Preview: at No. 10 NC State

Sunday, November 16

Raleigh, N.C.

Noon

TCU

NC State

Preview: at No. 10 NC State

11/14/2025 10:50:00 AM | Women's Basketball

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No. 17 TCU faces off with Wolfpack at noon on Sunday on ESPN

FORT WORTH – TCU is set for its highest profile nonconference road game in decades on Sunday, when the 17^th-ranked Horned Frogs face No. 10 NC State at James T. Valvano Arena.

Tipoff is set for noon and the game will air on ESPN.

TCU last faced a top 10 team on the road and outside of league play in 2011. Sunday's battle is only the third top 25 nonconference road game TCU has ever partaken in.

The game completes a home-and-home deal between the Horned Frogs and Wolfpack. TCU earned a 76-73 victory over then-No. 13 NC State on Nov. 17. 2024 at Schollmaier Arena.

The Game
Teams: #17 TCU (3-0) at #10 NC State (2-1)
Date: Noonon Wednesday, Nov. 12
Location: James T. Valvano Arena in Raleigh, N.C.

Game Coverage
Television
ESPN

Beth Mowins, Play-by-Play
Andraya Carter, Analyst

Radio
88.7 KTCU FM

Chris Blake, Play-by-Play

Opening Tip

TCU snapped a 24-game losing streak vs. ranked teams with its 76-73 home win vs. the 13th-ranked Wolfpack on Nov. 17, 2024. The Horned Frogs went on to earn record nine ranked victories on their way to the Elite Eight.
The Horned Frogs went 4-0 vs. the ACC in 2024-25.
TCU's 27-game home winning streak trails only NC State's run of 36 consecutive home victories for the longest home winning streak among Power Conference teams.
TCU is playing its first nonconference road game in the Mark Campbell era.
The Frogs last faced a ranked team on the road in nonleague action on Dec. 11, 2019, in a 70-68 loss at No. 11 Texas A&M.
The last time TCU beat a ranked team on the road in a nonconference game came in the Jeff Mittie era, when the Frogs downed No. 14 Oklahoma, 76-69, on Jan. 2, 2011.

Frog Focus

TCU's nine ranked wins since November of 2024 are tied with Duke for the sixth-most of any Division I team in that span.
TCU led at halftime in eight of its 12 bouts vs. AP Top 25 teams last season. TCU went 7-1 when entering the intermission atop the scoreboard in ranked matchups.
The Horned Frogs rank seventh nationally in scoring defense over the last two seasons among teams who have played at least 10 games vs. ranked opponents, surrendering 64.5 points per game.
TCU's 3-point percentage in ranked matchups (.354) since 2024-25 is the fourth-best clip nationally.
TCU had four players score in double figures five times vs. ranked teams last season. The Frogs won all five games.
The Horned Frogs notched the largest margin of victory in by a TCU basketball team in Wednesday's 122-39 win over Tennessee State. The 122 points scored the third-most nationwide in a 'D1 vs. D1' game thus far in 2025-26.
TCU broke nine Mark Campbell era single-game records in its 83-point drubbing of the Tigers; total points (122), first quarter points (31), first half points (59), third quarter points (36), second half points (62), margin of Victory (83), steals (19), 3-pointers (17) and 3-point percentage (.630).
TCU is the only team in college basketball ranking in the top-10 in scoring offense (10th, 97.3 ppg) and scoring defense (7th, 42.7 ppg).
The Frogs' scoring margin (+54.7) is the fifth-largest in college basketball.
TCU leads college basketball in 3-pointers since 2023 with 704.
Dating back to 2023-24, TCU is the only team ranking in the top-10 nationwide in 3-point field goals (1st, 704), 3-point percentage (4th, .376) and 3-point field goals per game (5th, 9.5) since the 2023-24 campaign.
TCU is the nation's lone team ranking in the top-10 in 3-pointers per game (2nd, 12.7), 3-pointes (5th, 38) and 3-point percentage (8th, .452).
TCU is one eight teams nationwide with three 20-assist games to its name thus far.
TCU's assist per game average (24.7) ranks fifth nationally.
TCU dropped 24 dimes on Wednesday vs. Tennessee State, marking the 29th time the Frogs have recorded 20-plus assists since 2023. The Frogs' 29 twenty-assist games are the ninth-most of any team in college basketball.
The Horned Frogs top the Big 12 and rank third nationally in blocks per game (9.0). TCU averaged the fourth-most blocks per game (5.8) in college basketball in 2024-25.

