TCU Women Travel to No. 24 Oklahoma
12/31/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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TwitterNORMAN, Oklahoma -- After losing its Big 12 opener on Thursday, the TCU women's basketball team faces its first conference road test of the season as the Frogs travel to face No. 24 Oklahoma on Sunday at the Lloyd Noble Center.
TCU (8-4, 0-1) is opening conference play with back-to-back games against ranked teams for the first time in program history after falling to No. 12 West Virginia at home on Thursday, 83-61. Oklahoma (10-3, 1-0) opened Big 12 play with an 84-54 win at Kansas on Thursday.
How to Follow
Sunday's game will air on Fox Sports Southwest Plus and Fox Sports Oklahoma with Dave Barnett and Angela Beck on the call. The game can be seen nationally online at FoxSportsGo.com.
Fans can also hear the game on KTCU 88.7 FM, or GoFrogs.com via FrogVision, with Jeff Williams calling the action. Live stats will be available at GoFrogs.com, and @TCUWBasketball on Twitter will also have live, in-game updates.
Last Time Out
TCU started slow and couldn't recover in an 83-61 loss to No. 12 West Virginia to open Big 12 play at Schollmaier Arena on Thursday night. TCU saw its three-game winning streak come to an end while West Virginia remained the Big 12's only undefeated team.
The Frogs scored a season-low seven points in the first quarter as WVU built a double-digit lead early. That lead grew to 36 points late in the third quarter before TCU chipped into it in the fourth quarter.
Amy Okonkwo led the Frogs with 17 points and eight rebounds. Kianna Ray added 14 points and 11 rebounds.
Scouting Oklahoma
Oklahoma (10-3, 1-0) opened Big 12 play with an 84-54 win at Kansas on Thursday. The Sooners were ranked as high as No. 12 earlier this season, but losses to No. 17 Kentucky, Oral Roberts and No. 20 Cal have dropped Oklahoma to No. 24 entering Big 12 play.
The Sooners forced opponents into 20.7 turnovers per game, tops in the Big 12, while their 11.5 steals also lead the league. Maddie Manning leads the Big 12 with 3.0 steals per game and is also 12.8 points per game, just behind Payton Little at 12.9 for the team lead.
Oklahoma is 6-1 at home this season with the lone loss coming to Oral Roberts. The Sooners last played at the Lloyd Noble Center on Dec. 11 and have played four straight away from home.
The Series
Oklahoma leads the all-time series against TCU, 19-4, including a 7-1 mark since TCU joined the Big 12 in 2012-13. TCU's lone win in that span came at home in 2013-14. TCU is 0-12 all-time in Norman.
Five Points
1) The Frogs are opening conference play with back-to-back games against ranked teams for the first time in program history. TCU will face all four of the Big 12's ranked teams in its first five league games, with three of those games coming on the road. The only game against a team currently unranked is against one-loss Oklahoma State.
2) Despite trailing by 36 points in the third quarter against West Virginia on Thursday, TCU built some momentum with a strong fourth quarter. The Frogs held WVU to 0-of-8 shooting in the fourth quarter and outscored the Mountaineers, 22-10.
3) Amy Okonkwo, TCU's leading scorer at 12.3 points per game, is the only player in the Big 12 to rank in the top 10 in the league in field goal, 3-point and free throw percentage. Okonkwo is shooting 59 percent overall, 60 percent from deep and 77 percent from the free throw line.
4) AJ Alix added 11 points in the loss to WVU, thanks in large part to her eighth game this season with at least three 3-pointers.
5) The Frogs hit 8-of-17 from deep and upped their season percentage to 44.3 percent from long range, the best mark in the country. TCU averages 8.4 made 3-pointers per game, the second best mark in the Big 12.
Up Next
The Frogs return home on Wednesday when Oklahoma State visits Schollmaier Arena for an 8 p.m. contest. The Cowgirls won their Big 12 at home over Iowa State and play at Texas Tech on Sunday.
