GoFrogs: Frogs Head to No. 20/19 Oklahoma
TCU (12-9, 4-6) vs. Oklahoma (15-6, 6-4)
Date (Time)Â Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016 (2:00 p.m. CT)
Location Lloyd Noble Center | Norman, Okla.
TV Fox Sports Oklahoma and FCS Central
Radio Listing KTCU 88.7 FM in the DFW Metroplex Jeff Williams (play-by-play)
Live Stats GoFrogs.com
Game Notes TCU Game Notes
FORT WORTH, Texas —Â Â TCU closes out a three-game road swing with another ranked opponent, traveling to Norman to take on the No. 20/19 Sooners at the Lloyd Noble Center. The game with Oklahoma marks the fifth ranked foe that TCU has faced in league play – all during a nine-game span – and the seventh overall this season for the Frogs.
Tipoff is set for 2:00 p.m. CT on Saturday afternoon with the game available on Fox Sports Oklahoma and Fox College Sports Central with Chad McKee (play-by-play) and Dan Hughes (analyst) on the call. The game is available on the radio via KTCU 88.7 FM in the DFW Metroplex and through GoFrogs.com with Jeff Williams (play-by-play) on the call.
With a second game against current ranked teams Oklahoma, Texas, Baylor and West Virginia still on the 2015-16 schedule, the Frogs are in line to face a record number of ranked foes in 2015-16. TCU faced 10 ranked foes during the 2005-06 season. It faced nine ranked foes in 2012-13 and 2013-14. TCU has previously faced seven or more ranked foes in 1994-95, 2005-06, 2010-11, 2012-13 and 2013-14. TCU faced six ranked teams before the end of the month of January. It is the first time in program history that TCU has played six ranked teams in a season before the month of January ends. In addition, TCU has faced three different teams ranked in the top 6 nationally this season.
Senior All-American candidate Zahna Medley leads the Frogs in scoring at 15.8 points per game while shooting 42.4 percent from three-point range. Medley now ranks second in TCU history in career points and needs 124 to tie and 125 to break Sandora Irvin’s TCU career scoring mark.
Medley moved into second place on the career scoring list on Jan. 30 at Oklahoma State. Medley passed TCU great Helena Sverrisdottir on the all-time scoring list with a jumper in the lane with 8:46 to go in the game that pushed her past Sverrisdottir’s 1,764 career total.
2015-16 HIGHLIGHTS
• TCU has won twice on the road in league play in 2015-16, including a 72-62 win in Hilton Coliseum at Iowa State. TCU also overcame a 15-point second half deficit on Dec. 30, 2015 to beat Texas Tech in Lubbock to help TCU win their Big 12 Conference opener for the first time in program history. The Frogs opened league play with a 2-0 record.
• TCU began play in the new Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena on Dec. 20, 2015 with a win over Southern Utah. The $72 million renovation gives TCU one of the nation’s premier basketball venues.
• TCU ended its two-year tenure in the University Recreation Center on Dec. 12, 2015 when the Horned Frogs hosted No. 3/3 Notre Dame. The Frogs went 21-4 in 25 games in the venue with three of the four losses coming at the hands of teams ranked in the top five nationally. The tenure in the venue included a 12-game home winning streak that was the third longest in TCU history for home games.
• Zahna Medley and Veja Hamilton earned preseason All-Big 12 Conference honors in a vote of the league’s coaches. Medley earned first team honors while Hamilton was awarded honorable mention selections.
• TCU was picked to finish fifth in the Big 12 Conference in a tally of the league’s head coaches. TCU was just one point behind fourth place Iowa State. The Frogs have finished ahead of where they were picked in the preseason standings in the league in each of the last two seasons.
• The Horned Frogs have signed one of the best recruiting classes in program history and one of the nation’s top 10 classes this year with the November 2015 signings of Amber Ramirez, Mikayla Christian, Kianna Ray, Ella Hellessey and Danielle Rainey. Ramirez is the top signee in the class and is ranked among the top 15 players nationally, making her the second highest rated player to sign with TCU in program history behind Sandora Irvin (ranked 6th prior to joining Frogs).
TALKING POINTS AND NOTABLE STATISTICS
• The Frogs continue to lead the Big 12 Conference in three-point field goal shooting at 39.3 percent. Baylor follows the Frogs at 37.2 percent on the season. TCU is one of only three teams shooting over 35.0 percent from the field on the season. The Frogs also ranked second in the league in three-point field goal percentage defense at 27.0 percent on the year.
• TCU currently has five players averaging at least 8.0 points per game and have consistently had six players averaging 8.0 or more points per game this season. In program history, TCU’s 1999-00 team had six players average at least 8.0 points per game and the program has had nine teams have at least five players average 8.0 points per game or more for a season.
• TCU is in its second season under the leadership of head coach Raegan Pebley. Pebley led TCU to 18 wins in 2014-15, the most wins in a coaches’ first-year at TCU in program history.
• Nine players on the TCU roster have at least one career start to their name.
• TCU played seven games in the opening 19 days of the season, including road trips to SMU, Texas A&M and Butler.
SERIES NOTABLES
• Oklahoma leads the all-time series 18-4.
