TCU
Texas A&M
Lady Frogs Take Down No. 5 Aggies with Late Rally
12/12/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Dec. 12, 2009
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FORT WORTH—Junior guard/forward Helena Sverrisdottir led a late rally to help TCU erase a 14-point second-half deficit during a 56-54 victory over No. 10/5 Texas A&M Saturday at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum. The victory marked the Frogs' 12th straight on their home court dating back to last season.
The victory, TCU's second this season over a ranked foe and its fourth ever against an opponent ranked in the top-5 in at least one of the national polls, moved the Frogs' season record to 7-3. Previously unbeaten Texas A&M fell to 7-1.
TCU looked to be headed toward its fourth loss of the season after trailing by a game-high margin of 14 points with 13:15 to play, but Sverrisdottir and the Frogs had other plans.
The 6-1 native of Iceland totaled 18 of her game-high 20 points in the second half while leading TCU to one of the biggest wins in program history. After taking only one field-goal attempt in the first half and totaling just two points, Sverrisdottir went 6-of-9 from the field following intermission with a trio of 3-pointers.
Senior guard TK LaFleur and junior guard Emily Carter each also reached double figures with 15 and 11 points, respectively. Overall, Sverrisdottir, LaFleur and Carter combined to score 32 of TCU's 34 points in the second half.
Trailing by eight points, 54-46, with 3:52 to go, Sverrisdottir scored eight straight points over a two-minute span to tie the game. The biggest shot was a long 3-pointer that knotted the score at 54-all, with only 1:29 to play. It was her second 3-point play in the stretch. She started the TCU comeback with a layup and ensuring free throw after being fouled.
LaFleur put the Frogs on top for good by hitting both ends of a 1-and-1 trip to the charity stripe with 38.8 second remaining. The squad then made one of its biggest stops of the season by forcing a Texas A&M shot clock violation with only seven seconds left, as Carter dove to the ground to knock the ball away from an Aggie player near the end of the clock.
The Frogs, which switched to a zone defense midway through the second half, were able to get stop after stop on the defensive end in the game's final minutes. Texas A&M went scoreless over the game's final 3:52.
The teams played in front of an announced crowd of 4,003, the 15th-largest home crowd in program history. It was the most fans for a TCU home game since 5,876 fans packed the DMC during a 61-52 Frog loss to Houston on Feb. 27, 2005.
The Frogs return to the DMC court next Sunday, Dec. 20, when they take on Sam Houston State at 1 p.m.
