PREVIEW: Houston Travels to Fort Worth to Face TCU

FORT WORTH, Texas – The University of Houston Women's Basketball program begins its two-game road swing as it takes on TCU at 6 p.m., Saturday inside Schollmaier Arena.

HOUSTON COUGARS (13-13, 4-11 Big 12) vs TCU (17-9, 4-11 Big 12)
Date \| Time	Saturday, Feb. 24 at 6 p.m.
Opponent	TCU (17-9, 4-11 Big 12)
Location	Schollmaier Arena \| Fort Worth, Texas
Watch	Big 12 Now on ESPN+ \| Will Conerly (play-by-play), Jada Curtin (analyst)
Listen	The Varsity Network \| Jeremy Branham
Live Stats	UHStats.com
Game Notes	Houston \| TCU

TODAY'S GAME

Houston and rv/rv TCU meet for the 45th time in program history on Saturday.
The Cougars lead the all-time series, 30-14.
In its last meeting, senior guard Laila Blair recorded a career-high 33 points as the Houston knocked off TCU, 77-66, inside Fertitta Center (Jan. 13, 2024). Graduate forward Bria Patterson drained a 3-pointer in the fourth quarter to reach 1,000 career points.
TCU and Houston meet in Fort Worth for the first time since the Horned Frogs defeated the Cougars, 60-51 (Dec. 2, 2012).
Head Coach Ronald Hughey is 1-0 against the Horned Frogs.

LAST TIME OUT

Despite attempting a second-half comeback, Houston dropped a 76-64 decision against Iowa State, 76-64, on Wednesday inside Fertitta Center.
Defensively, Houston caused havoc by forcing Iowa State into 18 turnovers.
Graduate guard Britney Onyeje led the team in steals, recording four of the Cougars' 14 picks.
Senior guard Laila Blair led the Cougars with 19 points, five assists and four rebounds.

THE TIP

Houston's bench ranks #1 in the Big 12 and #13 nationally, averaging 27.5 points per game.
The Cougars average 11.6 steals per game to land them at the #2 spot in the Big 12 and #11 in the country.
Houston has three Cougars in the 1,000-point club: Laila Blair 1,548; N'Yah Boyd 1,190; Patterson 1,037.
Blair is now the eighth all-time scorer in program history at 1,548 career-points.
Graduate guard Britney Onyeje (962) is 38 points away from reaching 1,000 career points with Houston.
Both Onyeje (207) and Laila Blair (190) have their eyes set on the Houston all-time three-pointers made record of 226 set by Brittney Scott (2007-11).
Onyeje is second all-time on the three-pointers made list.
Blair (190) sits at third all-time on the three-pointers made list, surpassing Chandi Jones (188, 2000-04).

SERIES HISTORY

Houston record vs. TCU	30-14
Home / away / neutral	19-4/11-10/0-0
Last meeting	W, 77-66, Jan. 13, 2024 \| Houston, Texas
Streak	Houston 1

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