Wednesday, January 1
Fort Worth, Texas
6:30 PM
TCU
vs
Colorado
Preview: Colorado
12/31/2024 1:44:00 PM | Women's Basketball
No. 11 TCU returns to Big 12 action on New Year’s Day vs. Buffaloes
Preview: Colorado
No. 11 TCU returns to Big 12 action on New Year's Day vs. Buffaloes
FORT WORTH – The Horned Frogs ring in the New Year with the resumption of league play opposite Big 12 newcomer Colorado at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday inside Schollmaier Arena.
TCU, No. 11 in the latest Associated Press poll, enters the midweek tilt as the highest-ranked Big 12 team for the fifth consecutive week. The Horned Frogs notched their largest margin of victory ever in their 92-52 win at UCF on Dec. 21 to kick off the conference slate.
Colorado upset No. 13 West Virginia, 65-60, in Boulder in its league-opener.
Wednesday's game will be the fifth all-time meeting between the programs and first since 2014.
The Game
Teams: No. 11 TCU (13-1, 1-0 Big 12) vs. Colorado (10-2, 1-0 Big 12)
Date: 6:30 p.m. CT on Wednesday, Jan. 1
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
- TCU is aiming for its second 2-0 start to Big 12 play and first since 2015-16.
- TCU has won five of its last six Big 12 tilts dating back to a 79-72 win at Cincinnati on Feb. 17.
- The Horned Frogs have won 13 straight games in Schollmaier Arena, good for the second-longest home winning streak in program history and two victories shy of matching its unbeaten run of 15 home wins in 2003-04.
- TCU's average margin of victory at home under Mark Campbell is 23 points. The Frogs have notched 18 home wins of 20 points or more in the Campbell era.
- TCU has reached double figures in 3-pointers in 16 home games over the last two seasons and in eight of 10 home tilts in 2024-25.
- The Frogs are averaging 22.8 assists per game inside Schollmaier Arena this season.
- TCU has been the highest-ranked Big 12 team in The Associated Press poll for five straight weeks.
- The Frogs' No. 11 placement in the AP Top 25 is the second-highest ranking in program history.
- TCU has maintained the No. 8 NCAA NET ranking for two consecutive weeks.
- TCU ranks second and fourth, respectively, among all D1 programs in 3-pointers (148) and 3-pointers per game (10.6). The Frogs' 148 deep balls trail only Tennessee's 149 for the national lead.
- TCU leads the country in games with 11-or-more three-pointers (nine). The Horned Frogs are also the only team to have connected from distance at least 15 times on three occasions this season.
- The Horned Frogs have knocked down 12-or-more 3-pointers 16 times in the last two seasons.
- TCU has reached double figures in 3-pointers in 10 of its 14 contests. On the other end, 10 opponents have connected five times or less from distance.
- TCU is one of three teams ranking in the top five in the country in assists (3rd, 294), assist-to-turnover ratio (3rd, 1.90) and assists per game (4th, 21.0).
- TCU ranks second nationally in games with at least 20 assists (nine).
- TCU has held teams to less than 20 points in a half on eight occasions this season, including seven of its 10 home victories.
- The Horned Frogs rank 10th nationally in scoring margin (31.9). Ten of the Frogs' wins have been by at least 36 points, including eight at home.
- TCU is one of just three teams nationwide ranking in the top-20 in scoring offense, scoring defense, field goal percentage, and field goal percentage defense. The others arre No. 1 UCLA and No. 12 Kansas State.
- TCU averages 6.9 blocks per game - a mark that ranks fourth nationally and tops the Big 12.
- Hailey Van Lith, Sedona Prince and Madison Conner are the third-highest scoring trio in the nation. They average a combined 52.6 points per game and netted 60 points collectively in TCU's Big 12 opener at UCF on Dec. 21.
- Van Lith has led TCU in scoring in six of its 10 home tilts.
- Van Lith is the only D1 player averaging at least 19 points, six assists and four rebounds per game.
- Van Lith has dished out at least six assists in 10 games this season, which are the second-most of any player and one shy of the national lead.
- Van Lith ranks fourth nationally in assists with 89. She is also one of just three players ranking in the top-15 in the nation in assists, assists per game (9th, 6.4) and assist-to-turnover ratio (13th, 2.97).
- Conner has shot 17-34 behind the arc over TCU's last three games.
- Conner continues to lead the nation in 3-pointers per game (4.1).
- Conner drilled four-plus 3-pointers for the 21st time in the last two seasons on Sunday, a mark that ranks second among all active D1 players since 2023.
- Conner averages 4.3 three-pointers per game at home. She has connected four-plus times from downtown in 16 of her 26 outings inside Schollmaier Arena.
- Prince continues to lead the nation in blocks per game (3.8). She recorded three-or-more blocks for the eight game this season and 24th time in her career vs. Brown.
- Agnes Emma-Nnopu snagged 14 rebounds for the third time on Sunday. She made her fourth straight start and has averaged 11.3 boards per game in that span, leading TCU on the glass in every game.
- Emma-Nnopu ranks fourth among all Big 12 guards 5-11-or-shorter in rebounds per game (6.6).
- Donovyn Hunter is averaging eight points per game at home. She has increased her Schollmaier Arena scoring average to 10.3 over TCU's last trio of home tilts.
- Mark the second straight season the Horned Frogs have run the table in nonconference play at home.
- Extend TCU's home winning streak to 13 games dating back to its 59-49 victory against Houston on Feb. 24.
- Lift the Horned Frogs to their 23rd consecutive home nonconference win.
- Enhance Mark Campbell's career record inside Schollmaier Arena to 26-4.
- Make Campbell 25-1 in nonconference affairs in his TCU tenure.
- Make TCU 12-1 in the month of December in the Campbell era.
- Improve TCU's record in games played following a break of six days or more to 8-0 over the last two seasons.
- Go down as the Frogs' 114th win inside Schollmaier Arena since the venue reopened in 2015.
- Augment TCU's record as a ranked team to 12-3 under Campbell.
- TCU's past two meetings with Colorado occurred in the Women's National Invitational Tournament (WNIT), including a Super 16 matchup in 2007-08.
- TCU's 78-71 defeat to Colorado on March 19, 2014 in the opening round of the WNIT marked the final game of Zahna Medley's career. Medley, the program's all-time leading scorer among four-year players, tallied a game-high 23 points and was one of four Frogs in double figures.
- The Horned Frogs' 2014 loss to the Buffaloes was also the final game of Jeff Mittie's 15-year tenure as TCU's head coach.
- TCU Athletics Hall of Famer Adrianne Ross netted 26 points at the expense of Colorado in the Horned Frogs' overtime loss to the Buffaloes in 2008. The performance Ross' last in a TCU uniform.
- TCU head coach Mark Campbell went 9-2 vs. the Buffaloes during his eight-year run as an assistant coach at Oregon from 2014-21.
- Donovyn Hunter averaged 11.3 points and 5.3 assists in a trio of wins vs. Colorado as a freshman at Oregon State in 2023-24. Hunter was tabbed Pac-12 Freshman of the Week following a 16-point, four-rebound effort against the Buffaloes on Jan. 26.
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