Friday, December 22
Fort Worth, Texas
6:30 PM
TCU
vs
Mount St. Mary's
Preview: Mount St. Mary's
12/21/2023 2:02:00 PM | Women's Basketball
No. 25 TCU will finish nonconference play undefeated with a win on Friday
FORT WORTH – The 25th-ranked Horned Frogs host Mount St. Mary's at 6:30 p.m. on Friday in their nonconference finale inside Schollmaier Arena.
TCU (12-0) will enter league play undefeated for the first time ever with a win on Friday. The Horned Frogs became one of just nine remaining undefeated women's basketball teams following their 96-56 takedown of Omaha on Wednesday.
The Game
Teams: TCU (12-0) vs. Mount St. Mary's (3-7, 0-2 MAAC)
Date: 6:30 p.m. CT on Friday, Dec. 22
Location: Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas
Coverage
Television: Big 12 Now on ESPN+
TCU (12-0) will enter league play undefeated for the first time ever with a win on Friday. The Horned Frogs became one of just nine remaining undefeated women's basketball teams following their 96-56 takedown of Omaha on Wednesday.
The Game
Teams: TCU (12-0) vs. Mount St. Mary's (3-7, 0-2 MAAC)
Date: 6:30 p.m. CT on Friday, Dec. 22
Location: Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas
Coverage
Television: Big 12 Now on ESPN+
- John Liddle, 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.
- TCU will win consecutive games as a ranked team for the first time in nearly five years via a defeat of the Mountaineers. The Horned Frogs last notched two-or-more consecutive wins as a ranked squad from Jan. 24-30, 2018, with a trio of victories over Kansas State, Oklahoma and Iowa State.
- The Horned Frogs are riding a program record 12-game winning streak.
- TCU will finish undefeated in nonconference play for the first time ever with a win on Friday.
- The Horned Frogs' 12 nonconference wins are the program's most in its 47-season existence.
- The Horned Frogs were tabbed 32nd in the latest NCAA NET Rankings update on Thursday.
- TCU's average margin of victory at home is 27.6 points. The Horned Frogs have defeated their five December adversaries by an average of 30 points.
- TCU ranks 14th nationally in points per game differential (26.0).
- The Horned Frogs are one of only nine remaining undefeated teams as of Thursday.
- TCU continues to lead the country in 3-point percentage differential (.175). The Horned Frogs figure is 19 percentage points better than the next closest squad, unanimous No. 1 South Carolina.
- The Horned Frogs rank second nationally in 3-pointers (131), 3-pointers per game (10.9) and 3-point percentage defense (.212). TCU is the only team in the nation ranking in the top-10 in all three figures.
- TCU became the second Big 12 squad this season to have three players produce a double-double in a game in Wednesday's win. The Horned Frogs lead the Big 12 with 13 double-doubles.
- Sedona Prince finished with her seventh double-double vs. Omaha, tallying 26 points and 17 rebounds over 27 minutes. She is tied for fourth nationally in double-doubles.
- Prince is one of only five D1 players averaging a double-double and is the only player in the nation averaging 20 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks per outing.
- Prince is tied for fourth in the NCAA in blocks per game (3.3).
- Madison Conner (22.6 ppg) and Prince (20.9 ppg) combine to make TCU the nation's only squad with two 20-point-per-game scorers. The pair are the top-two scorers in the Big 12.
- Conner continues to lead the country in 3-pointers (59) and 3-pointers per game (4.9).
- Conner is one of only four D1 players and the lone Big 12 player averaging at least 22 points, six rebounds and three assists per game.
- Conner averages 1.1 points per possession, making her the most efficient high-volume scorer in women's college basketball.
- Conner and Prince rank ninth and 16th, respectively, in the country in points per game.
- Jaden Owens leads the country in total assists (50) in December. Owens has dished out 10-plus dimes in four of her last five outings.
- Owens is third in the country in total assists with 91 - three shy of the national lead. She also ranks second nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio (4.79) and fourth in assists per game (7.6).
- Owens and Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year Rori Harmon are the only players in the country who rank in the top-five nationally in assists, assist per game and assist-to-turnover ratio.
- Owens recorded her second career double-double on Wednesday, tallying 14 points and 10 assists.
- Agnes Emma-Nnopu has pulled down an average of 10 rebounds per night in TCU's last four games.
- Emma-Nnopu's season rebounding average (7.8) is the 17th-best mark nationally among guards 5-11-or-shorter. Her 38 offensive rebounds are the sixth-most among her position mates nationally.
- The Horned Frogs snagged 59 rebounds on Wednesday vs. Omaha, their most in a game in 20 seasons and largest total in TCU's Big 12 era.
- TCU had four players score in double figures for the third straight game and fifth time this season against Omaha; Prince, Conner (19 points), Owens and Aaliyah Roberson (14 points, 10 rebounds).
- The Horned Frogs moved to a No. 7 seed in Charlie Creme's latest ESPN Bracketology on Tuesday.
- 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 52-33 career record when ranked, including a 30-7 mark in home games. The Horned Frogs are 18-19 all-time on the road when ranked.
- The Horned Frogs' 96-56 victory against Omaha on Dec. 20 was its first nonconference win as a ranked squad in 13 seasons. Prior to Wednesday, 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 also picked up its first ranked win since the 2017-18 season on Wednesday.
- 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.
- Mark the first time TCU has ever finished undefeated in nonconference play.
- Extend TCU's program record winning streak to 13 games.
- Put TCU within three home victories of tying the second-longest home winning streak in program history.
- Give TCU consecutive wins as a ranked team for the first time since the 2017-18 campaign.
- Boost the Horned Frogs' home nonconference record in Schollmaier Arena to 56-7.
- Be the Horned Frogs' 99th win at Schollmaier Arena and improve TCU's career record inside the venue to 99-50.
- Extend the Horned Frogs' home nonconference winning streak to 13 games.
- Boost TCU's all-time home record to 426-246.
- Spike TCU's record in December nonconference home games in Schollmaier Arena to 29-3.
- Give TCU its 14th victory in its last 15 tries dating back to the Big 12 Championship in March.
- Friday's ballgame marks the first time in 29 years TCU has collided with a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) institution. TCU last faced a team from the MAAC on Jan. 5, 1994 in a 92-49 home victory against Iona.
- TCU is 2-1 all-time against the MAAC, having split a pair of ballgames with Canisius and defeated St. Peter's in 1991.
- TCU represents just the second Big 12 opponent Mount St. Mary's has ever faced.
- The Mountaineers are the fourth opponent that calls the state of Maryland home TCU has faced in its 47-season history.
- The Horned Frogs are 3-1 in games against teams hailing from The Old Line State. TCU owns past victories against Coppin State, Maryland and Navy.
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