Sunday, November 17
Fort Worth, Texas
2 PM
TCU
vs
NC State
Preview: No. 13 NC State
11/15/2024 4:27:00 PM | Women's Basketball
TCU hosting reigning Final Four participant for first time in 20 years
FORT WORTH – TCU hosts No. 13 NC State on Sunday in one of the most anticipated home women's basketball games in school history.
The game tips at 2 p.m. and will air on ESPN.
The Horned Frogs last battled a reigning Final Four team at home in nonconference on Dec. 19, 2004, when the Pat Summitt-led Tennessee Lady Vols visited Fort Worth.
The Wolfpack are one of three preseason AP Top-10 teams on the Frogs' nonconference schedule.
The feature on ESPN marks TCU's first home national broadcast since 2019. TCU received a Big 12 best six linear telecast selections for 2024-25.
The Game
Teams: TCU (2-0) vs. No. 13 NC State (2-1)
Date: 2 p.m. CT on Sunday, Nov. 17
Location: Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas
Game Coverage
Television
ESPN
88.7 KTCU FM
The game tips at 2 p.m. and will air on ESPN.
The Horned Frogs last battled a reigning Final Four team at home in nonconference on Dec. 19, 2004, when the Pat Summitt-led Tennessee Lady Vols visited Fort Worth.
The Wolfpack are one of three preseason AP Top-10 teams on the Frogs' nonconference schedule.
The feature on ESPN marks TCU's first home national broadcast since 2019. TCU received a Big 12 best six linear telecast selections for 2024-25.
The Game
Teams: TCU (2-0) vs. No. 13 NC State (2-1)
Date: 2 p.m. CT on Sunday, Nov. 17
Location: Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas
Game Coverage
Television
ESPN
- Beth Mowin, Play-by-Play
- Debbie Antonelli, Analyst
88.7 KTCU FM
- Chris Blake, Play-by-Play
- TCU is hosting a reigning Final Four participant in nonconference play for the first time in 20 years.
- The contest marks the second time TCU will battle a top-15 team at home in nonconference action in its Big 12 era.
- A win over the Wolfpack would signify the seventh time TCU has downed a top-15 foe in Fort Worth.
- TCU last defeated a ranked team on Dec. 12, 2021, in an 87-75 home win over No. 18 Texas A&M.
- TCU is one of just four programs with three tilts vs. preseason AP top-10 teams on its nonconference schedule.
- Sunday's game is a part of home-and-home agreement that sends TCU to Raleigh in 2025-26.
- TCU is staging its first home national telecast since 2019 with its feature on ESPN on Sunday.
- TCU leads the country in assists (77) and assists per game (25.7).
- TCU ranks second nationally in blocks per game (9.3). Sedona Prince is the nation's leader in
- rejections with 17. She swatted six shots in Wednesday's win.
- The Horned Frogs are the only team in the country ranking in the top-10 in assists, assist-to-turnover ratio (3rd, 2.08) and 3-pointers per game (7th, 11.7).
- TCU drained a Mark Campbell era single-game record 16 threes in both of its victories over New Orleans and Texas State. Madison Conner accounted for 13 of the Frogs' 32 makes from distance.
- TCU defeated three consecutive opponents by at least 35 points for the first time ever in its trio of season-opening victories over Houston Christian, New Orleans and Texas State.
- TCU had five players score in double figures in its pair of wins vs. the Privateers and Bobcats. TCU is 11-0 when at least four players reach double figures in scoring over the last two seasons.
- The Horned Frogs field the oldest roster among all Power Conference teams, with season-opening average age of 21 years and 11 months.
- TCU returns 96 percent of its scoring (66.7 ppg) from 2023-24 and singed a six-player transfer class that averaged 50.7 points per game last season. The net total of 111.4 points per game ranks second in the Big 12 and is in the top-10 nationally.
- TCU accrued 55 votes in The Associated Press poll on Monday, marking the eighth time in
- Campbell's two seasons at the helm the Frogs have been ranked or received votes in the AP Top 25.
- Hailey Van Lith is the only player in the country averaging 17 points, seven rebounds and seven assists per game.
- Van Lith was tabbed to both the Naismith Trophy and Wooden Award preseason top-50 watch lists. She has received National Player of the Year consideration all five years in her college career.
- Van Lith ranks sixth nationally and second among Big 12 players in career points scored (1,987) and win shares (20.6).
- Van Lith has played the second-most minutes (4,451) of any active D1 player. She trails only North Carolina's Lexi Donarski (4,599) for the national lead.
- Van Lith is the active D1 leader in games played and games started (136).
- Prince was the only player in the country to average 20 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks per game during the 2023-24 regular season.
- The Horned Frogs are 9-0 at home when Prince produces a double-double.
- Conner drained 9-17 looks from distance on her way to a 30-point performance vs. New Orleans.
- Conner's nine 3-pointers are the most by any player in a 'D1 vs. D1' game this season.
- Conner leads all D1 players in career games with five-or-more 3-pointers (11). She is also one of just 11 players in the history of the Big 12 with 11-plus games with at least five 3-pointers.
- Conner is the nation's active career leader in 3-pointers per 40 minutes (3.9) and per 100
- possessions (5.6) averages. She ranked second only to Caitlin Clark in both categories last season.
- Donovyn Hunter ranks fourth among all D1 players in assist-to-turnover ratio (11.0). She has not given the ball away in two consecutive games.
- Taylor Bigby is averaging 16.5 points per game over her last two outings. She scored in double figures for the eighth and ninth times in her career vs. New Orleans and Texas State. Bigby finished second on the squad in points scored in both victories.
- Be TCU's first win over a ranked ACC team.
- Count as the Horned Frogs' 19th ranked home victory.
- Mark the seventh time in program history TCU has defeated a ranked team at home in
- nonconference play.
- Signify the Frogs' first-ever win over a reigning Final Four participant.
- Go down as the second-highest ranked victory in TCU's 13-year Big 12 era.
- Send Mark Campbell to his 44th career ranked win when including his coaching tenures at
- Oregon State, Oregon and Sacramento State.
- Give Campbell his first ranked win as a head coach.
- Stake TCU to its 17th consecutive home nonconference victory.
- Boost TCU's nonconference winning streak to 19.
- Make Campbell-led TCU teams 3-1 in nonleague tilts vs. Power Conference foes.
- TCU is 30-58 all-time vs. the ACC.
- The Horned Frogs are in search of their first-ever win over a ranked ACC foe.
- TCU last played an ACC team on Nov. 12, 2022 when it faced North Carolina in Chapel Hill. The game was a part of a home-and-home agreement between the schools.
- Jeff Mittie, the winningest coach in program history and current head man at Kansas State, helmed the Horned Frogs in their previous two meetings with NC State on Dec. 6, 2009, and Nov. 20, 2011.
- TCU's 85-79 home loss to NC State in 2011 was a nip-and-tuck affair, as the game saw 14 ties and nine lead changes. Then-freshman Natalie Ventress, who ranks 10th in program history in scoring (1,430 points), netted a game-high 21 points.
- TCU Athletics Hall of Famer Helena Sverrisdottir put up a season-high 19 points in the Frogs' 76-62 defeat to the Wolfpack in 2009 in Raleigh.
- Hailey Van Lith averaged nine points, four rebounds and three assists in four games vs. NC State during her tenure at Louisville from 2020-23.
- TCU forward DaiJa Turner is a native of Fayetteville, N.C., about a 65-mile drive south of Raleigh.
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