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GoFrogs: Heard Leads TCU Past Boise State, 77-65
FORT WORTH – TCU junior Lauren Heard scored a season-high 25 points and dished out a team-best four assists in the Horned Frogs' 77-65 win over the Boise State Broncos, Sunday evening in the Maggie Dixon Classic at Schollmaier Arena.
Senior Kianna Ray added 14 points and fellow senior Jayde Woods chipped in with 10 points, while Michelle Berry, also a senior, pulled down a game-high 13 rebounds.
TCU moved to 6-0 on the year, registering its best start to a season since 2003-04. The Horned Frogs also won for the 21st straight time over a non-conference opponent at home. Boise State fell to 4-4 overall with the defeat.
THE RUNDOWN
Ray opened the game with a three-pointer and TCU never looked back on the way to the 12-point victory. TCU led by as many as 21 points and never trailed in the game. A 10-0 run early in the first quarter helped the home team jump out to a lead it would never relinquish.
The Horned Frogs shot just 38 percent from the field overall in the first half, but drained six three-pointers on the way to a 37-23 lead at the break. Heard, who led all players with her 25 points on the night, was perfect from three-point range in the first half as she knocked down all three of her attempts from beyond the arc.
TCU shot 50 percent from the field in the third quarter, which included a 100 percent effort from beyond the arc, and led 59-43 at the end of the period. Boise scored 20 points in the quarter, but Woods scored a team-high eight points with a pair of buckets and going 3-of-6 from the charity stripe. The Broncos had pulled within 11 points, but TCU closed the final moments with a 9-3 run.
TCU led by as many as 21 points in the fourth quarter, up 68-47 with 6:51 to play, and then up 73-52 with 5:35 on the clock. The Broncos managed to close out the final five-plus minutes on a 13-4 run, but TCU's fast start proved to be too much.
The Horned Frogs finished the game shooting 43 percent from the field overall, which included a season-high 47 percent effort from beyond the arc.
STAT OF THE GAME
+16 – TCU's rebounding margin in the game, the team's largest of the season. The Horned Frogs registered 40+ rebounds for just the third time this season, winning the battle of the boards, 43-27. It not only marked TCU's largest rebounding margin on the year, but it also totaled the lowest rebounding total given up to an opponent this year.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Head Coach Raegan Pebley
"I loved that we could open the Maggie Dixon Classic with a win against a quality opponent. That was a team, full of seniors, that has won a lot of basketball games. They have had a lot of success, being in the NCAA Tournament four of the past five years. This is a team that played Louisville, and played them really well, and Louisville just upset the No. 1 team in the country.
UP NEXT
TCU will have nearly a week off before playing its next game, which will be next Saturday, Dec. 7. The Horned Frogs will host the Auburn Tigers as part of the Big 12/SEC Challenge and the contest is set to tip-off at 2 p.m. from Schollmaier Arena.
TCU WOMEN'S BASKETBALL POSTGAME NOTES
Dec. 1, 2019 – Fort Worth, Texas (Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena)
Attendance: 1,500
TCU (6-0) – 77
Boise State (4-4) - 65
WITH THE VICTORY …
• TCU won its 21st straight non-conference home game.
• TCU started 6-0 for the first time since the 2003-04 season and improved to 34-7 in November under head coach Raegan Pebley.
• TCU improved to 4-2 all-time against Boise State, winning each of the past four meetings.
• TCU moved to 2-1 all-time in the Maggie Dixon Classic.
• TCU earned its 100th win in program history against opponents from the Mountain West, moving to 100-44.
• TCU won for the seventh straight time inside Schollmaier Arena.
• Head coach Raegan Pebley moved to 101-71 at TCU and 257-246 overall in her career.
TEAM NOTES
• TCU started with a lineup of Jaycee Bradley, Jayde Woods, Lauren Heard, Kianna Ray and Adeola Akomolafe for the sixth consecutive game to open the season.
• TCU moved to 6-0 on the season with the above starting line-up.
• TCU forced 20 Boise State turnovers and have forced 20 or more turnovers in each game this season.
• The Horned Frogs out-rebounded the Broncos in 43-27, moving to 65-8 under Raegan Pebley when out-rebounding its opponent.
PLAYER NOTES
• Lauren Heard scored a season-high 25 points going 7-of-11 from the field overall and 3-of-5 from three-point range. It was just two points shy of her career-high 27 points, which she scored against Iowa State last season.
• Heard scored 14 points in the first half, which marks a new career-high for her in the first two quarters of play. She scored a career-high 16 points in the second half of the ISU game last season.
• Heard also tied a career-high with eight free throws made. This marks the fifth time in her career to drain eight shots from the charity stripe.
• Kianna Ray poured in 14 points and tallied seven rebounds. Ray has scored 10 points or more in all six games for the Frogs this season.
• Michelle Berry pulled down a season-high 13 boards in the game. It is the most rebounds she has collected as a Horned Frog and her most since notching 14 boards against Cal Poly on Feb. 18, 2016, when she was a player at Cal State Fullerton.
• Jayde Woods scored 10 points, giving TCU three players with 10+ points for the third time this season.
• Maddi Puli played in her first-career game as a Horned Frog, notching two points and a rebound in the game.
• Jaycee Bradley scored nine points, with all of her points coming from beyond the arc. She has drained at least three three-pointers in three different games this season.
