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FORT WORTH – TCU renews a multi-conference rivalry under the Big 12 banner when it travels to face Houston at 2 p.m. on Saturday inside the Fertitta Center.
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FORT WORTH – TCU renews a multi-conference rivalry under the Big 12 banner when it travels to face Houston at 2 p.m. on Saturday inside the Fertitta Center.
The Horned Frogs and Cougars possessed shared conference affiliations during their respective tenures in the Southwest Conference and Conference-USA. Saturday's ballgame marks the first time the programs have squared off in 11 seasons.
TCU is enjoying a five-game winning streak over the Cougars and is in search of its first Big 12 road victory in 2023-24.
The Game
Teams: TCU (14-3, 1-3 Big 12) at Houston (10-5, 1-3 Big 12)
Date: 2 p.m. CT on Saturday, Jan. 13
Location: Fertitta Center in Houston, Texas
Coverage
Television: Big 12 Now on ESPN+
- Matt Pedersen, play-by-play
- Van Chancellor, analyst
- Chris Blake, play-by-play
- TCU received 11 votes in The Associated Press poll on Monday. The Horned Frogs have either been ranked or received votes in six straight polls, beginning on Dec. 4.
- TCU jumped from No. 36 to No. 33 in the NCAA NET Ratings following Wednesday's game at Texas.
- Both TCU and Houston's sole Big 12 victory thus far came at the expense of BYU.
- TCU has won five straight games against Houston, its longest winning streak against a Big 12 adversary. The programs last faced off on Dec. 2, 2012, a 60-51 TCU win in Fort Worth.
- TCU is in search of its first Big 12 road victory in three seasons.
- TCU will pick up its fourth victory over a team that has been featured in the top-100 of the NCAA NET Ratings with a takedown of the Cougars.
- TCU has held all 17 of its opponents under their season scoring average. Against No. 10 Texas, TCU pestered the Longhorns into a season-worst 41 percent shooting clip and season-low 22 field goals. The Longhorns' 72 points were 19 below their season average.
- TCU is the only team in the country that ranks in the top-10 in 3-pointers (166), 3-pointers per game (9.8) and 3-point percentage differential (.122).
- The Horned Frogs 166 triples are the third-most nationally and 15 shy of matching No. 19 Utah for the national lead.
- TCU ranks fifth nationally in both 3-pointers per game and 3-point percentage differential.
- The Horned Frogs are one of just three programs alongside No. 1 South Carolina and No. 4 Baylor ranking in the top-25 in both 3-point percentage offense and defense.
- Texas became the eighth opponent TCU has surrendered four-or-fewer 3-pointers against thus far.
- TCU has surrendered six-or-fewer 3-pointers in 13 of its 16 games.
- TCU continues to lead the Big 12 in double-doubles with 19. The Horned Frogs have had multiple players produce a double-double in the same game on five occasions.
- TCU is ninth nationally in blocks per game (6.3) and trails only No. 12 Kansas State for the Big 12 lead.
- Sedona Prince was named to the Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 Watch List on Wednesday. She is the third player in program history to receive Wooden Award consideration alongside All-Americans Sandora Irvin (2004-05) and Helena Sverrisdottir (2010-11).
- Prince averaged 21.2 points, 10.6 rebounds and 3.3 blocks over 15 games before being sidelined with a hand injury following TCU's game at Baylor on Jan. 3. She is the only player in the country ranking in the top-20 nationally in scoring, rebounding, blocks and double-doubles (10) and lone D1 player averaging 20 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks per game.
- Madison Conner continues to ranks second only to Caitlin Clark in 3-pointers (70) and 3-pointers per game (4.1). Conner has canned five-or-more deep balls seven times this season.
- Conner is the Big 12's active scoring leader at 21.2 points per game. She has scored in double figures in all 17 of TCU's outings.
- Conner is one of five players averaging at least 21 points, 5.5 rebounds and three assists per game, a group that includes Clark and fellow Wooden Award candidates Hannah Hidalgo (Notre Dame) and Juju Watkins (USC).
- Jaden Owens has dished out the sixth-most assists of any D1 player over the last two seasons with 299. She is 79 assists away from reaching 500 for her career.
- Owens is the Big 12's active leader in total assists (115) and assists per game (7.2). She ranks third and fifth, respectively, across the national ranks in both categories.
- Agnes Emma-Nnopu leads TCU in offensive rebounds with 48 and ranks fifth in the country among guards under 6-0 in the category.
- Emma-Nnopu is one of just five guards averaging at least 7.5 total rebounds and 2.8 offensive rebounds per game.
- Aaliyah Roberson matched her career-high and led TCU in scoring with 15 points at Texas.
- Be TCU's 15th all-time win versus Houston.
- Mark TCU's fifth all-time victory in Houston.
- Extend TCU's winning streak against the Cougars to six.
- Give the Horned Frogs their first Big 12 road victory since an 83-79 takedown of Oklahoma on March 4, 2021 in Norman.
- Signify TCU's 36th all-time Big 12 road win.
- Improve TCU's overall record as a Big 12 affiliate to 183-177.
- Put the Horned Frogs within a victory of guaranteeing themselves a winning overall record for the first time in four seasons.
- Double the program's overall wins tally from the past two seasons combined.
- Represent TCU's 13th victory on Texas soil in 2023-24.
- Stake TCU to its fourth Quadrant 1 or Quadrant 2 win this season.
Meeting: 44th
All-Time Series: Houston leads, 29-14
Since joining Big 12: TCU leads 1-0
Date Series Began: Feb. 12, 1983
Last Game Played: Dec. 2, 2012
Last Meeting: TCU won, 60-51
Current Win Streak: TCU, W5
TCU at Home: 10-12
TCU on the Road: 4-17
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-Present)
Longest Winning Streak by Houston: 9, (Feb. 12, 1983-Feb. 24, 1987)
Series Since TCU Joined Big 12
TCU Record in Series: 1-0
TCU at Home: 1-0
TCU on the Road: 0-0
TCU on a Neutral Court: 0-0
Last 10 Games
Date W/L Score Location
12/2/12 W 60-51 Fort Worth
12/2/11 W 80-35 Houston
12/2/10 W 69-57 Fort Worth
11/31/09 W 66-61 Houston
11/25/08 W 91-72 Fort Worth
12/21/07 L 73-68 Houston
12/22/06 W 57-46 Fort Worth
2/27/05 L 61-52 Fort Worth
1/30/05 W 63-55 Houston
3/7/04 L 86-75 Fort Worth
Series Notes: Houston
- TCU and Houston have now shared a conference affiliation three times. The Horned Frogs and Cougars played twice per season from 1984-1996 as Southwest Conference members and were both Conference-USA affiliates from 2002-2005.
- 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.
- The most recent matchup between the Horned Frogs and Cougars came during TCU's first season in the Big 12.
- TCU holds an 11-6 advantage in the all-time series following the disbanding of the Southwest Conference in 1996.
- All-time leading scorer Zahna Medley was a freshman on the Horned Frogs squad that notched the program's most recent victory against the Cougars.