TCU has finished with at least 20 assists and 10 threes on 21 occasions since 2023, including all three games to begin the 2025-26 campaign. TCU's 21 "20-and-10" games are the third-most of any team nationwide over the last three seasons.
TCU leads all Big 12 teams and ranks fourth among all D1 programs in total blocks (235) over the last three seasons.
All three members of TCU's starting backcourt possess career assist-to-turnover ratios of 1.5-or-better; Donovyn Hunter (2.13) Olivia Miles (2.04) and Maddie Scherr (1.52).
Miles (18.3), Hunter (17.7 ppg) and Suarez (14.7 ppg) are the ninth-highest scoring trio in all of D1.
94 percent of TCU's total offensive output since 2023 has come via 3-pointers, paint touches or free throws.
TCU is the oldest team in college basketball. The Frogs' average age is 21 years and one month. Six of TCU's 14 players are 22.5 years or older.
The Horned Frogs are also the tallest team nationwide. TCU's average height is 6'2 1/2" (74.5 inches). The Frogs are the only team with four players 6-7-or-taller. Eight TCU players are at least 6-2.
For the third consecutive year, TCU is the only team across the Power Conference ranks whose primary starting lineup is comprised exclusively of first or second-year transfers.
TCU has led at halftime in 37 of its last 41 games.

Individual Notables
Olivia Miles

Miles is 15 points away from reaching 1,500 for her career.
Miles notched her 26th career 15-5-5 game and 26th career double-double in Wednesday's win. She leads all D1 guards in both categories.
Miles is the active D1 leader in career assists per game average (6.5) and triple doubles (six). She is also the lone D1 player with at least 25 career double-doubles and five triple-doubles.
Miles' 680 career assists are the second-most of any player nationwide.
Miles ranks fifth nationally in total assists (26) and assists per game (8.7).
Miles is the only player in the Big 12 ranking in the top-10 in assists per game (2nd, 8.7) field goal percentage (6th, .606) and points per game (6th, 18.3) across the league's statistical rankings.
Miles has averaged 23 points, 9 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game vs. NC State for her career.
Miles netted 22 points, nine rebounds and three assists vs. the Wolfpack on Feb. 23 in her most recent visit to Valvano Arena.

Donovyn Hunter

Hunter is the only player in college basketball averaging at least 15 points, four 3-pointers and four assists per game.
Hunter has increased her scoring average to 9.8 points per game over her last 13 outings. Prior to permanently returning to TCU's starting lineup on Feb. 19, Hunter was averaging 5.2 points per night
Hunter's affinity for Schollmaier Arena is clear in her offensive numbers. At home, she averages 8.5 points per game and is connecting at a 51.6 percent clip from the field (79-153) and 46 percent behind the arc (34-74). Comparatively, Hunter's scoring average in road games resides at 3.8 points per game while her shooting percentages sit at 34.2 percent from the field and 23.8 percent from deep.
Hunter scored in double figures in three-or-more consecutive games for the first time in her career to open the 2025-26 campaign.

