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GoFrogs: TCU women face Oklahoma State

GAME INFORMATION
#RV/RV TCU (19-5, 10-3) vs. Oklahoma State (14-11, 5-8)
Date: Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020
Time: 2 p.m.
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Watch: Fox Sports Southwest+
PxP: Ron Thulin
Color: Mike Petersen
Listen: KTCU 88.7 FM
PxP: Jeff Williams

THE GAME
• The TCU Horned Frogs (19-5, 10-3) return home to host the Oklahoma State Cowgirls (14-11, 5-8) in Big 12 action this Sunday, Feb. 23, in Fort Worth.
• Tip-off between the Horned Frogs and Cowgirls is set for 2 p.m. inside Ed & Rae Schollmaier Arena.
• Sunday's contest will be televised live on Fox Sports Southwest Plus (FSSW+).
• TCU won the initial meeting between the two teams this season, downing OSU 72-68 back on Jan. 29, in Stillwater, Okla.

FROG FAST BREAKS
• TCU moved to 19-5 overall and 10-3 in Big 12 play following a 54-52 come-from-behind win at Kansas State on Wednesday.
• TCU's 19-5 overall record is the program's best mark through 24 games since the 2009-10 team went 19-5, as well.
• The 10 Big 12 wins already matches the program's most wins total since joining the league in 2012-13. The Horned Frogs won went 10-8 in Big 12 play last season.
• TCU moved to 8-3 on the road with its win at K-State on Wednesday, giving the Horned Frogs at least eight wins in true road games for the first time since the 2003-04 team went 10-3.
• This is the just the third team in school history to register at least eight road wins, joining both the 2003-04 team, as well as the 20001-02 team that went 8-4.
• TCU's six Big 12 road wins already surpasses its previous high of four road wins, which the Horned Frogs tallied in both 2017-18 and 2018-19 campaigns.
• TCU has won at least six conference road games for the first time since the 2001-02 team posted six wins on the road as a member of Conference-USA.
• Aside from Baylor, TCU became the first team in the Big 12 to open road play with a 5-0 record since the Texas Longhorns won its first five Big 12 road games back in 2016-17.
• The Horned Frogs have won at least 19 games in five of six seasons under head coach Raegan Pebley. This marks the third straight season with at least 19 wins.

COVERING THE HORNED FROGS
• Sunday's contest will be televised live on Fox Sports Southwest Plus (FSSW+), with Ron Thulin calling play-by-play and former TCU head coach Mike Petersen serving as broadcast analyst.
• Fans can listen to the radio broadcast on KTCU (88.7 FM), with Jeff Williams calling the action.
• Live stats links for the contest can be found at www.gofrogs.com/wbbstats

SCOUTING Oklahoma STATE
• Oklahoma State snapped a two-game winning streak with its most recent loss, a 69-42 defeat to Baylor back on Feb. 15.
• Prior to the loss, the Cowgirls had defeated both West Virginia and Oklahoma, which had snapped a four-game losing streak.
• The Cowgirls, who head into Sunday's game 14-11 overall and 5-8 in league play, currently sit in a three-way tie for sixth place with West Virginia and Oklahoma. All three teams are one game back of Kansas State (6-7) and two games back of Iowa State (7-6).
• Vivian Gray continues to lead the Cowgirls in scoring with 19.8 points per game, while Natasha Mack has tallied a team-best 12.5 rebounds per game.
• Mack also leads the team and ranks third in the Big 12 with 76 blocked shots. Gray has also posted team-highs in assists (92) and steals (44).
• OSU is the league's best at protecting the rock, giving up just 12.9 turnovers per game. That also ranks them 24th overall in the nation.

SERIES HISTORY
• With its 72-68 win over Oklahoma State back on Jan. 29, TCU moved to 7-12 all-time against the Cowgirls, which now includes an all-time record of 2-9 in games played in Stillwater.
• TCU has won the previous two meetings, but OSU had won five straight games that dated back to the 2016-17 season.
• The Horned Frogs is 5-3 all-time when facing Oklahoma State in Fort Worth, which includes an 86-71 win over the Cowgirls at Schollmaier Arena back on Jan. 22, of last season.
• Three of the past five games between TCU and Oklahoma State have been decided by four points or less.

THE LAST TIME OUT
• TCU erased a 12-point deficit to come all the way back and defeat Kansas State, 54-52, this past Wednesday at Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kan.
• The Horned Frogs posted first half season-lows in both points (17) and shooting percentage (.167), but still held K-State to just 24 points and a seven-point halftime lead.
• The Wildcats scored seven of the first nine points in the third quarter, but TCU's offense found its groove and used a 17-5 run to tie things up at 36-all.
• K-State took a 41-40 lead into the fourth quarter, but TCU's 13-6 run in the period proved to be the deciding factor.
• K-State's last field goal came at the 3:05 mark of the fourth quarter to give the home team a 49-45 advantage, but TCU outscored the Wildcats 8-3 down the stretch.
Lauren Heard scored a game-high 25 points and Michelle Berry tallied a team-best eight rebounds.
• The Frogs shot just 29 percent from the field, but made up for it by getting to the free throw line (16-of-23).
• K-State, who came into the game as one of the better rebounding teams in both the Big12 and the nation, pulled down 42 boards - the same amount TCU pulled down in the contest.

UP NEXT
• TCU is back home this coming Wednesday, Feb. 26, to host the Texas Longhorns in Big 12 play.
• The Horned Frogs and Longhorns will tip-off from Ed & Rae Schollmaier Arena at 6:30 p.m. and the contest will be televised live on Fox Sports Southwest Plus (FSSW+).
 
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