TCU Looking to Rebound Against McNeese
12/9/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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TwitterFORT WORTH, Texas -- The TCU women's basketball team will look to rebound from back-to-back close losses when McNeese visits Schollmaier Arena on Sunday for a 2 p.m. contest.
TCU (5-3) will be just three days removed from a 75-67 loss to Texas A&M and a week removed from a 67-61 loss at LSU. The loss to the Aggies snapped a 10-game winning streak inside Schollmaier Arena.
How to Follow
Live video and live audio will be available via FrogVision at GoFrogs.com. Fans in the Fort Worth area can also hear the game on KTCU 88.7 FM 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.
Special Events/Promotions
Saturday's men's basketball game and Sunday's women's basketball game mark the beginning of TCU's Holiday Hoops season with tickets available for as low as $5. Also, a cheer clinic is being held before Sunday's game in the Schollmaier Basketball Complex with the campers set to perform at halftime.
Last Time Out
TCU dropped its first home contest of the season on Thursday, falling to Texas A&M, 75-67, in a very physical game at Schollmaier Arena. The Frogs got a season-high 19 points from Jada Butts on 7-of-10 shooting while three Frogs scored in double figures.
The Frogs led by three points after the first quarter, but shot under 30 percent in the second as Texas A&M built a 38-30 halftime lead. The Aggies built the lead up to 12 points early in the third quarter, but the Frogs fought back in spurts and had life late in the game.
Butts hit a 3-pointer with 3:06 to go that got the Frogs within five, 66-61, but from there Texas A&M went 8-of-9 at the free throw line to put the game away.
Scouting McNeese
McNeese (4-3) comes in well rested, having last played a week ago on Sunday, Dec. 4, when they lost at home to Louisiana Tech, 66-56. The Cowgirls opened the season with five straight home games and went 4-1. They lost their season-opener to UL Lafayette, then won four straight against non-Division I teams.
McNeese comes into Sunday leading the nation with 21.0 offensive rebounds and have outrebounded opponents by an average of 11.4 boards per game, 16th in the NCAA.
The Cowgirls are led by first-year head coach Kacie Cryer who has been an assistant coach at McNeese for the last seven seasons. McNeese won 20 games last season and played in the WBI, marking their sixth straight postseason tournament.
The Series
McNeese leads the all-time series, 1-0, with the lone meeting coming back in 1978. TCU has won 31 consecutive games against Southland Conference teams, including victories over Incarnate Word and Sam Houston State earlier this season.
Five Points
1) TCU comes into Thursday's game shooting 42.6 percent from long range as a team this season, the second best mark in the NCAA. The Frogs are averaging 8.6 3-pointers per game, second in the Big 12 and 26th in the NCAA.
2) Butts is TCU's leading scorer at 11.9 points per game and is having a career year both scoring and passing with 3.5 assists per game. In her previous three seasons with TCU, Butts averaged 6.5 points and 1.2 assists per game.
3) Sophomore Jordan Moore came off the bench for the first time this season against Texas A&M and responded by tying a career-high with 16 points. Amy Okonkwo took her place in the starting lineup and scored 11 points.
4) Moore has 69 career blocks, already the fifth most in TCU history. She is just two blocks away from moving into a tie for fourth place on the TCU career blocks list.
5) Freshman Amber Ramirez added 12 points against Texas A&M on four 3-pointers. She has now made a 3-pointer in all eight games of her career and is 18th in the NCAA in 3-point percentage at 51.3 percent (20-of-39) this season.
Up Next
TCU will take a week off for finals before hosting Texas Southern on Sunday, December 18, at 1 p.m. at Schollmaier Arena.
