TCU Hosts No. 16 Oklahoma on Senior Night
2/24/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
(12-15, 4-12)
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TwitterFORT WORTH, Texas -- The TCU women's basketball team will host its final home game of the season on Saturday when No. 16 Oklahoma visits Schollmaier Arena for a 7 p.m. contest. It will be Senior Night as the Frogs will honor Jada Butts and Carol Willie in their final home game.
TCU (12-15, 4-12) has lost four straight games, including back-to-back close losses. The Frogs most recently fell at West Virginia, 77-73, on Wednesday night. Oklahoma (21-7, 12-4) sits in third in the Big 12 standings, but lost at Kansas State on Tuesday ahead of its trip to Fort Worth.
The Frogs are tied with Texas Tech for eighth in the Big 12 standings and sit one game behind Oklahoma State for seventh. However, with just two regular season games remaining, TCU can't catch sixth place and is guaranteed to play in the first round of the Big 12 Championships next Friday in Oklahoma City.
Special Events/Promotions
The Frogs will recognize Butts, Willie and other senior members of the program in a ceremony following the game.
How to Follow
Saturday's game will air on FOX Sports Southwest Plus with Chuck LaMendola and Janice Dziuk on the call. The game can also be seen online at FOXSportsGo.com or on your device with the FOX Sports Go app.
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 fell behind late in the first half, stormed back in the fourth quarter, but the comeback was just short as the Frogs fell to West Virginia, 77-73, at WVU Coliseum on Wednesday night.
TCU was down by 12 points entering the fourth quarter, but in seemingly no time got within one possession. However, TCU could never pull even as West Virginia held on for the win.
AJ Alix led TCU with 21 points, five assists and four steals. Jada Butts was just behind with 18 points, including six in the final three minutes to keep TCU's comeback hopes alive. Tynice Martin and Teana Muldrow each scored 25 points for West Virginia.
Scouting Oklahoma
Oklahoma comes to TCU after a 79-71 road loss to Kansas State on Tuesday. The Sooners trailed by 16 at halftime, got the deficit down to one point in the fourth quarter, but never could take the lead.
Prior to that loss, OU had won five straight games, including handing Texas its first Big 12 loss last Saturday in Norman. Peyton Little hit a go-ahead three-pointer with two seconds remaining in that 74-73 win.
Little is the Sooners leading scorer at 13.1 points per game. Maddie Manning is just behind with 12.6 per game and returned from injury against K-State after missing the previous three games. Vionise Pierre-Louis averages 11.9 points and 8.3 rebounds per game and has come off the bench in every Big 12 game.
The Series
Oklahoma leads the all-time series against TCU, 20-4, including a win earlier this season in Norman, 87-72. OU has won five straight in the series.
The first meeting this season was back on Jan. 1 and TCU led 41-37 at halftime, but shot just 3-of-18 in the third quarter as Oklahoma quickly erased the deficit. The Sooners oustscored TCU in third, 26-11, and in the entire second half, 50-31, to grab the win.
All four of TCU's win in the series have come at home, with the most recent coming in 2013-14. That is TCU's lone win against Oklahoma as a Big 12 member.
Five Points
1) The Frogs have lost their last two games by a total of seven points. TCU fell at West Virginia, 77-73, on Wednesday and before that suffered a 68-65 loss to Kansas State at home last Saturday.
2) On Wednesday at West Virginia, TCU forced the Mountaineers into 22 turnovers and grabbed 14 steals, both the most for the Frogs in a Big 12 game this season.
3) AJ Alix's 21 points at WVU gave her nine 20-point games this season with eight of those coming in Big 12 play.
4) Alix leads the Frogs with 121 assists and 65 3-pointers this season, both currently the 13th most in a single season in TCU history. She is seven assists away from entering the top-10 and five 3-pointers away from entering the top-10.
5) With one more block, Jordan Moore will become just the fourth player in TCU history with 100 career blocks.
Up Next
TCU has a quick turnaround with a Monday contest at Texas Tech to close the regular season. Following that game, TCU will get set for the Big 12 Championships, which begin on Friday, March 3, in Oklahoma City.
