Horned Frogs Cruise Past Idaho State 86-46

Sunday, November 24

Fort Worth, Texas

4 PM

TCU

6-0,0-0Big 12

Idaho State

2-4,0-0Big Sky

Idaho St.

TCU

Horned Frogs Cruise Past Idaho State 86-46

11/24/2024 8:08:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score Box Score Postgame Press Conference

Van Lith tallies TCU career-high 27 points to send No. 19 TCU to 6-0 start

FORT WORTH – No. 19 put a bow on its season-opening six game homestand with a comfortable 86-46 win against Idaho State on Sunday in Schollmaier Arena.

The Horned Frogs shot a season-best 57 percent (31-54) from the field and knocked down 13-22 looks from deep. Hailey Van Lith, Sedona Prince and Madison Conner all scored in double figures, with Van Lith collecting a game and TCU career-high 27 points.

TCU blew the game open in the second half, outscoring the Bengals 44-17 out of the intermission. The Frogs limited their Big Sky Conference foe to just six made field goals over the game's final 20 minutes.

The win boosted the Horned Frogs' record to 6-0 while Idaho State dropped to 2-4. TCU attained its third 6-0 start to a season in 48 years of existence and second consecutively under head coach Mark Campbell. Sunday's triumph was also notable in that it was Campbell and associate head coach Xavier Lopez's 225^th win in 11 seasons on the sidelines together.

Van Lith was an efficient 10-16 from the field and drained 4-9 attempts from deep.

Conner knocked down her first four looks 3-pointers, including three in the first quarter. The 5-11 sharpshooter finished with 17 points. She beat the buzzer in rhythm behind the arc to end the first quarter and stake TCU to a 27-16 head start.

Conner, along with Van Lith and Prince, proved to be a three-headed monster early. The trio combined for 25 first quarter points. Van Lith scored the contest's first five points before Prince followed with a half-dozen.

The first quarter also saw Prince record her 1,000^th career point. She accomplished the feat in just 76 games. Prince has accumulated more than half of her career points scored in TCU purple, including 19 on Sunday.

Idaho State remained competitive throughout the opening half. The Bengals hit 11 of their first 18 shots (61 percent) and got within eight points of TCU at 34-26 with 6:10 to go before halftime. Idaho State entered the half with a 20-11 advantage on the glass.

Conner's fourth triple, followed by an and-one from Van Lith, capped a 7-0 run that gave TCU a 41-26 lead late in the first half.

Van Lith and Conner entered the locker room with 15 points and 14 points, respectively, while Prince had 10. TCU led 42-29.

TCU scored 15 of the first 18 points to begin the second half, capped by a second chance 3-pointer by Van Lith that widened the scoreboard to 57-32

A 12-0 run early in the fourth quarter staked the Frogs to their first 25-point lead at 74-39.

TCU, second nationally in blocks per game, rejected eight shots.

The Horned Frogs forced Idaho State into 18 turnovers.

Conner, Prince and Van Lith dished out four assists apiece in a game that saw TCU finish with 18.

Prince tied for the game-high on the glass with seven rebounds.

Team Notes

TCU won five games by 35-points or more in the same month for the first time ever with Sunday's result.
The Horned Frogs extended their nonconference winning streak to 21 games.
TCU improved to 34-4 at home in November since 2015.
The Horned Frogs boosted their all-time record as a ranked team to 34-4.
TCU finished with a 2-1 assist-to-turnover ratio, dishing out 18 dimes against nine giveaways.
TCU's 59 percent clip behind the arc was its best single-game clip from since Jan. 10, 2018.
Idaho State became the 25^th team to fail to shoot better than 40 percent from the field vs. the Frogs in the Campbell era. The Bengals shot 18-56 (32 percent).
TCU has now prevented 14 opponents from reaching 50 points under Campbell.
The Horned Frogs have won 44 consecutive games when limiting teams to 50 points or less.
TCU is now 12-4 when ranked or receiving votes in The Associated Press poll under Campbell.

Individual Notes

Conner canned five-or-more 3-pointers for the 10^th time in her TCU tenure.
Conner has now drained at least 3-pointers for the 21 times as a Frog.
Conner concluded the game 6-9 from the field.
Prince has scored in double figures in all 26 of her outings in purple and white.
Van Lith's quartet of 3-pointers were a season high.
Van Lith and Donovyn Hunter recorded two steals apiece.
Knisha Godfrey finished with a season-best five points and four rebounds across 10 minutes off the bench.
Agnes Emma-Nnopu played a season-best 22 minutes as TCU's sixth player
Campbell is enjoying a 19-game nonconference winning streak as TCU's head coach. He is 20-1 in bouts vs. teams outside the Big 12.
All 13 of TCU's active players earned minutes for the third time this season.