New Mexico-TCU post-game notes
2/17/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 17, 2008
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POST-GAME NOTESNew Mexico-TCU
Feb. 17, 2008
Fort Worth, Texas--Daniel-Meyer Coliseum
Team Notes
> TCU improved to 16-9 overall and 9-2 in Mountain West Conference play. The win marked the team's sixth in a row, the program's longest league winning streak since 2001-02.
> The Frogs' 9-2 conference start is its best since a 9-2 mark in Conference USA during the 2001-02 season.
> The Frogs improved to 14-18 all-time in games decided in overtime, including a 1-1 mark this Combined with an 8:26 stretch without a basket to end the Jan. 15 matchup with the Lobos, the Frogs went more than 16 minutes without a field goal vs. UNM.season. TCU fell to Florida, 76-80, in Gainesville, Fla., earlier this season in extra time.
> TCU improved to 13-0 this season when allowing 59 points or fewer.
> TCU did not record a field goal during the first 7:45 of the game.
> The Frogs shot 2-for-18 to begin the game, then shot at a rate of 45.7 percent for the remainder of the contest.
Individual Notes
> Helena Sverrisdottir scored a career-high 24 points on 10-of-15 shooting. She added nine rebounds while playing a career-best 38 minutes.
> Lorie Butler-Rayford, who was shooting only 2-for-15 midway through the second half, went 3-of-4 down the stretch to lead TCU's offensive surge into overtime and finished 5-of-19.
> Butler-Rayford recorded her team-leading third double-double of the season with 12 points and 11 boards. She reached double figures in scoring for the seventh time in the last eight games.
> Butler-Rayford scored her 900th career point Sunday and currently sits at 908 career points.
> Adrianne Ross made her 100th career start Sunday.
