FORT WORTH, Texas – The Texas State women's basketball team (6-3) plays its road non-conference finale at TCU (8-1) at 12 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 22. The game will be streamed live by HFTV and Clint Shields (play-by-play) has the radio call on 89.9 KTSW and txstatebobcats.com.

#BobcatBits

• TXST ranks 19th nationally in turnover margin (7.22), 20th in turnovers forced (22.1) and 28th in scoring defense (55.1).
• Head coach Zenarae Antoine is in her ninth season and has amassed 131 wins. She is the fourth head coach in program history to reach the benchmark and is seven wins from tying Linda Sharp (1989-97) for third-most victories in school history.
• Last week senior guard Brooke Holle earned Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week for the first time in her career. She posted 11 points, seven rebounds and two steals in the 61-51 win over Dartmouth on Sunday, Dec. 15.
• Sophomore guard Kennedy Taylor's 4.4 assists per game and 40 total assists lead the Sun Belt Conference. The point guard also ranks third in the conference with a 1.54 assist turnover ratio.
• Twin sister senior guards Brooke and Bailey Holley both place in the top three in SBC steal totals. Brooke is second in steals per game (2.67) and total steals (24) while Bailey is third in both statistics (2.22; 20). Brooke has registered a steal in every game this year and has notched two five steal contests.
• Over the last three contests Brooke Holle has attempted 20 free throws, which is more than she had the first six games of the year (8). Holle has gone 16-for-20 from the stripe the last three games.
• Bailey Holle tied her career-high with three made three-pointers at Morgan State. She also scored in double figures for the first time this season (11). During the third quarter, she scored five points in 13 seconds on a trifecta and fastbreak layup off a steal.
• Brooke Holle has made 110-of-342 (32.2 percent) of her three-point attempts during her career and needs just eight triples to crack the top-10 list for career made three-pointers at Texas State.
• Junior guard Avionne Alexander set a career-high with seven assists at Morgan State. She is the first Bobcat to post at least five assists and not record a turnover this year.

Last Time Out

Behind red hot second and third quarters, Morgan State snapped Texas State's four-game winning streak and downed the Bobcats 72-62 at Hill Field House on Wednesday afternoon in Baltimore.

Both senior guard Brooke Holle and sophomore forward Da'Nasia Hood tied for the TXST team lead with 15 points. Holle also led the way with six rebounds and five steals. Junior guard Avionne Alexander dished out a career-best seven assists and senior guard Bailey Holle poured in a season-best 11 points.

For the game Texas State shot 42% (24-for-57) from the field, 33% (7-for-21) from downtown and 70% (7-10) at the charity stripe. MSU hit on 47% (23-for-49) of its shots, 63% (10-for-16) from deep and 64% (16-for-25) at the free throw line.

Scouting TCU

The Horned Frogs improved to 8-1 with a 79-72 win over Ohio last Sunday in Fort Worth to improve its non-conference home winning streak to 23 straight games. TCU exploded in the fourth quarter to outscore the Bobcats 25-9 in the come from behind win. TCU is receiving votes in both the AP Poll and USA Today/WBCA Coaches Poll and is the first team Texas State has played this year that is receiving votes in either poll. Dynamic junior guard Lauren Heard leads the team averaging 15.8 points per game and is second pulling down 5.6 boards per game. The Horned Frogs are led by 17th year head coach Raegan Pebley who is 259-247 in her career and 103-72 in six years in Fort Worth.

Series History

The Horned Frogs lead the all-time series against Texas State, 7-3. TXST has never won on the road and is 0-5. The Bobcats last won in 2012 in San Marcos 91-80 during head coach Zenarae Antoine's second season. Texas State is 21-78 all-time against the Big 12 Conference and fell earlier this year to Kansas, 68-48. The Bobcats last defeated a Big 12 squad in the 2017-18 season opener at Texas Tech, 87-70.

Up Next

Texas State plays its non-conference finale back home at Strahan Arena at 7 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 30 against Alcorn State.

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