Feb. 28. The Lady Vols have gone unblemished 12 times at home, including nine perfect seasons at ThompsonBoling Arena. TRIPLE THE FUN Lady Frogs’ junior Helena Sverrisdottir recorded the second triple-double in TCU history on Jan. 2. The Hafnarfjordur, Iceland, native tossed in 17 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and dished out 11 assists in a 7874 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. One day later, the Lady Vols would see the second triple-double in UT history when sophomore Shekinna Stricklen scored 17 points, grabbed 13 rebounds and dished out 12 assists in a 96-75 win over No. 14/15 Oklahoma in Knoxville. THE ENVELOPE PLEASE... After claiming the regular-season Mountain West crown, the Lady Frogs also cleaned up some hardware with six TCU individuals earning conference recognition and all five starters from the final two regular season contests being selected. Helena Sverrisdottir was chosen by the league coaches as the Mountain West Player of the Year and head man Jeff Mittie was tabbed as the league’s Coach of the Year. Sverrisdottir and junior Emily Carter were selected to the First Team All-Mountain West Conference, while senior TK LaFleur was named to the Third Team. Freshman Starr Crawford and senior Eboni Mangum were each named Honorable Mention All-MWC. In addition, Mangum was selected to the AllDefensive Team. NUMBERS GAME The following are key stats to keep an eye on: Under Head Coach Jeff Mittie, TCU is... ... 200-26 when leading at the half ... 71-1 when scoring 80+ points ... 150-5 when allowing 60 points or less ... 116-2 when owning a double digit halftime lead ... 185-27 when holding opponents to 40.0% FGs or less ... 101-7 when shooting 45.0% FG or better This season, TCU is... ... 17-0 when shooting at least 40.0% FG ... 11-0 when allowing 59 points or fewer ... 18-2 when committing fewer turnovers than its opponent ... 16-1 when leading at the half ... 13-2 when leading or matching its opponent in rebounds TK-OH! Senior TK LaFleur returned to the starting lineup for the last five contests and helped the Lady Frogs claim three straight victories on its way to clinching the MWC regular-season crown. Over those five games, she scored 11.8 ppg while converting 45.8 percent of her field goals, in addition to pulling down 5.0 rpg and dishing out 2.2 apg. In TCU’s 66-54 win over New Mexico on March 2, a victory that clinched the Mountain West title for the Lady Frogs, she recorded her first double-double of the season with game highs of 17 points and 10 rebounds. ONE GRAND GAME LaFleur joined current Lady Frog Helena Sverrisdottir in the 1,000-career-point club in the squad’s Jan. 27 home victory over Colorado State. Against the Rams, LaFleur tallied 11 points to eclipse the 1,000-point plateau. LaFleur, who began her career at Nebraska, now has 1,125 career points, of which 777 have come since she made the move to Fort Worth. BREWIN’ AN UPSET TCU owns a pair of victories over ranked foes this season with a home win over #10/5 Texas A&M (56-54) and a neutral court win over #18/23 Kansas (74-69). TCU now has 16 wins all-time over ranked opponents, all of which have come under current head coach Jeff Mittie. The Lady Frogs have beaten a top 25 foe in each
of the past eight seasons. Three of the program’s four all-time wins over top five teams have come in the past two seasons (2009-10 vs. #10/5 Texas A&M, 2008-09 vs. #3/5 Maryland and 2008-09 vs. #3/3 Cal). TCU isn’t always the beneficiary of a home court advantage either, as was the case in their win over the Aggies. The Lady Frogs have upset at least one ranked opponent away from Fort Worth in five of the last six seasons. STRAIGHT SEVEN TCU ripped off a month-long streak of seven consecutive victories, beginning with a win at SMU on Dec. 9 and ending with a loss at Wyoming on Jan. 13. Keying the Lady Frogs straight seven was junior Emily Carter. Over that month, the 6-1 lefthander averaged 18.1 ppg while converting at a 50.0 percent clip from the field and 47.1 percent from three-point range. Carter led TCU in scoring in four of the seven games and shot 50.0 percent from three-point range in five of the seven outings. STUFF THE STAT SHEET TCU ranks in the top 50 of 10 national categories and in the top 30 in seven of those stat categories. CATEGORY Turnover Margin Assist/Turnover Ratio Assists Per Game FT Percentage Scoring Offense 3FG % Defense Scoring Margin 3FG Percentage 3FGs Per Game FG % Defense
RANK 20 25 26 27 28 28 29 36 38 43
ACTUAL +4.63 0.97 15.6 74.8 72.3 28.4 +12.0 35.8 6.9 36.6
ICE WATER RUNS IN HER VEINS Emily Carter is cool under pressure and leads the Mountain West in free throw percentage, converting 115of-132 tosses from the charity stripe. Carter ranks 17th nationally in free throw percentage at 87.1.
Date Nov. 15 Nov. 18 Nov. 21 Nov. 23 Nov. 27 Nov. 28 Dec. 1 Dec. 6 Dec. 9 Dec. 12 Dec. 20 Dec. 31 Jan. 2 Jan. 6 Jan. 9 Jan. 13 Jan. 16 Jan. 23 Jan. 27 Jan. 30 Feb. 3 Feb. 6 Feb. 10 Feb. 13 Feb. 16 Feb. 23 Feb. 27 Mar. 2 Mar. 6 Mar. 12
TCU SCHEDULE/RESULTS Opponent Result Score Houston Baptist W 109-30 Fresno State W 63-52 at #20/16 Oklahoma L 70-74 Texas Southern W 85-55 vs. Minnesota $ L 56-61 vs. #18/23 Kansas $ W 74-69 Louisiana-Monroe W 65-44 at N.C. State L 62-76 at SMU W 84-66 #10/5 Texas A&M W 56-54 Sam Houston State W 83-65 at Houston W 66-61 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi W 78-74 at Air Force* W 72-35 Utah* W 62-41 at Wyoming* L 67-73 San Diego State* W 80-63 at UNLV* W 81-61 Colorado State* W 87-51 at New Mexico* L 53-60 BYU* W 64-40 Air Force* W 77-47 at Utah* W 105-96 (4OT) Wyoming* W 78-59 at San Diego State* L 61-84 UNLV* W 79-64 at Colorado State* W 73-61 New Mexico* W 66-54 at BYU* L 65-70 vs. Utah# L 57-69
Home games in ALL CAPS * = Mountain West Conference game # = MWC Tournament @ Las Vegas, Nev. $ = Junkanoo Jam @ Freeport, Bahamas
TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN Under Mittie, the Lady Frogs have won three conference regular-season crowns, but the 2010 title was the first as a member of the Mountain West. TCU claimed the 2001 Western Athletic Conference title and the 2002 Conference USA championship.
TCU ROSTER NO. 1 4 5 11 12 15 22 23 24 41 42 44
PLAYER Antoinette Thompson Helena Sverrisdottir Ida Tryggedsson Starr Crawford TK LaFleur Emily Carter Delisa Gross Hannah Christian Eboni Mangum Rachel Rentschler Micah Garoutte Chantelle John
POS G G/F G F G G F G G F F F
Bold indicates probable starter
HT 5-7 6-1 5-9 6-0 5-8 6-1 6-2 5-7 5-8 6-2 6-2 6-2
CL So. Jr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr.
PTS 3.5 13.5 --- 9.8 10.7 14.5 5.8 1.6 8.0 3.6 2.0 1.7
REB 3.1 6.5 --8.8 4.0 2.9 3.0 1.0 2.3 2.3 0.8 1.4