Women's Basketball: TCU Visits Baylor for Top-25 Showdown
No. 23 TCU women's basketball will put its historic, undefeated start on the line at No. 10 Baylor on Wednesday.
TCU (14-0 overall, 1-0 Big 12) and Baylor (12-0, 1-0) are two of three undefeated teams (West Virginia is the third) left in the Big 12 and two of seven nationally. Baylor is beating opponents by an average of 29.4 points while TCU's margin of victory is 27.1.
The Horned Frogs' last win over the Bears occurred during the 1989-90 season when both teams were in the Southwest Conference. TCU trails Baylor 5-46 in the all-time series record.
Baylor is coming off an 85-79 defeat of No. 5 Texas. The Bears have two top-5 wins this season after beating then-No. 4 Utah in November. In the win over Texas, Baylor never trailed, forced 23 turnovers and held the Longhorns to their third-lowest scoring output all season.
Madison Conner drives to the basket versus BYU.
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Guard Jada Walker scored a team-high 19 points and added four steals. Teammates Bella Fontleroy, Dre'una Edwards, Sarah Andrews, and Yaya Felder also broke the 10-point scoring barrier. Darianna Littlepage-Buggs was the only other scorer for the Bears with eight points. Littlepage-Buggs added six rebounds and averages a team-high 8.1 per game.
Andrews knocked down 4-of-8 from behind the three-point line and has made 197 threes in her career, which is second all-time at Baylor. She has made 43% of three-pointers attempted this season.
TCU took down BYU 81-67 as head coach Mark Campbell became the first coach in program history to win a Big 12 debut. The Horned Frogs had three players record a double-double and lead the Big 12 with 18 double-doubles on the season.
Sedona Prince scored 25 points and grabbed ten rebounds while Agnes Emma-Nnopu tallied 14 points and 11 boards. Jaden Owens secured a double-double through points (15) and assists (10). Owens has now dished out ten or more assists in five of the last six games. She ranks second nationally in assists per game (7.8).
Madison Conner also broke double-digit scoring with 21 points on 8-of-17 shooting. As a team, TCU shot over 50% from the field for the fifth time this year, including exactly 50% (8-of-16) from three-point range. The Horned Frogs committed just six turnovers.
TCU and Baylor will tip off at 7 p.m. in the newly opened Foster Pavilion. The game will be televised on ESPN+.
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