Sunday, December 17
Fort Worth, Texas
2 PM
TCU
vs
Lamar
Preview: Lamar
12/16/2023 9:13:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Horned Frogs will match program's longest winning streak with a win
FORT WORTH – TCU faces Lamar at 2 p.m. on Sunday in Schollmaier Arena for a chance to tie its longest winning streak in program history.
The Horned Frogs (10-0) will join the 2000-01 Horned Frogs squad as one of just two teams to win 11 consecutive games with a victory over the Cardinals. The 2000-01 TCU team went on to earn the program's first-ever conference championship and NCAA Tournament berth.
The Game
Teams: TCU (10-0) vs. Lamar (5-3)
Date: 2 p.m. CT on Sunday, Dec. 17
Location: Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas
Coverage
Television: Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Meeting: 9th
All-Time Series: TCU leads, 6-2
Since joining Big 12: TCU leads, 3-0
Date Series Began: Dec. 9, 1978
Last Game Played: Dec. 9, 2020
Last Meeting: TCU won, 79-53
Current Win Streak: TCU, W6
TCU at Home: 6-1
TCU on the Road: 0-1
TCU on a Neutral Court: 0-0
Largest Margin of Victory by TCU: 45 (Dec. 29, 2003)
Largest Margin of Victory by Lamar: 23 (March 3, 1986)
Longest Winning Streak by TCU: Six (Dec. 5, 1998-Present)
Longest Winning Streak by Lamar: Two (Feb. 18, 1973-March 3, 1996)
Series Since TCU Joined Big 12
TCU Record in Series: 3-0
TCU at Home: 3-0
TCU on the Road: 0-0
TCU on a Neutral Court: 0-0
Last 10 Games
Date W/L Score Location
12/9/20 W 79-53 Fort Worth
3/15/18 W 80-68 Fort Worth
12/11/14 W 72-68 Fort Worth
12/4/11 W 73-59 Fort Worth
12/29/03 W 95-50 Fort Worth
12/5/98 W 90-80 Fort Worth
3/3/96 L 109-86 Beaumont
2/18/83 L 81-69 Fort Worth
Series Notes: Lamar
The Horned Frogs (10-0) will join the 2000-01 Horned Frogs squad as one of just two teams to win 11 consecutive games with a victory over the Cardinals. The 2000-01 TCU team went on to earn the program's first-ever conference championship and NCAA Tournament berth.
The Game
Teams: TCU (10-0) vs. Lamar (5-3)
Date: 2 p.m. CT on Sunday, Dec. 17
Location: Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas
Coverage
Television: Big 12 Now on ESPN+
- Ron Thulin, play-by-play
- Jada Curtis, analyst
- Chris Blake, play-by-play
- TCU attained a season-high 22 votes in Monday's AP top-25. The Horned Frogs last garnered votes in the poll in consecutive weeks in 2020, when the program was ranked or received votes for eight straight weeks from Jan. 27-March 17, a stretch that concluded with the final AP top-25 in 2019-20.
- The Horned Frogs checked in at No. 26 in the latest NCAA NET Rankings update on Friday.
- TCU will match the longest winning streak in program history with a win on Sunday.
- The Horned Frogs will tie the 2013-14 and 2018-19 TCU squads for the third-longest home winning streak in the program's 47-year existence should they defeat the Cardinals.
- The Horned Frogs have won 13 of their last 15 December home nonconference games. TCU is 26-3 all-time inside Schollmaier Arena in December.
- TCU is the only team in the nation ranking in the top-10 in 3-point offense and 3-point defense. The Horned Frogs lead the Big 12 and rank second in the country in 3-pointers per game. TCU is sixth among all D1 programs in 3-point percentage defense (.216) and 10th in 3-point percentage (..391).
- The Horned Frogs rank second nationally in 3-point percentage differential (.175).
- TCU is one of only two teams alongside Utah who ranks in the top-10 nationally in 3-pointes, 3-pointers per game and 3-point percentage.
- Madison Conner continues to lead the country in 3-pointers (52) and 3-pointers per game.
- Conner ranks sixth and seventh, respectively, across the D1 ranks in points (237) and points per game.
- Conner and reigning National Player of the Year Caitlin Clark are the only players in the country who rank in the top-10 nationally in scoring and 3-point shooting.
- Conner set the NCAA record for most 3-pointers in a 10-game stretch to start a season (52) vs. PVAMU, surpassing Taylor Robertson of Oklahoma's mark from 2021-22.
- TCU is the lone program in the country with two 20-point-per-game scorers in Conner and Sedona Prince (21.0). Conner and Prince are the top-two scorers in the Big 12.
- Conner has scored in double figures in every game this season. She is the first Horned Frog since Tomi Taiwo (Jan. 12-Feb. 21, 2023) to score 10-plus points in 10 consecutive games.
