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FORT WORTH – TCU hosts UCF at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday in its first game inside the friendly confines of Schollmaier Arena in two-and-a-half weeks.
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FORT WORTH – TCU hosts UCF at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday in its first game inside the friendly confines of Schollmaier Arena in two-and-a-half weeks.
The Horned Frogs and Knights are meeting for the first time under the Big 12 umbrella.
The Game
Teams: TCU (14-4, 1-6 Big 12) vs. UCF (9-7, 0-6 Big 12)
Date: 6:30 p.m. CT on Tuesday, Jan. 23
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 is playing its first game in 10 days after being forced to forfeit last week's matchups vs. No. 7 Kansas State and No. 24 Iowa State due to compounding injuries within the program.
- The Horned Frogs held open tryouts on Thursday and Friday in search of walk-ons to join the team for the remainder of the 2023-24 season. Head coach Mark Campbell extended a preferred walk-on invitation to four candidates.
- TCU will guarantee itself a winning overall record entering postseason play for the first time since 2019-20 with a victory against the Knights.
- TCU is surrendering 52.3 points per game at home. TCU's point-per-game differential at home is +26.0. No visiting team has met or exceeded its season scoring average in Schollmaier Arena.
- The four preferred walk-ons joining the Horned Frogs roster are Sarah Sylvester, Piper Davis, Ella Hamlin and Mekhayia Moore. Sylvester, 6-3, is a sophomore middle blocker on the TCU volleyball team and first TCU student-athlete to play varsity basketball and volleyball.
- A total of 40 TCU students participated in open tryouts on Thursday and Friday.
- TCU saw a 14-0 start to the season and No. 23 ranking in The Associated Press poll evaporate in just 10 days due to the injury bug. Among the players TCU is without are Sedona Prince (21.2 ppg, 10.6 rpg, 3.3 bpg) and Jaden Owens (7.9 ppg, 6.8 apg). Prince, who is expected to return to the court this season, is the only player in the country averaging 20 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks per game. Owens was averaging and NCAA-leading eight assists per outing before suffering a season-ending knee injury at Houston.
- TCU has held 16 of its 18 foes under their season scoring average, including both of its ballgames against AP top-10 teams.
- The Horned Frogs rank fourth and sixth, respectively, in the nation in 3-pointers per game (9.8) and 3-pointers (176). TCU ranked second nationally in total 3-pointers from Nov. 8-Jan. 17 before pausing its season.
- The Horned Frogs are fifth among all D1 programs in 3-point percentage differential (.122).
- TCU is the only team in the country ranking in the top-10 in 3-point percentage differential, 3-pointers and 3-pointers per game.
- TCU canned 10-22 looks from distance at Houston in its most recent affair, marking the 10th time in 2023-24 the Horned Frogs have drained 10-or-more 3-pointers.
- TCU is 78 deep balls shy of breaking the program's single-season record for 3-pointers
- TCU ranks second only to Kansas State in the Big 12 in opponent field goal percentage, 3-point percentage defense and blocks per game.
- TCU is 38th in the latest NCAA NET Ratings and has held a top-40 rating for the entirety of 2023-24.
- TCU is 19th nationally and one of three Big 12 teams inside the top-20 in effective field goal percentage (.537), which places a greater emphasis on 3-point field goals.
- Madison Conner was the Big 12's active scoring leader at 21 points per game prior to TCU pausing play last week. Conner ranked third among all D1 players in total points (378) ahead of TCU's contest vs. Kansas State.
- Conner is second only to reigning National Player of the Year Caitlin Clark in 3-pointers (73) and 3-pointers per game (4.1) across the D1 ranks.
- Conner has connected from distance five-or-more times in seven games this season.
- Conner notched her Big 12-leading eighth game with 20-plus points at Houston.
- Prince was named to the Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 Watch List on Jan. 10.
- Agnes Emma-Nnopu ranks ninth nationally in offensive boards per game (2.7) among all guards.
- Give Mark Campbell a combined 29-game year-over-year win improvement in three seasons as a head coach.
- Augment TCU's home record to 13-1 in 2023-24.
- Put the Horned Frogs within a game of doubling their win total from last season.
- Signify TCU's 184th overall victory in its 12-year Big 12 era.
- Be the Horned Frogs' 101st win at Schollmaier Arena and improve TCU's career record inside the venue to 101-51.
- Boost TCU's all-time home record to 427-247.
- Mark TCU's 13th home win of the winter, tying the 2023-24 squad for 10th on the program's single-season records list for most home wins in season.
- Guarantee TCU a winning record entering the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship for the first time since the 2019-20 season.
Meeting: Fourth
All-Time Series: TCU leads, 3-0
Since joining Big 12: TCU leads, 1-0
Date Series Began: Dec. 31, 1987
Last Game Played: Nov. 16, 2012
Last Meeting: TCU won, 61-55
Current Win Streak: TCU, W3
TCU at Home: 1-0
TCU on the Road: 1-0
TCU on a Neutral Court: 1-0
Largest Margin of Victory by TCU: 10, (Nov. 27, 1994)
Largest Margin of Victory by UCF: None
Longest Winning Streak by TCU: 3, (Dec. 31, 1987-Present
Longest Winning Streak by UCF: None
Series Since TCU Joined Big 12
TCU Record in Series 11-11
TCU at Home 7-4
TCU on the Road 4-7
TCU on a Neutral Court 0-0
Game-by-Game Breakdown
Date W/L Score Location
11/16/12 W 61-55 Fort Worth
11/27/94 W 65-55 Auburn
12/31/87 W 65-59 Orlando
Series Notes: UCF
- TCU and UCF first squared off on the hardwood during the Horned Frogs' first season of Big 12 membership.
- The Horned Frogs and Knights missed out on sharing a conference affiliation by just one year. UCF was elevated from the Atlantic Sun to the Conference-USA ahead of the 2005-06 season. TCU departed the C-USA for the Mountain West Conference that same year.
- TCU Athletics boasts a combined overall record of 6-4-2 against the four Big 12 newcomers in 2023-24.
- TCU and UCF's second all-time meeting in 1994 took place on the campus of Auburn University as a part of the now-defunct Dial Classic multi-team event.
- Zahna Medley, TCU's all-time leading scorer among student-athletes who players four seasons, scored a then-season high 15 points against the Knights in the programs' most recent meeting.
- The most recent ballgame between the Horned Frogs and Knights overlapped with Jeff Mittie's penultimate season at the helm in Fort Worth.
- TCU will pick up its fourth victory over a team currently featured in the top-100 of the NCAA NET Ratings with a takedown of the Knights on Tuesday.
