Preview: North Carolina A&T

Thursday, November 6

Fort Worth, Texas

4 PM

TCU

North Carolina A&T

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Preview: North Carolina A&T

11/4/2025 1:30:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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Horned Frogs open 2025-26 season at 4 p.m. on Thursday vs. Aggies

FORT WORTH – No. 17 TCU kicks off a three-game homestand to commence the 2025-26 campaign at 4 p.m. on Thursday when it welcomes North Carolina A&T to Schollmaier Arena.

The defending Big 12 champion Horned Frogs are the preseason favorites to top the league standings in both the coaches' and media polls.

TCU will win its 25^th consecutive home game with a victory over the Aggies. The Frogs' 24-game home winning streak is the third-longest in college basketball, trailing only Florida Gulf Coast (37 games) and No. 9 NC State (35 games).

NC A&T fell 78-40 to Texas Tech on Monday in Lubbock in its season-opener.

The Aggies won the outright Coastal Athletic Association regular season championship in 2024-25, finishing with a 22-12 overall record and 15-3 mark in league play.

The Game
Teams: #17 TCU (0-0) vs. North Carolina A&T (0-1)
Date: 4 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 6
Location: Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas

Game Coverage
Television
ESPN+

John Liddle, Play-by-Play
Jada Curtis, Analyst

Radio
88.7 KTCU FM

Chris Blake, Play-by-Play

Opening Tip

TCU has won 12 consecutive season-openers.
The Horned Frogs will set a TCU basketball record for most consecutive home victories (28) should they win their first four games along Stadium Dr.
TCU has won 22 straight nonleague affairs inside Schollmaier Arena.
The Horned Frogs are 15-0 in November home games under Mark Campbell.
TCU is 34-4 in November inside Schollmaier Arena since the venue reopened in 2015.
TCU's average margin of victory at home in the Campbell era is 21.3 points.
The Horned Frogs have notched 23 home wins of 20-plus points under Campbell.
Thursday marks the second-ever game between TCU and North Carolina A&T.
The Frogs defeated the Aggies, 106-84, on Dec. 30, 2006 in the programs' lone meeting.

Frog Focus

TCU was picked first in both the Preseason Big 12 Coaches' Poll and Media Poll.
TCU received its highest preseason rankings in program history in both the AP Top 25 (No. 17) and USA Today Coaches' Poll (No. 12). The Frogs are the Big 12's highest-rated team in the Coaches' Poll.
The Horned Frogs rank first among all Power Conference teams in career minutes played (19,931) and games played (906).
All 14 TCU players represent a different state or country. No team in college has a
roster with as many state heritages or nationalities.
TCU's nine newcomers – six transfers and three freshman – are the second-most of any Power Four conference team, trailing only Houston's 10.
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 leads the country in returning 3-point offense for the second straight year. Among qualified players, TCU's roster averaged 11.4 threes per game in 2024-25.
Entering the 2025-26 campaign, TCU is the only program ranking in the top-10 nationwide in 3-point field goals (3rd, 666), 3-point field goals per game (5th, 9.4) and 3-point percentage (6th, .372) over the last two seasons.
The Horned Frogs led the nation in 3-pointers in 2024-25 with 354. Their net total of 666 from 2023-25 are the most ever by a Big 12 team in a two-year period.
TCU ranks third nationally in games with at least 10 three-pointers since 2023 with 34.
The Horned Frogs have dished out at least 20 assists in 26 games under Campbell, tied for the ninth-most of any team nationwide since 2023.
In nonconference play, the Horned Frogs have finished with 20-plus assists in 16-of-26 games (62 percent) in the Mark Campbell era.
Under Campbell 91 percent of TCU's total offensive output has come via 3-pointers (38 percent), paint touches (38 percent) or free throws (15 percent).
The Horned Frogs have topped the Power Conference ranks in year-over win
improvement in each of Campbell's two seasons at the helm, spiking their win tally by 13 games both times.

Individual Notables
Olivia Miles

The 5-10 graduate student enters her final season as the only returning player who has tallied at least 1,400 career points, 600 assists and 600 rebounds.
Miles enters the 2025-26 season as the active D1 leader in career assists per game average (6.5), career assists (654) and triple doubles (six).
She is also the lone D1 player with at least 25 career double-doubles and five triple-doubles.
Additionally, Miles leads all D1 guards in career "15-5-5" games with 24.
Miles has maintained a 2-1 assist-to-turnover ratio for the entirety of her career.
Miles was named Big 12 Preseason Newcomer of the Year and to the Preseason All-Big 12 Team.
Miles is contending to become the fourth transfer point guard in five seasons to win a conference player of the year accolade under Campbell.
Miles may also make TCU the first program in Big 12 history to produce the league's Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year in the same season. Hailey Van Lith swept the accolades in 2024-25.
Miles is the only three-time All-American on a Big 12 roster entering this season.
Miles first represented TCU at the FIBA AmeriCup in July, helping USA Basketball win gold. She was one of 12 collegians and two from the Big 12 selected to compete.
Miles averaged 7.1 assists, 6.9 points and 5.3 rebounds per game while connecting at a 53 percent clip from the field. She led the tournament in assist per game average and total assists (50).

