Belmont @ Texas Christian preview

Thanks to losses by defending national champion North Carolina (to Michigan State) and Grand Canyon (to San Diego) over the weekend, TCU heads into Wednesday night's home game with Belmont sporting the nation's longest active winning streak. The Horned Frogs, who defeated St. Bonaventure 89-79 in the championship game of the Emerald Coast Classic on Saturday night in Niceville, Fla., have won 11 consecutive games dating back to last season.

TCU entered the 2017-18 season with a five-game win streak after winning the NIT, defeating Georgia Tech 88-56 in the title game. The Horned Frogs were nearly upended in the semifinals of the Emerald Coast Classic by New Mexico, holding on for a 69-67 win over the Lobos when junior guard Chris McNeal missed a potential game-winning 3-pointer as time ran out. TCU, behind 20 points by point guard Jaylen Fisher, who is coming back from knee and hand injuries that sidelined him for over four months in the off season, was never really threatened down the stretch in the title game against the Bonnies. "We're seeing Jaylen get in that groove now," Horned Frogs coach Jamie Dixon said.

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ABOUT BELMONT (4-3): The Bruins come in off a 74-66 home loss to Lipscomb on Monday night, snapping a 11-game win streak against the Bisons and spoiling head coach Ricky Byrd's 1,000th career game as head coach at Belmont. The defending Ohio Valley Conference regular-season champions are led in scoring by 6-8 senior forward Amanze Egekeze who is averaging 18.3 points while also shooting 40.9 percent from 3-point range. Junior forward Dylan Windler is second in scoring (15.7) and leads the team in rebounding (11.6) while junior guard Kevin McClain (12.9 points) also is averaging in double figures.

ABOUT TCU (6-0): Vladimir Brodziansky, a 6-11 senior forward who was selected to the All-Big 12 preseason team, leads the Frogs in scoring (14.7) and is shooting 66.0 percent from the floor. Senior guard Kenrich Williams is averaging a double-double, grabbing a team-best 10.2 rebounds per game while also averaging 12.7 points, and was the MVP of the Emerald Coast Classic after averaging 19.5 points and 14.5 rebounds in the two wins. Sophomore guards Desmond Bane (13.8 points) and Fisher (10.8) also are averaging in double figures, with Fisher also averaging a team best 5.2 assists per game.

TIP-INS

1. Bane ranks second nationallly in 3-point field goal percentage (15-of-24, 62.5 percent).

2. TCU ranks ninth nationally with an average of 19.8 assists per game.

3. Windler has six double-doubles this season which ties him with Duke's Marvin Bagley III and Minnesota's Jordan Murphy for most in the nation.

PREDICTION: TCU 77, Belmont 69