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Wednesday, February 18

Houston, Texas

6:30 PM

TCU

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No. 12 TCU faces Cougars looking to inch closer to Big 12 title

FORT WORTH – TCU heads to the Texas gulf to challenge Houston in its penultimate regular season road game at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday inside the Fertitta Center.

The Horned Frogs and Cougars are squaring off for the second time in as many weeks. TCU walloped Houston 90-45 on Feb. 4 in Fort Worth.

The Game
Teams: #12 TCU (23-4 11-3 Big 12) at Houston (7-18, 1-13 Big 12)
Date: 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 18
Location: Fertitta Center in Houston, Texas

Game Coverage
Television
ESPN+

Daniel Gillman, Play-by-Play
Austyn Iven, Analyst

Radio
KTCU 88.7 FM

Chris Blake, Play-by-Play

Opening Tip

The Horned Frogs lead the Big 12 with four games remaining in the regular season for the second straight year.
TCU is aiming to become the first program in conference history to win two straight regular season championships within three seasons of finishing in last place.
TCU has won seven of its last 10 Big 12 road games.
TCU has competed to a 31-6 record in league play over the last two calendar years.
TCU's average margin of victory in Big 12 games this season is 17.4 points.
Over the last two seasons, 18 of TCU's 25 conference wins have been by double digits.
The Horned Frogs have hung three straight double digit victories on Houston ahead of Wednesday's ballgame, including a 90-45 home triumph on Feb. 4, in what was the program's largest margin of victory in a Big 12 bout.

Frog Focus

TCU jumped five spots in the latest Associated Press poll after posting back-to-back top-20 wins over then-No. 12 Baylor and No. 19 West Virginia. The Horned Frogs continue to be the Big 12's highest-rated team in the AP Top 25, USA Today Sports Coaches Poll (rank) and NCAA NET rankings (No. 11).
TCU's other primary goal for the season besides repeating as Big 12 champions is to host first and second round games in the NCAA Tournament, and give itself a shot at playing in the Fort Worth Regional. On Saturday, the Horned Frogs took another step toward achieving that ambition, as TCU received the No. 12 overall seed in the NCAA Selection Committee's first top 16 reveal.
TCU is two victories away from posting consecutive 25-win seasons for the first time in the history of either Horned Frogs men's or women's basketball.
Under Mark Campbell, TCU ranks fifth among all D1 programs in winning percentage (.877) and total wins (57) since 2024-25. Campbell's 78 wins as TCU's head man are the sixth-most at the Power Conference level over the past three years.
Giving grist to TCU's recent dominance, five of the Horned Frogs' seven losses over the last two seasons, including all four in 2025-26. have either been by one possession or come in overtime. TCU has not lost back-to-back games in the last two seasons.
TCU is allowing just 60 points per game in Big 12 action, the third-fewest among all Power Conference teams in conference affairs. Only Duke (54.6 ppg) and UCLA (58.4 ppg) have better scoring defenses than the Horned Frogs in league play.
The Frogs have limited nine opponents to their lowest scoring outputs of the season, including five in Big 12 play; BYU, Arizona State, Houston and No. 19 West Virginia (2x).
The Mountaineers became the 12th opponent unable to score more than 50 points vs. the Horned Frogs' defense.
Including two of its last three wins over the Cougars, TCU has held 31 teams to or below the 50-point threshold in the Campbell era.
TCU has held an NCAA-leading 10 opponents at-or-below 30 percent shooting from the field, among them five Big 12 teams; Arizona State, BYU, Houston, UCF and West Virginia.
TCU's average margin of victory this season is 24 points. The Horned Frogs are one of only seven teams winning their games by 24 points or more.
TCU and top-ranked UConn are the only teams in the nation scoring at least 75 points per game while holding opponents to no more than 55.5 points per game.
The Horned Frogs rank fourth and seventh, respectively, across the D1 ranks in field goal percentage defense (.337) and field goal percentage (.486). TCU, alongside UConn, South Carolina and LSU, is one of four teams ranking in the top-10 in both categories.
Fort Worth is home to the Big 12's highest-scoring duo in Olivia Miles and Marta Suarez, who average a combined 36.4 points per game.
Miles (20.2 ppg), Suarez (16.2 ppg) and Donovyn Hunter (12 ppg) are the nation's fifth highest-scoring teammate trifecta at 48.4 points per game. The trio combined for 64 points in TCU's 90-45 win over Houston on Feb. 4. Beginning with that game, the three players have collectively scored 60-plus in three of TCU's last four outings.
Miles (25 points) and Suarez (24 points) single-handedly outscored the Cougars in both halves of the teams' last meeting. The duo tallied 27 first half points to Houston's 22 and finished with 22 in the second half while TCU limited the Cougars to 20 points out of the intermission.
Miles and Suarez shot a combined 68 percent from the field (19-28), knocked down 4-6 attempts from three and were 7-7 at the foul line in TCU's 45-point walloping of Houston on Feb. 4
Miles and Suarez took it a step further in TCU's 83-67 win at No. 12 Baylor on Thursday, scoring a combined 67 points - the most by a pair of teammates in a Big 12 game opposite a ranked opponent in league history.
Including their clinic vs. the Cougars, Miles and Suarez have both tallied at least 20 points and five rebounds in the same game on seven occasions, more than any pair of teammates in college basketball.
Miles and Suarez are also one the only duo nationwide averaging at least 15.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and two assists per game.
Miles, Suarez and Hunter are one of just two trios in college basketball averaging at least 12 points per game while shooting better than 45 percent from the field and 75 percent at the foul line. The only other teammate threesome matching the statistical criteria is UCLA's Gabriela Jaquez, Gianna Kneepkens and Kiki Rice.
Miles, Suarez and Hunter have put at least 50 points on the board for TCU 13 times, leading TCU to an 11-2 record in those games
Either Miles or Suarez has led TCU in scoring in 22 games and in 13-of-14 in Big 12 play.
TCU has benefitted from a 20-point performance by Miles, Suarez or Hunter in 18 games.
Miles, Hunter and Suarez are one of just two teammate triads and the lone threesome at the Power Conference level who have each made 50 threes. The other is Fairfield's Meghan Andersen, Jillian Huerter, Kaety L'Amoreaux.
Bringing Taylor Bigby into the fold, TCU is one of seven teams with four players who have all made at least 35 threes. Suarez (54), Miles (53), Hunter (51) and Bigby (37) are responsible for 78 percent (192-247) of TCU's 3-point offense.
TCU needs 87 threes to become only the eighth program to make 1,000 over a three-season span.

