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FORT WORTH – A rematch with No. 24 West Virginia is on tap for TCU in its regular season finale on Saturday.
The Horned Frogs head to Appalachia looking to avenge a 77-52 home defeat to the Mountaineers on Feb. 13. TCU played the game with just seven healthy scholarship players and has since returned two of the Big 12’s top-three scorers to its lineup in Sedona Prince (21.3 ppg) and Madison Conner (20.0 ppg).
West Virginia represents TCU’s sixth opportunity to earn a ranked win in 2023-24. TCU will also win 20 games for the 14th time in its 47-year history with a victory in Morgantown.
The Game
Teams: TCU (19-9, 6-11 Big 12) at West Virginia (22-6, 11-6 Big 12)
Date: Noon CT on Saturday, March 2
Location: WVU Coliseum in Morgantown, West Virginia
Coverage
Television: Big 12 Now on ESPN+
- Eric Little, play-by-play
- Warren Baker, analyst
Radio: 88.7 KTCU FM
- Chris Blake, play-by-play
Opening Tip
- TCU and West Virginia are the only teams with a first-year head coach to crack the AP top-25.
- Both the Horned Frogs and Mountaineers began the season 13-0.
- TCU is hunting its 11th ranked Big 12 win and third on the road. TCU earned a ranked win in Big 12 play in 2019-20, a 73-60 home victory over No. 25 West Virginia on Jan. 26, 2020.
- TCU will secure its second five-game Big 12 winning streak and first since rattling off seven straight from Jan. 7-30, 2018. That streak included a 76-74 overtime win at No. 15 West Virginia.
- TCU will lock up the No. 9 seed in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship with a win in Morgantown or a loss by BYU at Texas on Saturday.
- TCU had just seven healthy scholarship players in its 77-52 loss to the Mountaineers on Feb. 13.
Frog Focus
- TCU has held 22 of 28 teams under their season scoring average, including 18 of 19 at home.
- The Horned Frogs held consecutive teams under 30 percent shooting for the first time ever in Big 12 play in their home defeats of Houston and Texas Tech.
- TCU has surrendered six-or-fewer threes 19 times this season. TCU is 13-6 when allowing no more than six 3-pointers.
- The Horned Frogs have had two-or-more players finish with a double-double in eight games. They are 8-0 when multiple players produce a double-double.
- TCU is 9-1 when four players score in double figures.
- TCU is one of only two teams alongside Gonzaga ranking in the top-10 nationally in 3-pointers per game (5th, 9.7), 3-pointers (7th, 271) and 3-point percentage differential (9th, .096).
- TCU and No. 1 South Carolina are the only teams who rank in the top-25 in 3-point percentage offense and defense.
- The Horned Frogs are 14-4 when knocking down at least nine 3-pointers.
- TCU has drained a school-record 271 threes through 28 games. The Horned Frogs are on track to become the seventh squad in Big 12 history to hit 300 threes in a season.
- Sedona Prince (21.3 ppg) and Madison Conner (20.0 ppg) have scored in double figures in all 15 games they have taken the court together.
- Prince and Conner combine to make TCU the only team in the country with two 20-point-per-game scorers. They rank first and third in the Big 12 in scoring.
- Prince is the only player in the nation averaging 20 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks per game.
- Prince notched her 11th double-double of the season via a 29-point, 11-rebound, five-block performance on Wednesday vs. Texas Tech. She has scored 20 points in nine of her double-doubles.
- Prince is averaging 3.3 blocks per game, second among all D1 players.
- Prince is the lone D1 player ranking in the top-25 in points, rebounds and blocks per game.
- Prince, a Lisa Leslie Award finalist, was selected to the 2024 Women’s College Basketball All-Star Game Watch List on Thursday.
- Madison Conner will break TCU’s all-time record for most 3-pointers in a season should she connect from distance on Saturday. She has converted 87 attempts from behind the arc.
- Conner ranks second and fourth, respectively, in the country in 3-pointers per game (4.0) and 3-pointers. She has drained five-or-more in eight games this season and 10 times for her career.
- Conner is one of only seven players in the country and one of just five guards 5-11-or-shorter averaging at least 20 points, five rebounds and three assists per game.
- Agnes Emma-Nnopu is eighth nationally and tops among all Big 12 guards 5-11-or-shorter in offensive rebounds (75). She matched her season and career-high with eight vs. Texas Tech. Her eight offensive rebounds were the second-most in a game by any D1 guard this year.
A Win over the Mountaineers Would…
- Clinch the No. 9 seed and lock in a second round matchup with Oklahoma State in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship.
- Mark the 14th time TCU has won 20 games in a season and be the third such instance in the program’s Big 12 era.
- Lift TCU to its sixth all-time ranked road victory and be the Horned Frogs’ first ranked win in their last 20 attempts.
- Tie the 2013-14 Horned Frogs squad for the largest Big 12 year-over-year win improvement (six games) in program history.
- Be TCU’s third once morest a ranked West Virginia team.
- Snap an eight-game losing streak to the Mountaineers and send TCU to its third all-time victory in Morgantown.
- Count as Mark Campbell’s 299th women’s basketball victory as a head or assistant coach.
Series Breakdown: West Virginia
Meeting: 28th
All-Time Series: WVU leads, 22-5
Since joining Big 12: WVU leads, 20-5
Date Series Began: Dec. 9, 1989
Last Game Played: Feb. 13, 2024
Last Meeting: WVU won, 77-52
Current Win Streak: WVU, W7
TCU at Home: 3-10
TCU on the Road: 2-9
TCU on a Neutral Court: 0-3
Largest Margin of Victory by TCU: 14, (March 7, 2020)
Largest Margin of Victory by WVU: 25, (Feb. 14, 2024)
Longest Winning Streak by TCU: 2, (Two times)
Longest Winning Streak by WVU: 8, (Dec. 9, 1989-March 8, 2014)
Series Since TCU Joined Big 12
TCU Record in Series: 5-20
TCU at Home: 3-9
TCU on the Road: 2-9
TCU on a Neutral Court: 0-2
Series Notes: West Virginia
- West Virginia forward Tavy Diggs appeared in 53 contests across three seasons for TCU from 2019-22 before transferring to Morgantown.
- Both Mark Campbell and Mark Kellogg led their respective teams to the winningest starts to a season in program history. Neither TCU nor West Virginia had previously run the table in nonconference play.
- Campbell and Kellogg have each been honored as national coach of the week in ESPN’s weekly women’s basketball power rankings. Campbell claimed the credential on Nov. 28 following leading TCU to the St. Pete Showcase championship with a win over Nebraska. Kellogg was honored in mid-December amidst the Mountaineers 13-0 start to the season.
- The two head coaches’ journeys include stops in the Big Sky, with Campbell helming Sacramento State and Kellogg previously serving as an assistant at Montana State.
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