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FORT WORTH – TCU commences the 2024-25 campaign at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday against Houston Christian in Schollmaier Arena.
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FORT WORTH – TCU commences the 2024-25 campaign at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday against Houston Christian in Schollmaier Arena.
The contest is the fifth all-time meeting between the programs. The midweek tilt marks the third time in the last 15 years TCU has staged its season-opener vs. the Huskies.
Tuesday's game ignites a six-game Horned Frog homestand to begin the year.
The Game
Teams: TCU vs. Houston Christian
Date: 6:30 p.m. CT on Tuesday, Nov. 5
Location: Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas
Game Coverage
Television
Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Ron Thulin, Play-by-Play
Jada Curtis, Analyst
Radio
88.7 KTCU FM
Kyle Crews, Play-by-Play
Opening Tip
- TCU has won 11 consecutive season and home-opening games.
- The Horned Frogs are 16-4 at home under Mark Campbell.
- TCU is enjoying a 13-game home nonconference winning streak.
- TCU is 28-4 in November home games since Schollmaier Arena reopened in 2015.
- The Horned Frogs are 57-7 all-time in nonconference games inside Schollmaier Arena.
- The Horned Frogs received preseason votes in The Associated Press poll and WBCA Coaches Poll for the first time since 2011-12. Based on the number of votes received, TCU enters the 2024-25 season tabbed 27th in both polls.
- TCU was picked fourth in the Preseason Big 12 Coaches Poll, its highest preseason prediction.
- TCU leads the country in returning 3-point offense. The Horned Frogs bring back 82 percent of their 3-pointers per game (7.7 3FGM). Madison Conner (3.7 3FGM) and Agnes Emma-Nnopu (1.9 3FGM) account for 5.6 of the Horned Frogs average makes from distance.
- TCU ranks second in the Big 12 and in the top-10 nationally in both career points scored (8,062) and returning points per game (111.4).
- The Horned Frogs field the oldest roster among all Power Conference teams, with an opening night average age of 21 years and 11 months.
- TCU returns 96 percent of its scoring (66.7 ppg) from 2023-24 and singed a six-player transfer class that averaged 50.7 points per game last season. The net total of 111.4 points per game ranks second in the Big 12 and is in the top-10 nationally.
- Fort Worth is home to one of the nation's winningest rosters. The Frogs' 14 players have competed to a combined overall record of 669-373 and .642 winning percentage.
- TCU had three players selected to Naismith Starting 5 awards preseason watch lists for the first time ever. Hailey Van Lith and Madison Conner received consideration for the Drysdale Award. Van Lith was also named to the Naismith Trophy watch list. Sedona Prince was tabbed to the Lisa Leslie Award preseason watch list for the third straight season.
- Van Lith leads all D1 guards in career points scored (1,936). Only Caitlin Clark and Dyaisha Fair tallied more points from 2020-24 among four-year players.
- Van Lith won an Olympics bronze medal for Team USA in 3x3 in August. She led the United States in points scored (47, 5.2 ppg), 2-point shooting percentage (53%, 8-15) and key assists (13).
- Van Lith was the only active collegian to compete for Team USA in 5-on-5 or 3x3 in Paris.
- Van Lith was crowned Preseason Big 12 Co-Newcomer of the Year and one of 10 players tabbed to the Preseason All-Big 12 team.
- Conner posted the seventh-highest 3-pointers per 40 minutes average (4.2) in the last six years among D1 players in 2023-24.
- Conner is the nation's active leader in 3-pointers per 40 minutes and per 100 possessions (6.2) averages. She ranked second only to Caitlin Clark in both categories last season.
- Prince tops the national ranks among returning players in blocks per game average (2.9).
- Prince was the only player in the country averaging 20 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks per game throughout the 2023-24 regular season.
- Donovyn Hunter led all D1 freshmen and ranked 21st nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.39) as the starting point guard at Oregon State in 2023-24.
- Agnes Emma-Nnopu is the top returning rebounder among Big 12 guards. She pulled down 7.2 rebounds per game in 2023-24, including 2.6 offensive boards per night.
- TCU and Mark Campbell enjoyed the largest year-over-year win improvement (+13) and win percentage increase (.399) of all Power Conference programs in 2023-24.
- Extend TCU's home nonconference winning streak to 14 games
- Boost Mark Campbell's all-time nonconference record to 14-0 at TCU and 27-7 all-time
- Improve TCU's all-time record in season-opening games to 33-15
- Mark the 12th straight year TCU has began a season with a win
- Be the program's 104th all-time win inside Schollmaier Arena
- Give TCU its seventh win in its last 10 outings dating back to last season
- Make TCU 7-4 under Campbell when ranked or receiving votes in The Associated Press poll
- Spike TCU's all-time record vs. current Southland Conference members to 42-12
- Augment the Horned Frogs' all-time home record to 432-250
- Signify the 220th victory in Campbell and associate head coach Xavier Lopez's 10 years on the bench together dating back to 2015-16
- Count Campbell's 61st career head coaching victory
- TCU is staging its season-opener against Houston Christian for the third time ever. The programs opened the 2009-10 and 2021-22 campaigns opposite one another
- The Horned Frogs 109-30 defeat of the Huskies to commence the 2009-10 season came during Houston Christian's second year of reclassification to NCAA Division I. TCU's 79-point margin of victory is the second-largest in program history. The 109 points scored were the seventh-most in a single game ahead of the Frogs' 48th season.
- TCU's average margin of victory vs. Houston Christian is 45.8 points.
- Houston Christian announced the hire of Myles Sherman as an assistant coach on Oct. 24. Sherman was a four-year student manager and scout team player for TCU women's basketball from 2019-23. He graduated from TCU in December with a bachelor's degree in Allied Health.
- TCU associate head coach Xavier Lopez and Houston Christian head coach Donna Finnie are members of the international chapter of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association
