Horned Frogs Outlast Colorado 63-50

Wednesday, January 1

Fort Worth, Texas

6:30 PM

TCU

14-1,2-0Big 12

Colorado

10-3,1-1Big 12

Colorado

TCU

Horned Frogs Outlast Colorado 63-50

1/1/2025 11:03:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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No. 11 TCU off to first 14-1 start to a season in program history

FORT WORTH – TCU is 14-1 to begin a season for the second straight year.

The 11^th-ranked Horned Frogs rang in the New Year with a gritty 63-50 victory over Colorado on Wednesday in Schollmaier Arena.

TCU outscored the Buffaloes 39-26 in the second and third frames and led by as many as 14 late in the third.

Hailey Van Lith and Sedona Prince netted 14 points apiece.

Prince added a game-leading 10 rebounds, four steals and three blocks to her stat line en route to her sixth double-double of the season. The 6-7 center racked up 12 points and nine rebounds in the second half.

TCU held the Buffaloes (10-3, 1-1 Big 12), fresh off a win over then-No. 14 West Virginia in their conference-opener, to a season-low 18 field goals and a 4-14 clip from downtown. The Horned Frogs limited Colorado leading scorers Frida Formann (15.1 ppg) and Lior Garzon (12.8 ppg) to just six points combined, with guards Taylor Bigby, Agnes Emma-Nnopu and Donovyn Hunter taking turns as the primary defenders on the duo. Formann tallied just one point – a free throw in the closing seconds of the game.

The win staked the Frogs to their first 2-0 start to Big 12 play since 2015-16 and second overall in 13 seasons of conference membership.

Colorado led for more than nine minutes of the first half as TCU began the game 4-17 from the field. The Horned Frogs closed on a 16-5 run to take a 27-21 edge into the locker room.

Trailing 16-11 with 7:25 remaining before halftime, Bigby and Una Jovanovic drilled back-to-back 3-pointers to nudge TCU in front. Colorado countered with a 3-pointer of its own, but the 19-17 lead proved to be its final. The Horned Frogs responded with 10 unanswered points spanning four minutes to take control of the contest.

Van Lith and Aaliyah Roberson accounted for eight of TCU's points in that span. Roberson sparked TCU with a game-leading seven points and four rebounds off the bench.

Both teams committed 10 turnovers in the first half and were an identical 9-26 from the field.

TCU scored 23 points in the third quarter to take a 12-point lead into the final period. Emma-Nnopu knocked down two 3-pointers, with her second staking TCU to its largest lead of the night, 50-36, with 56 seconds to go. Prince paced the action, accumulating eight points and five rebounds. The Horned Frogs shot 9-17 in the frame.

Colorado, which erased a 10-point fourth quarter deficit in its most recent win over West Virginia, refused to lose touch. The Buffaloes scored seven straight points to get within five of the Horned Frogs. TCU was held without a field goal for more than four minutes to begin.

Van Lith snapped the scoring drought with a pair of free throws at the 5:48 mark. Bigby swelled TCU's lead to 57-49 via a 3-pointer from the right baseline with 4:30 to play. The Buffaloes never got within two possessions of the Frogs again.

TCU led by 10 with less than 90 seconds remaining, forcing Colorado to foul.

Prince knocked down 4-4 free throws over the final minute. She finished the game 6-7 at the line.

Conner netted nine points. She drained her 225^th career three-pointer at the 5:00 mark of the first quarter.

Emma-Nnopu matched Prince with three blocks. TCU, which ranks fourth nationally in blocks per game, finished with seven-or-more for the 10^th time this season.

The Horned Frogs produced a 16-6 advantage in points off turnovers. TCU committed just three in the second half and one in the fourth quarter.

Up Next
TCU caps a three-game homestand with a 7 p.m. tilt vs. Cincinnati (9-3, 1-1 Big 12) on Saturday. The Bearcats defeated BYU, 72-63, on Wednesday, rallying from 11 points down entering the fourth quarter. TCU earned a 79-72 win at Cincinnati on Feb. 17 in the teams' first matchup as Big 12 foes.

Team Notes

The Horned Frogs picked up their first-ever win over Colorado.
TCU won on New Year's Day for the first time in 22 seasons. The Frogs last earned a victory on the first day of the calendar year on Jan. 1, 2002, in an 82-68 home triumph over Montana State.
TCU improved its all-time record on New Year's Day to 3-4.
The Horned Frogs won their 14^th consecutive home game, putting them one victory shy of matching the 2003-04 TCU squad's run of 15 straight wins in Fort Worth for the longest home winning streak in program history.
TCU trailed 12-11 following the first quarter. The Horned Frogs are 3-1 this season when their opponent leads after the opening 10 minutes.
TCU has now kept 13 of 14 teams under their season scoring average.
The Horned Frogs have held 12 of 15 teams at-or-below a 35 percent clip from the field this season.
The Horned Frogs won their 49^th straight game when limiting their opponent to 50-or-fewer points.
TCU's 63 points scored were its second-fewest in a home victory under second year head coach Mark Campbell.
TCU improved to 27-4 inside Schollmaier Arena in the Campbell era.