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FORT WORTH – Schollmaier Arena will host an AP Top 25 matchup under the Big 12 women's basketball banner for the second time ever.
No. 23 Utah at No.10 TCU WBB Preview
FORT WORTH – Schollmaier Arena will host an AP Top 25 matchup under the Big 12 women's basketball banner for the second time ever.
No. 10 TCU draws 23rd-ranked Utah at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. The matchup marks the first meeting between the former Mountain West Conference foes in 14 years.
The Horned Frogs and Utes crossed paths at the Cayman Islands Classic in November. They remain the only teams to defeat No. 2 Notre Dame this season.
The Game
Teams: No. 10 TCU (18-1, 5-0 Big 12) vs. No. 23 Utah (13-4, 4-2Big 12)
Date: 6:30 p.m. CT on Friday, Jan. 17
Location: Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas
Game Coverage
Television
ESPN+
- John Liddle, Play-by-Play
- Jada Curtis, Analyst
88.7 KTCU FM
- Chris Blake, Play-by-Play
- Friday's game is just the second 'ranked vs. ranked' Big 12 matchup contested inside Schollmaier Arena and first since Feb. 7, 2018.
- TCU and Utah remain the only teams who have defeated No. 3 Notre Dame.
- Utah head coach Gavin Petersen was a manager for the Hawai'i women's basketball team during Mark Campbell's two years as the Rainbow Warriors' starting point guard from 2002-04.
- The Frogs have won 10 of their last 11 conference tilts.
- TCU will tie for the longest Big 12 winning streak in program history with a victory vs. the Utes.
- A win on Friday gives TCU three ranked victories in the same season for just the second time in program history. The 2003-04 Horned Frogs squad is the only other TCU team to achieve the feat.
- TCU last downed a ranked Big 12 team on Jan. 26, 2020 - a 73-60 win over No. 25 West Virginia.
- TCU ranks second in the country in assists (390), trailing only No. 11 Kansas State. The Frogs dished out a program Big 12 single-game record 29 in Tuesday's win.
- The Horned Frogs are one of three teams alongside UConn and K-State ranking in the top-five nationally in assists assist-to-turnover ratio (3rd, 1.82) and assists per game (5th, 20.5).
- TCU has dished out 20-plus assists in 11 of its 13 home outings and averages 22.2 apg at home.
- The Frogs notched their NCAA-leading eighth game with at least 12 three-pointers vs. UCF, knocking down 15. The 15 triples are the most in a Big 12 game by any team this season.
- TCU leads the Big 12 and ranks second nationally in 3-pointers (192).
- TCU averages 11.1 three-pointers per game at home.
- The Horned Frogs are scoring an average of 85 points per game at home.
- TCU notched a program record sixth game with at least 90 points in Tuesday's victory.
- Sedona Prince has scored at least 20 points in four straight outings and in five of her six Big 12 tilts.
- Prince is averaging 21.6 points, 9.7 rebounds and 3.2 blocks in Big 12 play for her career.
- Prince leads the Big 12 in scoring in conference affairs with an average of 22.3 points per game.
- Prince continues to lead the NCAA in blocks (64, 3.6 bpg).
- Prince earned her school record fifth Big 12 Player of the Week accolade on Monday.
- Prince and Van Lith are the nation's fourth-highest scoring duo, averaging 37 points per game.
- Prince has produced a double-double in seven of her 11 career Big 12 games.
- TCU is 16-1 when Prince scores at least 20 points and 16-0 when she posts a double-double at home.
- Combined with Madison Conner and Hailey Van Lith, TCU boasts the third-highest scoring trio in the country and is one of four programs with three players averaging 16 points per game.
- Prince and Van Lith rank third and fifth in the country in win shares, with respective figures of 5.5 and 5.3. Together, they are the most valuable duo in the metric.
- Van Lith has dished out at least five assists in nine of TCU's 10 tilts vs. Power Conference opponents. She is averaging seven assists per game in conference play.
- Van Lith is one of four players in America with at least 100 assists and an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.5-or-better.
- Van Lith ranks fifth and 10th, respectively, in the country in assists (117) and assists per game (6.2).
- Van Lith needs just 68 assists to break TCU's single-season record.
- Van Lith is the lone D1 player averaging at least 17 points, six assists and 4.5 rebounds per game.
- Conner leads the NCAA in 3-pointers (74) and ranks second in 3-pointers per game (3.9).
- Conner notched her NCAA-leading 12th game with at least four 3-pointers this season vs. UCF, converting 4-9 looks from distance.
- Conner averages 4.4 three-pointers per game at home. She has connected four-plus times from downtown in 18 of her 28 outings inside Schollmaier Arena.
- Conner is shooting 47 percent from deep (52-110) over TCU's last nine outings, averaging 5.8 three-pointers per game in that span.
- Agnes Emma-Nnopu leads all Big 12 guards and ranks 13th nationally in offensive rebounds (43). She snagged six offensive boards for the sixth time in her career on Tuesday vs. UCF.
- Donovyn Hunter was one of four players to score in double figures in Tuesday's win. The sophomore finished with 12 points and is averaging 7.7 per game over her last six home tilts.
- Aaliyah Roberson has shot 55 percent (17-31) from the field over her last seven outings. She is tied with Kansas State's Ayoka for the Big 12 lead among post players in effective field goal percentage (.650).
- Lift TCU to its first win over a ranked Big 12 opponent in five seasons.
- Count as the Horned Frogs' 13th all-time victory vs. a ranked Big 12 team.
- Give TCU two ranked wins at home for the first time since the 2014-15 campaign. TCU has notched two victories in Fort Worth over AP Top 25 teams in three seasons; 2014-15, 2013-13 and 2007-08.
- Send TCU to its third win over a top 30 team in the NCAA NET rankings.
- Match TCU's longest winning streak in Big 12 history at seven games.
- Stake the Horned Frogs their second 10-game winning streak in the Mark Campbell era.
- Mark 16th season in 48 years of existence the Horned Frogs have won at least 19 games.
- Swell Campbell's career record in Schollmaier arena to 30-4 (.882).
- Extend TCU's home winning streak to 16 games dating back to its 59-49 takedown of Houston on Feb. 24.
- TCU's 105-96 win over the Utes on Feb. 10, 2010 is one of only three quadruple overtime games in program history.
- TCU produced an 8-6 overall record vs. Utah from 2006-11 during their shared tenure as Mountain West Conference members.
- TCU earned a 63-62 road win over No. 17 Utah on March 2, 2006 in its lone battle opposite a ranked Utes squad. The victory is one of 32 all-time TCU wins vs. ranked teams
- Donovyn Hunter tallied a career-high 17 points and 10 assists at the expense of the Utes in a 91-66 victory as a freshman point guard at Oregon State. She was tabbed Pac-12 Freshman of the Week the following day.
- Hunter is one of five Horned Frogs who have faced the Utes at least once alongside Madison Conner, Sedona Prince, Taylor Bigby and Maddie Scherr.
- Mark Campbell went 11-1 vs. Utah during his tenure as associate head coach at Oregon.
