
Preview: at No. 24 Oklahoma
2/6/2024 4:29:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Horned Frogs visit Norman for first of two top-25 tilts this week
FORT WORTH – TCU takes the floor for its first of three battles in a seven-day span opposite an AP top-25 foe when it faces No. 24 Oklahoma at 6 p.m. on Wednesday in Norman.
The midweek tilt marks the sixth consecutive time TCU will face a ranked Sooners squad. It will be the only regular season meeting between the programs.
TCU returns home to battle No. 7 Texas and No. 22 West Virginia on Saturday and Tuesday, respectively, following its trek along Interstate-35 North.
The Game
Teams: TCU (15-6, 2-8 Big 12) at Oklahoma (15-6, 9-1 Big 12)
Date: 6 p.m. CT on Wednesday, Feb. 7
Location: Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Oklahoma
Coverage
Television: Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Meeting: 40th
All-Time Series: OU leads, 28-11
Since joining Big 12: OU leads, 15-8
Date Series Began: Jan. 3, 1992
Last Game Played: March 10, 2023
Last Meeting: OU won, 77-76
Current Win Streak: OU, W5
TCU at Home: 7-11
TCU on the Road: 3-16
TCU on a Neutral Court: 1-1
Largest Margin of Victory by TCU: 26, (Feb. 17, 2016)
Largest Margin of Victory by Oklahoma: 48 (Feb. 28, 1995)
Longest Winning Streak by TCU: 6, (Jan. 27, 2018-March 4, 2020)
Longest Winning Streak by Oklahoma: 8 (Dec. 21, 1994-Dec. 14, 2002)
Series Since TCU Joined Big 12
TCU Record in Series: 8-15
TCU at Home: 4-7
TCU on the Road: 3-7
TCU on a Neutral Court: 1-1
Series Notes: Oklahoma
The midweek tilt marks the sixth consecutive time TCU will face a ranked Sooners squad. It will be the only regular season meeting between the programs.
TCU returns home to battle No. 7 Texas and No. 22 West Virginia on Saturday and Tuesday, respectively, following its trek along Interstate-35 North.
The Game
Teams: TCU (15-6, 2-8 Big 12) at Oklahoma (15-6, 9-1 Big 12)
Date: 6 p.m. CT on Wednesday, Feb. 7
Location: Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Oklahoma
Coverage
Television: Big 12 Now on ESPN+
- Chad McKee, play-by-play
- Kevin Henry, analyst
- Chris Blake, play-by-play
- TCU will double its overall win total from last season should it defeat the Sooners.
- TCU can guarantee itself a winning record entering postseason play for the first time in four years with a win in Norman.
- 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 Wednesday.
- The Horned Frogs' most recent Big 12 road victory took place inside the Lloyd Noble Center, when TCU defeated Oklahoma 83-79 on March 4, 2021.
- Wednesday's game marks TCU's third road tilt opposite an AP top-25 opponent.
- A win on Wednesday would signify TCU's 11th ranked Big 12 win and third on the road.
- TCU is the only team in the country ranking in the top-10 in 3-point percentage differential (4th, .128), 3-pointers per game (5th, 9.9) 3-pointers (7th, 208) and 3-point percentage (10th, .384).
- TCU is shooting 44 percent (32-73) from behind the arc since installing the 5-out motion offense ahead of its victory over UCF due to injuries.
- TCU knocked down 11 shots from behind the arc on Saturday vs. Kansas, signifying the 12th time in 21 games the Horned Frogs have reached double figures in 3-pointers.
- Sydney Harris accounted for five of TCU's 3-pointers on Saturday as a part of a game-leading 22-point effort.
- TCU converted eight of its looks from distance over the opening 20 minutes vs. Kansas. The eight 3-pointers were TCU's most in the first half of a game this season.
- The Horned Frogs are the sole D1 program ranking in the top-15 in 3-point percentage offense and defense. TCU is 13th nationally and second in the Big 12 to Kansas State in 3-point percentage defense (.256).
- TCU needs 44 three's to break the program's 2017-18 record for most 3-pointers in a season (253).
- TCU is the Big 12 leader and 14th in the country in effective field goal percentage (.540).
- TCU has held 17 of its 21 foes under their season scoring average, including both of its ballgames against ranked teams.
- 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).
- Una Jovanovic ranks second in the Big 12 and 20th nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.67).
- Jovanovic has produced the Big 12's third-best assist-to-turnover ratio since replacing Jaden Owens as TCU's primary point guard on Jan. 13. She has dished out 17 assists against just two giveaways over TCU's last four games. Jovanovic finished with seven assists and no turnovers vs. Kansas.
- Agnes Emma-Nnopu leads TCU and ranks 12th nationally in offensive rebounds among guards 5-11-or-shorter with 54. Emma-Nnopu's eight offensive boards against ACU were tied for the second-most in a game by any player this season.
- Emma-Nnopu and Harris are both averaging a team-best 15.6 points per game since TCU's return to the court from an injury-induced season pause on Jan. 23.
- Aaliyah Roberson is averaging 15 points and six rebounds per outing over TCU's last five games and since replacing Prince at the five in TCU's starting lineup.
- Roberson leads all Big 12 forwards in 3-point percentage (.449) and ranks fourth in 3-pointers (22). The sophomore's 3-point percentage is the second-best clip nationally among forwards 6-2-or-taller.
- Emma-Nnopu, Harris, Roberson and Jovanovic all scored in double figures vs. Kansas, marking the ninth time this season four Frogs have tallied 10-or-more points.
- TCU checked in at 41st in the latest NCAA NET Ratings update following its defeat to Kansas.
- Be Campbell's 55th career head coaching victory.
- Stake TCU to its second-highest ranked Big 12 road victory in 12 years of conference affiliation.
- Go down as TCU's sixth all-time ranked road win.
- Mark the second time TCU has defeated a ranked Sooners squad.
- Be the first time TCU has earned a ranked win on Sooner State soil.
- Hand Mark Campbell his first career ranked victory as a head coach.
- 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.
Meeting: 40th
All-Time Series: OU leads, 28-11
Since joining Big 12: OU leads, 15-8
Date Series Began: Jan. 3, 1992
Last Game Played: March 10, 2023
Last Meeting: OU won, 77-76
Current Win Streak: OU, W5
TCU at Home: 7-11
TCU on the Road: 3-16
TCU on a Neutral Court: 1-1
Largest Margin of Victory by TCU: 26, (Feb. 17, 2016)
Largest Margin of Victory by Oklahoma: 48 (Feb. 28, 1995)
Longest Winning Streak by TCU: 6, (Jan. 27, 2018-March 4, 2020)
Longest Winning Streak by Oklahoma: 8 (Dec. 21, 1994-Dec. 14, 2002)
Series Since TCU Joined Big 12
TCU Record in Series: 8-15
TCU at Home: 4-7
TCU on the Road: 3-7
TCU on a Neutral Court: 1-1
Series Notes: Oklahoma
- Be Campbell's 55th career head coaching victory.
- Stake TCU to its second-highest ranked Big 12 road victory in 12 years of conference affiliation.
- Go down as TCU's sixth all-time ranked road win.
- Mark the second time TCU has defeated a ranked Sooners squad.
- Be the first time TCU has earned a ranked win on Sooner State soil.
- Hand Mark Campbell his first career ranked victory as a head coach.
- 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.
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