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GoFrogs: TCU Rallies Past Texas Tech
FORT WORTH, Texas – After trailing by as many as 10 points in the second half, the TCU women's basketball team used a 14-0 run over a span of four minutes late in the fourth quarter to topple Texas Tech, 78-70, Wednesday night at Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena.
Kianna Ray finished with a career night in both points (24) and steals (5), while Amy Okonkwo became the 19th member of TCU's 1,000 career points club in the win.
Freshman Alexandria Crain also contributed a career-high 11 points on a perfect 4-of-4 shooting, including three from beyond-the-arc.
The Rundown
TCU (12-4, 2-3 Big 12) found itself facing a 33-28 halftime deficit and trailed by as many as 10 points early in the third quarter. A 9-0 run trimmed the deficit to one with just over five minutes left in the quarter, but the Lady Raiders (10-6, 1-4) responded with an 8-0 run of their own just moments later to push their lead back to seven heading into the fourth quarter.
The Horned Frogs made another push in the fourth going on a 9-2 run to trim the Lady Raider lead back to two. TCU kept the pressure on Texas Tech and eventually took the lead with 4:07 left in the game on a lay-up by Adeola Akomolafe as part of a 14-0 run for the Frogs.
TCU finished with 25 assists, its second-highest total of the season, while turning the ball over just 12 times. The Horned Frog defense, meanwhile, forced the Lady Raiders into 20 turnovers in the contest.
Stat of the Day
1,000 – TCU senior Amy Okonkwo became the 19th player in TCU history to eclipse the 1,000-point threshold in a Horned Frog uniform. She joins teammate Jordan Moore who accomplished the feat earlier this season. The duo becomes the ninth pair of teammates in program history to be a part of the 1,000-point club in the same season.
Quote of the Day
TCU Head Coach Raegan Pebley
"That fourth quarter was really big for us. Scoring 31 points, rebounding well, our rebounding in the second half was a big key for us to get the win. Alexandria Crain hit some big 3-pointers for us, Ryann (Payne) in the third finding some juice on the penetration. I loved that Amy (Okonkwo) and Kianna (Ray) stayed confident in their scoring, Kianna started the game 0-5 but she kept shooting and kept finding the confidence to take the shot when it's the right shot."
"It is awesome for Amy that she got to 1,000 points, Amy gets a lot of credit and attention, deservingly, for the things that she does off the floor. She is a woman beyond her years, but she is a heck of a basketball player. I don't want that to get lost in all of the amazing other stuff that she does. That 1,000 points is earned with a lot of hard work. She is one of the players on our team that gets the most shots up on her own. It's great to see her get that milestone."
Up Next
TCU takes to the road this weekend as it travels to Austin to take on No. 11 Texas at 1 p.m. on Saturday. The game will be televised on Longhorn Network.
TCU Women's Basketball Postgame Notes
Jan. 16, 2019 – Fort Worth, Texas (Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena)
Attendance: 2,025
TCU (12-4, 2-3 Big 12) – 78
Texas Tech (10-6, 1-4 Big 12) – 70
TEAM NOTES
* This was the 53rd all time meeting between TCU and Texas Tech, TTU leads the series 42-11.
* TCU recorded its 10th victory at home this season to improve to 10-1 at Schollmaier Arena.
* TCU has now won nine of its past 12 matchups against the Lady Raiders, including five straight on its home floor and three straight overall.
* TCU started with a lineup of Adeola Akomolafe, Amy Okonkwo, Kianna Ray, Jordan Moore, and Lauren Heard for the second consecutive game.
* The Frogs have made at least one 3-pointer in 227 consecutive games.
* With Amy Okonkwo surpassing the 1,000-point mark for her career, she and Jordan Moore become just the ninth duo in school history to play together with both having scored over 1,000 points.
* The Horned Frogs overcame a 10-point deficit, the largest deficit that TCU has overcome this season.
