The Longhorns (15-1, 2-1) and Horned Frogs (14-2, 1-2) won't be the Top 25 matchup it could've been - TCU entered the poll at #23 last week but fell out after back-to-back losses to Baylor and Okie Lite. New TCU head coach Mark Campbell was an assistant at Oregon before replacing Reagan Pembley. He then effectively turned over the roster with transfers including (*** = starter):
Without Prince, TCU doesn't have much length but they do have some good athletes. Off to a program best 13-0 start against a very suspect non-conference slate, they won their first conference game against BYU but dropped back-to-back Big12 games, 71-50 and 67-59.
Longhorn Notes and Numbers:
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- *** G Jaden Owens from Baylor (UCLA before that)
- *** G Madison Conner from Arizona
- *** G Una Jovanovic from Cal State Fullerton
- *** C Sedona Prince from Oregon (Texas before that)
- *** G Agnes Emma-Nnopu from Stanford
- G/F Sydney Harris from Central Michigan
Without Prince, TCU doesn't have much length but they do have some good athletes. Off to a program best 13-0 start against a very suspect non-conference slate, they won their first conference game against BYU but dropped back-to-back Big12 games, 71-50 and 67-59.
Longhorn Notes and Numbers:
- Madison Booker averaged 16.5 points, 9 rebounds and 6.5 assists in road wins against Tech and #24 WVU and was named Big 12 Co-Player of the Week with KSU C Ayoka Lee but ISU's Addy Brown was Freshman of the Week. Big12 gonna Big 12. She also picked up her 1st career double-double (WVU) and, against ranked opponents this season, the freshman point forward is averaging 20 points, 7.3 rebounds and 6.3 assists.
- Taking over at PG has led to a spike in her TO rate. Over the last 4 games she is averaging 5 per compared to 1.9 at her more natural W position. Cleaning that up significantly may be a lot to ask for a freshman playing out of position but some improvement (3-3.5) would make me feel better about this team's ceiling.
- With Rori at the helm, Texas averaged 12.7 turnovers a game. Without? 19.8. Per game scoring and assists have also dropped from 92.7 to 80 and 20.7 to 14 respectively. Rebounds dropped slightly but I'm attributing that more to Taylor being unavailable for 4 games as they exceeded their season average against WVU in her 1st game back from a hip injury.
- The depth at the PF position is paying dividends. Amina was very solid to really good at times while Deyona and Aaliyah were out. With those 2 rounding into shape, Vic has a versatile pool of 4s he can mix and match to create problems for opposing defenders.
- Battle of the Desert Sharp Shooters: Shaylee Gonzalez (Gilbert, AZ) and Madison Conner (Chandler, AZ) are their respective teams' highest volume 3-pt shooters. Shaylee's 63 attempts (44.4%) are almost higher than the next 2 players on the Longhorns' next 2 combined (Madison and Shay - 71) but it's only 37% of the long distance attempts of Conner.
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