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Harper leads Oral Roberts against TCU after 20-point game

Oral Roberts Golden Eagles (5-8) at TCU Horned Frogs (7-3)

Fort Worth, Texas; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Oral Roberts takes on TCU after Ty Harper scored 20 points in Oral Roberts’ 63-62 loss to the Missouri State Bears.

The Horned Frogs have gone 4-3 in home games. TCU scores 77.7 points and has outscored opponents by 10.9 points per game.

The Golden Eagles have gone 0-5 away from home. Oral Roberts is 3-5 against opponents over .500.

TCU is shooting 45.1% from the field this season, 0.1 percentage points higher than the 45.0% Oral Roberts allows to opponents. Oral Roberts has shot at a 42.9% clip from the field this season, 1.0 percentage point higher than the 41.9% shooting opponents of TCU have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jayden Pierre is shooting 41.7% from beyond the arc with 2.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Horned Frogs, while averaging 11.3 points. David Punch is shooting 56.0% and averaging 13.8 points.

Connor Dow is shooting 35.8% from beyond the arc with 2.6 made 3-pointers per game for the Golden Eagles, while averaging 11.8 points. Harper is averaging 16.8 points over the past 10 games.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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