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Medley Goes for Record on Senior Night
TCU Horned Frogs (15-13, 7-10) vs. Kansas (5-23, 0-17)
Date (Time) Monday, Feb. 29, 2016 (6:00 p.m. CT)
Location Fort Worth, Texas | Ed and Rae Schollmaier
TV Fox Sports Network Bob Licht (play-by-play) and Dan Hughes (analyst)
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 Senior All-America candidate Zahna Medley needs just two points to tie Sandora Irvin’s career scoring record at TCU as the Frogs host Kansas to close out the regular season on Monday night on Senior Night in Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena.
Tipoff is set for 6:00 p.m. with the game televised by Fox Sports Network with Bob Licht (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.
TCU will honor five senior student-athletes, an athletic training student and a member of the male practice “Frog Squad” at the game during postgame ceremonies for Senior Night, including Aiche Ndao, Veja Hamilton, Medley, Caitlin Diaz, Destynee Hives-McCray, Michaela Crow and Colton Purscell.
Medley will be honored as her home career in the Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena comes to a close following one the greatest careers in TCU history. Medley needs just two points to tie Irvin’s mark of 1,892 career points and has already set the TCU career mark for three-point field goals made as just the fourth player in Big 12 Conference history with over 300 made three’s in a career. The two-time All-Conference selection is coming off a 15-point performance against Texas on Saturday and is averaging 19.0 points per outing in TCU’s last six games.
2015-16 HIGHLIGHTSÂ
• Zahna Medley was named the Big 12 Conference Player of the Week on Feb. 15, 2016. It came following a big week for Medley, totaling 43 points for a 21.5 average in TCU’s two games last week to move into the Big 12 top 25 in career points. She connected on seven three-pointers and is now just three away from tying the TCU career record.
• 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.
• 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).
• Ramirez has taken home slew of honors throughout the 2015-16 season including being named the first McDonald’s All-American Game selection in program history and a Naismith Trophy finalist.
• 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.
TALKING POINTS AND NOTABLE STATISTICS
• TCU is taking on a team to close out the regular season that it will face in the opening round of the Big 12 Conference Tournament for the third time in four seasons. TCU was swept in the two games by Kansas in 2012-13 and by Texas in 2014-15.
• TCU’s game with Texas was its 10th against a ranked foe in 2015-16, tying the TCU school record for most ranked foes faced in a season. 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.
• Over a recent 130 minute stretch during the fourth quarter of the most recent Baylor game plus wins over Iowa State, Kansas and No. 17 Oklahoma State – TCU outscored its opponents by 69 total points.
• TCU has won at least seven games in league play in the last three years and in three of the four years it has been a member of the Big 12 Conference. An 8th win would tie the 2013-14 team’s 8-10 mark and two wins to get to nine on the year would tie the 2014-15 team for the best league record in TCU’s Big 12 Conference history.
• Zahna Medley ranks in the top five of 10 TCU career statistical categories.
• TCU has made 50-of-113 (.442) three-point field goals in the last six outings after shooting just 10-of-44 (.227) from three-point range in the previous three games during a three-game road swing.
• Junior Jada Butts became one of four TCU players with 500 career points on the active roster during TCU’s game at Texas on Saturday. Medley, Hamilton and Hives-McCray also have 500 career points during their collegiate careers.
• TCU has used eight different starting lineups this season, including five different lineups in conference games.
• 10 players on the TCU roster have at least one career start to their name, including nine different players this season.
• TCU’s 37 fourth quarter points against Baylor on Feb. 10, 2016 were the most by the Frogs this season and the most by a Big 12 Conference team in a game this year. It was the third time this year TCU has scored 30 or more points in a single quarter after scoring 30 in the third quarter against New Orleans and 34 in the fourth quarter against West Virginia on Jan. 24, 2016.
• 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.
• TCU played seven games in the opening 19 days of the season, including road trips to SMU, Texas A&M and Butler.
SERIES NOTABLESÂ
• TCU leads the all-time series 5-4.
