
Preview: New Orleans
11/9/2024 7:38:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Horned Frogs battle Privateers at 2 p.m. on Sunday
FORT WORTH – TCU continues its six-game homestand with a Sunday matinee vs. New Orleans at 2 p.m. inside Schollmaier Arena.
The Horned Frogs are enjoying a 16-game nonconference winning streak ahead of their collision with the Privateers.
TCU downed Houston Christian 78-41 in its 2024-25 season-opener on Tuesday.
The Game
Teams: TCU vs. New Orleans
Date: 2 p.m. CT on Sunday, Nov. 10
Location: Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas
Game Coverage
Television
Big 12 Now on ESPN+
88.7 KTCU FM
The Horned Frogs are enjoying a 16-game nonconference winning streak ahead of their collision with the Privateers.
TCU downed Houston Christian 78-41 in its 2024-25 season-opener on Tuesday.
The Game
Teams: TCU vs. New Orleans
Date: 2 p.m. CT on Sunday, Nov. 10
Location: Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas
Game Coverage
Television
Big 12 Now on ESPN+
- Ron Thulin, Play-by-Play
- Jada Curtis, Analyst
88.7 KTCU FM
- Chris Blake, Play-by-Play
- TCU and New Orleans are colliding for the second time on the hardwood. The Horned Frogs defeated the Privateers 85-56 on Nov. 15, 2015 in the programs' lone meeting.
- The Horned Frogs are 42-12 all-time vs. current Southland Conference members.
- The Horned Frogs are 17-4 at home under Mark Campbell.
- Campbell-led teams are 27-7 all-time in nonconference tilts.
- TCU has won 16 consecutive nonconference games dating back to December of 2022.
- TCU is 29-4 in November home games since Schollmaier Arena reopened in 2015.
- The Horned Frogs are 58-7 all-time in nonconference games inside Schollmaier Arena.
- TCU was picked fourth in the Preseason Big 12 Coaches Poll, its highest preseason prediction.
- TCU ranks second in the Big 12 and in the top-10 nationally in both career points scored (8,140) and returning points per game (111.4).
- The Horned Frogs field the oldest roster among all Power Conference teams, with an opening night average age of 21 years and 11 months.
- Fort Worth is home to one of the nation's winningest rosters. The Frogs' 14 players have competed to a combined overall record of 683-373 and .647 winning percentage.
- 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 is one of only 15 programs in the country with three-or-more players named to the Naismith Starting 5 preseason watch lists.
- The Horned Frogs are one of just four teams with multiple games vs. preseason AP Top 10 teams. The others are No. 1 South Carolina, No. 2 UConn and No. 6 Notre Dame.
- TCU has led for 37-or-more minutes in 12 of its 14 nonconference games under Mark Campbell.
- TCU forced a school record 36 turnovers in its season-opening victory over Houston Christian.
- The Horned Frogs also set Mark Campbell era records for steals (18) and points off turnovers (38) in its 37-point takedown of the Huskies.
- TCU produced an assist rate of 75 percent or better for the 13th time under Campbell against Houston Christian. The Horned Frogs assisted on 24 of their 31 made field goals.
- Under Campbell, TCU has kept 21-of-34 teams at-or-below 40 percent shooting from the field. The Frogs are 19-2 when preventing their opponent from eclipsing the threshold.
- The Frogs shot 68 percent from the field (27-40) over the final three quarters of Tuesday's win.
- Hailey 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 (1,957).
- Van Lith is the active D1 leader in games played (135).
- Van Lith and Sedona Prince accounted for 64 percent of TCU's scoring vs. Houston Christian.
- Prince paired a game-high 29 points on 14-22 shooting with seven boards and six blocks.
- Van Lith flirted with a quadruple-double vs. Houston Christian, finishing with 21 points, seven rebounds, a career-high six steals and five rebounds.
- Prince has eclipsed 20 points in 10 of her 22 career games in purple and white.
- Prince's six blocks vs. the Huskies are the most of any player nationally in a game this season.
- Prince is 15th nationally in career blocks per game (1.90).
- Madison Conner posted the seventh-highest 3-pointers per 40 minutes average (4.2) in the last six years among D1 players in 2023-24.
- Conner is the nation's active leader in 3-pointers per 40 minutes and per 100 possessions (6.2) averages. She ranked second only to Caitlin Clark in both categories last season.
- Conner matched Van Lith for the game-high in assists (seven) on Tuesday.
- The Horned Frogs received preseason votes in The Associated Press poll and WBCA Coaches Poll for the first time since 2011-12. Based on the number of votes received, TCU enters the 2024-25 season tabbed 27th in both polls.
- Count as the 17th consecutive nonconference game TCU has won dating back to Dec. 18, 2022.
- Increase the combined career wins tally on the Horned Frogs' roster to 697.
- Extend TCU's home nonconference winning streak to 14 games.
- Be the program's 105th all-time win inside Schollmaier Arena.
- Give TCU its eighth win in its last 11 outings dating back to last season.
- Spike Mark Campbell's Schollmaier Arena winning percentage to .818.
- Improve Campbell-led teams' all-time nonconference record to 18-8.
- Make TCU 8-4 under Campbell when ranked or receiving votes in The Associated Press poll.
- Boost Campbell's TCU record in games following a win to 17-5.
- Pad Campbell's TCU record in games played on a Sunday at 5-1.
- Swell TCU's all-time Schollmaier Arena record in the month of November to 30-4.
- Augment the Horned Frogs' all-time home record to 433-250.
- TCU is squaring off with its second Southland Conference opponent of the 2024-25 campaign and fourth in the last two seasons.
- Including Sunday's game, three of TCU's first five tilts are opposite Southland Conference foes. The Horned Frogs faced Houston Christian on Monday and will host Incarnate Word on Nov. 21.
- The Privateers' 36 points scored in the teams' 2015 meeting are the 12th-fewest allowed in a game in program history.
- TCU held New Orleans to just 12 first-half points in its 2015 victory, signifying the 10th and most recent time in program history the Horned Frogs kept a team to 12-or-fewer points in a half.
- The Horned Frogs also limited New Orleans to just 20.0 percent shooting in the game, marking just the eighth time that the Frogs have held an opponent to 20.0 percent shooting or worse in a game.
- TCU improved to 42-12 all-time against current Southland Conference members following Tuesday's season-opening victory against Houston Christian.
- The Horned Frogs are the first of three Big 12 teams New Orleans will face in November.
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