Ninth-Ranked Horned Frogs Break Through vs. Baylor

Sunday, January 26

Fort Worth, Texas

2 PM

TCU

20-2,8-1Big 12

Baylor

16-5,6-2Big 12

Baylor

TCU

Ninth-Ranked Horned Frogs Break Through vs. Baylor

1/26/2025 7:03:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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TCU defeats Bears, 80-75, for first win in rivalry since 1990

FORT WORTH – No. 9 TCU vanquished the ghosts of Baylor and signaled a new era in the regional rivalry on Sunday.

The Horned Frogs earned a wire-to-wire 80-75 victory over the 25^th-ranked Bears in front of 5,415 fans inside Schollmaier Arena.

The win was TCU's first over Baylor since 1990, halting a 37-game, 35-year losing streak to the perennial power.

TCU (20-2, 8-1 Big 12) now occupies sole possession of first place in the Big 12 standings at the midpoint of conference play for the first time ever.

Sedona Prince, Madison Conner and Hailey Van Lith combined for 64 points in a game the Horned Frogs never trailed. TCU led for 38:31 in the nationally televised affair and by as many as 22 midway through the third quarter.

An 8-2 Baylor run rendered TCU's edge down to a single possession, 76-73, with 26 seconds to go. Van Lith knocked down two free throws following the subsequent inbound with Baylor (16-5, 6-2 Big 12) pressed to foul. Up 79-75 with less than 10 seconds remaining, TCU forced Sarah Andrews, who led the Bears with 21 points, into an errant 3-point attempts to seal the win.

Prince notched her school record seventh straight 20-point game, leading all players with 24 points, 14 rebounds and three blocks. She overtook TCU Athletics Hall of Famer Sandora Irvin ('04) for the longest consecutive 20-point streak. Prince notched her 10^th double-double of the season and fifth in Big 12 play.

Conner scored 21 buoyed by a 4-8 clip from downtown. The 5-11 guard also snagged a career-high eight rebounds.

Van Lith finished with 19 points, including a team-leading seven in the final frame. Van Lith, an 83 percent shooter at the foul line, matched her season percentage in the fourth, knocking down 5-6 attempts from the stripe.

Agnes Emma-Nnopu gave TCU four players in double figures and two with double-doubles, netting 12 points along with 10 boards.

Sunday's game was the first 'ranked vs. ranked' battle to unfold between the rivals inside Schollmaier Arena. And TCU immediately illustrated the outcome would be different this time around.

The Horned Frogs raced out to a 9-0 lead just over three minutes into the game behind consecutive 3-pointers from Van Lith and Conner.

TCU gave the ball away nine times in the first quarter, but it didn't matter. The Frogs assumed a 17-6 advantage at the 2:31 mark in the period. TCU shot 4-5 behind the arc and outrebounded the Bears 13-4.

Prince took over in the second quarter, pairing all 10 of her first half points with six rebounds. TCU closed the quarter with 3-pointers from Conner and Van Lith to take a 42-31 lead into the locker room.

Emma-Nnopu scored 11 points in the first half, drilling all three of her 3-point attempts over the game's first dozen minutes. Van Lith pitched in an identical tally.

TCU more than doubled up the Bears on the glass 27-11 and converted 7-10 attempts from distance in the first half.

A 13-2 run over the first five minutes out of the locker room staked TCU to its largest lead of the afternoon at 55-33. Prince accounted for eight of TCU's points, bookending the spurt with a pair of and-one finishes.

Baylor whittled the deficit down to 13 entering the fourth.

Conner kept the Bears at bay. Her fourth-and-final 3-pointer kept TCU comfortably in front, 71-57, with seven minutes to play. A driving layup at the 2:19 mark provided all the remaining cushion TCU needed, maintaining the Frogs' double-digit lead at 75-65.

TCU committed just four turnovers in the second half. Conner, Prince, Van Lith and Donovyn Hunter dished out three assists apiece.

The Horned Frogs shot an efficient 52 percent (27-52) from the field and finished 9-15 behind the arc.

TCU held Baylor to 36 percent shooting (28-76) and produced a 45-34 final margin on the glass.

Up Next
TCU breaks a week before continuing a five-game gauntlet with a visit to Iowa State on Feb. 2. The game is TCU's fourth straight against a team that has spent multiple weeks in the AP Top 25 and cracks the top six of the conference standings. The collision with the Cyclones (15-7, 6-3 Big 12) will air on FS1.

Team Notes

The announced crowd was the second-largest to ever attend a TCU women's basketball game, trailing only the program's record-setting audience of 7,314 spectators on Jan. 2, 2013. Coincidentally, that game was opposite Baylor, led by Brittney Griner and ranked No. 2 in the country at the time, and was the Frogs' first Big 12 home friendly.
TCU set a program record for most ranked wins in a season (four) with the result.
The Frogs earned their first win over a ranked Baylor team.
TCU notched three victories over ranked Big 12 teams in the same season for the first time.
The Horned Frogs picked up their 14^th all-time win vs. ranked Big 12 opposition.
Sunday's triumph signified the first season in which TCU has earned three ranked wins at home.
TCU scored at least 80 points vs. a ranked opponent for the fifth time in the Big 12 era.
TCU has now scored 80-plus in 10 of its 15 home wins.
The Horned Frogs matched their longest single-season home winning streak ever at 15 games.
TCU has now claimed 18 consecutive decisions inside Schollmaier Arena dating back to a 59-49 takedown of Houston on Feb. 24.
The Horned Frogs have won 12 of their last 14 conference contests.
Baylor became the 17^th opponent TCU has held below its season scoring average this season and 44^th in the Mark Campbell era.
TCU has led at halftime in all nine of its conference games and in 20 of its 22 tilts this season.
TCU connected at-or-above a 50 percent clip for the ninth time this season.
TCU has now had four players score in double figures in eight games.
The Horned Frogs notched their 15^th twenty-win season in 48 years of existence.

Individual Notes

Prince is now averaging 22.6 points, 9.2 rebounds and three blocks per game in conference play.
Prince has recorded a double-double in eight of her 14 career Big 12 games.
Prince has now tallied 20-plus points 11 times in Big 12 play.
Prince's 14 rebounds were the second-most ever by a TCU player in a Big 12 game.
Prince, Van Lith and Conner's 64 combined points were their most ever as teammates.
Conner knocked down four 3-pointers for an NCAA-leading 13^th time.
Conner has now connected four-plus times from downtown in 18 of her 29 outings inside Schollmaier Arena.
Conner is shooting 49 percent from distance (61-128) over TCU's last 12 games.
Conner notched the 17^th twenty-point game of her career.
Van Lith recorded her 500^th career assist midway through the first quarter.
Van Lith has scored 19-plus in five conference games.
Hunter finished with a 3-1 assist-to-turnover ratio for the fifth time in a TCU uniform.
Emma-Nnopu's double-double was her first of the season and sixth in her career.
Emma-Nnopu reached double figures on the boards for the fourth time in 2024-25 and ninth in the last two years.