No. 11 TCU Caps Nonconference Play With 79-47 Win Over Brown

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No. 11 TCU Caps Nonconference Play With 79-47 Win Over Brown

12/29/2024 6:30:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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Frogs outscore Bears 45-22 in the second half; extend home winning streak to 13

FORT WORTH – No. 11 TCU closed out nonconference play and the 2024 calendar year with an all-too-familiar and friendly sight; a convincing victory inside Schollmaier Arena.

The Horned Frogs battled past Brown 79-47 on Sunday afternoon.

TCU outscored the Bears 45-22 in the second half, transforming what was a nine-point game at halftime into a comfortable win. The Horned Frogs snagged 54 rebounds – their second-most in a game under head coach Mark Campbell – and limited Brown to 10 field goals inside the arc.

The Frogs improved to 13-1 ahead of a 6:30 p.m. tilt on New Year's Day opposite Big 12 newcomer Colorado (10-2, 1-0 Big 12). TCU won its 13^th consecutive home game and extended its home nonconference winning streak to 23 with the result.

Three players scored in double figures for TCU. Hailey Van Lith led all players with 17 points. Madison Conner scored 14 on the strength of four 3-pointers. Conner, the reigning U.S. Basketball Writers Association National Player of the Week, drilled four of her first five looks from downtown. Taylor Bigby netted 11, her fifth time in double figures this season.

Guards Agnes Emma-Nnopu and Donovyn Hunter accounted for 21 of TCU's boards, with Emma-Nnopu snagging a career-high 14 for the third time as a Frog. Five of Emma-Nnopu's rebounds came on the offensive glass.

Brown (6-7) sat atop the scoreboard for more than five minutes of the first period. The Bears knocked down four consecutive 3-pointers to begin the game and led 14-10 with 3:15 to go.

TCU held Brown without a field goal for the ensuing 7:40. The Horned Frogs threaded a 19-2 run between the first and second quarters and assumed a 29-16 edge with 3:03 to go in the half. TCU scored seven unanswered points to close the first quarter, five of which came from Hunter (8 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists). Conner and Emma-Nnopu combined for 11 of TCU's points in the second.

The Horned Frogs, who average 21 assists per game, entered the locker room with just three. TCU started the game 6-20 from the field.

Any signs of rust from an extended Christmas holiday evaporated, though, in the third. TCU shot 58 percent (11-19) and assisted on eight of its field goals to take a 22-point lead into the final frame.

TCU padded its margin of victory with a 7-0 run over the final 2:07.

Sedona Prince scored all nine of her points in the second half. The 6-7 center also tallied seven rebounds and three blocks.

The Horned Frogs began the game 1-6 from deep but converted down 10 of their final 21 three-point attempts.

TCU produced a plus-26 margin (54-28) on the glass, its second-best this season.

Brown's 47 points were its fewest in a game all year. TCU limited the Bears to a season-low 29 percent shooting clip (18-57).

Team Notes

TCU finished undefeated at home in nonconference play for the second straight year and ninth time in 48 seasons of existence.
The Horned Frogs improved to 25-1 in nonconference action in the Campbell era.
TCU is two victories away from matching the longest home winning streak in program history.
TCU improved to 8-0 in games played following a break of six days or more over the last two seasons.
The Horned Frogs have now held 37 opponents under their season scoring average over the last two seasons, including 11 of 13 this season.
Brown became the eighth team to fail to score 50 points vs. TCU in 2024-25.
TCU knocked down nine-or-more 3-pointers for the 29^th time under Campbell.
TCU matched its season-high for offensive rebounds (20).
TCU finished with 50-plus rebounds for the third time in the Campbell era.
The Horned Frogs dished out 16 assists against eight giveaways, marking the eighth time this season they have finished with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.0-or-better.

Individual Notes

Emma-Nnopu pulled down nine of her 14 rebounds in the first half.
Emma-Nnopu is averaging 10.2 rebounds per game as a starter. She has earned the starting nod in TCU's last four outings and has averaged 11.3 boards per night in that span.
Emma-Nnopu reeled in at least three offensive boards for the 18^th time in a TCU uniform.
Emma-Nnopu improved her season rebounding average to 6.6, a mark that ranks fourth among all Big 12 guards 5-11-or-shorter and 28^th nationally.
Van Lith led TCU in scoring for the ninth time this season. She has topped the TCU box score in points in eight of the Frogs' last 10 outings.
Van Lith has scored in double figures in 14 straight tames to begin the season, a streak that trails only her run of 21 consecutive double-digit scoring efforts during her junior year at Louisville in 2022-23.
Van Lith led all players with five assists.
Prince finished with at least three blocks for the 24^th time in her career.
Hunter's seven rebounds were a season and career high.
Hunter is now averaging eight points per game at home. She has tallied 32 points over TCU's last trio of home tilts (10.7 ppg).
Una Jovanovic chipped in three assists against zero turnovers off the bench, boosting her season assist-to-turnover ratio to 7.7
Bigby finished with at least eight points while shooting 50 percent or better from the field for the sixth time this season.
Deasia Merril scored six-plus points for the fourth consecutive game and sixth time.