Conner Breaks Single-Season 3-Point Record in Win Over Arizona State

Wednesday, February 19

Tempe, Ariz.

7:30 PM

TCU

25-3,13-2Big 12

Arizona State

8-19,2-13Big 12

TCU

Arizona St.

Conner Breaks Single-Season 3-Point Record in Win Over Arizona State

2/19/2025 10:15:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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Scores 22 second half points, leads No. 10 TCU to 82-66 victory

TEMPE, Ariz. – Playing near the heartbeat of her home city, Madison Conner pitched a perfect homecoming.

Conner scored 22 second half points to lead No. 10 TCU to a wire-to-wire 82-66 victory over Arizona State on Wednesday at Mullett Arena.

The Chandler, Ariz. native drilled four 3-pointers out of the intermission, including three in the fourth quarter. Her final deep ball came with 36 seconds remaining. It was Conner's 101^st in the 2024-25 campaign and broke her school record for most 3-pointers in a season.

Conner's exploits lifted TCU (25-3, 13-2 Big 12) to its fourth straight win and kept the Horned Frogs level with No. 19 Baylor atop the Big 12 standings. TCU tied its program record for total wins in a season.

All five starters scored in double figures for the Frogs.

Sedona Prince finished with 17 points and nine rebounds. Hailey Van Lith, Donovyn Hunter and Agnes Emma-Nnopu pitched in 10 points apiece.

Van Lith flirted with a triple-double late, padding her final stat line with eight rebounds and seven assists.

Hunter matched the Lieberman Award finalist for the game high in dimes.

TCU took a 42-35 lead into the locker room. The Horned Frogs scored on eight of their first nine possessions to begin the second half and stretched the lead to 17 points at 60-43 at the 3:58 mark of the period.

After shooting 0-3 from the field in the first half, Conner found her stroke in the third. She netted 11 points and converted 5-6 looks.

Arizona State (8-19, 2-13 Big 12) trimmed the Horned Frogs' lead down to nine, 71-62, with 5:18 remaining. TCU endured a scoring drought spanning more than three minutes.

Conner converted three straight attempts from distance over the game's final 3:20.

TCU connected at a 61 percent clip (27-44) from the field over the first three quarters and shot 59 percent in the second half.

Hunter netted all 10 of her points in the first half and entered the locker room with five assists and three rebounds. Her efforts helped off an uncharacteristically cold 20-minute spell for Conner and Van Lith, who were a combined 2-13 from the field.

TCU used an 8-0 run to assume a 19-8 lead eight minutes into the affair.

The Horned Frogs assisted on 15 of 17 buckets in the first half and finished with 23.

TCU dominated the paint on both ends. The Frogs finished with a 38-18 advantage in points in the paint behind Prince and six first half points from Deasia Merrill. TCU out-rebounded Arizona State 42-26.

The Sun Devils were led by a game-high 25 points from Ty Skinner. Arizona State dressed just eight players.

Up Next
TCU hosts No. 17 West Virginia at 11 a.m. on Sunday in a game that will go a long way in determining if the Horned Frogs can capture the school's first Big 12 basketball championship. A victory over the Mountaineers, paired with a Baylor loss in its next two games, means TCU can clinch a share of the conference title in its home finale vs. Houston on Feb. 26

Sunday's game will be televised on ESPN2.

Team Notes

TCU notched 25 victories in a season for the third time in 48-years of existence. The 2024-25 squad joined the 2000-01 and 2003-04 teams atop the Horned Frogs' record book.
TCU matched its program record for most Big 12 victories in a season, tying the 2019-20 squad that finished 13-5 in league play and second in the conference standings.
The Horned Frogs have now won six Big 12 road games, their most ever in a season.
TCU improved to 8-2 in road or neutral site affairs.
The Horned Frogs have now won 17 of their last 20 conference games dating back to Feb. 17, 2024.
TCU has triumphed in eight of its last 11 Big 12 road games.
TCU and Arizona State faced off with one another for the first time ever.
The Horned Frogs had five players score in double figures for the third time this season.
At least four Frogs have scored in double figures in each of TCU's last four victories and on 12 occasions overall in 2024-25.
TCU shot 76.9 percent (10-13) from the field in the third frame, its best shooting percentage in any quarter of any game this season.
TCU's 56.9 shooting percentage (33-58) was its best in a Big 12 game in the Mark Campbell era.
TCU came two baskets shy of matching its Big 12 single-game record for field goals.
TCU scored 80 points in a game for the 16^th time in 28 outings.
The Horned Frogs have scored 82-or-more in three of their last four away affairs.
Wednesday's effort signified the 14^th time the Frogs have collected at least 20 assists. TCU is undefeated this season and 23-1 in the Campbell era when dishing out 20-or-more dimes.
TCU increased its season assists tally to 546. The Frogs need 47 more to break their single-season assists record.
TCU has led at halftime in all 15 of its Big 12 contests.

Individual Notes

Conner has drained 201 three-pointers over the last two seasons. The only player with an identical tally is Caitlin Clark.
Conner scored 20 points in a half for the third time this season, having last done so on Dec. 21 when she netted 20 in the first half of TCU's 92-52 win at UCF.
Conner delivered her NCAA-leading 16^th game in 2024-25 with at least four 3-pointers.
Conner has knocked down four-or-more 3-pointers in seven conference games.
Conner now needs 31 threes to overtake Taylor Robertson's 2021-22 record for most 3-pointers in a season by a Big 12 player.
Hunter has produced a 3.13 assist-to-turnover ratio (25-8) over her last four outings.
Hunter shot 4-4 from the floor in the first half.
Hunter scored in double figures for the sixth time in a TCU uniform.
Hunter made her 11^th start of the season.
Hunter led all players in plus-minus rating.
Prince led all players in rebounds.
Prince averaged a team-leading 19.5 points and 10.5 rebounds per game in its sweep of the Arizona schools.
Emma-Nnopu reached double figures for 21^st time in her career.
Van Lith finished with at least five assists for the 40^th time in her career an 18^th game this season.
Merrill finished with six-or-more points for the ninth time this year. TCU has yet to lose when the 6-2 senior scores at least six and/or logs 10-plus minutes.