• TCU has won four of the last five games between the teams, including an 70-44 decision in Lawrence earlier this season.
RACE TO THE TOP CONTINUES FOR MEDLEYÂ
Zahna Medley now ranks second in TCU history in career points and needs 2 points to tie and 3 points 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 NAMED BIG 12 POWÂ
TCU senior All-American candidate Zahna Medley was named the Phillips 66 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Player of the Week on Feb. 15, 2016.
The honor is selected via a vote of a media panel that covers the Conference.
Medley was honored for the sixth time in her career and the second time as player of the week. It is the 33rd time a TCU player has earned a Conference Player of the Week and 37th time a TCU player has earned Conference Player or Conference Freshman of the Week honors since the start of the 2005-06 season for the Frogs.
It came following a big week for Medley, totaling 43 points for a 21.5 average in TCU’s two games last week to move into the Big 12 top 25 in career points. She connected on seven three-pointers and is now just three away from tying the TCU career record. Additionally, Medley needs 73 points to tie Sandora Irvin for TCU’s all-time scoring mark.
She had 16 fourth quarter points against No. 4 Baylor and finished the game with 24 as TCU whittled a 25-point lead down to six points in the final minute with a Big 12 Conference record 37-point fourth quarter. Medley hit four three’s in the game and made all five of her fourth quarter shots for the Frogs.
Against Iowa State, the senior guard had a game-high 19 points, hitting 3-of-6 from three-point range in helping TCU secure its second sweep of the season. The effort versus Iowa State gave Medley her 90th career double-figure game and 19th of the season.
MEDLEY MOVING UP BIG 12 LISTÂ
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.
THREE FOR ZÂ
TCU All-American candidate Zahna Medley has joined elite company of the top three point shooters in Big 12 Conference history. Medley currently ranks 4th on the all-time list. Medley became the fourth player in Big 12 Conference history to record 300 or more career three-point field goals when she nailed a second quarter three at West Virginia on Feb. 24, 2016.
MEDLEY MILESTONES
• Medley is quickly approaching the 500 assist mark for her career is trying to become just the second active player in the nation alongside Rachel Banham of Minnesota to post 1,500 career points and 500 assists.
• Medley reached the 100 assists mark for the 2015-16 season during TCU’s game at West Virginia on Feb. 24, 2016. It made Medley the only player in TCU history to post 100 assists in four consecutive seasons.
• Medley became the 26th player in Big 12 Conference history to reach the 1,800 point mark in a career during TCU’s 81-75 loss to No. 4 Baylor on Feb. 10, 2016.
• Medley entered the top 25 in Big 12 Conference history in career points on Feb. 13, 2016 against Iowa State.
MEDLEY AND THE RECORD BOOK • Medley’s 120 career starts rank 2nd in TCU history. If she starts the remainder of the regular season games and TCU’s first Big 12 Conference Tournament game, she would have 122 starts to her credit and rank second in TCU history behind Helena Sverrisdottir who started 127 games from 2007-11. • Medley’s 122 career appearances are close to placing her in the top 10 in program history for career games played. The school record is 135 by Adrianne Ross from 2003-08. If she appears in the remainder of the regular season games and TCU’s first Big 12 Conference Tournament game, she would have 124 career appearances and rank ninth on the all-time TCU list.
MEDLEY STREAKS
• 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 (118-of-122).
• Medley has knocked down at least three three-point field goals in 19-of-28 games this season. She accomplished the feat nine times last season and has done it 52 times in her career.
BIG 12 SWEEPSÂ
TCU has two league sweeps in 2015-16, beating Texas Tech and Iowa State. The Frogs have secured two league sweeps in each of the last three seasons, including a sweep of Oklahoma State last year that included a win over Oklahoma State when they were ranked 16th in the nation.
FROGS’ 3-POINT SUCCESS AMONG BEST IN BIG 12 CONFERENCE HISTORYÂ
TCU’s 39.6 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.