Frogs Host Iowa State on Play4Kay Day
2/12/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 12, 2016
TCU (12-11, 4-8) vs. Iowa State (12-11, 4-8) | |
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| Date (Time) | Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016 (1:00 p.m. CT) |
| Location | Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena | Fort Worth, Texas |
| TV | Fox Sports Southwest Chuck LaMendola (Play-by-Play) and Janice Dziuk (Analyst) |
| Radio Listing | KTCU 88.7 FM in the DFW Metroplex Jeff Williams (play-by-play) |
| Live Stats | GoFrogs.com |
| Game Notes | TCU Game Notes |
FORT WORTH, Texas -- The Frogs return to action on Saturday, Feb. 13, when TCU takes on Iowa State in the annual Play4Kay game.
Individuals are encouraged to wear pink in support of the Kay Yow Foundation and breast cancer awareness for the game on Feb. 13, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. CT in the Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena. The game will be televised by Fox Sports Southwest with Chuck LaMendola (play-by-play) and TCU great Janice Dziuk (analyst) on the call. The game is available on the radio via KTCU 88.7 FM in the DFW Metroplex and through GoFrogs.com with Jeff Williams (play-by-play) on the call.
In conjunction with the game, TCU Women's Basketball is hosting an online auction to benefit the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. Fans can bid for the uniforms that will be worn by the team online now at http://bit.ly/TCUPlay4Kay. The online auction runs through Wednesday, Feb. 17. The Kay Yow Cancer Fund, in partnership with the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) and The V Foundation, is a 501 (c)(3) charitable organization committed to being a part of finding an answer in the fight against women's cancers through raising money for scientific research and related projects, assisting the underserved and unifying people for a common cause.
Senior Zahna Medley is averaging 15.8 points per game and is quickly approaching the TCU career points record and career three-point mark. Medley currently stands at 1,800 career points and needs 92 to tie Sandora Irvin's mark of 1,892 points. Medley needs six three-point field goals to tie Jill Sutton's mark of 296. She currently has 290 career three-point field goals.
2015-16 HIGHLIGHTS
• TCU has won twice on the road in league play in 2015-16, including a 72-62 win in Hilton Coliseum at Iowa State. TCU also overcame a 15-point second half deficit on Dec. 30, 2015 to beat Texas Tech in Lubbock to help TCU win their Big 12 Conference opener for the first time in program history. The Frogs opened league play with a 2-0 record.
• TCU began play in the new Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena on Dec. 20, 2015 with a win over Southern Utah. The $72 million renovation gives TCU one of the nation's premier basketball venues.
• The Horned Frogs have signed one of the best recruiting classes in program history and one of the nation's top 10 classes this year with the November 2015 signings of Amber Ramirez, Mikayla Christian, Kianna Ray, Ella Hellessey and Danielle Rainey. Ramirez is the top signee in the class and is ranked among the top 15 players nationally, making her the second highest rated player to sign with TCU in program history behind Sandora Irvin (ranked 6th prior to joining Frogs).
• Ramirez has taken home slew of honors throughout the 2015-16 season including being named the first McDonald's All-American Game selection in program history and a Naismith Trophy finalist.
• TCU ended its two-year tenure in the University Recreation Center on Dec. 12, 2015 when the Horned Frogs hosted No. 3/3 Notre Dame. The Frogs went 21-4 in 25 games in the venue with three of the four losses coming at the hands of teams ranked in the top five nationally. The tenure in the venue included a 12-game home winning streak that was the third longest in TCU history for home games.
• Zahna Medley and Veja Hamilton earned preseason All-Big 12 Conference honors in a vote of the league's coaches. Medley earned first team honors while Hamilton was awarded honorable mention selections.
TALKING POINTS AND NOTABLE STATISTICS
• TCU has faced eight ranked opponents this season, the most among any team in the Big 12 Conference.
• Zahna Medley ranks in the top five of 10 TCU career statistical categories.
• Medley's next double figure scoring game will be the 90th of her TCU career with her next 20-point effort being the 34th of her career.
• TCU's 37 fourth quarter points against Baylor on Feb. 10, 2016 were the most by the Frogs this season and the most by a Big 12 Conference team in a game this year. It was the third time this year TCU has scored 30 or more points in a single quarter after scoring 30 in the third quarter against New Orleans and 34 in the fourth quarter against West Virginia on Jan. 24, 2016.
• TCU's 75 points against Baylor were the most given up by the Bears in Big 12 Conference play over the last two seasons, tying the same 75 points TCU scored against them last season. It was the second most points allowed by Baylor this season behind the 81 scored by Miami (FL) on Dec. 19, 2015 in the Bahamas.
• TCU currently has five players averaging at least 8.0 points per game and have consistently had six players averaging 8.0 or more points per game this season. In program history, TCU's 1999-00 team had six players average at least 8.0 points per game and the program has had nine teams have at least five players average 8.0 points per game or more for a season.
• TCU is in its second season under the leadership of head coach Raegan Pebley. Pebley led TCU to 18 wins in 2014-15, the most wins in a coaches' first-year at TCU in program history.
• 10 players on the TCU roster have at least one career start to their name, including nine different players this season.
• TCU played seven games in the opening 19 days of the season, including road trips to SMU, Texas A&M and Butler.
SERIES NOTABLES
• Iowa State leads the all-time series 5-4.
