Texas Christian @ Texas preview

Last Meeting ( Jan 29, 2020 ) Texas 62, Texas Christian 61

Teams that struggle to find offense meet Wednesday when TCU visits Texas. In Big 12 games, TCU is last in offensive rating (89.6) according to KenPom and Texas is second to last (90.3), and they have combined for 10 losses in their last 11 games.

The Horned Frogs are last in turnover percentage (23.5), 2-point percentage (43.3) and free-throw percentage (61.3) and rely on 3-pointers for 40.6 percent of their offense - highest in the Big 12. They snapped a six-game losing streak with Saturday's 68-57 win against Kansas State as Desmond Bane scored 17 points and added eight assists and seven rebounds. No team gets to the line less than the Longhorns in league contests, and they rank among the bottom four in 2- and 3-point percentage, free-throw percentage and offensive rebound percentage. Texas has dropped four straight games, including losses to top-ranked Baylor and No. 3 Kansas, and was blown out 81-52 at Iowa State on Saturday.

TIME: 8 p.m. ET. TV: Longhorn Network

ABOUT TCU (14-11, 5-7 Big 12): Senior guard Bane drained 5-of-10 from the arc against the Wildcats and got help from sophomore RJ Nembhard (12.1 points, 4.1 rebounds, 3.3 assists), who added 17 points, three 3-pointers and five assists. Bane, who earned multiple preseason honors, including one of 10 finalists for the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award, leads the Frogs in points (16.0) and assists (3.6), ranks second in the Big 12 in scoring and 3-point field goal percentage (42.9) and first in 3-point field goals made (2.8). Sophomore Kevin Samuel (10.2 points) is shooting 65.3 percent from the field and is averaging 8.8 rebounds per game, which ranks fifth in the Big 12, and 2.8 blocks per game, which leads the Big 12 and ranks 11th in the nation.

ABOUT TEXAS (14-11, 4-8): Sophomore Courtney Ramey (10.3 points, 3.0 assists) posted a career-high 21 points at Iowa State, converting a career-best 7-of-8 from the free-throw line. The Longhorns are led in scoring by Matt Coleman III with 12.5 points per game, but leading rebounder Jericho Sims (9.7 points, 8.2 rebounds ) was ruled out indefinitely last week with a back injury. Junior Jase Febres (9.3 points, team-high 55 3-pointers) had 15 points on 5-of-7 3-pointers and Sims had nine points and 13 rebounds in a 62-61 Longhorns win in the first game between the teams this season on Jan. 29.

BUZZER BEATERS

1. Texas leads the all-time series 112-69 and has won 15 of the last 17 meetings in Austin.

2. With the win over Kansas State, the Horned Frogs snapped their longest losing skid since dropping seven straight to close out the 2016-17 regular season.

3. Texas set team season lows in field goals made (17) and field-goal percentage (.293, 17-of-58) against Iowa State and allowed an opponent team season high in field-goal percentage (.571, 28-of-49).

PREDICTION: TCU 65, Texas 62