GoFrogs: Heard Leads TCU Past Boise State, 77-65
FORT WORTH – TCU junior Lauren Heard scored a season-high 25 points and dished out a team-best four assists in the Horned Frogs' 77-65 win over the Boise State Broncos, Sunday evening in the Maggie Dixon Classic at Schollmaier Arena.
Senior Kianna Ray added 14 points and fellow senior Jayde Woods chipped in with 10 points, while Michelle Berry, also a senior, pulled down a game-high 13 rebounds.
TCU moved to 6-0 on the year, registering its best start to a season since 2003-04. The Horned Frogs also won for the 21st straight time over a non-conference opponent at home. Boise State fell to 4-4 overall with the defeat.
THE RUNDOWN
Ray opened the game with a three-pointer and TCU never looked back on the way to the 12-point victory. TCU led by as many as 21 points and never trailed in the game. A 10-0 run early in the first quarter helped the home team jump out to a lead it would never relinquish.
The Horned Frogs shot just 38 percent from the field overall in the first half, but drained six three-pointers on the way to a 37-23 lead at the break. Heard, who led all players with her 25 points on the night, was perfect from three-point range in the first half as she knocked down all three of her attempts from beyond the arc.
TCU shot 50 percent from the field in the third quarter, which included a 100 percent effort from beyond the arc, and led 59-43 at the end of the period. Boise scored 20 points in the quarter, but Woods scored a team-high eight points with a pair of buckets and going 3-of-6 from the charity stripe. The Broncos had pulled within 11 points, but TCU closed the final moments with a 9-3 run.
TCU led by as many as 21 points in the fourth quarter, up 68-47 with 6:51 to play, and then up 73-52 with 5:35 on the clock. The Broncos managed to close out the final five-plus minutes on a 13-4 run, but TCU's fast start proved to be too much.
The Horned Frogs finished the game shooting 43 percent from the field overall, which included a season-high 47 percent effort from beyond the arc.
STAT OF THE GAME
+16 – TCU's rebounding margin in the game, the team's largest of the season. The Horned Frogs registered 40+ rebounds for just the third time this season, winning the battle of the boards, 43-27. It not only marked TCU's largest rebounding margin on the year, but it also totaled the lowest rebounding total given up to an opponent this year.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Head Coach Raegan Pebley
"I loved that we could open the Maggie Dixon Classic with a win against a quality opponent. That was a team, full of seniors, that has won a lot of basketball games. They have had a lot of success, being in the NCAA Tournament four of the past five years. This is a team that played Louisville, and played them really well, and Louisville just upset the No. 1 team in the country.
UP NEXT
TCU will have nearly a week off before playing its next game, which will be next Saturday, Dec. 7. The Horned Frogs will host the Auburn Tigers as part of the Big 12/SEC Challenge and the contest is set to tip-off at 2 p.m. from Schollmaier Arena.
TCU WOMEN'S BASKETBALL POSTGAME NOTES
Dec. 1, 2019 – Fort Worth, Texas (Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena)
Attendance: 1,500
TCU (6-0) – 77
Boise State (4-4) - 65
WITH THE VICTORY …
• TCU won its 21st straight non-conference home game.
• TCU started 6-0 for the first time since the 2003-04 season and improved to 34-7 in November under head coach Raegan Pebley.
• TCU improved to 4-2 all-time against Boise State, winning each of the past four meetings.
• TCU moved to 2-1 all-time in the Maggie Dixon Classic.
• TCU earned its 100th win in program history against opponents from the Mountain West, moving to 100-44.
• TCU won for the seventh straight time inside Schollmaier Arena.
• Head coach Raegan Pebley moved to 101-71 at TCU and 257-246 overall in her career.
TEAM NOTES
• TCU started with a lineup of Jaycee Bradley, Jayde Woods, Lauren Heard, Kianna Ray and Adeola Akomolafe for the sixth consecutive game to open the season.
• TCU moved to 6-0 on the season with the above starting line-up.
• TCU forced 20 Boise State turnovers and have forced 20 or more turnovers in each game this season.
• The Horned Frogs out-rebounded the Broncos in 43-27, moving to 65-8 under Raegan Pebley when out-rebounding its opponent.
PLAYER NOTES
• Lauren Heard scored a season-high 25 points going 7-of-11 from the field overall and 3-of-5 from three-point range. It was just two points shy of her career-high 27 points, which she scored against Iowa State last season.
• Heard scored 14 points in the first half, which marks a new career-high for her in the first two quarters of play. She scored a career-high 16 points in the second half of the ISU game last season.
• Heard also tied a career-high with eight free throws made. This marks the fifth time in her career to drain eight shots from the charity stripe.
• Kianna Ray poured in 14 points and tallied seven rebounds. Ray has scored 10 points or more in all six games for the Frogs this season.
• Michelle Berry pulled down a season-high 13 boards in the game. It is the most rebounds she has collected as a Horned Frog and her most since notching 14 boards against Cal Poly on Feb. 18, 2016, when she was a player at Cal State Fullerton.
• Jayde Woods scored 10 points, giving TCU three players with 10+ points for the third time this season.
• Maddi Puli played in her first-career game as a Horned Frog, notching two points and a rebound in the game.
• Jaycee Bradley scored nine points, with all of her points coming from beyond the arc. She has drained at least three three-pointers in three different games this season.