* The last time TCU has overcome a deficit of at least 10 points was March 22, 2018, at New Mexico State in the WNIT.
* The Frogs recorded their 12th win in the Raegan Pebley era when trailing at the half, including a 2-3 mark this season.
* TCU had four players in double figures, the most since five players did so at Ole Miss on Nov. 11.
* TCU shot 47.1% from the floor, its best shooting percentage since a win against Southern on Dec. 16 (47.3%).
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
Kianna Ray
* Led the team with a career-high 24 points, the sixth time she has led the team in scoring and fourth time she has scored 20 or more points this season
* Made a pair of triples, giving her a made three-pointer in 15 consecutive games.
* Added a career-high five steals, giving her 10 games this season with multiple steals.
Amy Okonkwo
* With just under a minute left in the third quarter, she sunk a layup to collect her 1,000th career point. She is the 19th Horned Frog to accomplish the feat.
* She scored 16 total points to pass Veja Hamilton's 1,002 career points (2012-16) and now ranks 18th in school history with 1,007 points at TCU.
* Tied a season high with eight field goals, last occurring at Ole Miss on Nov. 29.
Jordan Moore
* Started in the 91st game of her career, which is now the 10th-most starts in school history.
* After shooting 5-for-11 from the floor, she has now surpassed Emily Carter in eighth place in school history in made field goals with 477.
* Has scored in double-digits 15 of the team's 17 games this season.
* With her five field goals made, she now has 477 in her career, surpassing Emily Carter (474) for eighth place in school history.
* Added a season-high five blocks and has now recorded multiple blocks in eight of her last nine games and 10 games total this season. She is now just two blocks away from 200 in her career.
Alexandria Crain
* Recorded career highs in points (11) and assists (4), shooting a perfect 4-of-4 from the field.
* She had three career three-pointers coming into the game and doubled that total by going a perfect 3-for-3 from three-point range.
Lauren Heard
* Led the team with a season-high 5 assists.
GoFrogs: TCU Rallies Past Texas Tech
FORT WORTH, Texas – After trailing by as many as 10 points in the second half, the TCU women's basketball team used a 14-0 run over a span of four minutes late in the fourth quarter to topple Texas Tech, 78-70, Wednesday night at Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena.
Kianna Ray finished with a career night in both points (24) and steals (5), while Amy Okonkwo became the 19th member of TCU's 1,000 career points club in the win.
Freshman Alexandria Crain also contributed a career-high 11 points on a perfect 4-of-4 shooting, including three from beyond-the-arc.
The Rundown
TCU (12-4, 2-3 Big 12) found itself facing a 33-28 halftime deficit and trailed by as many as 10 points early in the third quarter. A 9-0 run trimmed the deficit to one with just over five minutes left in the quarter, but the Lady Raiders (10-6, 1-4) responded with an 8-0 run of their own just moments later to push their lead back to seven heading into the fourth quarter.
The Horned Frogs made another push in the fourth going on a 9-2 run to trim the Lady Raider lead back to two. TCU kept the pressure on Texas Tech and eventually took the lead with 4:07 left in the game on a lay-up by Adeola Akomolafe as part of a 14-0 run for the Frogs.
TCU finished with 25 assists, its second-highest total of the season, while turning the ball over just 12 times. The Horned Frog defense, meanwhile, forced the Lady Raiders into 20 turnovers in the contest.
Stat of the Day
1,000 – TCU senior Amy Okonkwo became the 19th player in TCU history to eclipse the 1,000-point threshold in a Horned Frog uniform. She joins teammate Jordan Moore who accomplished the feat earlier this season. The duo becomes the ninth pair of teammates in program history to be a part of the 1,000-point club in the same season.
