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FORT WORTH – TCU plays its penultimate home game in 2023-24 when it rematches Houston at 6 p.m. on Saturday.
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FORT WORTH – TCU plays its penultimate home game in 2023-24 when it rematches Houston at 6 p.m. on Saturday.
The Cougars knocked off TCU 77-66 on Jan. 13 in Space City. TCU shot 10-20 from deep and outrebounded Houston 39-31.
The Horned Frogs and Houston are tied for 11th in the Big 12 standings with three games remaining in the regular season.
The Game
Teams: TCU (17-9, 4-11 Big 12) vs. Houston (13-13, 4-11 Big 12)
Date: 6 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 24
Location: Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas
Coverage
Television: Big 12 Now on ESPN+
- Will Conerly, play-by-play
- Jada Curtis, analyst
- Chris Blake, play-by-play
- TCU and Houston are tied for 11th in the Big 12 standings. The winner of Saturday's game will force a tie for ninth and move off the cut line for a first round matchup in the Big 12 Championship.
- The teams' January meeting was overshadowed by the season-ending injury to TCU point guard Jaden Owens (8.4 ppg, 7.2 apg) in the first quarter.
- The Cougars outscored TCU 21-9 in the immediate aftermath of Owens' exit. The teams were even in the first and fourth frames while the Horned Frogs outscored Houston 15-14 in the third period.
- TCU shot 10-20 from downtown in Space City
- TCU will notch three straight Big 12 victories for the first time since Feb. 16-23, 2020, with a win over the Cougars. The 2019-20 campaign also marked the last time TCU won five Big 12 games.
- TCU is averaging 9.9 threes per game, the third-best single-season mark in Big 12 history.
- TCU has knocked down a season-high 14 threes in back-to-back ballgames. The Horned Frogs have drained 14 looks from deep four times this season.
- TCU is one of only two teams in the country ranking in the top-10 in 3-pointers per game (5th, 9.9), 3-pointers (6th, 257) and 3-point percentage differential (6th, .104).
- TCU is 43 threes shy of becoming the seventh squad in Big 12 history to reach 300 in a season.
- The Horned Frogs have kept opponents below their season scoring average in 20 of 26 games, including all five tilts vs. ranked opposition and 16 of their 17 home games.
- TCU limited BYU to 6-21 shooting behind the arc, signifying the 18th time the Horned Frogs have surrendered six-or-fewer 3-pointers this season.
- The Horned Frogs have kept opponents under 40 percent from the field in 16 outings, including their most recent wins over BYU and Cincinnati. BYU's 58 points were its fewest at home in 2023-24.
- Madison Conner leads the Big 12 and ranks 18th nationally in scoring (20.9 ppg).
- Conner is averaging 4.1 threes per game, a mark that ranks second in the country and in Big 12 single-season history.
- Conner knocked down her 81st three-pointer at BYU, tying Jill Sutton (1997-98) for second on TCU's single-season records list for 3-pointers. She needs seven to surpass Zahna Medley's 2015-16 tally of 87 as TCU's single-season 3-point record-holder.
- Conner is one of only seven players in the country and one of just five guards 5-11-or-shorter averaging at least 20 points, five rebounds and 2.5 assists per game,
- Aaliyah Roberson finished 23 points and 13 rebounds - both of which were career-highs - and recorded her fourth double-double in Wednesday's win at BYU. She finished 4-8 from downtown.
- Roberson tops the Big 12 and is ninth in the country in effective field goal percentage (.638).
- Roberson leads the Big 12 and is ninth nationally in 3-point percentage (.406) among players 6-2-or-taller.
- Roberson is averaging 11.3 points and seven rebounds per night across her last eight starts.
- Agnes Emma-Nnopu Emma-Nnopu has scored at least 17 points in four of her last six outings. She collected 17 points and nine boards on Wednesday in Provo.
- Emma-Nnopu's season rebounding average (7.2) ranks second among all Big 12 guards.
- Emma-Nnopu leads all Big 12 guards and is 13th in the country in offensive rebounds (63).
- Sydney Harris leads the Big 12 in 3-point percentage (.459). She has shot 50 percent-or-better with multiple makes behind the arc in five of her last 11 games.
- Conner, Harris and Roberson combine to make TCU the sole Big 12 team with three players connecting above 40 percent from deep with at least 25 makes from distance.
- Harris ranks second in the country only to Caitlin Clark in 3-pointers per 40 minutes, averaging 5.4.
- Give TCU its sixth-most home victories in a season (14).
- Signify the second time in 47 seasons TCU has improved its year-over-year win total by 10 games; the 1978-79 Horned Frogs squad increased its win tally from five to 19 in the program's second season of existence.
- Be TCU's 186th as a Big 12 member.
- Nudge Mark Campbell within a victory of becoming the winningest first-year head coach in program history.
- Increase Campbell's combined career year-over-year win improvement to 32 across three seasons as a head coach.
- Send the Horned Frogs to three straight Big 12 victories for the first time since the 2019-20 campaign.
- Make TCU 5-1 against conference newcomers this season.
Meeting: 45th
All-Time Series: Houston leads, 30-14
Since joining Big 12: Tied, 1-1
Date Series Began: Feb. 12, 1983
Last Game Played: Jan. 13, 2024
Last Meeting: Houston won, 77-66
Current Win Streak: Houston, W1
TCU at Home: 10-12
TCU on the Road: 4-18
TCU on a Neutral Court: 0-0
Largest Margin of Victory by TCU: 45, (Dec. 11, 2011)
Largest Margin of Victory by Houston: 54, (Jan. 23, 1991)
Longest Winning Streak by TCU: 5, (Nov. 25, 2008-Dec. 2, 2012)
Longest Winning Streak by Houston: 9, (Feb. 12, 1983-Feb. 24, 1987)
Series Since TCU Joined Big 12
TCU Record in Series: 1-1
TCU at Home: 1-0
TCU on the Road: 0-1
TCU on a Neutral Court: 0-0
Series Notes: Houston
- Madison Conner notched her 10th of 11 20-point performances in TCU's 77-66 defeat at Houston on Jan. 13.
- Sydney Harris tallied 16 points and seven rebounds - all in the second half - vs. the Cougars in January.
- TCU outrebounded Houston 39-31 and shot 46 percent from the field compared to a 43 percent Cougars clip in the teams' last collision on the hardwood.
- Houston guard Laila Blair scored a career-high 33 points vs. TCU in January. Of her points, 15 came in the first quarter and she had 24 entering halftime.
- TCU holds an 11-7 advantage in the all-time series following the disbanding of the Southwest Conference in 1996.
- Former Horned Frogs head coach Jeff Mittie scheduled the Cougars annually from 2006-2012 after TCU departed the C-USA for the Mountain West Conference.