Marta Suarez

Suarez needs 23 points to reach 1,000 for her career.
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.
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.
Suarez scored in double figures in all-but-four games for the Golden Bears in 2024-25. She was one of 14 D1 forwards to shoot at least 46 percent from the field and 32 percent from distance.

Clara Silva

Silva was one of only three first-year players in 2024-25 to finish with five-or-more blocks in at least two games.
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 finished with a +43 efficiency valuation along with 37 points and 10 rebounds to lift Portugal to an 83-80 win over Israel in the round of 16. Her efficiency valuation was the second highest in FIBA U19 Women's Basketball World Cup history while her 43 points were the most of any European since 1989.

Maddie Scherr

Scherr has finished with three-plus steals on 23 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.
The Kentucky native has tallied 10-or-more points and five-plus assists in 20 career games.

Donovyn Hunter

Hunter sports a 2.1 career assist-to-turnover ratio. She ranked ninth among all Big 12 guards in the category last season (1.81).
She doubled her points and assists per game averages over the final 13 games of the 2024-25 season in TCU's run to the Elite Eight. She averaged 7.1 points and 3.8 assists per game with a 2.4 assist-to-turnover ratio. Hunter shot 44 percent from the field (35-79) in that span.
Hunter was invited to participate in the prestigious Nike Basketball Academy in August.

Taylor Bigby

Bigby earned he starting nod in 24 of TCU's first 26 games in her first year in Fort Worth in 2024-25.
TCU was 12-0 last season when Bigby scored in double figures.
Bigby averaged a career-high 8.2 points per game during nonconference play last season.

Kennedy Basham

The 6-7 Basham ranks second only to UCLA's Lauren Betts among all returning D1 players in total blocks (83) and blocks per game average (2.6) from last season.
Basham has seven games with at least four blocks to her name.
Basham has finished with two-or-more blocks in 24 of her last 63 games played (38 percent) dating back to 2023-24.

Veronica Sheffey

Sheffey led San Diego State in assists in 26-of-31 games in 2024-25.
She scored in double figures 21 times last season.
Since 2023, Sheffey has finished with at least 10 points and five assists in 22 games.

Clara Bielefeld

Bielefeld became the youngest player to ever compete for the German Senior National Team in June at age-17. She competed at the FIBA Women's EuroBasket Championship in June.
Bielefeld, 6-4, helped Germany finish as the vice champion at FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket Division B in July. She averaged 10.9 rebounds, 8.9 points, 5.3 assists, 2.7 blocks and 2.4 steals per game and was one of five players named to the All-Tournament Team.

Taliyah Parker

Parker was graded the nation's No. 60 overall recruit and No. 6 player in Texas in the class of 2024 in the ESPN HoopGurlz rankings. She played 21 games for Texas A&M as a freshman before missing the remainder of the 2024-25 campaign due to injury.

Sarah Portlock

Standing 6'8 1/2", Portlock is the tallest player to ever sign with TCU and the third-tallest in all of D1.

Series Notes: North Carolina A&T

The Horned Frogs 106 points scored in their 22-point victory over North Carolina A&T on Dec. 30, 2006 are the ninth-most in a game in program history.
Conversely, TCU's 84 points allowed were its second-most surrendered in a game in the 2006-07 season. The Horned Frogs went on to finish with a 21-111 overall record and reached the NCAA Tournament.
Jeff Mittie was the head coach of the Frogs the last time TCU and North Carolina A&T faced off.
Mittie had this to say following the Frogs' victory over the Aggies circa 2006: "Our defensive effort was so poor that it's tough to applaud our offensive effort."
Four Horned Frogs scored in double figures in their 2006 takedown of the Aggies. TCU Athletics Hall of Famer Adrianne Ross led the way with 23 points while Ashley Davis tallied 22. TCU benefited from 14 points from Hanna Biernacka and received 11 more from Danielle Nunn.
Further unpacking the Horned Frogs' first-and-only triumph over the Aggies ... TCU outscored the Aggies 52-18 in the paint and forced 19 turnovers. The teams combined for 106 second half points, with TCU netting 55.
Thursday's ballgame marks only the third time TCU has faced a team from the Coastal Athletic Association. TCU's most recent encounter with the CAA came all the way back on Nov. 29, 1997, when the Horned Frogs defeated William & Mary, 74-63, in the New Orleans Classic.

A Win over the Aggies Would…

Extend TCU's home winning streak to 25 games.
Put the Horned Frogs within three home wins of setting a TCU basketball record for consecutive home victories.
Give Mark Campbell his 95th career head coaching victory.
Make TCU 38-4 at home in the Campbell era.
Stake TCU to its 13th straight season-opening victory.
Count as the Horned Frogs 452nd all-time home win.
Be the 708th victory in TCU women's basketball history.
Mark the third time TCU has played and defeated a team from the Coastal Athletic Association.
Improve the Horned Frogs' record as a ranked team to 85-39.
Boost TCU's record at home when ranked to 50-8.
Stake TCU to its 18th straight home win as a ranked team.