Maddie Scherr

Scherr drained 6-6 attempts from downtown in just 22 minutes on Wednesday vs. Tennessee State. In addition to setting career-highs for first half points scored (16) and 3-pointers, Scherr became the nation's lone player to shoot 100 percent from distance on six-plus attempts.
Scherr has drained eight of her last 12 threes ahead of Sunday's contest.
Scherr has finished with three-plus steals on 24 occasions. She tallied 11 three-steal games as a junior at Kentucky in 2022-23.
Scherr ranks third among all active players in career three-steal games.
Scherr is one of only three active players alongside Rori Harmon (Texas) and Charlisse Leger-Walker (UCLA) with at least 350 career assists and 170 career steals.
Scherr has 22 career 5-5-5 games to her name.

Marta Suarez

Suarez finished with 17 points, a game-high 12 rebounds and four assists in leading No. 24 Cal past No. 21 NC State on Jan. 9 in Berkeley.
Suarez is the only men's or women's player who has competed in four Power Conferences when
including the Pac-12. She played in both the Pac-12 and ACC at Cal and spent two years in the SEC with Tennessee.
The Spaniard scored in double figures for the 50th time in her career on Wednesday, finishing with 19 points. She has reached double digits in 36-41 games since 2024-25.
Suarez started every game across two seasons at Cal from 2023-25, averaging 12.9 points, 7.2 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game as a senior last year.

Clara Silva

The 6-7 center was named Best Defensive Player and was one of five players tabbed to the
All-Tournament team at the FIBA U19 World Cup in July. Silva averaged a near double-double of 23 points, 9.7 rebounds and 2.9 blocks per game.
Silva is one of only 12 players in all of D1 and one of two in the Big 12 averaging at least 8.5 rebounds and three blocks per game.
Silva's rebounding average (8.7) is the third-highest in the Big 12.
Silva has snagged a career-high nine rebounds in each of her last two outings.

Taylor Bigby

TCU is 14-0 when Bigby scores in double figures.
Bigby averaged a career-high 8.2 points per game during nonconference play last season.
Bigby earned he starting nod in 24 of TCU's first 26 games in her first year in Fort Worth in 2024-25.
Bigby has been the leading scorer off the bench in two of TCU's first three games. She scored 10 points vs. North Carolina A&T and Tennessee State.

Series Notes: NC State

Last season's win over No. 13 NC State was significant in that it was TCU's first in three seasons over an AP Top 25 team and first top-15 win since Jan. 7, 2018. The victory still stands as the eighth-highest ranked win in program history. It is one of 14 tp-15 wins in TCU's 49 years of existence.
NC State had no answer for Sedona Prince in last season's win, as the 6-7 center netted a game-high 31 points and 16 rebounds.
Hailey Van Lith scored 12 of her 18 points in the second half of TCU's 2024 victory vs. NC State. She finished with her first career 10-assist double-double.
Taylor Bigby was one of four Frogs to score in double figures. She put the Frogs up three with eight seconds to go on a hesi-fake finish with her left hand. Bigby put up 10 points in the win.
TCU dished out 22 assists against four turnovers in last season's victory.
TCU's 85-79 home loss to NC State in 2011 was a nip-and-tuck affair, as the game saw 14 ties and nine lead changes. Then-freshman Natalie Ventress, who ranks 10th in program history in scoring (1,430 points), netted a game-high 21 points.
TCU Athletics Hall of Famer Helena Sverrisdottir put up a season-high 19 points in the Frogs' 76-62 defeat to the Wolfpack in 2009 in Raleigh.

A Win over the Wolfpack Would…

Represent the second-highest ranked road win in program history.
Mark only the second time TCU has defeated a top-10 team away from home and first since an 82-73 win at No. 3 Cal on Dec. 7, 2008.
Send TCU to it's ninth all-time top-10 victory.
Tie for the fifth-highest ranked win in program history.
Be TCU's second straight ranked win on the road.
Improve TCU's record vs. the ACC to 5-0 under Mark Campbell.
Count as TCU's 10th ranked win in the Campbell era.
Go down as the Horned Frogs' 39th all-time ranked victory.
Mark TCU's 19th straight win in the month of November.
Boost the Horned Frogs' nonconference record in the Campbell era to 29-1.
Lift the Horned Frogs to their 711th all-time victory.