Wednesday, January 3
Waco, Texas
7 PM
TCU
at
Baylor
Preview: at No. 6 Baylor
1/2/2024 10:49:00 AM | Women's Basketball
23rd-ranked Horned Frogs head to Waco for a battle of the unbeatens
FORT WORTH – If everything is bigger in Texas, the ages-old adage certainly fits the bill for TCU's midweek tilt at Baylor.
No. 23 TCU is set for a battle on the Brazos against sixth-ranked Baylor at 7 p.m. on Wednesday in a collision between two unbeaten teams. The Big 12 bout marks the first time both TCU and Baylor will face off ranked in the AP Top 25 and undefeated.
Wednesday's contest will also be the first women's basketball game played inside Foster Pavilion.
The Game
Teams: TCU (14-0 1-0 Big 12) at Baylor (12-0, 1-0 Big 12)
Date: 7 p.m. CT on Wednesday, Jan. 3
Location: Foster Pavilion in Waco, Texas
Coverage
Television: Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Meeting: 52nd
All-Time Series: Baylor leads, 46-5
Since joining Big 12: Baylor leads, 28-0
Date Series Began: Dec. 12, 1987
Last Game Played: Nov. 23, 2018
Last Meeting Baylor won, 67-57
Current Win Streak: Baylor, W36
TCU at Home: 3-22
TCU on the Road: 2-22
TCU on a Neutral Court: 0-2
Largest Margin of Victory by TCU: 14, (Jan. 6, 1988)
Largest Margin of Victory by Baylor: 49, (Jan. 20, 19996)
Longest Winning Streak by TCU: 3, (Feb. 7, 1989-Feb. 28, 1990)
Longest Winning Streak by Baylor: 36, (Jan. 12, 1991-Present)
Series Notes: Baylor
No. 23 TCU is set for a battle on the Brazos against sixth-ranked Baylor at 7 p.m. on Wednesday in a collision between two unbeaten teams. The Big 12 bout marks the first time both TCU and Baylor will face off ranked in the AP Top 25 and undefeated.
Wednesday's contest will also be the first women's basketball game played inside Foster Pavilion.
The Game
Teams: TCU (14-0 1-0 Big 12) at Baylor (12-0, 1-0 Big 12)
Date: 7 p.m. CT on Wednesday, Jan. 3
Location: Foster Pavilion in Waco, Texas
Coverage
Television: Big 12 Now on ESPN+
- John Morris, play-by-play
- Jim Haller, analyst
- Chris Blake, play-by-play
- TCU claimed the No. 23 ranking in The Associated Press poll for the second straight week.
- TCU checked in at No. 23 in the latest NCAA Net Rankings update on Tuesday.
- Wednesday's ballgame is the first time TCU and Baylor have squared off with both programs undefeated and ranked in the AP Top 25.
- A win over the Bears would be the second-highest ranked win in program history.
- TCU last won a 'ranked vs. ranked' matchup on Dec. 7, 2008, defeating No. 3 California 82-73. The victory still stands as TCU's highest ranked win.
- TCU and Baylor are two of just seven remaining undefeated women's basketball teams.
- TCU is hunting its seventh win over an Associated Press top-10 opponent.
- The Horned Frogs are aiming for their second 2-0 start to Big 12 play ever and first since 2015-16.
- The Horned Frogs continue to lead the country in 3-point percentage differential (.170).
- TCU is second nationally in both 3-pointers (148) and 3-pointers per game (10.6).
- TCU is the sole D1 team ranking in the top-five in 3-poiners, 3-pointers per game and 3-point percentage defense.
- Opponents are shooting just 22.3 percent behind the arc vs. the Horned Frogs. No. 11 Kansas State is the lone Big 12 team with a stingier 3-point defense.
- TCU has held 13 of its 14 opponents below 40 percent shooting from the field. Only BYU has connected above a 33 percent clip behind the arc.
- TCU tops the Big 12 and ranks third in the country in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.81).
- TCU's average margin of victory is 27.1 points, the nation's 12th-best points per game differential.
- The Horned Frogs have had four players score in double figures in five straight ballgames and seven times this winter.
- TCU is the only team in the country with two players averaging 20 points per game in Madison Conner (22.4 ppg) and Sedona Prince (21.3 ppg).
