Texas Tech basketball: Scouting the TCU Horned Frogs

TCU is the worst free-throw shooting team in the Big 12

One of the reasons that TCU’s scoring is down this year is that the Frogs are a very bad free-throw shooting team.  At just 63.2% as a team, they rank last in the Big 12 and 331st out of 350 teams in the nation.

What’s more, they don’t get to the line with much regularity.  One of only two teams in the Big 12 to have shot fewer than 300 free throws this season, they are No. 337 nationally having attempted just 242 on the year, merely 14.2 per game.

Not surprisingly, Bane is their most reliable shooter at 82.4%.  The problem for the Frogs is that he’s only averaging two attempts per game.

What’s more, there are only three other players on the roster shooting over 68% at the line this year.  Additionally, only four Frogs get to the line at least twice per contest.

That’s an indication that the Frogs are once again a heavy jump-shooting team.  That’s the type of team that the Red Raiders normally clamp down on.

Let’s see if the line proves to be a difference in this game.  Tech enters second in the Big 12 in free-throw percentage at 75.7% and free throws attempted at 20.8 per game.

In Saturday’s loss at Oklahoma, TCU shot only 12 free throws.  At times this year, Tech has been rather foul-prone as the Red Raiders rank 120th nationally when it comes to foul shots yielded.  Tonight, watch to see if the Frogs get to the line with regularity and whether or not they can capitalize on those opportunities.