Quote of the Day
TCU Head Coach Raegan Pebley
"That fourth quarter was really big for us. Scoring 31 points, rebounding well, our rebounding in the second half was a big key for us to get the win. Alexandria Crain hit some big 3-pointers for us, Ryann (Payne) in the third finding some juice on the penetration. I loved that Amy (Okonkwo) and Kianna (Ray) stayed confident in their scoring, Kianna started the game 0-5 but she kept shooting and kept finding the confidence to take the shot when it's the right shot."
"It is awesome for Amy that she got to 1,000 points, Amy gets a lot of credit and attention, deservingly, for the things that she does off the floor. She is a woman beyond her years, but she is a heck of a basketball player. I don't want that to get lost in all of the amazing other stuff that she does. That 1,000 points is earned with a lot of hard work. She is one of the players on our team that gets the most shots up on her own. It's great to see her get that milestone."
Up Next
TCU takes to the road this weekend as it travels to Austin to take on No. 11 Texas at 1 p.m. on Saturday. The game will be televised on Longhorn Network.
TCU Women's Basketball Postgame Notes
Jan. 16, 2019 – Fort Worth, Texas (Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena)
Attendance: 2,025
TCU (12-4, 2-3 Big 12) – 78
Texas Tech (10-6, 1-4 Big 12) – 70
TEAM NOTES
* This was the 53rd all time meeting between TCU and Texas Tech, TTU leads the series 42-11.
* TCU recorded its 10th victory at home this season to improve to 10-1 at Schollmaier Arena.
* TCU has now won nine of its past 12 matchups against the Lady Raiders, including five straight on its home floor and three straight overall.
* TCU started with a lineup of Adeola Akomolafe, Amy Okonkwo, Kianna Ray, Jordan Moore, and Lauren Heard for the second consecutive game.
* The Frogs have made at least one 3-pointer in 227 consecutive games.
* With Amy Okonkwo surpassing the 1,000-point mark for her career, she and Jordan Moore become just the ninth duo in school history to play together with both having scored over 1,000 points.
* The Horned Frogs overcame a 10-point deficit, the largest deficit that TCU has overcome this season.
* The last time TCU has overcome a deficit of at least 10 points was March 22, 2018, at New Mexico State in the WNIT.
* The Frogs recorded their 12th win in the Raegan Pebley era when trailing at the half, including a 2-3 mark this season.
* TCU had four players in double figures, the most since five players did so at Ole Miss on Nov. 11.
* TCU shot 47.1% from the floor, its best shooting percentage since a win against Southern on Dec. 16 (47.3%).
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
Kianna Ray
* Led the team with a career-high 24 points, the sixth time she has led the team in scoring and fourth time she has scored 20 or more points this season
* Made a pair of triples, giving her a made three-pointer in 15 consecutive games.
* Added a career-high five steals, giving her 10 games this season with multiple steals.
Amy Okonkwo
* With just under a minute left in the third quarter, she sunk a layup to collect her 1,000th career point. She is the 19th Horned Frog to accomplish the feat.
* She scored 16 total points to pass Veja Hamilton's 1,002 career points (2012-16) and now ranks 18th in school history with 1,007 points at TCU.
* Tied a season high with eight field goals, last occurring at Ole Miss on Nov. 29.
Jordan Moore
* Started in the 91st game of her career, which is now the 10th-most starts in school history.
* After shooting 5-for-11 from the floor, she has now surpassed Emily Carter in eighth place in school history in made field goals with 477.
* Has scored in double-digits 15 of the team's 17 games this season.
* With her five field goals made, she now has 477 in her career, surpassing Emily Carter (474) for eighth place in school history.
* Added a season-high five blocks and has now recorded multiple blocks in eight of her last nine games and 10 games total this season. She is now just two blocks away from 200 in her career.
Alexandria Crain
* Recorded career highs in points (11) and assists (4), shooting a perfect 4-of-4 from the field.
* She had three career three-pointers coming into the game and doubled that total by going a perfect 3-for-3 from three-point range.
Lauren Heard
* Led the team with a season-high 5 assists.
