Saturday, February 3
Fort Worth, Texas
6 PM
TCU
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Horned Frogs aim for 14th home win in Saturday night tilt vs. Jayhawks
FORT WORTH – TCU is set for its fourth collision on the hardwood with Kansas in the last 12 months when it hosts the Jayhawks at 6 p.m. on Saturday in Schollmaier Arena.
The Horned Frogs and Jayhawks squared off thrice in 2022-23. TCU ousted Kansas from the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship via a 57-52 come-from-behind opening round win on March 9 in the teams' most recent meeting.
TCU will play three of its next four games at home beginning with Saturday's ballgame. The Horned Frogs host No. 12 Texas and No. 23 West Virginia on Feb. 10 and Feb. 13, respectively, following a midweek visit to Oklahoma on Wednesday.
TCU athletics will also celebrate National Girls and Women in Sports Day on Saturday, with volleyball, beach volleyball, soccer, equestrian and triathlon joining women's basketball for postgame autographs as a part of the promotion.
The Game
Teams: TCU (15-5, 2-7 Big 12) vs. Kansas (11-10, 4-6 Big 12)
Date: 6 p.m. CT on Saturday, Feb. 3
Location: Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas
Coverage
Television: Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Meeting: 28th
All-Time Series: TCU leads, 16-11
Since joining Big 12: TCU leads, 15-11
Date Series Began: Nov. 28, 2009
Last Game Played: March 9, 2023
Last Meeting: TCU won, 57-52
Current Win Streak: TCU, W1
TCU at Home: 8-3
TCU on the Road: 5-6
TCU on a Neutral Court: 3-2
Largest Margin of Victory by TCU: 26, (Feb. 17, 2016)
Largest Margin of Victory by Kansas: 23 (March 4, 2023)
Longest Winning Streak by TCU: 6, (Jan. 20, 2018-Jan. 17, 2021)
Longest Winning Streak by Kansas: 4 (Jan. 8, 2022-March 4, 2023)
Series Since TCU Joined Big 12
TCU Record in Series: 15-11
TCU at Home: 8-3
TCU on the Road: 5-6
TCU on a Neutral Court: 2-2
Series Notes: Kansas
The Horned Frogs and Jayhawks squared off thrice in 2022-23. TCU ousted Kansas from the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship via a 57-52 come-from-behind opening round win on March 9 in the teams' most recent meeting.
TCU will play three of its next four games at home beginning with Saturday's ballgame. The Horned Frogs host No. 12 Texas and No. 23 West Virginia on Feb. 10 and Feb. 13, respectively, following a midweek visit to Oklahoma on Wednesday.
TCU athletics will also celebrate National Girls and Women in Sports Day on Saturday, with volleyball, beach volleyball, soccer, equestrian and triathlon joining women's basketball for postgame autographs as a part of the promotion.
The Game
Teams: TCU (15-5, 2-7 Big 12) vs. Kansas (11-10, 4-6 Big 12)
Date: 6 p.m. CT on Saturday, Feb. 3
Location: Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas
Coverage
Television: Big 12 Now on ESPN+
- Chuck LaMendola, play-by-play
- Jada Curtis, analyst
- Chris Blake, play-by-play
- TCU will double its overall win total from last season with a win against the Jayhawks.
- TCU's all-time winning percentage against Kansas (.593) is its best against the Big 12's charter members. The Horned Frogs are 14-9 vs. the Jayhawks as conference adversaries.
- TCU is surrendering 52.7 points per game at home. TCU's point-per-game differential at home is +24.4. No visiting team has met or exceeded its season scoring average in Schollmaier Arena.
- TCU will pick up its 14th win in Schollmaier Arena and tie for sixth in the program's single-season records list for home victories should it defeat Kansas.
- Mark Campbell will double a team's overall win total from the previous year for the second time in three seasons as a head coach via a victory on Saturday.
- TCU is the only team in the country ranking in the top-10 in 3-point percentage differential (3rd, .135), 3-pointers per game (5th, 9.9) 3-pointers (6th, 197) and 3-point percentage (T-10th, .385).
- TCU has led the Big 12 in 3-point offense for the entirety of 2023-24.
- TCU's season 3-pointers total now stands at 197, putting the squad within 57 long balls of setting a new single-season record.
- The Horned Frogs connected at a season-best 65 percent clip (13-20) from downtown at Texas Tech. The 13 triples were TCU's second-most in a game this season and signified the 11th time the Horned Frogs have reached double figures in 3-pointers.
