MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia continues its two-game tour of the Lone Star State with tonight's Big 12 Conference game against TCU at Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.
 
The Mountaineers dropped a 94-58 decision at Texas on Saturday to fall to 8-15 overall and 3-7 in Big 12 play. Jesse Edwards just missed another double-double with 17 points and nine rebounds to pace WVU. The Longhorns shot a scorching 65.7% in the first half to build a 55-30 halftime lead.
 
Texas assisted on 28 of its 36 made field goals and turned West Virginia's 15 turnovers into 29 points, which is concerning for tonight's matchup against coach Jamie Dixon's Horned Frogs.
 
TCU leads the nation in fastbreak points averaging 20.2 per game; no other team averages 20. The Frogs are the best in the Big 12 and rank 25^th nationally in shortest offensive possession length at 15.7 seconds and rank 26^th nationally forcing 15.2 turnovers per game.
 
"We have to learn quick but flush this," West Virginia coach Josh Eilert said following Saturday's loss at Texas. "TCU is No. 1 in the country in fastbreak points and they get downhill. They really turn people over and Texas is not a team that turns people over, and if we're loose with the ball it could be very ugly in Fort Worth."
 
Forward Emanuel Miller is averaging a team-best 16.5 points per game, which is sixth in the Big 12. The Scarborough, Ontario, resident is also grabbing 5.9 rebounds per game, tops among TCU's starters.
 
The 6-foot-7 senior has scored double figures in his last 11 games and has topped 20 points seven times, most recently at Baylor on Jan. 27.
 
Ernest Udeh Jr, a 6-foot-11, 260-pounder, joins Miller in the front court and is averaging 4.2 points and 5.5 rebounds per contest.
 
Dixon's three-guard lineup features 6-foot-8 senior Micah Peavy (11.1 ppg.), 6-foot-3 senior Trevian Tennyson (10.1) and 6-foot-2 senior Avery Anderson III (8.9).
 
TCU (16-7, 5-5) lost 71-59 at 14^th-ranked Iowa State last Saturday. Miller led the way with 18 points, on 8-of-12 shooting, with six rebounds.
 
Six of the Horned Frogs' seven losses have been to NET Quadrant I opponents and they are 4-4 against the AP Top 25, including 4-2 against Top 15 teams.
 
Dixon, the former Pitt coach, is one win shy of matching Billy Tubbs for second in TCU history with 156 victories. His record in eight seasons there is 155-104.
 
Tonight's game will tip off at 8 p.m. ET and will be televised on ESPN+ (James Westling and Bryndon Manzer).
 
Mountaineers Sports Network radio coverage with Tony Caridi and David Kahn begins at 7 p.m. on stations throughout West Virginia, online via WVUsports.com and the Varsity Network and WVU Gameday apps.
 
West Virginia last won in Fort Worth on Feb. 23, 2021, when it clipped the Horned Frogs 74-66. Overall, WVU is 6-5 against TCU there. The two teams will meet again in Morgantown on March 6 to conclude the regular season.