Friday, November 29
George Town, Grand Cayman
4 PM
TCU
vs
Notre Dame
Preview: No. 3 Notre Dame
11/27/2024 11:27:00 AM | Women's Basketball
17th-ranked Horned Frogs Open Cayman Islands Classic at 4 p.m. CT on Friday vs. Fighting Irish
FORT WORTH – No. 17 TCU is headed to the Caribbean to engage in one of college basketball's most anticipated Feast Week contests.
The Horned Frogs will open the Cayman Islands Classic vs. No. 3 Notre Dame at 4 p.m. CT on Friday at John Gray HS Gym in George Town, Grand Cayman.
The game represents TCU's first top-20 matchup since 2004 and is the fourth in program history. Friday's tilt is one of seven ballgames across the country pitting two AP Top 20 teams opposite one another over Thanksgiving holiday.
TCU wraps up its two-game stay in Central America with a 6:30 p.m. CT battle vs. South Florida on Saturday.
The Game
Teams: No. 17 TCU (6-0) vs. No. 3 Notre Dame (5-0)
Date: 4 p.m. CT on Friday, Nov. 29
Location: John Gray HS Gym in George Town, Grand Cayman
Game Coverage
Television
ESPN+
88.7 KTCU FM
The Horned Frogs will open the Cayman Islands Classic vs. No. 3 Notre Dame at 4 p.m. CT on Friday at John Gray HS Gym in George Town, Grand Cayman.
The game represents TCU's first top-20 matchup since 2004 and is the fourth in program history. Friday's tilt is one of seven ballgames across the country pitting two AP Top 20 teams opposite one another over Thanksgiving holiday.
TCU wraps up its two-game stay in Central America with a 6:30 p.m. CT battle vs. South Florida on Saturday.
The Game
Teams: No. 17 TCU (6-0) vs. No. 3 Notre Dame (5-0)
Date: 4 p.m. CT on Friday, Nov. 29
Location: John Gray HS Gym in George Town, Grand Cayman
Game Coverage
Television
ESPN+
- Matt Martucci, Play-by-Play
- Anne O'Neil, Analyst
88.7 KTCU FM
- Tyson Ewing, Play-by-Play
- TCU sports a 29-25 all-time record in games played over Thanksgiving weekend.
- The Horned Frogs are participating in Thanksgiving holiday tournament for the 26th time.
- The Cayman Islands Classic marks the seventh time TCU will compete outside the United States. TCU last laced 'em up abroad on Nov. 26-28, 2013, at the Hardwood Tournament of Hope in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, in Jeff Mittie's final season as head coach.
- A victory over the Fighting Irish would tie for the highest-ranked win in program history. TCU has defeated the nation's No. 3 ranked team on three occasions, most recently on Dec. 7, 2008 vs. Cal.
- TCU and South Florida will collide for the second time in three seasons in Saturday's tournament finale. The Horned Frogs hosted the Bulls on Nov. 20, 2022, as a part of the Maggie Dixon Classic.
- The Horned Frogs' No. 17 ranking in The Associated Press poll is tied for the third-highest in program history and highest in 20 years. The ranking is TCU's best since March 7, 2004.
- TCU maintained top-20 status in the AP Top 25 for consecutive weeks for just the fourth time ever.
- Friday's tilt vs. No. 3 Notre Dame will be the fourth top-20 matchup TCU has ever engaged in and first since battling No. 16 Georgia on March 22, 2004 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
- TCU continues to lead the country in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.25).
- The Horned Frogs have tallied the third-most assists (137) of any D1 program. TCU has dished out at least 20 dimes in five of its six outings.
- The Horned Frogs are one of four teams ranking in the top-20 nationally in scoring offense (19th, 86.3 ppg), and scoring defense (11th, 47.7 ppg).
- Sunday's 40-point win over Idaho State signified the first time TCU has ever notched five victories of 35-points or more in the same month of a season.
- TCU ranks second and third, respectively, in total blocks (50) and blocks per game (8.3).
- TCU is one of just six teams nationally with three players averaging at least 15 points per game.
- Sedona Prince and Hailey Van Lith are the country's third-highest scoring duo.
- Van Lith and Madison Conner combine to make TCU the lone Big 12 team with two players tallying at least 15 points and five assists per game. They are two of 18 players nationally and two of 10 at the Power Conference ranks boasting both averages.
- Prince and Van Lith are tied for fourth nationally in win shares (2.1) and defensive win shares (0.9).
- 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 accomplish the feat.
- Conner drained nine 3-pointers vs. New Orleans on Nov. 10, which are the most in a game by any D1 player thus far in 2024-25.
- Conner ranks fourth among all D1 players in games with five-or-more 3-pointers (12).
- Conner is tied for third across the D1 ranks in 3-pointers (25).
- Conner is seventh in the country in 3-point percentage (.463) among players who have attempted at least 40 shots from downtown.
- Prince and Notre Dame's Kate Koval are the nation's top-two shot blockers. Prince ranks second only to Koval in total blocks (23) and blocks per game (3.8).
- Prince is the only player in the country averaging at least 20 points, nine rebounds and three blocks per game.
- Prince took home Associated Press National Player of the Week and Big 12 Player of the Week accolades after producing a 31-point, 16-rebound double-double in TCU's 76-73 win over No. 13 NC State. Her 16 rebounds are the most in a game by any player vs. a ranked opponent this season.
- Van Lith is the only D1 player averaging 17 points, seven assists and five 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 fourth nationally in total assists (42).
- Van Lith, Conner and Donovyn Hunter combine to make TCU one of just two teams alongside No. 2 UConn with multiple players boasting an assist-to-turnover ratio of 3.0-or-better.
- Tie for the highest-ranked win in program history.
- Mark the fourth time TCU has defeated the national No. 3.
- Count as TCU's fifth all-time win vs. an AP Top Five team.
- Lift TCU to its first top-10 win since defeating No. 7 Texas, 79-77, on Jan. 10, 2018.
- Be the third time TCU has ever won consecutive games opposite ranked teams.
- Give TCU two ranked wins in the same season for the first time since 2019-20.
- Make TCU 35-8 overall and 5-7 in neutral site affairs when ranked.
- Boost TCU's record as a ranked team following a win under Mark Campbell to 5-1.
- Extend TCU's nonconference winning streak under Campbell to 20 games
- Send TCU to its third 7-0 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 seven straight wins.
- Notre Dame held the No. 1 overall ranking in the AP Top 25 in TCU's third and most recent meeting with the Fighting Irish on Nov. 26, 2016. The game is one of 11 in program history vs, the national No. 1.
- Mark Campbell and associate head coach Xavier Lopez battled that same Fighting Irish squad four months later in the Elite Eight of the 2017 NCAA Tournament during their shared assistant coaching tenure at Oregon.
- Zahna Medley tallied a game-high 22 points in TCU's 88-72 loss to Notre Dame on Dec. 12, 2025, in Fort Worth.
- Hailey Van Lith and Donovyn Hunter faced Notre Dame during their tenures at Louisville and Oregon State.
- Van Lith is 5-1 all-time against the Fighting Irish. She averaged 14.5 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game in her half-dozen tilts vs. Notre Dame at Louisville from 2020-23. Van Lith finished with 23 points and seven rebounds - her most in a game opposite Notre Dame - on Feb. 26, 2023.
- Hunter was a member of the last team to defeat Notre Dame. She scored 11 points and dished out four assists in Oregon State's 70-65 victory vs. Notre Dame on March 29 in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament.
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