• TCU is looking to end a three-game losing streak against the Sooners. The Frogs last beat Oklahoma on March 1, 2014.
ALL-AMERICAN CANDIDATE Zahna Medley
• Medley is the fourth player in TCU women’s basketball history and the sixth player in the combined history of TCU men’s basketball and women’s basketball to record at least 300 points in all 4 seasons playing as a Horned Frog.
• Medley is one of two players in Big 12 Conference history to score 1,500 points, hit 250 three-point field goals, dish out 400 assists and get 125 or more steals in their career. The only other player to achieve the feat is current Dallas Wings star and former Baylor guard Odyssey Sims.
RACE TO THE TOP BEGINS FOR MEDLEY
Zahna Medley now ranks second in TCU history in career points and needs 124 to tie and 125 to break Sandora Irvin’s TCU career scoring mark.
Medley moved into second place on the career scoring list on Jan. 30 at Oklahoma State. Medley passed TCU great Helena Sverrisdottir on the all-time scoring list with a jumper in the lane with 8:46 to go in the game that pushed her past Sverrisdottir’s 1,764 career total.
MEDLEY MOVING UP BIG 12 LIST
Senior Zahna Medley passed TCU assistant coach and Texas legend Edwina Brown on the all-time Big 12 Conference scoring list on Jan. 20 against Texas with her three-point field goal early in the first quarter that gave Medley her fifth point on the day. Medley joined elite company on Nov. 24, 2015 against Prairie View A&M when she became the 45th player to score 1,500 career points as a player in the Big 12 Conference. The list includes current TCU assistant coach and recruiting coordinator Edwina Brown.
• Medley became the 5th player in TCU women’s basketball history to reach the 1,500 career point mark.
• Medley became the 14th player in the combined history of TCU women’s basketball and TCU men’s basketball to reach the 1,500 career point mark when she surpasses the mark.
MEDLEY LEFTOVERS
• Medley has scored in double figures or had at least three assists in every game this season and in all but four games of her career (111-of-115).
• Medley has knocked down at least three three-point field goals in 15-of-21 games this season. She accomplished the feat nine times last season and has done it 48 times in her career.
#TripleThreat
The Frogs are among the nation’s top three-point shooting teams and currently have three of the top four three-point shooters in the Big 12 Conference overall on the season with AJ Alix (.427), Toree Thompson (.435) and Zahna Medley (.424) leading the way.
FROGS’ 3-POINT SUCCESS AMONG BEST IN BIG 12 CONFERENCE HISTORY
TCU’s 39.3 percent shooting clip in 2015-16 is among the best in Big 12 Conference history. The Frogs are trying to finish among the top 10 in the nation in three point shooting to become the first team since Oklahoma in 2012-13 to finish in the top 10 nationally in three-point field goal shooting.
Overall, 14 teams have finished in the top 10 nationally in three-point field goal percentage from the Big 12 Conference.
FACING THE RANKED
Head coach Raegan Pebley is 2-9 against ranked opponents since becoming the head coach of the Horned Frogs. The mark includes an 0-4 record against teams in the top five.
RANKINGS LEFTOVERS
• TCU faced six ranked teams before the end of the month of January. It is the first time in program history that TCU has played six ranked teams in a season before the month of January ends.
• TCU has faced three different teams ranked in the top 6 nationally this season.
• With a second game against current ranked teams Oklahoma, Texas, Baylor and West Virginia still on the 2015-16 schedule, the Frogs are in line to face a record number of ranked foes in 2015-16. TCU faced 10 ranked foes during the 2005-06 season. It faced nine ranked foes in 2012-13 and 2013-14. TCU has previously faced seven or more ranked foes in 1994-95, 2005-06, 2010-11, 2012-13 and 2013-14.
LOOKING FOR WINS AWAY FROM HOME
TCU was a team that made major progress as a program in 2014-15, but its one downfall was playing on the road. The Horned Frogs were 2-9 on the road and 3-11 away from home last season.
TCU opened its 2015-16 road schedule with a 89-79 win over SMU on Nov. 18, 2015 before nearly beating No. 12/12 Texas A&M on Nov. 21, 2015 in an 82-78 decision. The Frogs matched their road win total from a season ago with their 78-69 win over Texas Tech in Lubbock on Dec. 30, 2015 and then surpassed it on Jan. 27, 2016 with a 72-62 win in Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa over Iowa State.
Raegan Pebley’s past success playing away from home at her previous stops bodes well for expected improvement away from home in the upcoming season. Her squads at Fresno State were a combined 22-14 away from home in two seasons, including a 12-7 mark in 2012-13 and a 10-7 mark in 2013-14.
QUEENS OF THE COMEBACK
TCU has shown a knack for coming from behind to win under head coach Raegan Pebley. TCU posted six wins last season after they overcame a deficit of eight points or more in the contest.
The most notable came in a 86-84 win over Iowa State to help head coach Raegan Pebley record her first career win against a Big 12 opponents. TCU followed that win with another victory over Oklahoma State just three days later, erasing an eight-point deficit to register a 70-66 win.
TCU has won six conference games over the last two seasons when they faced a deficit of 8 or more during the game.