Wednesday, December 20
Fort Worth, Texas
6:30 PM
TCU
vs
Omaha
Preview: Omaha
12/19/2023 10:03:00 AM | Women's Basketball
25th-ranked Horned Frogs look to earn longest winning streak in program history
FORT WORTH – No. 25 TCU battles Omaha at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday in Schollmaier Arena in its penultimate nonconference contest.
The Horned Frogs are playing their earliest game as a ranked team in 13 seasons after breaking into The Associated Press poll on Monday. TCU (11-0) will secure the longest winning streak in its 47-season history via a victory.
The Game
Teams: TCU (11-0) vs. Omaha (4-6)
Date: 6:30 p.m. CT on Wednesday, Dec. 20
Location: Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas
Coverage
Television: Big 12 Now on ESPN+
The Horned Frogs are playing their earliest game as a ranked team in 13 seasons after breaking into The Associated Press poll on Monday. TCU (11-0) will secure the longest winning streak in its 47-season history via a victory.
The Game
Teams: TCU (11-0) vs. Omaha (4-6)
Date: 6:30 p.m. CT on Wednesday, Dec. 20
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 broke into The Associated Press poll at No. 25 on Monday, signifying the program's first appearance in the AP Top 25 since Feb. 24, 2020.
- The Horned Frogs were tabbed 26th in the latest NCAA NET Rankings update on Tuesday.
- TCU will break its program record for most consecutive wins in a season with a victory on Wednesday.
- TCU will also earn the third-longest home winning streak (10 games) in its 47-season existence should it defeat the Mavericks. The 2013-14 and 2018-19 Horned Frog squads each won nine consecutive home games.
- The Horned Frogs have won their nine home games by an average of 26.2 points.
- TCU is holding opponents to 50.4 points per game inside Schollmaier Arena.
- TCU claimed the top spot in the NCAA statistical rankings in 3-point percentage differential (.186) after knocking down 12-23 looks (47 percent) from distance on Sunday.
- TCU is the lone program in the country ranking in the top-10 in both 3-point percentage (7th, .397) and 3-point percentage defense (2nd, .212).
- TCU ranks second nationally and trails only Utah in 3-pointers (122) and 3-pointers per game (11.1).
- Madison Conner regained the national lead in 3-pointers from reigning National Player of the Year Caitlin Clark on Sunday and despite playing one fewer game than the Hawkeye. Her 57 deep balls have her within 30 makes from distance of matching Zahna Medley's 2015-16 single-season program record for 3-pointers made.
- Conner shot 5-9 from deep in Sunday's win over Lamar, signifying the seventh time in 11 outings she has knocked down at least five 3-pointers.
- Conner leads the Big 12 and is ninth nationally in points per game (22.9).
- Conner is one of just four players across the national ranks averaging at least 22 points, six rebounds and 3.5 assists per game.
- TCU is only team across the nation with two 20-point-per-game scorers courtesy of Conner and Sedona Prince. Prince (20.4 ppg) ranks third among her conference peers and 27th in the country in points per game.
- Conner and Prince have both scored in double figures in every game they have suited up in. The duo tallied a game-high 15 points apiece in TCU's victory against Lamar.
- Prince finished with four blocks in Sunday's win, swelling her season tally to 34. The 6-7 center continues to lead the Big 12 and ranks fourth nationally in blocks per game (3.40). Prince's 10 rejections on Dec. 5 vs. ACU were the most in a game this season by any D1 player.
- Prince has recorded three-or-more blocks in seven of her 10 outings.
- Prince is the sole D1 player averaging 20 points and three blocks per game.
- Prince's half-dozen double-doubles are tied for the 10th-most nationally.
- Jaden Owens leads all D1 players in total assists (40) in December.
- Owens has reached double figures in assists in three of TCU's last four wins and on six occasions over the last two seasons. She has finished with at least five assists in 10 of TCU's 11 games.
- Owens ranks fourth nationally in assists per game (7.4), fifth in assist-to-turnover ratio (+4.26) and sixth in total assists (81). She is one of only two players in the country alongside Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year Rori Harmon to rank in the top-10 in all three categories.
- Agnes Emma-Nnopu is averaging 10.7 rebounds per night over TCU's last three wins. Emma-Nnopu pulled down a career-high 14 vs. ACU and finished with nine vs. Prairie View A&M and Lamar.
- Emma-Nnopu's season rebounding average of 7.7 is tied for second in the country among guards 5-11-or-shorter.
- TCU had four players score in double figures for the fourth time this season and second straight game on Sunday. Una Jovanovic scored 13 points to hit double digits for the third time this winter.
- TCU is one of just 14 remaining undefeated teams entering the final week of nonconference play.
- TCU debuted in The Associated Press poll for the first time in three seasons on Dec. 18, garnering the No. 25 national ranking.
- TCU's Dec. 18 ranking marks its earliest appearance in the poll in 13 seasons. The 2010-11 campaign - TCU's penultimate year in the Mountain West Conference - was the most recent season TCU garnered an AP Top 25 ranking during nonconference play.
- TCU boasts a 51-33 career record when ranked, including a 29-7 mark in home games. The Horned Frogs are 18-19 all-time on the road when ranked.
- TCU's most recent ranked win came on Jan. 30, 2018 in a 75-52 road victory at Iowa State.
- More than 13 years have passed since TCU last won a nonconference game as a ranked team. The last time TCU won a non-league game with a number next to its name came in the Jeff Mittie era on Nov. 19, 2010 via an 83-79 win at UTSA.
- TCU has now been ranked for 55 weeks in the AP Top 25 and appeared in 43 polls.
- The Horned Frogs spent a program-record 21 consecutive weeks ranked when it appeared in all 19 polls in 2003-04. The program also achieved its best-ever ranking at No. 13 that season.
- Earn TCU its first-ever 12-0 start to a season.
- Stake TCU to its longest winning streak in program history.
- Put Mark Campbell two-thirds of the way home toward matching Raegan Peebly's 2014-15 record for winningest season by a first-year head coach (18-14).
- Give TCU its most nonconference victories ever in a season.
- Boost the Horned Frogs' home nonconference record in Schollmaier Arena to 55-7.
- Be the Horned Frogs' 98th win at Schollmaier Arena and improve TCU's career record inside the venue to 98-50.
- Extend the Horned Frogs' home nonconference winning streak to 12 games.
- Boost TCU's all-time home record to 425-246.
- Spike TCU's record in December nonconference home games in Schollmaier Arena to 28-3.
- Give TCU its 13th victory in its last 14 tries dating back to the Big 12 Championship in March.
- Wednesday pits the Horned Frogs and Mavericks opposite one another for the first time on the hardwood.
- The Mavericks are the second Summit League foe TCU has squared off with this season. TCU defeated Oral Roberts 76-56 in its season-opener on Nov. 6.
- Omaha represents the second opponent hailing from the Cornhusker State TCU will battle in 2023-24. The Horned Frogs won the St. Pete Showcase Championship on Nov. 25 via an 88-81 win over Nebraska.
- TCU improved its all-time record against active members of the Summit League to 10-7 following its takedown of the Golden Eagles.
- Omaha began its reclassification to NCAA Division I in 2011-12, TCU's final season as a Mountain West conference member.
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