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TCU Opens St. Pete Showcase with Thanksgiving Day Victory over UTEP
11/23/2023 3:01:00 PM | Women's Basketball
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – TCU enjoyed a Thanksgiving Day feast on Thursday, steamrolling UTEP 85-56 inside the McArthur Center to begin the St. Pete Showcase.
The Horned Frogs shot 51 percent from the field and converted 10 looks from deep. TCU led by as many as 31 in a game it never trailed.
Madison Conner led all scorers with 28 points. The nation's leading 3-point shooter, Conner drained five deep balls for the fourth time in six games this season. She was 8-8 from the field and scored 19 points in the second half. The 5-11 guard also collected a game-high eight rebounds.
Sedona Prince (19 points, seven rebounds) and Una Jovanovic (15 points) joined Conner in double figures.
TCU is 6-0 to start a season for just the second time in its 47-year history.
The Horned Frogs now face Nebraska (4-1) with a chance to win the St. Pete Showcase championship outright at noon on Saturday.
TCU worked its way to an 18-11 lead at the end of one behind consecutive 3-pointers from Conner and Jovanovic to close the quarter. Jovanovic tallied seven of her points over the first 10 minutes TCU struck gold from deep three times and held UTEP to 5-16 shooting.
UTEP (3-3) trimmed the margin to 18-14 via an and-one on its first possession to begin the second quarter. But TCU, which entered the contest outscoring teams 107-54 in the second period, added to its season-long scoring surge in the frame.
The Horned Frogs ripped off a 16-4 run over the ensuing six minutes and stretch the lead to 34-16. Tara Manumaleuga scored five of TCU's first seven points in the spurt before Jovanovic capped the run with a 3-pointer.
Jovanovic canned her third triple of the half to widen TCU's advantage to 39-22. Agnes Emma-Nnopu finished inside off a slip on the Horned Frogs final possession and gave TCU a 19-point edge entering the intermission.
Leading 51-27 in the third, UTEP briefly made things interesting. The Miners scored 13 of the ensuing 15 points over 3:08 of play to cut TCU's advantage down to 12. TCU head coach Mark Campbell – the first first-year head coach in program history to win his first six games – then called a full timeout. Conner finished drives from her non-dominant left side on back-to-back possessions and promptly restored order. UTEP never got closer than 14 points the rest of the way.
Conner racked up eight points over the first 2:07 of the final frame and balloon TCU's lead to 72-47. The 5-11 guard connected from well beyond NBA range less than 90 seconds later for her fifth-and-final 3-pointer and allowed Campbell to call off the dogs.
Conner and Prince have scored in double figures in each of their first half-dozen games in purple and white.
Prince was an efficient 8-12 from the field and matched her career-high in blocks (five). All five of her rejections.
Emma-Nnopu matched Prince on the class while contributing nine points, six of which came off slips in the paint.
TCU held the Miners to a 33 percent shooting clip (21-62) and 4-20 mark from distance. No team has shot better than 33 percent thus far against the Horned Frogs.
Team Notes
The Horned Frogs shot 51 percent from the field and converted 10 looks from deep. TCU led by as many as 31 in a game it never trailed.
Madison Conner led all scorers with 28 points. The nation's leading 3-point shooter, Conner drained five deep balls for the fourth time in six games this season. She was 8-8 from the field and scored 19 points in the second half. The 5-11 guard also collected a game-high eight rebounds.
Sedona Prince (19 points, seven rebounds) and Una Jovanovic (15 points) joined Conner in double figures.
TCU is 6-0 to start a season for just the second time in its 47-year history.
The Horned Frogs now face Nebraska (4-1) with a chance to win the St. Pete Showcase championship outright at noon on Saturday.
TCU worked its way to an 18-11 lead at the end of one behind consecutive 3-pointers from Conner and Jovanovic to close the quarter. Jovanovic tallied seven of her points over the first 10 minutes TCU struck gold from deep three times and held UTEP to 5-16 shooting.
UTEP (3-3) trimmed the margin to 18-14 via an and-one on its first possession to begin the second quarter. But TCU, which entered the contest outscoring teams 107-54 in the second period, added to its season-long scoring surge in the frame.
The Horned Frogs ripped off a 16-4 run over the ensuing six minutes and stretch the lead to 34-16. Tara Manumaleuga scored five of TCU's first seven points in the spurt before Jovanovic capped the run with a 3-pointer.
Jovanovic canned her third triple of the half to widen TCU's advantage to 39-22. Agnes Emma-Nnopu finished inside off a slip on the Horned Frogs final possession and gave TCU a 19-point edge entering the intermission.
Leading 51-27 in the third, UTEP briefly made things interesting. The Miners scored 13 of the ensuing 15 points over 3:08 of play to cut TCU's advantage down to 12. TCU head coach Mark Campbell – the first first-year head coach in program history to win his first six games – then called a full timeout. Conner finished drives from her non-dominant left side on back-to-back possessions and promptly restored order. UTEP never got closer than 14 points the rest of the way.
Conner racked up eight points over the first 2:07 of the final frame and balloon TCU's lead to 72-47. The 5-11 guard connected from well beyond NBA range less than 90 seconds later for her fifth-and-final 3-pointer and allowed Campbell to call off the dogs.
Conner and Prince have scored in double figures in each of their first half-dozen games in purple and white.
Prince was an efficient 8-12 from the field and matched her career-high in blocks (five). All five of her rejections.
Emma-Nnopu matched Prince on the class while contributing nine points, six of which came off slips in the paint.
TCU held the Miners to a 33 percent shooting clip (21-62) and 4-20 mark from distance. No team has shot better than 33 percent thus far against the Horned Frogs.
Team Notes
- TCU limited UTEP to 9-32 shooting from the field and a 1-8 mark from deep in the first half.
- The Horned Frogs outscored the Miners 23-8 over the final eight minutes of the second quarter.
- TCU will match its best start in program history with a victory against the Cornhuskers.
- TCU has won five of its six games by 20-or-more points.
- TCU continues to rank second nationally in 3-pointers (60) after netting 10 on Thursday. The Horned Frogs have been in double figures from distance four times.
- TCU's four first-half turnovers were its fewest in a half this season.
- The Horned Frogs are now outscoring opponents 130-65 in the second quarter.
- TCU has hit or eclipsed 85 points three times this season. TCU last scored 85-plus points in three games in the same season in 2018-19.
- The Horned Frogs have shot at-or-above 50 percent from the field in three of their six wins.
- TCU earned its first win on Thanksgiving Day since Nov. 28, 2002 and second in program history
- TCU played on Thanksgiving Day for the seventh time ever on Thursday
- Conner converted a career-high 11 field goals.
- Conner swelled her NCAA-leading 3-point tally to 31.
- Emma-Nnopu has snagged seven-or-more rebounds in four of her first six games as a Horned Frog.
- Jaden Owens led all players with five assists.
- Owens has now dished out five-plus assists in 26 of her last 37 games played dating back to 2022-23.
- Prince has tallied 17 blocks through six games and ranks in the top-10 nationally in the category.
- Jovanovic scored 13 of her TCU career-high 15 points in the first half.
- Jade Clack scored her first points in purple and white and converted TCU's final bucket to seal the. Final margin of victory.
- Aaliyah Roberson and DaiJa Turner delivered three rebounds apiece off the bench.
Team Stats
UTEP
TCU
FG%
.339
.507
3FG%
.200
.345
FT%
.714
.500
RB
40
39
TO
16
11
STL
7
7
Game Leaders
Pts
28
FGM
11
3FGM
5
FTM
1
Pts
19
FGM
8
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
15
FGM
6
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
9
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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