- TCU is shooting 46.7 percent (21-45) from behind the arc since installing the 5-out motion offense ahead of its victory over UCF due to injuries.
- The Horned Frogs are the lone D1 program cracking the top-10 of the NCAA statistical rankings in 3-point percentage offense and defense. TCU is seventh nationally and second in the Big 12 to No. 2 Kansas State in 3-point percentage defense (.249).
- Texas Tech became the 15th opponent TCU has kept at-or-below 25 percent from distance. The Horned Frogs limited the Lady Raider to 4-17 shooting behind the arc.
- TCU limited 13 teams to six-or-fewer makes from distance, including four Big 12 opponents.
- TCU is 17th nationally and second in the Big 12 in effective field goal percentage (.540).
- The Horned Frogs are combatting the loss of exactly two-thirds of its scoring with injuries to Sedona Prince (21.2 ppg), Madison Conner (21.0 ppg) and Jaden Owens (7.9 ppg).
- TCU has held 17 of its 20 foes under their season scoring average, including both of its ballgames against AP top-10 teams.
- The Horned Frogs have led or forced a tie following the first quarter in 18 of their 20 outings.
- TCU is 39th in the NCAA NET Rankings. TCU has yet to dip outside the top-40 of the rankings.
- Aaliyah Roberson is averaging 13 points and six rebounds per game since replacing the injured Prince in TCU's starting five. Roberson recorded her third double-double at Texas Tech, finishing with 15 points and a game-leading 10 rebounds.
- TCU has had five players produce multiple double-doubles this season, the most of any Big 12 team.
- Roberson is the Big 12 leader in effective field goal percentage (.797) since earning her first of four straight starts at the five on Jan. 10.
- Una Jovanovic ranks fourth in the Big 12 in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.38).
- Agnes Emma-Nnopu leads TCU and ranks 12th in the nation in offensive rebounds (51) among all guards 5-11-or-shorter. Emma-Nnopu's eight offensive boards against ACU were tied for the second-most in a game by any player this season.
- TCU is plus-five with Sarah Sylvester on the court. Sylvester is the first-ever TCU student-athlete to play varsity volleyball and basketball in the same season.
- Give Mark Campbell a combined 30-game year-over-year win improvement in three seasons as a head coach.
- Mark the second time in three seasons as a head coach Campbell has doubled a team's win total from the previous season.
- Put Campbell within three victories of becoming the winningest first-year head coach in program history.
- Be Campbell's 55th career head coaching victory.
- Guarantee TCU a winning record following the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship
- Signify TCU's 184th overall victory in its 12-year Big 12 era.
- Be the Horned Frogs' 102nd win at Schollmaier Arena and improve TCU's career record inside the venue to 102-51.
- Boost TCU's all-time home record to 428-247.
Meeting: 28th
All-Time Series: TCU leads, 16-11
Since joining Big 12: TCU leads, 15-11
Date Series Began: Nov. 28, 2009
Last Game Played: March 9, 2023
Last Meeting: TCU won, 57-52
Current Win Streak: TCU, W1
TCU at Home: 8-3
TCU on the Road: 5-6
TCU on a Neutral Court: 3-2
Largest Margin of Victory by TCU: 26, (Feb. 17, 2016)
Largest Margin of Victory by Kansas: 23 (March 4, 2023)
Longest Winning Streak by TCU: 6, (Jan. 20, 2018-Jan. 17, 2021)
Longest Winning Streak by Kansas: 4 (Jan. 8, 2022-March 4, 2023)
Series Since TCU Joined Big 12
TCU Record in Series: 15-11
TCU at Home: 8-3
TCU on the Road: 5-6
TCU on a Neutral Court: 2-2
Series Notes: Kansas
- TCU bounced Kansas from the first round of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship and, by extension, the NCAA Tournament in its 57-52 win over the Jayhawks in March.
- The Horned Frogs pocketed their fourth all-time Big 12 Championship win at the expense of the Jayhawks last season.
- Tara Manumaleuga averaged nine points over three appearances against Kansas in 2022-23.
- Agnes Emma-Nnopu scored her first career NCAA Tournament basket vs. Kansas in the second round of the Big Dance in 2022 as a part of a Stanford squad that reached the Final Four.
- Two of TCU's four Big 12 Championship victories have been against Kansas.
- Zahna Medley recorded the second-most assists in a game in program history with her 12-assist performance at Kansas on March 5, 2013.
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