- Prince is the only player in the country averaging at least 20 points, nine rebounds and three blocks per game. Prince's 30 rejections are the sixth-most nationally.
- Prince stuffed 10 shots on Dec. 5 vs. ACU. Her 10 blocks were the most in a game by any player this season and most by a TCU player since Latricia Lovings recorded an identical amount in 2013.
- TCU leads the Big 12 and is sixth nationally in blocks per game (6.8).
- Jaden Owens is one of just two players nationally alongside Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year Rori Harmon who ranks in the top-10 in assists per game (6th, 7.1), assists (7th, 71) and assist-to- turnover ratio (8th, +4.18). Owens has dished out 28 assists over TCU's last three games.
- Owens has recorded 184 assists over the last two seasons. She ranks 16th nationally among all active players in total assists since 2022-23.
- Owens 71 assists are the most ever in a 10-game stretch by any TCU player.
- Agnes Emma-Nnopu leads TCU in offensive rebounds (32) and is second on the squad in rebounds per game (7.6). She ranks sixth nationally among all guards 5-11 or shorter in offensive boards. Emma-Nnopu has snagged seven-plus rebounds seven times and averaged a team-leading 11.5 rebounds per game in TCU's wins over ACU and PVAMU.
- Emma-Nnopu's 13 blocks are the second-most among all Division I guards.
- TCU has led wire-to-wire in five consecutive wins and on six occasions. The Horned Frogs have trailed for more than a minute just once (vs. UIW).
- TCU's average margin of victory over its 10-0 start is 25.5 points. The Horned Frogs' scoring differential is the 13th-best mark nationally.
- The Horned Frogs are one of 18 remaining undefeated women's basketball teams as of Friday.
- TCU moved up to a No. 8 seed in Charlie Creme's latest ESPN.com Women's Bracketology on Tuesday.
- Earn TCU its first-ever 11-0 start to a season.
- Match the longest winning streak in program history.
- Be the second time TCU has won 11 straight games.
- Make Mark Campbell the fastest first-year head coach to win 11 games in his debut season.
- Give TCU its most nonconference victories in a season since winning 10 in 2018-19.
- Boost the Horned Frogs' home nonconference record in Schollmaier Arena to 54-7.
- Be the Horned Frogs' 97th win at Schollmaier Arena and improve TCU's career record inside the venue to 97-50.
- Extend the Horned Frogs' home nonconference winning streak to 11 games.
- Boost TCU's all-time home record to 424-246.
- Spike TCU's record in December nonconference home games in Schollmaier Arena to 27-3.
- Give TCU its 12th victory in its last 13 tries dating back to the Big 12 Championship in March.
Meeting: 9th
All-Time Series: TCU leads, 6-2
Since joining Big 12: TCU leads, 3-0
Date Series Began: Dec. 9, 1978
Last Game Played: Dec. 9, 2020
Last Meeting: TCU won, 79-53
Current Win Streak: TCU, W6
TCU at Home: 6-1
TCU on the Road: 0-1
TCU on a Neutral Court: 0-0
Largest Margin of Victory by TCU: 45 (Dec. 29, 2003)
Largest Margin of Victory by Lamar: 23 (March 3, 1986)
Longest Winning Streak by TCU: Six (Dec. 5, 1998-Present)
Longest Winning Streak by Lamar: Two (Feb. 18, 1973-March 3, 1996)
Series Since TCU Joined Big 12
TCU Record in Series: 3-0
TCU at Home: 3-0
TCU on the Road: 0-0
TCU on a Neutral Court: 0-0
Last 10 Games
Date W/L Score Location
12/9/20 W 79-53 Fort Worth
3/15/18 W 80-68 Fort Worth
12/11/14 W 72-68 Fort Worth
12/4/11 W 73-59 Fort Worth
12/29/03 W 95-50 Fort Worth
12/5/98 W 90-80 Fort Worth
3/3/96 L 109-86 Beaumont
2/18/83 L 81-69 Fort Worth
Series Notes: Lamar
- TCU and Lamar share two common opponents in UTEP and Nebraska, having crossed paths at the St. Pete Showcase in November. Both teams defeated the Miners by double digits. Lamar gave Nebraska all it could handle in a 75-61 loss, leading for the majority of the first half, before TCU downed the Cornhuskers en route to the tournament title.
- TCU junior Bre'Yon White and Lamar starting guard R'Mani Taylor were teammates at Shadow Creek High School.
- The Horned Frogs' second most recent meeting with Lamar came in the first round of the WNIT on March 15, 2018. TCU went on to defeat Missouri State, South Dakota and New Mexico on its way to the Final Four following its 12-point win over the Cardinals.
- The Horned Frogs are 26-5 all-time against active members of the Southland Conference.
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