Texas Tech basketball: Scouting the TCU Horned Frogs

The Frogs have shot the most 3-pointers in the Big 12

Another line, the 3-point arc, could also be where this game is decided.  That’s because TCU is the most eager 3-point shooting team in the Big 12.

Averaging 27 attempts from deep each game, TCU has shot 459 long-range bombs this year.  The only other team in the conference that has shot more is Texas, which has attempted 460 but has done so while playing one extra game coming into tonight’s action.

The Frogs can be dangerous in that regard though because they shoot at the second-best rate in the conference at 35.3%.  They’ve made 162 of their deep looks this year, an average of 9.5 per game, which leads the Big 12.

After struggling earlier this year against the 3-point shot, Tech is starting to climb up the ranks of the Big 12 in 3-point defense.  Beard’s team is now allowing opponents to shoot just 31.4% from behind the arc, 4th-best of any team in the conference.

In the last two games combined, Tech has allowed its opponents to shoot just 7-36 (19.4%) on 3-point attempts.  If that continues tonight, it’s hard to envision the Frogs being able to win.

During their current two-game slide, TCU has gone just 15-59 (25.4%) from 3-point range.  That included an abysmal 8-36 (22.2%) against OU in their last game.

As usual, Bane is the one to watch here.  Shooting 41.8%, he leads his team at 2.7 makes per game.

Freshman guard Francisco Farabello shoots at a 44.4% rate but averages just one make per game. Meanwhile, Jaire Grayer is a 40% shooter who’s connected 69 times from deep this year.

In all, 41.3% of the TCU offense comes from 3-point range.  That’s the 8th-highest percentage in the entire nation.  Therefore, the Red Raiders had better be prepared to locate open shooters and closeout on them the way Chris Beard’s teams are known to do.