MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACT: Drew Harris OFFICE: Daniel-Meyer Coliseum, Room 104 OFFICE PHONE: (817) 257-5378 CELL PHONE: (817) 343-2064 TCU Basketball FAX: (817) 257-7964 EMAIL: [email protected] Horned Frog Game Notes WEBSITE: www.GoFrogs.com Game Day Information 2004-05 TCU Schedule MATCHUP: TCU Horned Frogs (20-13) at Western Michigan Broncos (20-12) - NIT Second Round Date Opponent Time/Result Fri., Nov. 19 Texas-Arlington W, 90-61 TIPOFF: 7 p.m. (ET)/6 p.m. (CT), Monday, March 21, 2005 Sun., Nov. 21 Shawnee State# W, 74-60 SITE: University Arena (5,421) - Kalamazoo, Mich. Tue., Nov. 23 Texas Tech W, 83-68 TELEVISION: None Thu., Nov. 25 Old Dominion# L, 62-67 RADIO: KMKI 620 AM and KTCU 88.7 FM in Fort Worth/Dallas Sat., Nov. 27 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi# L, 79-85 Brian Estridge (play-by-play) and Herb Stephens (analyst) will call the game on the TCU/ESPN Sports Sun., Nov. 28 vs. Florida State# W, 71-70 Network. The broadcast also can be heard online at www.GoFrogs.com. Sat., Dec. 4 at North Texas W, 88-78 THE SERIES: TCU and Western Michigan have never met. Thu., Dec. 9 at #2/2 Kansas (ESPN) L, 74-93 WHAT’S NEXT: A TCU victory would move the Horned Frogs into the quarterfinals of the NIT against Maryland, Sun., Dec. 12 SMU W, 65-51 Sat., Dec. 18 at Vanderbilt L, 55-78 SMS or Davidson. The third round game date, time, opponent and location are yet to be determined. Tue., Dec. 21 Maryland-Eastern Shore W, 93-53 Wed., Dec. 22 Arkansas-Pine Bluff W, 76-55 Tue., Dec. 28 Grambling State W, 98-83 Setting the Scene Mon., Jan. 3 Texas State W, 64-52 The TCU Horned Frogs (20-13) will face the Western Michigan Broncos (20-12) in the round of 16 at the Sat., Jan. 8 at #17/16 Louisville* (ESPN+) L, 61-86 Postseason NIT on Monday night in Kalamazoo, Mich. This is the second consecutive Mid-American Wed., Jan. 12 Tulane* (ESPN Classic) W, 73-62 Conference opponent for the Horned Frogs, who made the most of their first postseason tournament game since Sat., Jan. 15 at Memphis* (UPN 21) W, 61-59 Wed., Jan. 19 Houston* W, 58-51 1999, defeating the Miami RedHawks, 60-58, on Wednesday night in Oxford, Ohio. TCU has averaged just 60.3 Sat., Jan. 22 at Saint Louis* (UPN 21) L, 48-56 points per game over its last three games, but has won two of the three contests. After defeating Miami, who Wed., Jan. 26 at Charlotte* (ESPN Classic) L, 87-94 was 13-0 at home on the year, the Frogs have another stiff road test against the Broncos, who are 10-2 on their Sat., Jan. 29 Memphis* L, 57-72 floor this season. Tue., Feb. 1 at DePaul* L, 62-64 Sat., Feb. 5 East Carolina* W, 71-59 Wed., Feb. 9 Marquette* W, 63-62 All-Time Series Stats Statistical Comparisons Sat., Feb. 12 UAB* W, 76-65 All-Time Record: The two teams have never met (Season Averages) Sat., Feb. 19 at Houston* L, 57-69 Last Meeting: TCU WMU Wed., Feb. 23 at Tulane* W, 77-63 N/A Points scored/game 70.1 72.8 Sat., Feb. 26 #24/22 Cincinnati* (ESPN+) L, 74-89 Wed., Mar. 2 USF* W, 70-53 Current Series Streak: N/A Points allowed/game 67.4 66.8 Sat., Mar. 5 at Southern Miss* L, 64-66 Largest Margin of Victory By TCU: N/A Rebounds/game 36.7 39.2 Wed., Mar. 9 vs. Marquette% (ESPN2) (OT) W, 60-57 N/A Assists/game 13.1 12.8 Largest Margin of Victory By Western Michigan: N/A Thu., Mar. 10 vs. #6/6 Louisville% (ESPN+) L, 61-85 Steals/game 8.5 6.5 Wed., Mar. 16 at Miami (OH)^ W, 60-58 N/A Blocks/game 1.9 1.6 Mon., Mar. 21 Western Michigan^ 6 p.m. Games Decided By 5 or Fewer Points: N/A Turnovers/game 14.4 13.4 Last Game Decided By 5 or Fewer Points: Field goal percentage .412 .429 Home games in bold N/A Field goal pct. defense .426 .431 * Denotes Conference USA game Overtime Games: N/A Free throw percentage .594 .713 # Corpus Christi Challenge Last Overtime Game: Three-point percentage .351 .372 % Conference USA Tournament N/A Three-pointers/game 7.8 7.6 ^ National Invitation Tournament 2004-05 TCU Horned Frogs 2004-05 TCU Horned Frogs Alphabetical Roster Numerical Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr.-Exp. Hometown (Previous Schools) No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr.-Exp. 23 Blake Adams F 6-6 203 So.