SAN ANTONIO – The University of the Incarnate Word women's basketball team heads to Fort Worth to take on #8 TCU in the Schollmaier Arena on Wednesday night. Tipoff is set for 6:30 p.m. 

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UIW 

• The Red and Black are coming off a strong 2024-25 campaign, finishing 17-12 overall and 12-8 in Southland Conference play. UIW earned a first-round bye in the Southland Conference Tournament before defeating Northwestern State in the quarterfinals to advance to the semifinals. The Cardinals' season continued with an at-large bid to the WNIT, where they faced UT Arlington. 

• UIW returns nine letterwinners, including five players who averaged over 18 minutes per game last season. Among the returners are the team's top two scorers — Jorja Elliott (10.0 ppg) and Brynn Lusby (8.8 ppg) — along with Raimi McCrary, who led the team with 179 rebounds in 2024-25. 

• Head Coach Jhasmin Player begins her first season at the helm after spending the past three years as Associate Head Coach at Oklahoma State University. She brings high-level experience as she leads the Cardinals into a challenging non-conference slate. 

 Scouting the Horned Frogs 

• TCU debuted at No. 8 in the first set of NCAA NET rankings on Monday. The Horned Frogs concluded the 2024-25 campaign with an identical ranking. 

• The Horned Frogs are beating teams by an average of 42.5 points at home in nonconference play since 2024-25. Seven of their last 15 wins have been by at least 40 points. 

• Kennedy Basham (2.5 bpg) and Clara Silva (1.8 bpg) combine to make TCU one of only five teams in the nation with two players averaging at least 1.6 blocks per game. 

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