Sunday, January 26
Fort Worth, Texas
2 PM
TCU
vs
Baylor
Preview: No. 25 Baylor
1/25/2025 8:04:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Horned Frogs engage Bears in 'ranked vs. ranked' rivalry at 2 p.m. on Sunday
FORT WORTH – A longstanding rivalry returns to the hardwood with the stakes larger than ever, as ninth-ranked TCU hosts No. 25 Baylor at 2 p.m. on Sunday inside Schollmaier Arena in a game that will air on ESPN2.
The game marks only the second time both teams are ranked in the AP Top 25 ahead of tipoff.
The rivalry collision also represents TCU's second Big 12 home game to air on ESPN or ESPN2 since joining the conference in 2012-13. The Horned Frogs' home Big 12 debut on the Worldwide Leader occurred on Feb. 2, 2017, against Baylor.
Sunday's contest signifies the midpoint of conference play, with the winner wresting sole possession of second place in the Big 12 standings.
The Game
Teams: No. 9 TCU (19-2, 7-1 Big 12) vs. No. 25 Baylor (16-4, 6-1 Big 12)
Date: 2 p.m. CT on Sunday, Jan. 26
Location: Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas
Game Coverage
Television
ESPN2
88.7 KTCU FM
The game marks only the second time both teams are ranked in the AP Top 25 ahead of tipoff.
The rivalry collision also represents TCU's second Big 12 home game to air on ESPN or ESPN2 since joining the conference in 2012-13. The Horned Frogs' home Big 12 debut on the Worldwide Leader occurred on Feb. 2, 2017, against Baylor.
Sunday's contest signifies the midpoint of conference play, with the winner wresting sole possession of second place in the Big 12 standings.
The Game
Teams: No. 9 TCU (19-2, 7-1 Big 12) vs. No. 25 Baylor (16-4, 6-1 Big 12)
Date: 2 p.m. CT on Sunday, Jan. 26
Location: Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas
Game Coverage
Television
ESPN2
- Eric Ferde, Play-by-Play
- Rebecca Lobo, Analyst
88.7 KTCU FM
- Chris Blake, Play-by-Play
- It's been nearly 35 years since TCU last defeated Baylor. The Horned Frogs last triumphed over their central Texas rival on Feb. 28, 1990, in an 83-76 home victory.
- Sunday's ballgame signifies the first 'ranked vs. ranked' TCU-Baylor battle in Fort Worth.
- Last season's tilt between the programs marked the first time both teams faced off undefeated and ranked in the AP Top 25.
- TCU's first-ever Big 12 home game took place opposite a No. 2-ranked Baylor squad led by Brittney Griner on Jan. 2, 2013. The Frogs set a home attendance record of 7,134 fans.
- TCU will set a program record for most ranked wins in a season (four) with a victory on Sunday.
- The Frogs will match their longest single-season home winning streak at 15 games should they triumph over the Bears.
- TCU matched its best AP Top 25 ranking in program history on Monday and achieved its third top 10 placement of the season and all-time. The Frogs have been the highest-ranked Big 12 team since Dec. 2.
- TCU leads the Big 12 and ranks second nationally in 3-pointers (210).
- The Horned Frogs have connected 11 times from behind the arc in 11 games this season, a clip that tops the national ranks.
- TCU is fourth among all D1 programs in 3-pointers over the last two seasons with 522.
- The Frogs are one of three teams alongside UConn and K-State ranking in the top-five nationally in assists (4th, 419), assist-to-turnover ratio (3rd, 1.78) and assists per game (5th, 20.0).
- TCU has finished with 20-or-more assists in 11 games, the third most of any team in America.
- Sedona Prince, Hailey Van Lith and Madison Conner account for 70 percent of TCU's scoring (433-615 points) in league play. They have combined for 60 points in three conference games.
- Prince ranks second among all Big 12 players in league play in scoring (22.4 ppg) and rebounding (8.6 rpg)
- Prince has scored 20-plus points in 10 of her 13 career Big 12 games.