Individual Notables
Olivia Miles

Tabbed AP National Player of the Week, USBWA National Player of the Week and Big 12 Player of the Week on Tuesday; selected as Big 12 Player of the Week for a league-leading fourth time
Is the only player in the country averaging at least 20 points, 6.5 assists and 6.5 rebounds per game.
Ranks third among all Big 12 players and sits 17th nationally in scoring average at 20.2 points per game; has increased her scoring average to 21.7 points per game in league play.
Has scored 20-plus in 11 of her last 14 outings and led TCU in scoring all-but-once in conference play.
Dished out at least seven assists for the 13th time vs. West Virginia.
On pace to become only the second player in NCAA history alongside Andrea Kabwasa (New Mexico State, 1991-92) to average 20 points, 6.5 rebounds, 6.5 assists and 1.5 steals per game while shooting better than 50 percent from the floor.
Has finished with at least 15 points and five assists 21 times and in seven of her last 11 Big 12 games this season; leads all active players and ranks 13th in NCAA history with 51 career '15-and-5' games.
Leads all Division I guards in career double-doubles (32) and all active Division I players in career assists per game average (6.6), triple-doubles (10) and '15-5-5' games (38).
Needs 25 points to tally 2,000 for her career; will become the sixth active D1 player to tick the box and one of only four players in NCAA history with at least 2,000 career points, 800 assists and 700 rebounds. The others are Sabrina Ionescu, Caitlin Clark and Niesa Johnson (Alabama, 1991-95).
Already ranks ninth on TCU's single-season records list for points scored (545).
Is 27 assists away from breaking Hailey Van Lith's TCU single-season record for assists (204), which she set over the course of 38 games.

Marta Suarez

One of only 16 players nationwide averaging at least 16 points, 6.5 rebounds and two assists per game while connecting above a 45 percent clip from the field.
Ranks eighth in college basketball in points per game (16.2) among players at least 6-3.
Has scored in double figures in seven straight games.
Notched her ninth 20-point game of the year at Baylor.
Has knocked down at least three 3-pointers 10 times.
Averaging 20 points per game over her last five starts.
Has finished with at least 15 points and five rebounds in nearly half of her outings (13-of-27).

Donovyn Hunter

Has scored in double figures in six of her last seven ballgames and 17 times overall. For reference, she posted 19 double-digit scoring efforts combined across her freshman and sophomore seasons.
Has more than doubled her scoring average from her sophomore season; averaging 12.1 points per game in 2025-26 compared to 5.8 last year.
Shooting 59 percent from the floor over her last seven games and is connecting at a 49.4 percent clip for the season.
Averaging 10.4 points per game in Big 12 road affairs.

Clara Silva

Led TCU in points (14) and led all players with eight rebounds and two blocks in Sunday's win over West Virginia; scored in double figures for the 10th time in her last 16 starts.
One of only three players in college basketball and the lone underclassmen averaging at least 9.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game while shooting 60 percent from the floor.
Ranks in the top five in the Big 12 in field goal percentage (2nd, .592), blocks per game (3rd, 1.8) and rebounds per game (4th, 7.7).

A Win over the Cougars Would…

Combined with a Texas Tech win over Baylor on Wednesday, put TCU within two victories of clinching a share of the Big 12 championship and the No. 1 seed in the Big 12 Tournament. TCU's earliest possible clinch date is Feb. 26 at Cincinnati.
Tie for the third-most wins in a single season in program history.
Be only the third instance in which TCU was won a dozen Big 12 regular season games.
Count as the Horned Frogs' eighth Big 12 road win in their last 11 tries.
Boost the Horned Frogs record vs. Big 12 teams over the last two seasons to 33-5.
Make TCU 34-2 in games played in the Lone Star State over the last two seasons.
Give TCU its first victory in Houston since 2011.
Put the Horned Frogs within five victories of leveling the program's all-time record at .500.
Stake TCU to back-to-back road wins in league play for the second time this season.
Go down as the Horned Frogs' 40th all-time Big 12 road win.

Series Notes: Houston

TCU set Mark Campbell era Big 12 single-game records for field goal percentage (.576, 34-59), points in the paint (54) and rebounds (46) in its 90-45 win vs. Houston on Feb. 4.
The Horned Frogs last visit to the Fertitta Center is one that will live in infamy. Riding a three-game losing streak ahead of the matchup on Jan. 13, 2024, and already dealing with a host of injuries, including a broken finger for all-conference center Sedona Prince, Jaden Owens tore her ACL and meniscus late in the first quarter. TCU went on to lose the game 77-66 and was forced to hold open tryouts five days later. The loss was a part of a six-week stretch that saw TCU lose nine of 10. Since then, TCU has competed to a 63-11 overall record and morphed into the top team in the Big 12.
TCU holds an 14-7 advantage in the all-time series following the disbandment of the Southwest Conference in 1996.