it up in the two wins, holding Air Force and Wyoming to just 41.2 percent shooting (40-for-97). Included in that total is a paltry 14-for-50 (.280) mark from 3-point range.
• TCU also enjoyed a +7.5 rebounding margin and a +4.5 turnover margin in the two games.

Roping the Cowboys
• TCU picked up its largest margin of victory since a 21-point win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Dec. 21, 2004.
• The Horned Frogs won their eighth straight Senior Night game.
• TCU forced 21 turnovers and out-rebounded the Pokes 37-26.
• The Frogs held Brandon Ewing, the league's top scorer at 20.3 points per game, to seven points. Brad Jones, the MWC's third highest scorer at 17.8, had 11.
• The two combined to shoot 4-for-17 (.235) from the floor. They had 18 points and 13 turnovers.
• The Frogs shot 59.3 percent in the first half (16-for-27) and matched a season high with 39 points prior to intermission.
• Kevin Langford (24 points) and Neil P. Dougherty (11) had career highs.

It's Not the Size of the Frog in the Fight
• Despite being undersized compared to most of their opponents, the Horned Frogs have held their own on the backboards this year, as the team has a rebounding margin of +0.5 this year.
• The Frogs have not finished a year with a positive rebounding margin since the 1998-99 season.

The Horned Frogs Against the Aztecs
• The all-time series between TCU and San Diego State is tied three games apiece.
• San Diego State is one of the two schools in the Mountain West that TCU has at least a .500 record against all time. (TCU is 6-5 against Colorado State.)
• The Aztecs have won three straight meetings, including a 76-71 decision in Fort Worth on Jan. 31.
• The earlier game this season is one of just two in the series that has been decided by fewer than 12 points (a 72-70 TCU win in 1984 is the other).