- Prince finished with 22 points and 13 rebounds vs. the Cowgirls, notching her school record sixth consecutive 20-point game.
- Prince continues to lead the nation in blocks (69, 3.5 bpg). She sent back three shots for th 12th time this season in Wednesday's bout vs. Oklahoma State.
- TCU is 16-2 when Prince scores at least 20 points and/or finishes with a double-double. Last season's 71-50 defeat to Baylor is one of just two situational losses.
- Van Lith is the lone D1 player averaging at least 18 points, six assists and 4.5 rebounds per game.
- Van Lith is one of seven players in America with at least 100 assists and an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.4-or-better.
- Van Lith's 124 assists are the seventh-most of any D1 player.
- Van Lith is averaging 19.4 points per game over her last five conference tilts.
- Van Lith has finished with 15 points and five assists three times at the expense of ranked teams, trailing only Hannah Hidalgo (four) for the national lead in such performances.
- Conner continues to lead the nation in 3-pointers (79).
- Conner tops the national charts in games with at least four 3-pointers with 12.
- Conner is shooting 48 percent from distance (57-120) over TCU's last 11 games, averaging 5.2 three-pointers per game in that span,
- Conner averages 4.4 three-pointers per game at home. She has connected four-plus times from downtown in 18 of her 29 outings inside Schollmaier Arena.
- An offseason point of emphasis for Conner was learning to operate a pick-and-roll. She has quietly produced the conference's second-best assist-to-turnover ratio in league play at 2.71.
- Conner is averaging nearly two more assists per game against Big 12 opposition than she did all of last season. She has increased her assist-per-game average to 4.9 in conference play, compared to her mark of 3.0 in 2023-24.
- Agnes Emma-Nnopu leads all Big 12 guards and ranks ninth nationally among players 5-11-or-shorter in offensive rebounds (49).
- Aaliyah Roberson has shot 55 percent (18-33) from the field over her last eight outings. She leads all Big 12 post players in effective field goal percentage (.653).
- Donovyn Hunter scored in double figures in consecutive games for the first time this season in TCU's two most recent home tilts, averaging 11 points per game vs. UCF and No. 23 Utah. The sophomore averages 7.7 points per game inside Schollmaier Arena.
- Give the Horned Frogs sole possession of second place in the Big 12 standings.
- Mark the first time TCU has ever earned three ranked victories at home in a single season.
- Send TCU to its conference-leading fourth ranked win in 2024-25.
- Be the first time the Horned Frogs have taken down a ranked Baylor team.
- Make TCU 4-2 opposite teams featured in the top 30 of the NCAA NET rankings.
- Count as the Horned Frogs' 14th all-time victory vs. a ranked Big 12 team.
- Call a stop to a 37-game losing streak to Baylor.
- Extend TCU's home winning streak to 18 games, dating back to a 59-49 takedown of Houston on Feb. 24.
- Give the Horned Frogs their 15th twenty-win season in 48 years of existence.
- Boost TCU's record vs. ranked teams under Mark Campbell to 4-8.
- Swell Campbell's career record in Schollmaier arena to 31-4 (.885).
- Sedona Prince finished with 20 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks in last season's 71-50 defeat to Baylor but broke her right ring finger on the game's first possession. She missed TCU's next 13 games. TCU was forced to hold open tryouts exactly two weeks later due to a subsequent cascade of injuries.
- TCU took a 26-22 edge into halftime and led 32-25 two-and-a-half minutes into the third. Baylor scored 31 of the next 35 points in the contest, holding the Frogs without a field goal for more than nine minutes.
- The 2024 loss to the Bears was one of just two occasions in the last two seasons TCU has fallen when leading at halftime.
- The Horned Frogs converted just two 3-point attempts in last season's contest, their fewest in a game in the Mark Campbell era. By contrast, Baylor knocked down 13-25 looks from behind the arc.
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