Preview: BYU

FORT WORTH – TCU closes out a two-game stay at home on Tuesday when it hosts BYU in the lone meeting between the programs in 2024-25.

The Horned Frogs checked in at No. 11 in The Associated Press poll on Monday, good for their 11^th consecutive week featured in the top 15. TCU has been the highest ranked team in the Big 12 since Dec. 2.

TCU looks to maintain a share of first place in the league standings when it faces the Cougars. The Frogs are gridlocked with No. 14 Kansas State and No. 25 Baylor at the top of the tables with identical 10-2 conference records.

The Game
Teams: No. 11 TCU (22-3, 10-2 Big 12) vs. BYU (12-11, 3-9 Big 12)
Date: 6:30 p.m. CT on Tuesday, Feb. 11
Location: Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas

Game Coverage
Television
ESPN+

Ron Thulin, Play-by-Play
Jada Curtis, Analyst

Radio
88.7 KTCU FM

Chris Blake, Play-by-Play

Opening Tip

TCU has won 19 straight home games. A full calendar year will have passed since the Horned Frogs last tasted defeat in Schollmaier Arena should they defeat the Cougars.
TCU averages 83 points per game at home and has scored 80-plus in four of its six Big 12 home affairs.
In the Mark Campbell era, TCU has prevented 30-35 visiting teams from reaching their season scoring average in Schollmaier Arena, including 12-15 this season. TCU is surrendering 55 points per game at home over the last two seasons.
TCU broke its single-season record for 3-pointers in last season's 68-58 win in Provo, knocking down 14-29 attempts from distance. Aaliyah Roberson and Agnes Emma-Nnopu each drilled four.
Sedona Prince and Madison Conner finished with 25 points and 21 points in last season's 81-67 home win vs. BYU, one of seven instances where both players have scored 20-plus in the same game.

Frog Focus

TCU leads the nation in 3-pointers (247) and ranks seventh in 3-pointers per game (9.9).
The Horned Frogs are one of three teams ranking in the top 15 nationally in 3-pointers, 3-pointers per game and 3-point percentage (13th, .373).
TCU has knocked down 559 three-pointers over the last two seasons, the fourth-most of any team in America. The Frogs' 3-point percentage (.371) tops the Power Conference ranks and is the third-best clip at the D1 level among teams who have made at least 450 three-pointers.
TCU drained at least nine 3-pointers for the 16th time this season in Saturday's win vs. Texas Tech. The Frogs are 30-5 over the last two years when finishing with at least nine makes behind the arc.
TCU remains one of just three D1 teams alongside UConn and Kansas State ranking in the top 10 nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio (3rd, 1.67), assists (6th, 479) and assists per game (8th, 19.2).
The Horned Frogs produced their second-best assist rate of the season vs. Texas Tech on Saturday, assisting on 19 of 22 field goals (86.4 percent).
TCU averages 21.3 assists per game at home and has finished with 20-or-more in 10 home affairs.
The Frogs have led at halftime in all 12 of their conference games and in 23 of 25 contests overall.
TCU has finished with 80-plus points in 14 games, tied for the fifth-most nationally.
The Horned Frogs have eclipsed the 80-point threshold in seven of their 10 Big 12 wins.
In holding Texas Tech to a season-low 42 points on Saturday, TCU has now held 20 of a possible 24 teams under their season scoring average and prevented 11 teams from scoring at least 50 points in 2024-25.
TCU boasts the second-highest scoring trio in the nation in the form of Hailey Van Lith, Sedona Prince and Madison Conner. They average a combined 50.9 points per game and make TCU one of just three teams with multiple players averaging at least 15 points per night.
The trio is responsible for 63 percent of TCU's cumulative scoring (1,254-1.975 points).
Van Lith has finished with 15 points and five assists in 13 games this season. Only Kentucky's Georgia Amoore (14) has more 15-and-five games.
Van Lith is one of six D1 players with a 2-1 assist-to-turnover ratio and at least 140 assists to her name.
Van Lith ranks 10th nationally in total assists with 141.
Conner continues to lead the nation in 3-pointers (89) and ranks second in 3-pointers per game (3.6).
Conner tops the national charts in games with at least four 3-pointers with 12.
Conner is connecting at a 48 percent clip (67-140) from deep over TCU's last 14 games.
Conner is shooting a conference-leading 49 percent behind the arc (37-76) in Big 12 play.
Prince has scored 20-plus points in 11 of her 17 career Big 12 games and in seven of 12 this season.
Prince ranks third in the country in blocks (75) and blocks per game (3.1). She is one of two players in America averaging at least 17 points, nine rebounds and three blocks per game.
TCU is 17-2 when Prince scores at least 20 points.
Aaliyah Roberson is statistically one of the best shooting bigs in America. Roberson leads the country in effective field goal percentage (.699) among players 6-2-or-taller. She converted all four of her field goal attempts vs. Texas Tech on her way to a season-high 14 points. The 6-2 junior is shooting 58 percent (28-48) from the floor over TCU's last 15 ballgames.
Donovyn Hunter is averaging 7.3 points per game and has produced a 2.5-1 assist-to-turnover ratio across TCU's 16 home games. She dished out a season-high seven assists vs. Texas Tech.
Taylor Bigby netted nine points in Saturday's win. The Frogs are 10-1 when she scores nine-or-more.
Agnes Emma-Nnopu leads all Big 12 guards in offensive rebounds (52) and ranks 23rd nationally among players 5-11-or-shorter in offensive boards per game (2.3).

A Win Over the Cougars Would…

Tie for the most home victories in a season (17), matching the 2018-19 TCU team's tally atop the program record book.
Extend TCU's home winning streak to 20 games, dating back to a 59-49 takedown of Houston on Feb. 24.
Mark the seventh time TCU has won at least 23 games in a season.
Put TCU within three victories of breaking its all-time record for total wins in a season.
Give TCU its second-most Big 12 victories in 13 seasons of conference membership.
Lift the Horned Frogs to their 15th conference win in their last 18 league affairs.
Send TCU to its second three-game winning streak vs. BYU and tie the all-time series between the programs at 11 wins apiece.
Improve TCU's record as a ranked team at home to 43-8.
Guarantee TCU a share of first place in the Big 12 standings with five regular season games left.

Series Notes: BYU

TCU and BYU squared off twice annually from 2006-2011 during their shared Mountain West Conference affiliation. BYU claimed seven of 13 ballgames between the programs during their MWC era.
The Horned Frogs averaged 11 three-pointers per game and shot 49 percent behind the arc (22-45) combined in their season sweep of the Cougars in 2023-24.
Aaliyah Roberson netted a career-high 23 points in the Frogs' 68-58 victory in Provo on Feb. 21.
Sedona Prince, Madison Conner and Agnes Emma-Nnopu combined for 58 of TCU's 81 points in its 81-67 triumph over BYU on Dec. 30, 2023 in the teams' most recent head-to-head in Fort Worth. Prince finished with a 25-point, 10-rebound double-double.
TCU held BYU below 40 percent shooting in both of its victories over the Cougars in 2023-24.

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Taylor Bigby

Madison Conner

Agnes Emma-Nnopu

Donovyn Hunter

Sedona Prince

Aaliyah Roberson

Hailey Van Lith

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