Wednesday, January 10
Austin, Texas
7 PM
TCU
at
Texas
Preview: at No. 10 Texas
1/9/2024 1:27:00 PM | Women's Basketball
TCU travels to Austin to battle the Longhorns at 7 p.m. on Wednesday
FORT WORTH – TCU is set for its second road tilt opposite an Associated Press top-10 opponent in as many weeks when it battles No. 10 Texas at 7 p.m. on Wednesday inside the Moody Center.
The Horned Frogs and Longhorns are playing their penultimate game as Big 12 adversaries. Texas will return the game with a Feb. 10 visit to Schollmaier Arena.
TCU has notched three ranked victories at the expense of the Longhorns, most recently a 65-63 triumph over a 25th-ranked Texas team on Jan. 3, 2020.
The Game
Teams: TCU (14-2, 1-2 Big 12) at Texas (15-1, 2-1 Big 12)
Date: 7 p.m. CT on Wednesday, Jan. 10
Location: Moody Center in Austin, Texas
Coverage
Television: Longhorn Network
Meeting: 55th
All-Time Series: Texas leads, 50-4
Since joining Big 12: Texas leads, 20-4
Date Series Began: Feb. 5, 1983
Last Game Played: Feb. 11, 2023
Last Meeting: Texas won, 70-50
Current Win Streak: Texas, W7
TCU at Home: 3-22
TCU on the Road: 1-24
TCU on a Neutral Court: 0-4
Largest Margin of Victory by TCU: 6, (Jan. 19, 2014)
Largest Margin of Victory by Texas: 66, (Feb. 5, 1983)
Longest Winning Streak by TCU: 1, (Four times)
Longest Winning Streak by Texas: 31, (Feb. 5, 1983-Feb. 26, 2013)
Series Since TCU Joined Big 12
TCU Record in Series: 4-20
TCU at Home: 3-8
TCU on the Road: 1-10
TCU on a Neutral Court: 0-2
Last 10 Games
Date W/L Score Location
2/12/23 L 70-50 Austin
1/4/23 L 81-69 Fort Worth
2/26/22 L 77-42 Austin
1/22/22 L 68-47 Fort Worth
3/7/21 L 69-60 Fort Worth
1/20/21 L 71-54 Austin
2/26/20 L 77-67 Fort Worth
1/3/20 W 65-63 Austin
3/9/19 L 66-64 Kansas City
3/5/19 L 62-48 Fort Worth
Series Notes: Texas
The Horned Frogs and Longhorns are playing their penultimate game as Big 12 adversaries. Texas will return the game with a Feb. 10 visit to Schollmaier Arena.
TCU has notched three ranked victories at the expense of the Longhorns, most recently a 65-63 triumph over a 25th-ranked Texas team on Jan. 3, 2020.
The Game
Teams: TCU (14-2, 1-2 Big 12) at Texas (15-1, 2-1 Big 12)
Date: 7 p.m. CT on Wednesday, Jan. 10
Location: Moody Center in Austin, Texas
Coverage
Television: Longhorn Network
- Alex Loeb, play-by-play
- Alexa Lloyd, analyst
- Chris Blake, play-by-play
- TCU is playing consecutive road games vs. AP top-10 opponents for the second time ever. The Horned Frogs faced No. 8 Texas and No. 3 Baylor in back-to-back away affairs in February, 2018.
- Wednesday's game marks the 31st time TCU has faced a ranked Texas team.
- TCU's most recent ranked road victory was at the expense of Texas during the 2019-20 campaign. The Horned Frogs downed the 25th-ranked Longhorns 65-63 on Jan. 3, 2020 in the teams' Big 12 opener. TCU finished 13-5 in league play and earned the No. 2 seed in the Big 12 Championship.
- Three of TCU's four wins over Texas have come against ranked Longhorns squads.
- A win on Wednesday would signify TCU's fourth win over an AP top-10 opponent and tie a 56-54 takedown of No. 10 Texas A&M on Dec. 12, 2009 for the fourth-highest ranked win in program history.
- TCU announced on Saturday it will be without center Sedona Prince for the coming weeks due to a hand injury. Prince is expected to return to the court before the end of the regular season.
- Prior to her injury, Prince was the only active player in the country averaging 20 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks per game. Prince was also tied for second nationally in double-doubles (10).
- TCU has held all 16 of its opponents under their season scoring average. Only two teams (Nebraska, Oklahoma State) have connected above a 40 percent clip from the field vs. the Horned Frogs.
- TCU continues to rank second nationally in 3-pointers (159), trailing only No. 15 Utah in the category. The Horned Frogs are fifth among all D1 teams in 3-pointers per game (9.9) and 3-point percentage differential (.126).
- TCU is one of only three teams in the country alongside No. 1 South Carolina and No. 4 Baylor that ranks in the top-25 nationally in 3-point percentage offense and defense.
- Saturday's bout vs. Oklahoma State signified the 13th time TCU has limited its opponent to-or-below a 25 percent clip from deep. TCU has surrendered six-or-fewer 3-pointers in 13 of its 16 games.
