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Preview: No. 7 Texas - TCU Athletics
FORT WORTH – For the last time as Big 12 rivals, TCU and Texas are set to collide on the hardwood.
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FORT WORTH – For the last time as Big 12 rivals, TCU and Texas are set to collide on the hardwood.
The Horned Frogs host the seventh-ranked Longhorns at 4 p.m. on Saturday in what may well be the final time the teams take Walsh Family Court in Schollmaier Arena.
TCU and Texas are meeting for the second time in 2023-24. TCU fell to Texas 72-60 on Jan. 10 in Austin.
The Game
Teams: TCU (15-7, 2-9 Big 12) vs. Texas (21-3, 8-3Big 12)
Date: 4 p.m. CT on Saturday, Feb. 10
Location: Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas
Coverage
Television: Big 12 Now on ESPN+
- John Liddle, play-by-play
- Jada Curtis, analyst
- Chris Blake, play-by-play
- TCU will net its fourth-ever win over an AP top-10 opponent with a victory on Saturday.
- A defeat of the Longhorns will tie a 79-77 win on Jan. 10, 2018, vs. No. 7 Texas on as the second-highest ranked win in program history.
- Saturday signifies the midway point of a three-game stretch for TCU against AP top-25 teams. TCU has played three straight games vs. ranked ballclubs twice in its 47-season history.
- TCU limited Texas to a season-low 22 field goals in Austin.
- TCU held Texas 17 points under its then-season scoring average (89.5 ppg) in January.
- TCU was within a point of the Longhorns at 56-55 with 7:11 to go in their last meeting.
- Aaliyah Roberson finished with 15 points and seven boards last month vs. the Longhorns.
- TCU is one of only two teams nationwide alongside Gonzaga ranking in the top-10 nationally in 3-point percentage differential (4th, .116), 3-pointers per game (5th, 9.7), and 3-pointers (8th, 214). TCU leads the Big 12 in all three categories.
- The Horned Frogs are the lone D1 program that ranks in the top-15 nationally in 3-point percentage offense and defense. TCU is holding opponents to a 26 percent clip from deep, the 14th-best mark nationally. Only three teams have made at least seven 3-pointers and shot better than 30 percent behind the arc in the same game vs. TCU.
- TCU has reached double digits in 3-pointers 12 times.
- TCU is 38 three's shy of breaking the program's single-season record for 3-pointers.
- The Horned Frogs are combatting the loss of 68 percent of their scoring with injuries to Sedona Prince (21.2 ppg), Madison Conner (21.0 ppg) and Jaden Owens (7.9 ppg).
- Upon Conner and Prince's returns from the disabled list, TCU will regain its status as the only team in the country with two 20-point-per-game scorers.
- TCU has held 18 of 22 opponents under its season scoring average.
- TCU is tied with Iowa State for 14th nationally and atop the Big 12 statistical rankings in effective field goal percentage (.537).
- The Horned Frogs continue to trail only No. 8 Kansas State for the Big 12 lead in field goal percentage defense. TCU is limiting opponents to a 36.2 percent clip from the field and held its first 20 foes at-or-below 42 percent shooting.
- Sydney Harris ranks second and fifth, respectively, among all Big 12 players in 3-point percentage (.472) and field goal percentage (.529) since Jan. 13.
- Harris has knocked down 17-36 attempts from deep over the last month - the third-most of any Big 12 player in that span. She has gone 8-19 from downtown over her last two outings.
- Harris averaged 19.5 points and led all scorers in TCU's two most recent games.
- Aaliyah Roberson has averaged 12.3 points and 5.4 rebounds per game since replacing Prince at the five in TCU's starting lineup. Roberson scored in double figures for the 10th time this year at OU.
- Roberson ranks sixth in the country among forwards 6-2-or-taller in 3-point percentage (.400).
- Roberson leads all Big 12 forwards in 3-point percentage and ranks fourth in 3-pointers (22).
- Tara Manumaleuga has finished with a game and career-high eight assists over her last two games. Manumaleuga is averaging 6.5 assists per night since TCU installed the 5-out motion offense.
- Una Jovanovic ranks third among active players in the Big 12 in assist-to-turnover ratio (+2.3).
- Agnes Emma-Nnopu leads all Big 12 guards and is tied for 11th nationally in offensive rebounds among guards 5-11-or-shorter with 55. She pulled down eight offensive boards on Dec. 5 vs. ACU, which are tied for the second-most in a game by any D1 player this season.
- Dual-sport athlete Sarah Sylvester scored her first collegiate point at Oklahoma on Wednesday.
- Be Mark Campbell's 55th career head coaching victory.
- Make Campbell 3-2 in games his teams have faced a Vic Schaefer-led squad.
- Hand Campbell his first career ranked victory as a head coach.
- Give Campbell a combined 30-game year-over-year win improvement in three seasons as a head coach.
- Mark the second time in three seasons as a head coach Campbell has doubled a team's win total from the previous season.
- Stake TCU to its highest-ranked Big 12 home victory in 12 years of conference affiliation.
- Go down as TCU's seventh all-time win over an AP top-10 team.
- Mark the fourth time TCU has defeated a ranked Longhorns squad.
- Count as TCU's dozenth ranked Big 12 win.
- Tie its 2018 triumph over Texas as the highest-ranked win in TCU's Big 12 era.
- TCU's most recent ranked road victory was at the expense of Texas during the 2019-20 campaign. The Horned Frogs downed the 25th-ranked Longhorns 65-63 on Jan. 3, 2020 in the teams' Big 12 opener. TCU finished 13-5 in league play and earned the No. 2 seed in the Big 12 Championship.
- TCU's 79-77 win against No. 7 Texas in 2018 is one of six victories in program history vs. AP top-10 teams and is the last time the Horned Frogs have defeated the Longhorns in Fort Worth.
- TCU reached the postseason or was destined to do so in each of the four seasons it defeated Texas. The Horned Frogs earned WNIT berths in 2014, 2015 and 2018 and were a lock to reach the NCAA Tournament in 2020 before COVID-19 forced the cancellation of the Big Dance.
- Four of the TCU's last five meetings against Texas have been vs. ranked Longhorns teams.
- Saturday's game signifies the 33rd time TCU has played a ranked Texas team.
