Lady Frogs play host to UNLV Saturday at DMC
2/29/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 29, 2008
The Opponent: UNLV Rebels
Game #28
TCU (17-10; 10-3 MWC) vs. UNLV (8-18; 4-9 MWC)
Fort Worth, Texas -- Daniel-Meyer Coliseum (7,201)
Saturday, March 1 -- 2 p.m. CST
Television: None
Radio: 88.7 KTCU-FM, gofrogs.com
Internet: Live Radio via KTCU; Live Statistics via All-Access; Live Video Stream Here
FORT WORTH--TCU hopes to begin the final stretch of its regular season with a strong effort Saturday, as UNLV visits Daniel-Meyer Coliseum for a 2 p.m. tip-off. The Lady Frogs will aim for a fifth consecutive victory over the Rebels in addition to running their home win streak to four games.
The Frogs currently sit a half game behind second-place Wyoming in the Mountain West Conference standings and need to win each of their final three games to record a fourth 20-win regular season in the last five campaigns. The matchup with the Rebels will provide TCU with a chance to regroup from Wednesday's setback at Utah, its first loss in eight games and first on the road in six games.
UNLV has gone 2-5 since dropping an 18-point home decision to the Frogs back on Jan. 29 with wins posted over BYU and Colorado State.
The all-time series with UNLV has been one-sided, as the Frogs have won eight of nine meetings, including each of the four matchups in Fort Worth. A win would give the squad a second consecutive season sweep of the Rebels. TCU won the season's earlier meeting, 56-38, in Las Vegas.
Wednesday's game can be heard live on the radio in the Metroplex on 88.7 KTCU-FM with Jeff Williams calling the action. All games this season, home and away, will be broadcast live on KTCU. A free video stream will be provided via the All-Access section of GoFrogs.com.
Each of the first 300 fans in attendance for Wenesday's game will receive a free TCU luggage tag. Senior guard Moneka Knight is scheduled to sign autographs for fans following the game on the east side of the DMC concourse.
FROG QUICK NOTES
-TCU needs only two more victories for 400 in program history.
-TCU is on pace to record the second-lowest figures in school history for opponent scoring average (59.0 ppg) and turnovers (16.2 pg).
-TCU leads the MWC in turnover margin (+5.22) and offensive rebounds (14.59 pg) and ranks second in scoring (69.0), steals (10.15 spg) and 3-pointers (5.78 3pg).
-TCU is 14-0 when allowing 59 points or fewer this season.
-The Frog bench has outscored the opponent bench in 22 of 27 games by an average of 7.4 ppg.
-TCU tied a school record with five straight road wins between Jan. 15 and Feb. 20.
-TCU allowed 59 points or fewer seven straight games between Jan. 29 and Feb. 20, marking a program record.
-TCU has allowed 42 points or fewer during a school-record four games this season.
-The Frogs have won the turnover battle in 20 of 27 games with four ties. Only Texas A&M, Wyoming and Utah have committed fewer turnovers than the Frogs in a contest this season.
-Adrianne Ross is only 43 field-goal attempts shy of setting the TCU career record (Sandora Irvin--1,503).
-Lorie Butler-Rayford has scored in double figures eight of the last 10 games.
-Butler-Rayford is only 30 boards behind No. 2 Janice Dziuk on TCU's career rebounds list (778).
-Butler-Rayford needs 69 more points to become only the 10th Frog to reach 1,000 for a career.
-Helena Sverrisdottir (9.1 ppg) is on pace to finish the season as TCU's highest-scoring freshman since Sandora Irvin (10.8 ppg) in 2001-02.
-Sverrisdottir is the only freshman to appear in the MWC statistical rankings for rebounding (T-12th), assists (T-13th) and scoring (22nd).
-The senior class of Butler-Rayford, Knight, Jenna Lohse, Helen Roden and Adrianne Ross has combined for 3,716 points, 1,813 rebounds, 1,045 assists and 714 steals during their careers.
SCOUTING UNLV (8-18; 4-9 MWC)
UNLV enters Wednesday's game in seventh place in the Mountain West Conference standings with a 4-9 league record. The squad's four MWC wins have come against Colorado State (twice), BYU and Air Force, with the lone road victory in conference play at CSU.
The Rebels average 60.4 points per game to rank sixth among league teams. Attacking the offensive glass has been a strong area for the team, as it ranks second only to TCU in the MWC for offensive rebounds per game (14.23). Opposing teams are out-scoring the Rebels by nearly eight points per game, and UNLV has struggled from outside the arc while ranking last in the conference for 3-pointers made per game (3.69) and 3-point field-goal percentage (.272).
Senior forward Sequoia Holmes has proven to be one of the league's top talents this season. She currently leads the MWC scoring race (18.9 ppg) and ranks third in rebounding (7.3 rpg), while also pacing the Rebels in assists (2.6 apg). Junior center Shamela Hampton also scores in double figures (11.8 ppg) and ranks fifth in the conference rebounding standings (7.1 rpg).
LAST MEETING: TCU 56, UNLV 38 (JAN. 29)
TCU continued its road momentum Jan. 29 with a 56-38 win over UNLV at Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas. The Lady Frogs grabbed 22 offensive rebounds to help earn their second consecutive victory on the road.
TCU built up a 17-point lead in the second half thanks to strong rebounding and defensive efforts. The Frogs, who posted a 48-39 advantage on the boards, also held the Rebels to only 30.0 percent shooting from the field.
Five Frogs finished with at least five rebounds, including Jenna Lohse, who set a career high by pulling down 10 boards. Eight came on the offensive end for the senior forward, who also scored four points. The offensive board total marked the most for TCU since former Frog Hanna Biernacka collected eight during last season's NCAA Tournament matchup with Ole Miss, while it is the second-highest number for a Mountain West Conference player this season.
Helen Roden and Helena Sverrisdottir each scored 11 points to lead TCU's scoring attack. Both Frogs were also strong on the glass, pulling down nine and seven boards, respectively. Lorie Butler-Rayford chipped in 10 points and six rebounds.
The Frogs were able to hold the MWC's leading scorer, Sequoia Holmes, below her season average with 13 points, although Holmes did pull down 12 boards. Brittany Halberg went for nine points and six rebounds, while Shamela Hampton and Latoya Hunt each finished with four blocks.
