Strong Second Half Leads TCU Past Central Arkansas

Saturday, November 28

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Strong Second Half Leads TCU Past Central Arkansas

11/28/2020 4:32:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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Horned Frogs erase five-point halftime deficit on the way to home win

FORT WORTH – The TCU Horned Frogs notched another non-conference home win on Saturday, defeating the Central Arkansas Sugar Bears 65-48 at Schollmaier Arena. Lauren Heard led the way for TCU with 17 points and Aahliyah Jackson added 13 points – a new career-high for the graduate transfer.

Michelle Berry poured in nine points, while Tavy Diggs led the Horned Frogs off the bench with seven points. Yummy Morris pulled down a team-best nine rebounds, Heard dished out seven assists and Caroline Germond led the way defensively with four steals.

The win pushed TCU's record to 2-0 on the season, while UCA dropped to 0-2 overall.

TURNING POINT
Central Arkansas outscored the Horned Frogs 19-6 in the second quarter to take a 31-26 lead into the halftime break, but TCU turned around to outscore the Sugar Bears 24-10 in the third quarter and 39-17 overall in the second half. TCU limited UCA's offense to just eight field goals in the second half, which included giving up just three field goals total in the fourth quarter.

Jackson scored nine of her 13 points in the third quarter, draining a three-pointer and going 3-for-3 from the field overall. The Horned Frogs shot .643 (9-14) from the field in the quarter on the way to erasing a five-point deficit and turning it into a nine-point lead at the end of three frames.

FROG FACTS
• With the win, TCU pushed its home winning streak against non-conference opponents to 26 straight games. The Horned Frogs last defeat to a non-conference opponent came against Yale back on Nov. 21, 2017.
• TCU moved to 66-23 all-time against non-conference opponents under head coach Raegan Pebley, which includes a 55-14 record against non-conference opponents played during the regular season.
• The Horned Frogs defeated a team from the Southland Conference in back-to-back games to open the season and improved to 44-17 all-time against foes from the league. TCU has now won 42 straight against teams from the Southland Conference, with its last defeat coming back in 1996.
• TCU is 64-22 all-time in games played inside Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena. The record includes a 32-2 overall record against non-conference opponents.
• Coach Pebley is now 119-78 overall in seven seasons at TCU and 275-253 in 18 seasons as a head coach.
• Saturday's contest between TCU and Central Arkansas was the first-ever meeting between the two programs.
• Lauren Heard led TCU with 17 points, giving her double-digit scoring efforts in six straight games dating back to last season. Heard has scored 15 points or more in both games this season and 26 games overall in her career.
• Heard has scored 1,099 point in her career at TCU and currently ranks No. 19 all-time. She is now just three points shy of tying Vernell Armstrong for No. 18 all-time with 1,102 points.
• Heard dished out a team-high seven assists and has now has 303 assists in her career. She moved past Rachel Hesse (1989-93) who totaled 300 career assists. Heard is currently No. 100 all-time.
• Aahliyah Jackson set a new career-high with 13 points. It is the first double-digit scoring effort in her career.
• Yummy Morris tied a career-high with nine rebounds. She originally set the mark two seasons ago as a true freshman, pulling down nine boards against Southern back on Dec. 16, 2018.
• Tavy Diggs led the Horned Frogs in bench scoring for a second straight game, scoring seven points on Saturday. She also totaled six rebounds in the game.
• Patricia Morris made her TCU debut on Saturday, scoring two points and grabbing three rebounds.

UP NEXT
TCU opens Big 12 Conference play this coming Wednesday, Dec. 2, hosting the Iowa State Cyclones. Tip-off is slated for 6:30 p.m. and will be televised on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.