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TCU coach Dixon, a familiar 3OT foe, impressed by Jordan McCabe

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — You can’t blame anyone who didn’t expect the Jordan McCabe Show to break out at WVU Coliseum on Tuesday night. Sure, the freshman point guard was coming off a career performance at Baylor, but that 14-point effort represented the only time in his college career that he has reached double figures.

Yet TCU coach Jamie Dixon was not entirely shocked by McCabe’s breakout 25-point, 11-assist, six-steal, five-rebound performance at his team’s expense. That assessment wasn’t based on what has happened this season, however.

“We’d seen him make some shots,” Dixon said. “And I’ve seen him play in high school.