Wednesday, December 4
Fort Worth, Texas
6:30 PM
TCU
vs
Florida Atlantic
Preview: Florida Atlantic
12/3/2024 4:49:00 PM | Women's Basketball
No. 9 TCU set to play first game as an AP Top 10 team
FORT WORTH – TCU women's basketball will play its 1,410th all-time game on Wednesday, but first ever as an AP Top 10 team.
The Horned Frogs host Florida Atlantic at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday in possession of the No. 9 ranking in the latest Associated Press poll.
TCU ascended eight spots in the rankings on the heels of its convincing victories over No. 3 Notre Dame and South Florida on Friday and Saturday in the Cayman Islands Classic.
The Frogs returned to the contiguous United States having extended their nonconference winning streak to 23 games. TCU has yet to drop a nonleague game in Schollmaier Arena since December of 2022.
The Game
Teams: No. 9 TCU (6-0) vs. Florida Atlantic (5-3)
Date: 6:30 p.m. CT on Wednesday, Dec. 4
Location: Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas
Game Coverage
Television
ESPN+
88.7 KTCU FM
The Horned Frogs host Florida Atlantic at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday in possession of the No. 9 ranking in the latest Associated Press poll.
TCU ascended eight spots in the rankings on the heels of its convincing victories over No. 3 Notre Dame and South Florida on Friday and Saturday in the Cayman Islands Classic.
The Frogs returned to the contiguous United States having extended their nonconference winning streak to 23 games. TCU has yet to drop a nonleague game in Schollmaier Arena since December of 2022.
The Game
Teams: No. 9 TCU (6-0) vs. Florida Atlantic (5-3)
Date: 6:30 p.m. CT on Wednesday, Dec. 4
Location: Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas
Game Coverage
Television
ESPN+
- Ron Thulin, Play-by-Play
- Jada Curtis, Analyst
88.7 KTCU FM
- Chris Blake, Play-by-Play
- The Horned Frogs are playing their first home game as an AP Top 15 team.
- TCU has won seven of its last 10 home tilts with an AP Top 25 ranking next to its name.
- TCU is 34-8 overall and 6-1 under Campbell in home games as a ranked team.
- The Frogs' all-time record as a ranked team stands at 58-35 (.623).
- TCU has won 23 consecutive nonconference games ahead of Wednesday's matchup.
- The Horned Frogs' Schollmaier Arena nonconference record stands at 63-7.
- TCU is off to an 8-0 start to a season for the second straight year. Prior to head coach Mark Campbell's arrival, TCU had never won more than six consecutive games to begin a season.
- TCU and Florida Atlantic have never met on the hardwood.
- TCU holds the No. 5 overall NCAA NET ranking, its best in program history and tops in the Big 12.
- The Horned Frogs' No. 9 ranking in The Associated Press poll is the highest in program history and leads the Big 12. TCU had never previously cracked the AP Top 10 prior to Monday's announcement.
- TCU is the highest-ranked Big 12 team for the first time in 13 years of conference membership.
- The No. 9 ranking marks just the second time TCU has been featured in the AP Top 15 and first in 19 years. TCU's previous all-time best Associated Press poll placement was No. 13 on Feb. 23, 2004.
- TCU has spent three consecutive weeks inside the AP Top 20 for the first time since 2003-04.
- TCU and No. 3 South Carolina, whom the Frogs face on Sunday, are the only squads in the country sporting two wins over preseason AP Top 10 teams.
- Sunday's matchup with the Gamecocks will be the first top-10 matchup in program history.
- TCU's 76-68 upset of then-No. 3 Notre Dame was tied for the highest-ranked win in program history. The victory gave TCU its fourth all-time AP Top Five win and first since 2008.
- Combined with the Frogs' takedown of then-No. 13 NC State on Nov. 17, TCU has notched
- consecutive victories against ranked teams for the fifth time in its 48-season existence and strung together back-to-back wins vs. top 15 squads for the first time since Jan. 10-13, 2018.
- TCU continues to lead the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.91).
