Holiday Breakdown

The football team ended the regular season the same way it began with a loss to a Big 12 team. Quarterback Casey Printers threw four interceptions in the galleryfurniture.com Bowl on Dec. 28 losing to Texas A&M 28-9.

A&M freshman Byron Jones tabulated three picks against the Frogs in his first career start.

The Frog’s defense outscored its offense 9-0, which included an 89-yard fumble recovery by safety Charlie Owens.

TCU rushed for a negative 26 yards while Printers went 15-30 for 144 yards with his four picks.

Safety Marvin Godbolt was named to the freshman All-American team by the Football Writers Association of America. Godbolt totaled 58 tackles with 13 for a loss of 79 yards.

Wide receiver Adrian Madise was the surprise of the season. Madise had 50 receptions for 819 yards and five touchdowns.

Kicker Nick Browne led the team in points scored with 72. Browne made 14 field goals of the 20 he attempted and made 30 of 31 points after touchdown.

The Frogs were the most penalized team in Conference USA. TCU was penalized 112 times for a total of 942 yards.

Linebacker LaMarcus McDonald led the TCU defense with 84 tackles and seven sacks while Jason Goss defended the moss passes 23.

C-USA had four teams in bowl games this year, Louisville, East Carolina, Cincinnati and TCU. C-USA went 1-4 in bowl games.

Louisville won the AXA Liberty Bowl against Brigham Young 28-10. Junior Dave Ragone was named Most Valuable Player completing 18 of 29 passes for 228 yards and three touchdowns.

Cincinnati lost the Motor City Bowl to the Mid-America Conference Champion Toledo 23-16. Freshman quarterback Gino Guidugli of Cincinnati completed 29 of 46 passes for 283 yards and one touchdown.

East Carolina lost to Marshall in the GMAC Bowl 64-61 in two overtimes. The 125 total points set a new NCAA record for the most combined points in a bowl game.

Simon Lopez/SKIFF STAFF Sophomore forward Tiffany Evans goes for a layup against the Houston Cougars Saturday. TCU opens conference play with a 2-0 mark, both wins coming against Houston.

The Lady Frogs compiled an impressive 7-1 record from Dec. 15 to Jan. 6.

The streak began with a 77-41 victory over Southwest Missouri State. The following Tuesday, Dec. 18, the Lady Frogs defeated Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 62-56. On Dec. 22, in their only loss of the campaign, the Lady Frogs fell to BYU, 74-71. The loss was the first home loss of the season for the Lady Frogs. The team would respond with a four-game win streak, starting with a victory over Arkansas, 60-58, on Dec. 29 . On New Year’s Day, Montana State fell to the Frogs, 82-68 and, two days later, Santa Clara met the same fate, 76-66.

To end their Christmas swing, the Frogs defeated Houston on the road, 61-49. The victory was the Lady Frogs’ first victory in 15 tries in Houston and their first ever C-USA victory. Senior forward Kati Safaritova garnered C-USA Player of the Week honors for the week ending Jan. 6. This is her second time winning the award.

The women’s tennis squad are slated as the No. 22 ranked team in the nation according to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association preseason polls. In the individual polls, two Frogs are ranked in the singles polls.

Senior Katrin Gaber, who leap frogged 12 spots from her preseason ranking, enters the season ranked No. 60. Sophomore Paty Aburto is ranked No. 98. Gaber won the top flight of the Conference USA Individual Tournament in November. In doubles, the tandem of junior Rosa Perez and Aburto are ranked No. 46 after not being ranked in the fall season.

The Lady Frogs open the dual match season hosting the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders Saturday, Jan. 26 at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.

The men’s basketball team ended the holidays with a (10-7, 0-3 C-USA).

After struggling in the first half Saturday against Louisville, TCU made a valiant comeback which fell short. TCU missed clutch free throw shots down the strecth in the 93-85 loss to the Cardinals.

TCU was led by junior-transfer Junior Blount who scored 28 points and dished out four assists. In a national televised game the Horned Frogs played tough against a ranked Memphis team. TCU made a strong comeback after being down by as many as 10 points. The Frogs cut the deficit to two after junior Bingo Merriex nailed a clutch three-pointer with less than a minute remaining in the game. Despite the effort, the Tigers led by coach John Calipari hung on for a 98-93 win. Memphis freshman Dajuan Wagner entertained the 15 NBA scouts in attendance at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum by notching a double-double (21 points and 10 assists).

True freshman Corey Santee garnered C-USA player of the week honors after his 32-point, 10-assist performance against the Baylor Bears Dec. 29 at the Fort Worth Convention Center. Santee anchored the Frogs past their former Southwest Conference rival 92-81. Head coach Billy Tubbs had a bit of holiday spirit as he opened the contest with an unusual starting lineup which featured seldom used players J.R. Jones, Colin Boddicker, Marcus Sloan, James Davis and Rebel Paulk. The game marked the first time the two teams have played since 1997.

The TCU Horned Frog swim teams set eight pool records as both the men’s and women’s teams rolled to victory yesterday in Cleveland, Miss. The men’s team defeated Delta State 65-47 and won 79-23 over Louisiana-Monroe to improve their record to 7-2 cq on the year. Freshman Andy Donovan completed the 1000 meter freestyle in a time of 9:38.61 to claim victory.

The women’s team broke five of the eight pool records. Senior Jamie MacCurdy set the pool record in the 200 meter backstroke with a time of 2:05.65 and anchored the record-setting 200 meter freestyle relay.

Losing six players from last year’s Final Four team and solid performances from its upper classmen this fall contributed to the men’s tennis team No. 19 ranking in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association preseason polls.

The Frogs have two players ranked in the singles polls. Junior Toni Gordon will open the season No. 69 and senior Daniel Wajnberg is ranked No. 82.

The team ended last season ranked No. 5. The Frogs open the dual match season hosting former Western Athletic foe and No.9-ranked SMU Wednesday, Jan. 30 at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.

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