TCU Begins MWC's Second Half at Home vs. Rams
2/6/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 6, 2009
The Opponent: Colorado State Rams
GAME #22
TCU (13-8; 5-3 MWC) vs. COLORADO STATE (7-14; 2-6 MWC)
Saturday, Feb. 7 | 5 p.m. | Fort Worth, Texas | Daniel-Meyer Coliseum (7,201)
Radio: KTCU (88.7 FM), gofrogs.com | Talent: Jeff Williams (pxp), Jeff Lewis (color)
Series Record vs. CSU: 7-3 | Last Meeting: Jan. 7, 2009 in Fort Collins (W, 74-53)
FORT WORTH--TCU begins the second rotation of its Mountain West Conference schedule Saturday when it plays host to Colorado State at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum. The Lady Frogs will aim to stay undefeated against the Rams as a member of the MWC. The game, scheduled to tip off at 5 p.m., will feature a live video stream on GoFrogs.com.
The Frogs return to Fort Worth 13-8 overall and 5-3 in conference play following Wednesday's 73-63 road loss to league-leading Utah. The second half of the league schedule sets up nicely for the squad with five of the final eight contests to be played at the DMC, where it has posted a 7-2 record so far in 2008-09.
TCU brings a 7-3 record against Colorado State into tonight's contest, with each of the seven wins coming during the Frogs' MWC era. In fact, CSU is one of two conference foes that TCU is undefeated against since joining the league, with the other being Air Force (8-0). The two teams have one common opponent this season--UT San Antonio. The Frogs defeated UTSA by 13 points, 73-60, on Nov. 16, while the Rams dropped a 67-58 decision to the Roadrunners on Dec. 29.
Wednesday's will be carried live on the radio throughout the Metroplex on 88.7 KTCU-FM with Jeff Williams providing the play-by-play. A link to a live stream of the same radio broadcast can be found on GoFrogs.com, while a live stats feed will also be offered on TCU's official web site.
FROG QUICK NOTES
-Helena Sverrisdottir is averaging 21.0 points and 8.3 rebounds per game over her last four outings.
-Sverrisdottir is the only player ranked among the MWC's top 8 in scoring (No. 3), rebounding (No. 7), assists (No. 2) and steals (No. 8).
-Sverrisdottir is only six assists shy of 200 for her career.
-Sverrisdottir has made 27 straight free throws over the last four games.
-TCU ranks among the top-7 teams nationally in fewest turnovers (No. 7), FT percentage (No. 7) and 3FG percentage (No. 7).
-TCU leads the Mountain West Conference in scoring (71.9 ppg), 3-point FG percentage (38.9%), 3-pointers made (6.86 3pg), assist/turnover ratio (1.01) and fewest turnovers (13.8 tpg).
-TCU owns a +4.7 ppg scoring advatage at the free-throw line over opponents this season.
-The Frogs have posted a scoring advantage at the free-throw line in 10 of the last 13 games.
-Emily Carter is scoring 16.4 ppg over her last nine games after starting the season with a 7.8 ppg average.
-Carter's 16.3 ppg scoring average in league play leads TCU and ranks tied for No. 2 among all MWC players.
-Carter has 15+ points in seven of the last nine games. She had reached the mark only twice previously.
-Carter leads the MWC in 3-point percentage overall (43.4%) and in league play only (53.7), as well as in 3-pointers per game in conference action (2.75 3pg).
-TCU, UConn and Florida State are the only programs in the nation with two wins against teams that were ranked No. 3 or higher in at least one of the national polls at the time of the game.
-TCU's current turnover average (13.8 topg) is on pace to shatter the school-record low of 16.0 set in 2006-07.
-Despite having taken 114 fewer field-goal attempts from the field this season than its opponents, TCU has made five more shots (a 41.8 to 37.9 advantage in percentage). The stat also holds true for 3-pointers, as the Frogs have eight more buckets despite 142 fewer attempts than the opponent (a 38.9 to 26.6 percent advantage).
-TCU has appeared in the Associated Press Top 25 poll five weeks this season and three weeks in the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll, with high positions of Nos. 19 and 22, respectively.
-Newcomers have accounted for 46.3 percent of TCU's offense this season (699 of 1,510 points).
SCOUTING THE COLORADO STATE RAMS
Colorado State has seen marked improvement under the guidance of first-year Head Coach Kristin Holt one season after finishing 4-28 overall and last in the Mountain West Conference with an 0-16 mark. The Rams enter tonight's game at 7-14 overall and seventh in the conference standings at 2-6 after posting MWC road wins over Air Force and UNLV in January.
Three starters return from last season for a team that currently leads the MWC in rebounding at 41.1 per game and ranks third in rebound margin at +2.1 per contest. The squad has posted a scoring average of 58.7 points per game, eighth in the MWC, while allowing a 65.3-point average. CSU's average of 5.62 shots made per game from 3-point range ranks it fifth the league.
Individually, senior guard Kandy Beemer paces the team in scoring at 8.3 ppg, while five other players average more than 5.0 ppg. Along with Beemer, senior forward Britney Minor is the only other Ram to have started all 21 games this season. Minor averages 7.8 ppg and 4.2 rebounds per game. Junior forward Juanise Cornell ranks third on the team in scoring (7.0 ppg), while senior forward Amaka Uzomah tops the squad in rebounding with 7.4 boards per contest, a figure that ranks No. 6 in the MWC.
LAST MEETING: TCU 74, COLORADO STATE 53 (Jan. 7, 2009)
Emily Carter scored a career-high 24 points and TCU posted its largest rebounding edge of the season on Jan. 7, as the Lady Frogs opened the MWC season with a 74-53 victory over Colorado State in Fort Collins.
Carter and the Frogs put together one of their best long-distance shooting performances of the season, going 12-of-26 from 3-point range. Carter alone made 6-of-7 attempts and added a career-high nine rebounds while helping lead TCU to a second-half rout after holding only a two-point advantage at break.
The Frogs also stepped up on defense, holding the Rams scoreless down the stretch over the game's final 7:40, while TK LaFleur recorded her second double-double with 13 points and a career-high 13 boards.
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