TCU Upsets No. 25 Texas, 65-63, in Austin

Friday, January 3

Austin, Texas

6 p.m.

TCU

10-2,1-0Big 12

Texas

8-5,0-1Big 12

TCU

Texas

TCU Upsets No. 25 Texas, 65-63, in Austin

1/3/2020 9:05:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score Final Stats (PDF)Postgame Press Conference

Horned Frogs down Horns on the road for first time in program history

AUSTIN, Texas – Lauren Heard scored a season-high 26 points and Michelle Berry posted a new season-high with 15 points, while also putting up the game-winning lay-up, to help guide the TCU Horned Frogs to a 65-63 upset win over the No. 25-ranked Texas Longhorns Friday evening at the Frank Erwin Center.

TCU opens up Big 12 with a win, while moving to 10-2 overall and 1-0 in the league. Texas falls to 8-5 overall and 0-1 in the conference standings with the loss.

THE RUNDOWN
In a back-and-forth first quarter, Yummy Morris ended the frame with a lay-up to give TCU a one-point lead, up 13-12. Texas opened the second quarter with a 10-1 run and led by as many as eight points before TCU stormed back with a 10-3 run to cut the lead to a point, down 25-24. Texas ended the quarter on another run though, and took a 32-27 lead into halftime.

The Horned Frogs would use a 10-2 run to open the second quarter and led 37-34 before Texas drained its first field goal, which came at the 5:48 mark of the period. The. Longhorns countered with a 7-2 run, but TCU managed to end the period with a run of its own and outscored the Horns 23-13 in the quarter to take a 50-45 lead into the final period of play.

After trading buckets, TCU would get a pair of free throws from Berry and a three-pointer from Heard to jump out to its biggest lead of the game, up nine points, 58-49, with 6:45 left to play. Texas knocked down a three-pointer at the other end and proceeded to go on an 11-2 run to tie things up at 60-all with 1:39 showing on the clock.

TCU got back on the board with a free throw from Jayde Woods, but the Horns came back down the court and a three-pointer at the 38-second mark gave the home team a two-point lead, 63-61.

Woods hit a runner in the paint to tie the game at 63-63 and later after forcing a turnover, Berry hit the put-back lay-up with 6.7 seconds left. TCU forced another turnover and was able to run the clock out to secure the win.

STAT OF THE GAME
50% - After shooting just 21% and 30% from the floor in the first and second quarters, respectively, the Horned Frogs came back to shoot 50% in both the third and fourth quarters – outscoring Texas 38-31 in the second half.

QUOTABLE
"Great effort by our team," said head coach Raegan Pebley. "I think it was a great game if you were a basketball fan just to watch two teams really competing. Our games against Texas have been just like that only a different outcome over the last year. I think this is the fourth time in a year we've played them. We finished conference last year playing them regular season, opened up playing them in conference tournament and opened the conference playing them. So, these are two teams that have seen each other a lot and I think it looked like that a lot. Both teams had a really good sense of what each other were going to do. I'm proud of just the toughness that our team showed. We built that lead towards the end, timeout, and then three possessions that didn't go our way. We gave up a penetration and a score, turned the ball over and then fouled. I loved how we responded from that moment of self-inflicted adversity. That's something we've practiced a lot of just being tough and riding through runs. I think that's the first time in 43 years [playing at Texas] that we've won here. That's how hard it is and that's the quality of program Texas has had but really, really excited for this team. They deserved it."

UP NEXT
TCU returns to Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena next Wednesday, Jan. 8, for its Big 12 home-opener against Texas Tech. Tip-off between the Horned Frogs and Lady Raiders is set for 6:30 p.m. and the contest will be streamed on HFTV.

TCU WOMEN'S BASKETBALL POSTGAME NOTES

TEAM NOTES
• TCU started with a line-up of Jaycee Bradley, Jayde Woods, Lauren Heard, Kianna Ray and Adeola Akomolafe for the 12th consecutive game … the Horned Frogs are now 10-2 overall and 1-0 in Big 12 play with this starting line-up.
• TCU played Texas for the third straight time in Big 12 play … the Horned Frogs closed the 2018-19 regular season against the Longhorns and then played UT in the Big 12 Championship last season.
• TCU opened Big 12 play on the road for just the fourth time since joining the league in 2012-13 … the Horned Frogs are now 2-2 in Big 12 openers on the road and 3-5 in Big 12 openers overall.
• TCU moved to 4-43 all-time against the Longhorns, which includes winning in Austin for the first time in program history (1-21).
• The Horned Frogs are 4-13 against the Longhorns since joining the Big 12, with three of the four wins coming under head coach Raegan Pebley.

PLAYER NOTES
• Lauren Heard scored a new season-high with 26 points, just one-point shy of her career-high 27-point effort from last season.
• Heard, who scored 10 of her 26 points in the third quarter, scored 20+ points for the fifth time this season and for the seventh time in her career.
• Michelle Berry scored 10+ points for the second time this season, surpassing her previous high of 11 points.
• Berry also notched her second double-double of the season pulling down a team-high 11 rebounds.