-1L Houston, Texas (Aldine Nimitz H.S.) 2 Brent Reese-Hackett G 6-3 203 Fr.-HS 22 Chudi Chinweze F 6-7 245 Jr.-2L Houston, Texas (Hightower H.S.) 3 Corey Santee G 6-2 200 Sr.-3L 21 Aaron Curtis F 6-5 220 Sr.-1L Grand Prairie, Texas (South Grand Prairie H.S./Lon Morris J.C.) 4 Nile Murry G 6-4 202 Jr.-TR 13 Neil P. Dougherty G 6-0 181 So.-1L Fort Worth, Texas (North Crowley H.S.) 5 Neiman Owens G 6-4 193 Fr.-HS 2 Brent Reese-Hackett G 6-3 203 Fr.-HS Fort Worth, Texas (Southwest H.S.) 10 Marcus Shropshire G 6-0 197 Sr.-1L 12 Femi Ibikunle C 6-9 257 So.-1L Lagos, Nigeria (New Hampton Prep) 12 Femi Ibikunle C 6-9 257 So.-1L 20 David Markley G 6-0 175 Jr.-2L Grapevine, Texas (Colleyville Heritage H.S.) 13 Neil P. Dougherty G 6-0 181 So.-1L 4 Nile Murry G 6-4 202 Jr.-TR Houston, Texas (Klein Forest H.S./Temple) 15 Judson Stubbs F 6-7 228 Jr.-TR 5 Neiman Owens G 6-4 193 Fr.-HS Channelview, Texas (Channelview H.S.) 20 David Markley G 6-0 175 Jr.-2L 45 Art Pierce F 6-9 233 So.-1L Tyler, Texas (Tyler Grace Community H.S.) 21 Aaron Curtis F 6-5 220 Sr.-1L 3 Corey Santee G 6-2 200 Sr.-3L Flint, Mich. (Southwestern Academy) 22 Chudi Chinweze F 6-7 245 Jr.-2L 10 Marcus Shropshire G 6-0 197 Sr.-1L Grand Prairie, Texas (South Grand Prairie H.S./Texas Tech) 23 Blake Adams F 6-6 203 So.-1L 32 Marcus Sloan F 6-9 225 Sr.-3L Houston, Texas (Eisenhower H.S.) 32 Marcus Sloan F 6-9 225 Sr.-3L 15 Judson Stubbs F 6-7 228 Jr.-TR Nassau, Bahamas (Fayetteville Christian H.S./Miami Dade C.C.) 33 Corey Valsin F 6-5 245 Sr.-3L 33 Corey Valsin F 6-5 245 Sr.-3L Port Arthur, Texas (Lincoln H.S.) 45 Art Pierce F 6-9 233 So.-1L Coaching Staff Head Coach: Neil Dougherty (3rd year at TCU), Cameron, 1984 Pronunciation Guide Assistant Coach: Rick Callahan (3rd year at TCU), Salem College, 1980 Chudi (CHEW-dee) Chinweze (chin-WEE-zee) Assistant Coach: Kevin Lewis (3rd year at TCU), SMU, 1986 Dougherty (DOOR-tee) Assistant Coach: David Cason (2nd year at TCU), Illinois State, 1996 Femi (FEH-mee) Ibikunle (EE-bih-KOON-lay) Director of Operations: Jeff Luster (3rd year at TCU), Tabor College, 1996 Horned Frog Notes Neil Dougherty Head Coach • 3rd Year Series History The TCU Horned Frogs and Western Michigan Broncos have never met on the hardwood. This is the sixth opponent Division I Coach • 20th Year this season that the Frogs have played for the first time (Shawnee State, Old Dominion, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, • Is the 18th head basketball Maryland-Eastern Shore and Miami (OH) are the others). In addition, this is the second consecutive Mid-American coach in school history Conference opponent in the National Invitation Tournament for the Horned Frogs. and is in his third year at TCU. One of the Flintstones • Has an overall record of This is a homecoming for TCU senior guard Corey Santee, who hails from Flint, Mich. It is the first game he has 41-49 in his first three sea- played in his home state since becoming a Horned Frog. The city of Flint is 130 miles from Kalamazoo. It will be sons with the Horned the second straight game that Santee will have a Flint contigent in attendance, as 30 family members and friends made Frogs, including a 18-30 the trek to Oxford, Ohio, on Wednesday. mark in the highly com- petitive Conference USA. Remembering Molly Hesselbrock - A Purple Angel • Has improved the Frogs’ On Monday, Feb. 21, the TCU family suffered a tragic loss when Molly Hesselbrock, the daughter win total to 20 this year, of longtime Associate Athletics Director Jack Hesselbrock and TCU alum Angie Hesselbrock, lost her courageous battle with cancer. The 14-year-old known for her infectious smile, positive atti- up from 12 in 2003-04 and nine in 2002-03. tude, love of family and ability to dance was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma eight • Is taking TCU to the postseason for the first time MH since the Frogs advanced to the NIT in 1999. months ago. Due to an overwhelming number of community members wishing to attend the memo- rial service, TCU Chancellor Victor J. Boschini offered the use of Daniel-Meyer Coliseum for the • In 2003-04, led the school to its first victory over service, which took place on Friday, Feb.