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FORT WORTH – TCU continues its postseason run with a trip south to meet Mississippi State at 2 p.m. on Sunday in the second round of the inaugural Women's Basketball
GoFrogs: TCU at Miss. State WBIT Second Round Preview
FORT WORTH – TCU continues its postseason run with a trip south to meet Mississippi State at 2 p.m. on Sunday in the second round of the inaugural Women's Basketball Invitational Tournament (WBIT).
The Horned Frogs, seeded third in their eight-team region, thwarted No. 6 seed North Texas 67-58 on Thursday to pick up their first postseason win in five years.
Mississippi State defeated No. 7 seed Georgia Tech 84-47 in the opening round.
The winner of Sunday's game faces either top-seeded Penn State or No. 5 seed Belmont in the quarterfinals on March 28. Semifinal bouts and the WBIT championship take place on April 1 and April 3 at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The WBIT is an NCAA-funded championship akin to the National Invitation Tournament and is considered the second-best postseason event in college women's basketball.
The Game
Teams: TCU (21-11, 6-12 Big 12) at Mississippi State (22-11, 8-8 SEC)
Date: 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 24
Location: Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville, Mississippi
Coverage
Television: ESPN+
- Bart Gregory, play-by-play
- Charlie Winfield, analyst
- Chris Blake, play-by-play
- TCU and Mississippi State are meeting for the third time ever and first since 2005.
- TCU is aiming to notch its third consecutive postseason quarterfinal berth and fourth all-time.
- The Horned Frogs are 8-2 in their last 10 postseason tilts.
- TCU is 19-16 all-time in postseason play. Seven of its wins have come as the lower seeded team.
- TCU last faced an SEC opponent on Dec. 12, 2021, defeating No. 18 Texas A&M 87-75 in Fort Worth. The victory stands as TCU's most recent ranked win.
- The Horned Frogs are 16-84 all-time vs. the SEC. Of the 100 bouts, 64 have come against former Southwest Conference foes Arkansas and Texas A&M. TCU has claimed four of its last six contests against SEC foes dating back to the 2017-18 campaign.
- TCU is enjoying the largest year-over-year win improvement of any Power Six program at 13 games.
- TCU boosted its year-over-year winning percentage differential to .400 with Thursday's win against University of North Texas. That mark ranks third nationally and first among teams with a first-year head coach.
- Mark Campbell has generated a combined 35-game year-over-year win improvement in three seasons as a head coach.
- Campbell's teams are 20-8 in postseason play when including his tenures at Oregon and Oregon State.
- The Horned Frogs have held seven straight opponents and 26 of 32 teams below their season scoring average.
- TCU has kept 20 teams and six of their last eight opponents below 40 percent shooting.
- TCU has had two-or-more players finish with a double-double in eight games. They are 8-0 when multiple players produce a double-double.
- The Horned Frogs are 10-1 when four players score in double figures.
- TCU is 15-4 when knocking down at least nine 3-pointers.
- The Horned Frogs are 19-3 when scoring at least 64 points. TCU was averaging 80.5 points per game leading into its tilt at Baylor on Jan. 3 before its rash of midseason injuries began.
- TCU is one of only two teams in the country ranking in the top-10 in 3-pointers per game (8th, 9.4), 3-pointers (9th, 300) and 3-point percentage differential (9th, .084).
- TCU's 3-pointers per game average of 9.4 is the third-best clip in the 27-season history of the Big 12.
- The Horned Frogs produced an assist rate of 75 percent-or-better for the 12th time in Thursday's takedown of University of North Texas, assisting on 18 of 24 field goals. TCU is 9-3 when doing so.
- The Horned Frogs' scholarship players have missed a combined 144 games due to injury.
- Sedona Prince is the lone D1 player averaging 20 points, nine rebounds and three blocks per game.
- Prince became the first player in program history to lead the Big 12 in points per game at regular season's end, averaging 20.9.
- Prince and Madison Conner (19.3 ppg) are the nation's highest-scoring duo.
- Conner has drained a school record 97 threes in 2023-24, putting her three shy of becoming the fifth Big 12 player to knock down 100 in a season despite missing six games due to injury.
