TCU Women Top SMU
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FORT WORTH, Texas – Three Horned Frogs scored in double figures and Chelsea Prince posted her second double-double of the season as the TCU women’s basketball team registered a 73-63 victory over cross-town rival SMU on Wednesday afternoon at the University Recreation Center.
Prince, a senior from Fort Worth, tallied 18 points and matched a career high with 12 rebounds while going a perfect 11-of-11 from the free-throw line in 32 minutes of action.
Junior guard Zahna Medley also posted 18 points and in doing so reached 1,000 career points, becoming the fastest Horned Frog in program history to reach the milestone. The Springfield, Ill., native also added six rebounds and four assists while going 8-for-8 from the charity stripe.
Junior guard Alexia Standish joined Medley and Prince in double figures with 10 points off a 4-of-7 effort from the field, including two buckets from long range.
The Horned Frogs (2-1) scored 36 points off of 25 SMU turnovers while
going 32-of-34 (94 percent) from the free-throw line, marking the fifth-most made free-throws in program history and the fourth-best percentage from the charity stripe.
TCU charged out to a 14-2 lead in the opening six minutes when Standish capped a 14-0 run with her first 3-pointer of the contest.
SMU (1-2) would answer and eventually retake the lead late in the first half before senior guard Donielle Breaux converted a 3-point play with 8.1 seconds remaining as the Frogs took a 33-30 advantage into the break.
TCU quickly extended its lead to 10 points to open the second half when Prince and freshman guard AJ Alix knocked down back-to-back 3-pointers from Medley.
Medley kept the TCU advantage at 10 at the 16:15 mark when she notched her 1,000th point on a jumper in traffic, and would push the Frogs back out to a nine-point lead less than five minutes later on a step-back bucket from beyond the arc.
After SMU inched back to make it a five-point contest with just over five minutes to play, Standish grabbed a loose ball and took a step behind the 3-point line to knock down the long range bucket from the corner for an eight-point cushion for the Frogs.
Breaux would keep a safe distance for TCU when she broke the SMU press and found Prince cutting to the basket for a 3-point play to put TCU back to a 10-point lead at the 4:27 mark.
Breaux finished the contest with eight points and a career-best six steals to go with four assists, while senior guard Natalie Ventress added nine points and three steals.
TCU won the rebounding battle (32-28) over the Mustangs, who entered the contest averaging nearly 50 boards per game.
