TCU Women Win At Kansas
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LAWRENCE, Kan. – The TCU women’s basketball team kept its momentum rolling on Wednesday night with an 80-63 road victory over Kansas at Allen Fieldhouse. The Horned Frogs claimed their third-straight Big 12 victory to improve to 11-4 overall and 3-1 in league play.
TCU’s win was the seventh in the last eight contests, while the Horned Frogs set a program record with its third-straight Big 12 victory.
Zahna Medley registered her second-career double-double with 21 points and 11 assists while going 8-of-13 from the field and 5-of-7 from the free-throw line.
Veja Hamilton reached double figures for the sixth time in the last seven games with 20 points, going 9-of-14 from the field, while also grabbing a team-high eight rebounds.
Chelsea Prince tallied a career-best 19 points off an 8-of-16 effort from the field, including a 3-of-7 mark from distance, while swiping four steals.
The Horned Frogs’ opportunistic defense paid dividends once again, as TCU scored 27 points off of 22 Kansas turnovers compared to just 10 Frog miscues.
The two teams were back-and-forth through the opening 10 minutes, and with TCU trailing 22-21 at the 7:45 mark, the Frogs closed the half on a 17-4 run to take a 38-26 lead into the break.
TCU started the run with a quick 9-0 burst, as Donielle Breaux connected on a 3-pointer and the Frogs forced back-to-back turnovers that led to easy layups.
Medley followed with a floater and Ventress would force another turnover leading to a Medley layup for TCU’s first double-digit lead (34-24) with just over two minutes remaining.
Medley capped the run with a pair of free throws with under a minute to
play, and Jada Butts put an exclamation on the half by chasing down a Jayhawk on a fastbreak and getting a block at the buzzer.
The Frogs would have to weather a Kansas rally to open the second half, as the Jayhawks trimmed the advantage all the way down to two points following three-straight buckets from Chelsea Gardner.
With TCU clinging to a 50-47 lead with 11:18 remaining, Prince connected on a 3-pointer and would drain her third bucket from distance less than two minutes later for a seven-point advantage.
The Frogs pulled back out to a double-digit lead on back-to-back buckets from Hamilton and Prince, and would cruise the rest of the way as TCU exploited the paint.
TCU shot 56 percent in the second half for a 48-percent mark (33-69) for the contest, while racking up 13 offensive rebounds.
The Frogs return home to play host to Oklahoma at 1 p.m., on Saturday at the University Recreation Center. Walk up tickets are available on the day of the game at the Recreation Center ticket window.