- The Horned Frogs drained nine-or-more 3-pointers for the 13th time against Oklahoma State. TCU has been in double figures from distance nine times and canned a season-high 13 three's thrice.
- TCU leads the Big 12 and ranks fourth in the country in both assist-to-turnover ratio (1.59) and total blocks (103).
- Madison Conner continues to lead the conference in scoring at 21.5 points per game.
- Conner led all scorers vs. the Cowgirls on Saturday with 20 points. She has finished with 20-or-more in nine of her 16 outings. She is third nationally in total points (344) and 12th in points per game.
- Conner is second only to reigning National Player of the Year Caitlin Clark across the D1 ranks in 3-pointers (68) and 3-pointers per game (4.3).
- Conner has connected from deep at least five times in seven games thus far.
- Conner is 20 triples away from breaking Zahna Medley's single-season school record for 3-pointers.
- Conner is one of only four players in the country averaging 21 points, 5.5 rebounds and three assists per game, alongside Clark, Juju Watkins (USC) and Hannah Hidalgo (Notre Dame).
- Jaden Owens ranks third nationally and leads the Big 12 in total assists (110). She is also the conference's active leader in assists per game (7.3).
- Owens is one of only two players ranking in the top-10 nationally in assists, assists per game and assist-to-turnover ratio.
- Owens posted the best assist per game average (10.0) and assist-to-turnover ratio and led the country in total assists (60) in December.
- Agnes Emma-Nnopu leads TCU in offensive rebounds (46) and ranks seventh in the country among all guards 5-11-or-shorter. Emma-Nnopu (7.7 rpg) trails only Lauren Gustin (BYU) and Ayoka Lee (K-State) in the Big 12 in offensive rebounds.
- TCU continues to lead the Big 12 in double-doubles with 19. The Horned Frogs have had multiple players produce a double-double in the same game on five occasions.
- TCU checked in at No. 35 in the latest NCAA NET Ratings update ahead of Wednesday's contest.
- Give TCU its 31st victory all-time over a ranked opponent.
- Give Mark Campbell his first career head coaching victory against a ranked squad.
- Mark the fourth time TCU has downed a ranked Texas team.
- Earn TCU its first Big 12 road win since 2020-21.
- Signify the first time TCU has defeated a ranked Big 12 squad since bettering No. 25 West Virginia 73-60 on Jan. 26, 2020 in Schollmaier Arena.
- Send TCU to its first-ever win over a team featured in the top-10 of the NCAA NET Ratings since the metric was introduced in 2018-19. Texas enters Wednesday's tilt rated third.
- Stand as the second-highest ranked road win in TCU women's basketball history.
Meeting: 55th
All-Time Series: Texas leads, 50-4
Since joining Big 12: Texas leads, 20-4
Date Series Began: Feb. 5, 1983
Last Game Played: Feb. 11, 2023
Last Meeting: Texas won, 70-50
Current Win Streak: Texas, W7
TCU at Home: 3-22
TCU on the Road: 1-24
TCU on a Neutral Court: 0-4
Largest Margin of Victory by TCU: 6, (Jan. 19, 2014)
Largest Margin of Victory by Texas: 66, (Feb. 5, 1983)
Longest Winning Streak by TCU: 1, (Four times)
Longest Winning Streak by Texas: 31, (Feb. 5, 1983-Feb. 26, 2013)
Series Since TCU Joined Big 12
TCU Record in Series: 4-20
TCU at Home: 3-8
TCU on the Road: 1-10
TCU on a Neutral Court: 0-2
Last 10 Games
Date W/L Score Location
2/12/23 L 70-50 Austin
1/4/23 L 81-69 Fort Worth
2/26/22 L 77-42 Austin
1/22/22 L 68-47 Fort Worth
3/7/21 L 69-60 Fort Worth
1/20/21 L 71-54 Austin
2/26/20 L 77-67 Fort Worth
1/3/20 W 65-63 Austin
3/9/19 L 66-64 Kansas City
3/5/19 L 62-48 Fort Worth
Series Notes: Texas
- Mark Campbell and Texas head coach Vic Schaefer crossed paths twice in 2018-19 during their respective tenures as associate head coach at Oregon and head coach at Mississippi State. Campbell's Ducks claimed both ballgames. The teams second meeting was an NCAA Regional Final tilt in Portland. Oregon won 88-84 and advanced to its first Final Four.
- Lauren Heard, TCU's all-time leading scorer (2,006 points), tallied a game-high 26 at Texas in TCU's most recent win over the Longhorns.
- TCU reached the postseason or was destined to do so in each of the four seasons it defeated Texas. The Horned Frogs earned WNIT berths in 2014, 2015 and 2018 and were a lock to reach the NCAA Tournament in 2020 before COVID-19 forced the cancellation of the Big Dance.
- TCU made 32 free throws in its Jan. 4, 2023 meeting against Texas. The 32 makes at the charity stripe are the fifth-most in a game in program history.
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