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GoFrogs: TCU Women Host OU

GAME INFORMATION
TCU (20-7, 11-5) vs. Oklahoma (12-16, 5-11)
Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Watch: Fox Sports Southwest Plus
PxP: Ron Thulin
Color: Mike Petersen
Listen: KTCU 88.7 FM
PxP: Jeff Williams

THE GAME
• The TCU Horned Frogs (20-7, 11-5) will host the Oklahoma Sooners (12-16, 5-11) this Wednesday, March 4, in the team's final home game of the regular season.
• Tip-off between the Horned Frogs and Sooners is set for 6 p.m. inside Ed & Rae Schollmaier Arena.
• Wednesday's contest will also serve as TCU's Senior Night, as the team will celebrate its six seniors: Adeola Akomolafe, Michelle Berry, Jaycee Bradley, Ella Hellessey, Kianna Ray, and Jayde Woods.
• The Senior Night celebration will take place in the arena, following the conclusion of the game against the Sooners.

FROG FAST BREAKS
• TCU fell to Texas Tech, 87-83, this past Sunday in Lubbock. It marked the first two-game losing streak for the Horned Frogs this season and first since dropping its regular-season finale and quarterfinal match-up with Texas last season.
• The Horned Frogs have registered at least 20 wins in a season for the third straight year and for the 14th time in school history overall.
• TCU has posted 20 wins prior to its final regular-season game for a second straight season.
• The Horned Frogs registered 20 wins in 25 games, the program's fastest run to 20 victories since the 2003-04 squad posted 20 wins in 24 contests.
• TCU set a new school record with its 11th Big 12 Conference win. The Horned Frogs, who are now 11-5 in Big 12 play, won 11 conference games for the first time since going 13-3 as a member of the Mountain West Conference back in 2010-11.
• With its win over Oklahoma State last week, TCU secured at least a first-round bye in the upcoming Big 12 Championship (March 13-15). This will be TCU's fourth first-round bye since joining the league, having also earned first-round byes in 2015, 2018 and 2019.
• Junior Lauren Heard has set a new single-season school record with 163 free throws made on the year. She surpassed Sandora Irvin's mark of 159 free throws made back in 2004-05.
• Heard also became the 21st player in school history to score 1,000 points in a career. She is the seventh-fastest player to score 1,000 points, doing so in 98 games played.

COVERING THE HORNED FROGS
• Wednesday'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 analyst.
• The contest can also be streamed via computer by logging onto www.FoxSportsGo.com and/or downloading the Fox Sports Go app to use on smartphones, tablets and various smart TV's and/or TV platforms (Roku, Chromecast, Fire TV, etc.).
• Fans can listen to the radio broadcast on KTCU (88.7 FM), and/or by logging onto the TCU Athletics app. Jeff Williams will provide the radio play-by-play.
• Live stats links for the contest can be found at www.gofrogs.com/wbbstats.

SCOUTING OKLAHOMA
• Oklahoma is coming off an 86-76 road defeat to Texas this past Saturday in Austin. It was OU's sixth straight loss and it dropped the Sooners to 12-16 overall and 5-11 in the Big 12.
• OU's last win was a 68-58 home win over West Virginia back on Feb. 5.
• Since falling to TCU in Norman back on Jan. 19, OU has gone just 2-9, which includes a 1-5 record against Big 12 teams on the road.
• OU continues to score over 75 points a game (75.9), which ranks third in the conference and 22nd in the nation.
• The Sooners' 8.1 three-pointers made per game, also ranks among the nation's best - coming in at No. 2 in the Big 12 and 31st in the nation.
• Taylor Robertson leads a quartet of players averaging double-digits, pouring in a team-best 19.1 points per game. She is followed by Ana Llanusa (15.9), Madi Williams (15.8) and Gabby Gregory (11.4).

SERIES HISTORY
• OU leads the all-time series 22-9, but TCU has won the five previous meetings, including an 82-63 win over the Sooners in Norman earlier this season.
• The 19-point victory was just TCU's second-ever win at OU. The Frogs have now won two straight in Norman dating back to the win last season.
• Since becoming a member of the Big 12 Conference, TCU is 6-10 against the Sooners.
• The Frogs are 6-8 all-time when facing OU in Fort Worth. TCU has won two straight inside Ed & Rae Schollmaier Arena, collecting wins in 2018 and 2019.
• A win over OU on Wednesday would give TCU its first-ever three-game home winning streak over the Sooners.

THE LAST TIME OUT
• TCU fell on the road for just the fourth time overall this season and for just the second time in Big 12 play, with an 87-83 road loss at Texas Tech on Sunday.
• Both teams played to a 17-17 first quarter tie, but the Lady Raiders rattled off three-pointer after three-pointer to take a nine-point lead into the break.
• TCU found themselves down by as many as 15 points before coming all the way back to get within one, down 82-81 with less than a minute to play.
• The comeback fell short though as TTU managed to make free throws down the stretch and finish the game with a season-high 10 three-pointers made.
Lauren Heard led the way for the Frogs, pouring in a career-high 28 points, but TTU's Lexi Gordon drained five three-pointers and tallied a game-high 30 points in the win.

UP NEXT
• TCU will wrap-up the regular season with a road game at West Virginia this Saturday, March 7. Tip-off between the Horned Frogs and Mountaineers is set for 5 p.m. CT/6 p.m. ET at WVU Coliseum.
 
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