- Conner and Prince are the top-two scorers in the Big 12. The duo ranks 10th and 14th, in points per game across the D1 ranks.
- Conner has canned 64 deep balls, good enough for an average of 4.6 per game. She ranks second nationally in both metrics. Only reigning National Player of the Year Caitlin Clark (68) has made more.
- Conner has connected from distance five-or-more times on seven occasions this season.
- Prince is the only college women's basketball player averaging at least 20 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks per game.
- Prince has finished with three-or-more blocks in nine of her 13 outings, highlighted by a 10-block clinic against ACU on Dec. 5. The 10 rejections are the most in a game by any D1 player this season.
- Prince is fifth nationally in blocks per game (3.2).
- Jaden Owens, who started 30 of 32 games at point guard last season for Baylor, became the new active leader in assist-to-turnover ratio (4.59) after finishing with 10 assists on Saturday vs. BYU
- Owens has dished out 10-plus assists in five of her last six outings. She posted the best assist per game average (10.0) and assist to turnover ratio and led the country in total assists (60) in December.
- Owens is averaging 7.8 assists per game, which ranks second nationally. Her 101 total assists trail only Caitlin Clark for the national lead.
- Owens, Prince and Agnes Emma-Nnopu each produced double-doubles in TCU's win over BYU. It marked the second time this season TCU has had three players post a double-double. The Horned Frogs continue to lead the Big 12 in double-doubles with 18.
- Prince's 25-point, 10-rebounde effort against the Cougars signified her ninth double-double of the 2023-24 campaign. She is tied for third nationally in double-doubles.
- Prince, a two-time recipient of Big 12 Player of the Week accolades, has finished with a double-double in three consecutive games. She generated a trio of double-doubles during opening week.
- Emma-Nnopu ranks fourth in the country among all guards 5-11-or-shorter in offensive boards (43).
- Mark the first time TCU has ever defeated Baylor under the Big 12 banner.
- Stake TCU to its second-ever 2-0 start to Big 12 play and first since 2015-16.
- Be the Horned Frogs' seventh win over an Associated Press top-10 opponent.
- Give TCU its most victories as a ranked squad in 14 seasons, since winning 10 in 2009-10.
- Signify the second time in program history the Horned Frogs have won four straight games as a ranked team. TCU last accomplished the feat during the 2002-03 campaign.
- Earn TCU its first Big 12 road win since 2020-21.
- Anoint the Horned Frogs as one of just two TCU men's or women's basketball teams to win 15-or-more consecutive games in a single season.
- Put TCU within a game of matching the second-longest winning streak in TCU basketball history.
- Give TCU its 16th victory in its last 17 tries dating back to the Big 12 Championship in March.
Meeting: 52nd
All-Time Series: Baylor leads, 46-5
Since joining Big 12: Baylor leads, 28-0
Date Series Began: Dec. 12, 1987
Last Game Played: Nov. 23, 2018
Last Meeting Baylor won, 67-57
Current Win Streak: Baylor, W36
TCU at Home: 3-22
TCU on the Road: 2-22
TCU on a Neutral Court: 0-2
Largest Margin of Victory by TCU: 14, (Jan. 6, 1988)
Largest Margin of Victory by Baylor: 49, (Jan. 20, 19996)
Longest Winning Streak by TCU: 3, (Feb. 7, 1989-Feb. 28, 1990)
Longest Winning Streak by Baylor: 36, (Jan. 12, 1991-Present)
Series Notes: Baylor
- The highest-attended TCU women's basketball game overlapped with Baylor's visit to Daniel-Meyer Coliseum on Jan. 2, 2013. The Horned Frogs 7,349 spectators, which stood for nearly 10 years as the school record for largest attendance at a TCU women's sporting event.
- Jaden Owens snagged a career-best nine rebounds at the expense of TCU in the teams' most recent meeting.
- Owens finished with five assists against TCU in each game last season.
- The Horned Frogs trailed by single digits entering the fourth quarter in both of its defeats to Baylor in 2022-23.
- Baylor is the lone active Big 12 counterpart sans conference newcomers Cincinnati, UCF and Houston TCU does not own a league victory against.
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