Preview: No. 17 West Virginia

Sunday, February 23

Fort Worth, Texas

11 AM

TCU

West Virginia

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Preview: No. 17 West Virginia

2/21/2025 3:52:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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10th-ranked Horned Frogs host Mountaineers in high-stakes affair on ESPN2

FORT WORTH– No. 10 TCU will engage in its most important Big 12 home game in its history on Sunday when it hosts 17^th-ranked West Virginia at 11 a.m. CT on ESPN2.

The Horned Frogs are tied with No. 19 Baylor atop the conference standings at 13-2 in league play and hold the tiebreaker over the Bears courtesy of their 80-75 victory on Jan. 26. A TCU victory over the Mountaineers, paired with a Baylor loss in its next two games, gives the Frogs a chance to clinch the university's first Big 12 basketball championship in their home finale vs. Houston on Wednesday.

TCU has won 20 consecutive home games ahead of Sunday's matinee, the longest active home winning streak in the Big 12.

The Frogs have dropped nine straight to West Virginia, who ranks second in the nation in turnovers forced (646, 24.9 per game).

The Game
Teams: No. 10 TCU (25-3, 13-2 Big 12) vs. No. 17 West Virginia (21-5, 11-4 Big 12)
Date: 11 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 23
Location: Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas

Game Coverage
Television
ESPN+

Eric Frede, Play-by-Play
Christy Thomaskutty, Analyst

Radio
88.7 KTCU FM

Chris Blake, Play-by-Play

Opening Tip

TCU is 4-2 overall and 3-0 inside Schollmaier Arena vs. ranked teams.
Sunday's matchup represents the first top-20 home conference game in TCU program history.
TCU and West Virginia are meeting as ranked teams for the second time ever. The teams engaged in a 'ranked vs. ranked' battle on Nov. 25, 2010, in the Paradise Jam, where the 10th-ranked Mountaineers downed No. 21 TCU 62-49.
TCU is hosting an AP Top 20 opponent for the fourth time in its 48-season existence. The Horned Frogs are 2-1 at home in such contests.
The Horned Frogs will earn their 24th all-time victory vs. an AP Top 20 opponent with a win over WVU.
TCU will break its program single-season records for total wins (26), home wins (18) and Big 12 wins (14) should it defeat the Mountaineers. The Frogs' 25 wins are their most in a season in 21 years.

