Preview: Idaho State

Sunday, November 24

Fort Worth, Texas

4 PM

TCU

Idaho State

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11/23/2024 6:38:00 AM | Women's Basketball

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No. 19 TCU will go for second straight 6-0 start Sunday afternoon vs. Bengals

FORT WORTH – No. 19 TCU concludes a six-game season-opening homestand at 4 p.m. on Sunday when it welcomes Idaho State to Schollmaier Arena.

The program will start a season 6-0 for the second straight season and just the third time ever in 48 years of existence with a victory against the Bengals.

The Game
Teams: No. 19 TCU (5-0) vs. Idaho State (2-3)
Date: 4 p.m. CT on Sunday, Nov. 24
Location: Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas

Game Coverage
Television
ESPN+

Ron Thulin, Play-by-Play
Jada Curtis, Analyst

Radio
88.7 KTCU FM

Chris Blake, Play-by-Play

Opening Tip

The Horned Frogs are enjoying a 20-game nonconference winning streak and will go for their 18th straight home nonconference victory on Sunday.
The Horned Frogs are 33-4 in November home games since Schollmaier Arena reopened in 2015.
TCU is playing its 91st all-time game and 42nd at home as a ranked team.
TCU is 11-4 when ranked or receiving votes in the AP Top 25 under Mark Campbell.
TCU and Idaho State are colliding on the hardwood for the first time.
Sunday's game is the first meeting between TCU and Idaho State in any sport since 1998.
Four members of the Frogs' roster - Taylor Bigby, Natalie Mazurek, Sedona Prince and Maddie Scherr - have faced Idaho State at previous schools.

Frog Focus

The Horned Frogs earned their highest AP Top 25 ranking since Dec. 8, 2008 on Monday.
TCU is featured in The Associated Press poll in November for the first time in 14 years.
Sunday's 76-73 victory against No. 13 NC State sent TCU to its first top 15 win since Jan. 7, 2018.
The triumph over the Wolfpack signified TCU's first-ever win over a reigning Final Four participant.
TCU was named National Team of the Week for Nov. 11-17 by NCAA.com and USBWA on Tuesday.
TCU tops the D1 ranks in assists per game (23.8 and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.29).
The Frogs have finished with 20-or-more assists in every game.
Thursday's 38-point win marked the first time TCU has defeated four opponents by 30 points or more in the same month.
TCU is one of just three teams alongside No. 2 USC and Vanderbilt ranking in the top-20 nationally in scoring offense and defense. The Frogs' plus-38.4 scoring margin is the country's 13th-best mark.
The Horned Frogs rejected nine-or-more shots for the third time in five games vs. UIW on Wednesday. TCU ranks third nationally in blocks per game (8.4).
Sedona Prince is second among all D1 players in total blocks (21) and blocks per game (4.2).
Prince is the sole D1 player averaging at least 20 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks per game.
Prince took home Associated Press National Player of the Week and Big 12 Player of the Week accolades after averaging 20.5 points, 10.5 rebounds and four blocks per game in TCU's wins over NC State and Texas State.
Prince tallied the most points (31) and rebounds (16) by any player nationally in a game vs. a ranked opponent thus far in 2024-25 vs. the Wolfpack. She played all 40 minutes of the contest.
Prince has produced a double-double in 16 of her 26 outings in purple and white. TCU has yet to lose when she finishes with a double-double at home, posting a perfect 10-0 record.
Prince's 16-point, 11-rebound performance against UIW marked the fourth time she has notched double-doubles in consecutive games as a Frog.
Hailey Van Lith is the only D1 player averaging 17 points, eight assists and 6.5 rebounds per game.
Van Lith is one of just three players in the last five years to accumulate 2,000 career points, 500 rebounds and 400 assists. The others are Caitlin Clark and Las Vegas Aces guard Dyaisha Fair.
Van Lith is second among her Big 12 peers and fifth nationally in total assists (38).
Madison Conner and Caitlin Clark are the only players in the last two seasons to knock down nine-or-more 3-pointers in multiple games. Conner is one of six players since 2015-16 to do so.
Conner leads the Big 12 and ranks fifth in the country in 3-pointers per game with 20.
Conner canned at least three 3-pointers in a game for the 20th time at TCU on Thursday.
Conner's 3-point percentage (.426) is seventh nationally among players who attempt at least eight 3-pointers per game
Una Jovanovic has produced an NCAA-leading 12-1 assist-to-turnover ratio through five contests. The senior has either started or been one of the first two players off the bench in every game.
TCU is the only team in the country with three players in the top-30 of the NCAA statistical rankings in assist-to-turnover ratio. Hailey Van Lith (3.8) and Donovyn Hunter (3.6), rank 21st and 30th.
Hunter registered a career-high four steals vs. Incarnate Word.
Taylor Bigby averaged 14.3 points per game in TCU's wins vs. New Orleans, Texas State and NC State.

A Win Over the Bengals Would…

Make TCU 34-8 as a ranked team
Augment the Horned Frogs' all-time record in 'ranked vs. unranked' tilts to 54-18.
Boost TCU's record as a ranked team following a win under Mark Campbell to 4-1
Swell Campbell's TCU nonconference record to 19-0.
Enhance TCU's November home games record to 34-4 since 2015-16.
Improve TCU's all-time nonconference record in Schollmaier Arena to 63-7.
Send TCU to its third 6-0 start to a season in 48 years of existence and second in as many years under Campbell
Mark the first time TCU has ever opened two consecutive seasons with six straight wins.
Lift Campbell's career Schollmaier Arena winning percentage to .851 (23-4).
Count as Campbell and associate head coach Xavi Lopez's 225th all-time win in their 11
seasons on the sidelines together.

Series Notes: Idaho State

Mark Campbell is 3-1 all-time against Idaho State. He coached against Seton Sobolewski four times during his two-year stint in the Big Sky as the head coach at Sacramento State.
Campbell and Sobolewski are two of the three most recent head coaches to win a Big Sky regular season and conference championship in the same season.
Eleven of the 14 players on the Horned Frogs' 2024-25 roster are Power Four or Group of Five conference transfers. By contrast, Idaho State has had one such transfer in 17 years under Sobolewski.
Sedona Prince, Taylor Bigby and Maddie Scherr all helped Oregon earn a season-opening 91-34 victory against Idaho State on Nov. 6, 2021 in their second-and-final season together in Eugene. Prince led all players with 18 points while Scherr had 14. Both players got the starting nod. Bigby netted seven points off the bench, her most in a game as a Duck.
Natalie Mazurek tallied 12 points and eight boards in a 73-47 home win for South Dakota over Idaho State on Jan. 6.
Bigby battled Idaho State for a second time in 2022-23 during her first year at USC.
Sunday's game is just the 11th in program history vs. the Big Sky. TCU is 8-2 all-time against active members of the league. The Horned Frogs last battled a Big Sky foe on Dec. 8, 2018, in a 71-49 home triumph over Montana State.