- The Horned Frogs rank fifth nationally in assists per game (21.8). TCU has dished out 20-or-more dimes in five of its six home affairs.
- TCU is second in the country in blocks per game (7.8).
- TCU is the lone D1 program ranking in the top-20 in scoring offense (17th, 85.1 ppg), scoring defense (7th, 50 ppg), field goal percentage (14th, .497) and field goal percentage defense (14th, .331).
- TCU's scoring margin (+35.1) is the sixth-best mark nationally. Six of the Frogs' eight wins have been by at least 38 points.
- Sedona Prince joined TCU all-time leading scorer Lauren Heard as one of two players in program history to win Big 12 Player of the Week four times in her career on Monday.
- Prince became the first player in NCAA history to record 20 points, 20 rebounds and eight blocks vs. a ranked team in leading TCU past Notre Dame on Friday.
- Prince continues to lead the nation in blocks per game (4.3) and is fifth in rebounding (11.5 rpg).
- Prince is the only player in the nation who ranks in the top 25 in points, rebounds and blocks per game. She is the Big 12's top rebounder and shot blocker and ranks third in points scored (161).
- Hailey Van Lith is the only D1 player ranking in the top-10 in assists (5th, 57), (6th, 7.1 apg) and assist-to-turnover ratio (7th, 3.8).
- Van Lith has tallied 20-plus points in three straight games for the first time since the 2023 NCAA Tournament. She has led TCU in scoring five times overall and in four consecutive outings.
- Van Lith and Prince were recognized as Ann Meyers Drysdale National Players of the Week by the USBWA on Tuesday. They averaged 40.5 points, 21.5 rebounds, 10.5 assists and six blocks per game in the Cayman Islands Classic.
- Van Lith has netted five-or-more assists on seven occasions this season. She is averaging seven per game inside Schollmaier Arena.
- Madison Conner ranks second in the country in 3-pointers (32) and averages four per game.
- Conner is shooting it 45 percent from deep, which is the 13th-best clip nationally among players who connect at least three times behind the arc per game.
- Send TCU to its 20th straight home nonconference win.
- Extend TCU's nonconference winning streak under Campbell to 22 games.
- Mark the first time TCU has won nine games within a one-month duration.
- Signify the Horned Frogs' first-ever win as an AP Top 10 program.
- Make TCU 59-35-overall when ranked.
- Stake TCU to just its second five-game winning streak as a ranked squad and first since winning six straight from November-December of 2003.
- Boost TCU's record as a ranked team following a win under Mark Campbell to 7-1.
- Spike TCUs record vs. current members of the American Athletic Conference to 36-16.
- Augment Campbell's career Schollmaier Arena winning percentage to .857 (24-4).
- Lift the Horned Frogs record in December nonconference home games in Schollmaier Arena to 29-3 overall and 7-0 in the Campbell era.
- Florida Atlantic represents TCU's second straight matchup with an American Athletic Conference (AAC) opponent. TCU improved its all-time record vs. active members of the league to 35-16 following Saturday's 87-46 defeat of South Florida in the Cayman Islands Classic.
- TCU is 4-0 vs. the AAC under Mark Campbell. The Horned Frogs defeated reigning AAC co-regular season champions North Texas and Tulsa and tournament champion Rice in 2023-24.
- TCU's average margin of victory vs. the AAC under Campbell is 26.8 points.
- The Horned Frogs have competed to a 10-3 record opposite the AAC in their 13 seasons as a Big 12 affiliate.
- Prior to Campbell's arrival, TCU's six most recent triumphs vs. the AAC were by 10 points or less.
- Wednesday's matchup marks the first time any members of TCU's 14-player roster will face Florida Atlantic.
- The only member of TCU's 2024-25 women's basketball team with any recent encounter with Florida Atlantic is assistant coach Nia Jackson. She helped Boise State to a 76-64 victory against the Owls during her lone season as an assistant with the Broncos on Dec. 5, 2021.
- TCU junior Knisha Godfrey grew up in Tampa, Fla., about a four-hour drive northwest from the Owls' Boca Raton campus.
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