Frog Focus

TCU achieved its fifth top 10 ranking in The Associated Press poll this season and all-time on Monday. The No. 10 billing is the second-highest AP Top 25 rank in TCU basketball history.
TCU has won 20 consecutive home games, the longest active streak in the Big 12. The Horned Frogs have not tasted defeat in Schollmaier Arena since a 77-52 loss to West Virginia on Feb. 13, 2024.
TCU tops the national charts in 3-pointers (275) and ranks ninth in 3-pointers per game (9.8).
TCU has drained the fourth-most 3-pointers (587) of any team over the last two seasons.
TCU is one of three teams ranking in the top 15 in the nation in both field goal percentage (9th, .477) and 3-point percentage (13th, .372). The others are No. 1 Notre Dame and No. 12 Kansas State.
TCU dished out at least 20 assists for the 14th game at Arizona State, finishing with 23. The Frogs are undefeated this season and 23-1 in the Mark Campbell era when dishing out 20-or-more dimes.
TCU continues to be one of only three teams in the country ranking in the top 10 nationally in
assist-to-turnover ratio (2nd, 1.72), assists (4th, 546) and assists per game (7th, 19.5).
TCU has finished with 80-plus points in 16 games, tied for the sixth-most nationally. The Horned Frogs have eclipsed the 80-point threshold in nine of their 13 conference wins.
At least four Frogs have scored in double figures in each of TCU's last four victories and 12 times this season. TCU is undefeated when four players finish with at least 10 points.
Madison Conner continues to lead the nation in 3-pointers with 101.
Conner is one of only two players in America alongside Utah's Gianna Kneepkens ranking in the top 10 in 3-pointers, 3-pointers per game (2nd, 3.6) and 3-point percentage (7th, .457).
Conner joined Taylor Robertson as one of two players in Big 12 history to drain 100 three-pointers in back-to-back seasons at Arizona State.
Conner is 31 three-pointers away from breaking Robertson's 2019-20 conference record for most threes in a season (131).
Conner's 201 three pointers over the last two seasons are the most of any active player.
Conner averages 4.4 threes per game at home. She has connected four-plus times from downtown in 20 of her 32 career outings inside Schollmaier Arena.
Sedona Prince has recorded a double-double in nearly half of her home games (14-30) in a TCU jersey. The Horned Frogs are 22-3 overall when the 6-7 center finishes with a double-double.
Prince has scored 20-plus points in 12 of her 20 career Big 12 games and in nine of 15 this season.
Prince is one of two D1 players averaging at least 17 points, nine rebounds and three blocks per game.
Prince averages 19.5 points, 9.2 rebounds and 3.2 blocks per game for her career in Schollmaier Arena.
Hailey Van Lith averages 20.6 points, 5.8 assists and three rebounds per game vs. ranked foes.
Van Lith has directly contributed to 38.5 percent of TCU's total points (857-2,221) via a made basket or an assist.
Van Lith is one of four players averaging at least 17 points and 5.5 assists per game.
Van Lith's 156 assists are the eighth-most of any D1 player.
Van Lith has finished with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.5-or-better in 11 outings as a Horned Frog.
Aaliyah Roberson is shooting 58 percent from the floor (36-62) and 57 percent (20-35) behind the arc over her last 18 outings. She leads all D1 posts in effective field goal percentage (.706).
Donovyn Hunter has produced a 3.13 assist-to-turnover ratio (25-8) over her last four games.
Agnes Emma-Nnopu leads all Big 12 guards in offensive rebounding (60, 2.3 per game).
Mark Campbell was named to the Naismith Coach of the Year Late Season Watch List on Wednesday. He has facilitated the largest year-over-year win improvement of any coach at the Power Conference level over the last two seasons at 16 games.

A Win Over the Mountaineers Would…

Give TCU a chance to clinch a share of its first Big 12 Championship in its home finale against Houston if paired with a Baylor loss to either Iowa State or Kansas State on Saturday or Monday, respectively.
Signify the first time the Horned Frogs have notched three top 20 wins in the same season.
Go down as the Horned Frogs' 15th all-time victory vs. a ranked Big 12 team.
Mark the first time TCU has won 14 conference games in any league.
Increase Mark Campbell's combined year-over-year win improvement to 40 games across his four seasons as a head coach.
Stake TCU to its 18th win in its last 21 conference games.
Count as the Horned Frogs' 100th all-time Big 12 victory.
Move TCU within a victory of finishing unbeaten at home for the second season in program history and first since 2008-09.

Series Notes: West Virginia

Both Mark Campbell and Mark Kellogg became the winningest first-year head coaches in school history at their respective programs in 2023-24. The Horned Frogs and Mountaineers each ran the table in nonconference play last season
The two head coaches' journeys include stops in the Big Sky, with Campbell helming Sacramento State and Kellogg previously serving as an assistant at Montana State.
TCU committed 26 turnovers - it's second-most in a Big 12 game - in its 57-49 loss at West Virginia on March 2. The Horned Frogs held West Virginia to its second-fewest points scored in a game in the setback. The Horned Frogs limited the hosts to 37 percent shooting (20-53) and a 5-19 clip from downtown.
Since its 77-52 home defeat on Feb. 13, 2024 to the Mountaineers, TCU has competed to a 31-6 combined overall record.
TCU's most recent home win over West Virginia occurred on Jan. 26, 2020, in a 73-60 triumph over the 25th-ranked Mountaineers.