• Last year, TCU erased the largest halftime deficit in program history at 23 points to win in Fort Worth over the Cyclones.
• TCU's 2013-14 win over Iowa State in Ames marked the first Big 12 road win in program history over a ranked foe as the Cyclones were ranked 23rd in the USA Today Coaches Poll at the time of the game. It was just the second overall road win in league play for the Frogs since they joined the Big 12 Conference.
PEBLEY JOINS KAY YOW CANCER FUND BOARD, #PLAY4KAY GAME SET FOR FEB. 13
TCU head coach Raegan Pebley joined the board of the Kay Yow Cancer Fund in the fall of 2015. The Kay Yow Cancer Fund was officially founded on Dec. 3, 2007, from the vision of the organization's namesake Kay Yow, former NC State University head women's basketball coach
Coach Yow was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987 before succumbing to the disease on Jan. 24, 2009. The Kay Yow Cancer Fund is a 501 (c)(3) charitable organization committed to being a part of finding an answer in the fight against women's cancers through raising funds for scientific research, assisting the underserved, and unifying people for a common cause.
For more information on the Kay Yow Cancer Fund or to make a donation, please visit www.KayYow.com. Follow the Kay Yow Cancer Fund on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram.
RACE TO THE TOP CONTINUES FOR MEDLEY
Zahna Medley now ranks second in TCU history in career points and needs 92 to tie and 93 to break Sandora Irvin's TCU career scoring mark.
Medley moved into second place on the career scoring list on Jan. 30 at Oklahoma State. Medley passed TCU great Helena Sverrisdottir on the all-time scoring list with a jumper in the lane with 8:46 to go in the game that pushed her past Sverrisdottir's 1,764 career total.
MEDLEY MOVING UP BIG 12 LIST
Senior Zahna Medley passed TCU assistant coach and Texas legend Edwina Brown on the all-time Big 12 Conference scoring list on Jan. 20 against Texas with her three-point field goal early in the first quarter that gave Medley her fifth point on the day. She currently ranks 26th on the all-time list.
Medley joined elite company on Nov. 24, 2015 against Prairie View A&M when she became the 45th player to score 1,500 career points as a player in the Big 12 Conference. The list includes current TCU assistant coach and recruiting coordinator Edwina Brown. • Medley became the 5th player in TCU women's basketball history to reach the 1,500 career point mark. • Medley became the 14th player in the combined history of TCU women's basketball and TCU men's basketball to reach the 1,500 career point mark when she surpasses the mark.
THREE FOR Z
TCU All-American candidate Zahna Medley is set to join the company of the top three point shooters in Big 12 Conference history in the near future. She currently ranks 4th on the all-time list in Big 12 Conference history and needs 10 more to become the fourth player in league history to reach 300 in a career.
MEDLEY AMONG THE NATION'S BEST
TCU All-American candidate Zahna Medley is among the nation's top active career point leaders while also ranking high in several other categories. She currently ranks fourth in career three-point field goals and 17th in career assists.
MEDLEY LEFTOVERS
• Medley is quickly approaching the 500 assist mark for her career. No player in the nation currently has 1,500 career points and 500 career assists but Minnesota's Rachel Banham, Medley and Austin Peay's Tiasha Gray are all close to reaching the mark, having already reached 1,500 career points.
• Medley's 115 career starts rank 4th in TCU history. If she starts the remainder of the regular season games and TCU's first Big 12 Conference Tournament game, she would have 122 starts to her credit and rank second in TCU history behind Helena Sverrisdottir who started 127 games from 2007-11.
• Medley's 117 career appearances are close to placing her in the top 10 in program history for career games played. The school record is 135 by Adrianne Ross from 2003-08. If she appears in the remainder of the regular season games and TCU's first Big 12 Conference Tournament game, she would have 124 career appearances and rank ninth on the all-time TCU list.
• Medley has scored in double figures or had at least three assists in every game this season and in all but four games of her career (113-of-117).
• Medley has knocked down at least three three-point field goals in 16-of-23 games this season. She accomplished the feat nine times last season and has done it 49 times in her career.
• Medley became the 26th player in Big 12 Conference history to reach the 1,800 point mark in a career during TCU's 81-75 loss to No. 4 Baylor on Feb. 10, 2016.
#TripleThreat
The Frogs are among the nation's top three-point shooting teams and currently have three of the top seven three-point shooters in the Big 12 Conference overall on the season with AJ Alix (.424), Toree Thompson (.420) and Zahna Medley (.415) leading the way.
FROGS' 3-POINT SUCCESS AMONG BEST IN BIG 12 CONFERENCE HISTORY
TCU's 39.0 percent shooting clip in 2015-16 is among the best in Big 12 Conference history. The Frogs are trying to finish among the top 10 in the nation in three point shooting to become the first team since Oklahoma in 2012-13 to finish in the top 10 nationally in three-point field goal shooting.
Overall, 14 teams have finished in the top 10 nationally in three-point field goal percentage from the Big 12 Conference.
THREE WITH 800 CAREER POINTS
TCU has three players with 800 or more career points on its active roster.
Zahna Medley and Veja Hamilton each have reached the mark while at TCU while Destynee Hives-McCray has achieved the mark during her career between her accomplishments at both TCU and SMU.
TCU is the only team in the Big 12 Conference with multiple players with over 800 career points on their roster.
HAMILTON LEFTOVERS
• Hamilton needs 13 rebounds to reach 500 for her career.
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