- Conner's 3-pointers per game average of 3.7 trails only Caitlin Clark for the national lead.
- Conner is one of only 15 guards in the country averaging at least 19 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists per outing.
- Conner is one of only 14 players in the country averaging at least 19 points, 4.5 rebounds and three assists per outing.
- Agnes Emma-Nnopu ranks 11th nationally among players 5-11-or-shorter in offensive rebounds (85).
- Emma-Nnopu has snagged seven-or-more boards in 20 games.
- Aaliyah Roberson is 23rd in the country among players 6-2-or-taller in effective field goal percentage (.577). She ranks third among Big 12 post players in 3-point shooting.
- TCU's most recent road postseason win came on March 28. 2019, in an 82-71 victory at Arkansas in the third round of the 2019 WNIT.
- The Horned Frogs are 3-2 in their last five road postseason tilts.
- TCU sports a 4-1 all-time record in the second round of postseason play. Four of the Horned Frogs' defeats came in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
- TCU won its fifth straight opening round postseason game in Thursday's 67-58 takedown of University of North Texas in the first round of the inaugural WBIT.
- TCU improved to 11-6 all-time and 5-1 at home in first round games with the win over the Mean Green.
- TCU is 9-3 in its last 12 postseason tilts dating back to its run to consecutive WNIT semifinals from 2018-19.
- The Horned Frogs have now won 10 straight home postseason games, a streak that began on March 19, 2015 with an 85-80 defeat of Stephen F. Austin in the first round of the WNIT.
- Five members of TCU's roster have earned a combined 41 NCAA Tournament caps; Agnes Emma-Nnopu (13), Madison Conner (10), Jaden Owens (8), Tara Manumaleuga (6) and Sedona Prince (4). The five players hold a combined 30-11 postseason record and have all advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament at least once.
- Emma-Nnopu, Conner and Manumaleuga all competed in the 2021 NCAA Championship, with Emma-Nnopu earning a ring in Stanford's title game triumph over Arizona.
- Emma-Nnopu has been a part of a team-leading 12 postseason wins while Connor follows closely behind with eight of her own.
- Mark Campbell joined Raegan Pebley as one of two first-year head coaches to lead TCU to a postseason win on Thursday vs. University of North Texas.
- Campbell's teams are 14-1 in first round tilts.
- Campbell has guided six of his last seven squads to the postseason, excluding the 2019-20 season.
- TCU reached the third round or better in four of its seven WNIT appearances.
- All nine of TCU's NCAA Tournament berths came in the Jeff Mittie era as did the program's first WNIT appearance in 2008.
Meeting: 3rd
All-Time Series: Tied, 1-1
Since joining Big 12: 0-0
Date Series Began: Dec. 31, 1992
Last Game Played: Nov. 25, 2005
Last Meeting: TCU won, 72-52
Current Win Streak: TCU, W1
TCU at Home: 0-0
TCU on the Road: 0-0
TCU on a Neutral Court: 1-1
Largest Margin of Victory by TCU: 20, (Nov. 25, 2005)
Largest Margin of Victory by MSU: 23, (Dec. 31, 1992)
A Win Over the Bulldogs Would…
- Give TCU its 10th road or neutral site postseason win.
- Lift the Horned Frogs to their 20th postseason victory.
- Send TCU to its third consecutive postseason quarterfinal and fourth all-time.
- Count as TCU's second-ever postseason win over an SEC foe.
- Signify the Horned Frogs' third win in the state of Mississippi and first since defeating Ole Miss 55-50 on Nov. 29, 2018, in the Big 12/SEC Challenge.
- Give TCU its 11th 22-win season and fourth as a Big 12 member.
- Mark the fifth time TCU has won at least two postseason games in a season.
- Make TCU 3-1 in its last four road games, dating back to a 79-72 win at Cincinnati on Feb. 17.
- Be the seventh time Mark Campbell-coached team has won two-or-more postseason games.
- Set up a WBIT quarterfinal tilt at either No. 1 seed Penn State or vs. No. 5 seed Belmont on Thursday.
