Cameron Harris - TCU Assistant Director of Athletics Communications Office: (817) 257-5367 • Cell: (817) 897-5331 • Email: [email protected] • GoFrogs.com/WBB 2018-19 TCU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 2019 WOMEN’S NIT ROUND OF 16 Date: Thursday, March 28, 2019 TCU HORNED FROGS (22-10) Time: 7 p.m. CT GAME 33 Location: Fayetteville, Ark. Venue: Bud Walton Arena (19,200) VS. ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS (22-14) Online: SEC Network Plus Talent: Brett Dolan and Kikko Haydar STORYLINES Radio: KTCU 88.7 The Choice THE MATCHUP Talent: Jeff Williams (PxP) ▪ TCU will hit the road for the first time this postseason Online: GoFrogs.com/HFTV as it travels to face Arkansas in the third round of the WNIT at 7 p.m. on Thursday in Fayetteville. The winner Live Stats: ArkansasRazorbacks.com advances to face either Cincinnati or Butler. Twitter: @TCUWBasketball Instagram: @TCUWBB ▪ The Horned Frogs are making their seventh WNIT 22-10 (10-8) Record 22-14 (6-10) appearance and fifth in the last six seasons. They are NR/NR Rankings (AP/Coaches) NR/NR 11-6 all-time in the WNIT, including a 3-5 mark on the SCHEDULE/RESULTS 58 NCAA RPI 67 road, and advanced to the semifinals of the tournament Raegan Pebley Head Coach Mike Neighbors a year ago. OVERALL RECORD: 22-10 93-70 (5th) Record at School 35-32 (2nd) 249-245 (16th) Overall Record 133-73 (6th) ▪ TCU has yet to trail in the WNIT this season after Big 12: 10-8 | Non-Conference: 11-1 Jordan Moore (16.2) Top Scorer Chelsea Dungee (20.5) leading wire-to-wire in decisive wins over Prairie View Home: 16-3 | Away: 6-5 | Neutral: 0-2 Jordan Moore (8.3) Top Rebounder Kiara Williams (6.6) A&M and UT Arlington. Kianna Ray (4.0) Top Assists Malica Monk (3.2) ▪ The Frogs are 3-20 all-time against former NOVEMBER (5-1) @TCUWBasketball Twitter @RazorbackWBB Southwest Conference rival Arkansas. This is the first meeting between the two schools since 2003 but TCU Tues. 6 Duquesne HFTV W, 61-48 THE SERIES has won two of the last three matchups, including a Sun. 11 Miss. Valley State HFTV W, 96-47 67-62 victory in OT on Dec. 6, 2003 in the last meeting. Sun. 18 SMU HFTV W, 65-63 Overall: ..................................................................... Arkansas, 20-3 ▪ TCU has recorded its 13th 20-win season in school Fri. 23 vs. BYU (1) --- L, 61-58 in Fayetteville: ......................................................... Arkansas, 12-0 history and its first back-to-back 20-win seasons since Sat. 24 at San Diego State (1) --- W, 81-64 in TCU’s Big 12 era (2012-present): .....................First meeting 2009-10/2010-11 after winning 23 games last season. Current Streak: .............................................................. TCU, W1 Thur. 29 at Ole Miss (2) SEC Network W, 55-50 ▪ The Frogs are looking for the seventh 23-plus win DECEMBER (5-0) Last Meeting: ................................................................ TCU 67, UA 62 season in program history. After winning 23 games a ......................................................Dec. 6, 2003 (Fort Worth, Texas) year ago, they would reach that mark in back-to-back Sun. 2 Army (3) FSSW W, 63-38 Pebley vs. Opponent: .................................................First meeting season for just the third time with a win Thursday. Sat. 8 Montana State HFTV W, 71-49 ▪ With its second round win over UTA on Saturday Sun. 16 Southern HFTV W, 69-40 THE STATS TCU recorded its 16th victory at Schollmaier Arena this Thur. 20 Sam Houston State HFTV W, 72-59 TCU Category UA season setting a new program record for home wins. Sat. 29 Alcorn State HFTV W, 88-31 68.8 Scoring Offense 73.8 ▪ TCU leads the Big 12 in turnovers forced (17.94), JANUARY (5-4) 60.6 Scoring Defense 69.5 turnover margin (+2.69) and steals (9.7), ranks second Wed. 2 West Virginia* HFTV W, 62-48 +8.2 Scoring Margin +4.3 in blocks (5.6) and third in both assists (15.5) and .421 FG Percentage .397 scoring defense (60.6). Sun. 6 at Oklahoma State* ESPNU L, 75-71 .388 FG Percentage Defense .414 Wed. 9 at #20 Iowa State* Cyclones.tv L, 92-54 ▪ The Frogs rank seventh in the NCAA and second in .304 3FG Percentage .317 Sat 12 #4 Baylor* FSSW L, 79-55 .314 3FG Percentage Defense .292 the Big 12 with 5.6 blocks per game. They are eighth in Wed. 16 Texas Tech* FSSW+ W, 78-70 6.0 3-pointers per game 7.9 the country with 173 total blocks. .642 FT Percentage .731 ▪ Senior Jordan Moore is just one made field goal Sat. 19 at #11 Texas* LHN L, 73-67 37.8 Rebounds 36.8 from becoming just the third player in TCU history with Tues. 22 Oklahoma* FS1 W, 86-71 +1.3 Rebounding Margin -6.6 200 in a season. She would join TCU Hall of Famers Sun. 27 Kansas* FSSW W, 58-53 Sandora Irvin and Adrianne Ross as the only players to 15.5 Assists 11.4 Wed. 30 at Kansas State* FCS-Central W, 61-47 15.3 Turnovers 11.5 reach that mark. FEBRUARY (4-3) 17.9 Turnovers Forced 16.9 ▪ Moore is on pace to break both the TCU single- +2.7 Turnover Margin +5.4 season and career records for field-goal percentage. Sun. 3 Oklahoma State* FSN W, 69-55 9.7 Steals 8.5 She is shooting 59.1 percent this season and 54.6 Wed. 6 at Texas Tech* --- W, 70-63 5.6 Blocks 3.9 percent for her career. Sat. 9 at #1 Baylor* FSSW L, 89-71 Wed. 13 #18 Iowa State* HFTV W, 76-69 (PROJECTED STARTERS BASED ON LAST GAME) THE LINEUP Sat. 16 at West Virginia* FSN L, 79-65 PROBABLE STARTERS Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG FT Sat. 23 Kansas State* FSSW+ L, 75-72 00 Amy Okonkwo F 6-2 Sr. Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. 13.2 6.2 1.0* .455 .368 .857 Wed. 27 at Kansas* ESPN+ W, 76-66 15 Jayde Woods G 6-1 Jr. Yorba Linda, Calif. 5.5 2.5 2.4 .399 .273 .602 MARCH (3-2) 20 Lauren Heard G 5-9 So. Denton, Texas 8.8 4.4 3.3 .323 .275 .630 Sat. 2 at Oklahoma* FSSW W, 76-63 22 Jordan Moore C 6-3 Sr. Round Rock, Texas 16.2 8.3 2.3^ .591 0-1 .628 Tues. 5 #21 Texas* FSSW+ L, 62-48 25 Kianna Ray G 6-1 Jr. Austin, Texas 10.5 2.9 4.0 .381 .368 .656 Sat. 9 #21 Texas (4) FSN L, 66-64 OFF THE BENCH Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG FT Thur. 21 Prairie View A&M (5) HFTV W, 72-41 1 Ryann Payne G 5-6 Fr. Valencia, Calif. 2.2 1.0 0.7 .269 .208 .478 Sat. 23 UT Arlington (5) HFTV W, 71-52 5 Yummy Morris F 6-3 Fr. North Little Rock, Ark. 3.4 2.3 0.8^ .480 0-0 .732 Thur. 28 Arkansas (6) ESPN3 7 p.m. 21 Alexandria Crain G 5-9 Fr. McKinney, Texas 1.7 0.8 0.3 .351 .467 4-4 24 Dakota Vann G 6-0 Sr. Oklahoma City, Okla. 3.5 1.4 0.8 .345 .135 .714 LEGEND 31 Ella Hellessey F 6-2 Jr. Dromana, Australia 1.8 1.5 0.5^ .361 .222 0-0 All times Central | Home games in bold | * - Big 12 conference game 33 Adeola Akomolafe F 6-3 Jr. El Paso, Texas 3.7 3.3 1.6 .430 .095 .436 1 - San Diego State Thanksgiving Classic (San Diego, Calif.) ^ blocks per game | * steals per game | Check out TCU’s broadcast notes on the final page for complete info on all the Frogs 2 - Big 12/SEC Challenge | 3 - Maggie Dixon Classic | 4 - Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship (Oklahoma City, Okla.) | 5 - Women’s FOLLOW US Postseason NIT (Fort Worth, Texas) | 6 - Women’s Postseason NIT @TCUWBasketball (Fayetteville, Ark.) @TCUWBasketball @TCUWBB @RaeganPebleyTCU 2018-19 TCU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES MEDIA PLANNER (CONTACT CAMERON HARRIS FOR FULL DETAILS) QUICK FACTS 25 MONDAY 26 TUESDAY 27 WEDNESDAY 28 THURSDAY 29 FRIDAY 30 SATURDAY GENERAL INFORMATION Location .........................................................Fort Worth, Texas Practice: 2:05 p.m. Practice: 2:15 p.m. Practice: 3 p.m. WNIT Round of 16 TBA TBA Founded ................................................................................ 1873 at Arkansas Enrollment ......................................................................... 10,489 7 p.m. Colors ............................................................. Purple and White Nickname ............................................................. Horned Frogs MEDIA POLICIES Home Facility (Capacity) ....Ed & Rae Schollmaier Arena (6,700) Opened ........................................................................... 2015 INTERVIEW REQUESTS GAMEDAY SERVICES Interviews with TCU basketball student-athletes and coaches must The TCU Athletics Communications Office will provide game notes, Conference.................................................. Big 12 Conference be scheduled directly through the TCU Athletics Communications statistics and rosters for both teams as available inside the media room Affiliation ..........................................................NCAA Division I Office by contacting Cameron Harris. Requests should be made at on the lower level of Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena. Complete statistics Chancellor ......................................... Dr. Victor J. Boschini Jr. least 24 hours in advance. While telephone interviews with local and game books will be available following each game. Live stats will Director of Intercollegiate Athletics ...........Jeremiah Donati media members are permissible, in-person interviews with student- be available for every TCU home game at TCU.StatBroadcast.com. Senior Woman’s Administrator .......................... Kim Johnson athletes and coaches are recommended and encouraged. Faculty Athletics Representative ................ Rhonda Hatcher POSTGAME INTERVIEWS Athletics Department Phone ............................ (817) 257-5658 MEDIA CREDENTIAL REQUESTS TCU head coach Raegan Pebley and requested student-athletes will All credential requests for home TCU women’s basketball games be available for interviews in the media area, located on the lower should be made to Cameron Harris.