Sunday, November 21
Fort Worth, Texas
3:30 p.m.
TCU
1-2,0-0Big 12
46
vs
79
North Carolina
4-0,0-0ACC
1
2
3
4
F
North Carolina
17
12
23
27
79
TCU
8
14
18
6
46
Frogs Falter to Tar Heels on Sunday
11/21/2021 6:54:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Slow start upends TCU in 79-46 defeat to UNC
FORT WORTH – The TCU Horned Frogs dropped a non-conference home game to the North Carolina Tar Heels, 79-46, Sunday afternoon in the second game of a doubleheader in the Maggie Dixon Classic at Schollmaier Arena. Duke defeated Alabama 74-71 in the first game on Sunday.
TURNING POINT
TCU made just three field goals in the opening frame and trailed by as many as 11 points. The deficit proved to be too much and the Horned Frogs were playing catch-up for the remainder of the game. TCU got back within four points late in the second quarter, but the Tar Heels opened the third quarter with a 10-2 run and never looked back.
FROG FACTS
• TCU Starters: Aahliyah Jackson, Tara Manumaleuga, Tavy Diggs, Lauren Heard, Patricia Morris
• Manumaleuga and Diggs started for the first time this season.
• TCU and North Carolina met for just the second time in each program's history.
• UNC now leads the all-time series 2-0 and is 1-0 against the Frogs in Fort Worth.
• With the loss, TCU's 30-game winning streak against non-conference opponents at home came to an end.
• TCU fell to 6-14 all-time against teams from the ACC.
• The Horned Frogs did not have a player score in double figures for the first time since Feb. 16, 2013, at Baylor.
• Manumaleuga tied her career-high with nine points. She has scored nine points four different times in her career.
• Tavy Diggs set a new career-high with three steals.
TURNING POINT
TCU made just three field goals in the opening frame and trailed by as many as 11 points. The deficit proved to be too much and the Horned Frogs were playing catch-up for the remainder of the game. TCU got back within four points late in the second quarter, but the Tar Heels opened the third quarter with a 10-2 run and never looked back.
FROG FACTS
• TCU Starters: Aahliyah Jackson, Tara Manumaleuga, Tavy Diggs, Lauren Heard, Patricia Morris
• Manumaleuga and Diggs started for the first time this season.
• TCU and North Carolina met for just the second time in each program's history.
• UNC now leads the all-time series 2-0 and is 1-0 against the Frogs in Fort Worth.
• With the loss, TCU's 30-game winning streak against non-conference opponents at home came to an end.
• TCU fell to 6-14 all-time against teams from the ACC.
• The Horned Frogs did not have a player score in double figures for the first time since Feb. 16, 2013, at Baylor.
• Manumaleuga tied her career-high with nine points. She has scored nine points four different times in her career.
• Tavy Diggs set a new career-high with three steals.
Team Stats
UNC
TCU
FG%
.397
.321
3FG%
.389
.167
FT%
.783
.545
RB
55
27
TO
14
13
STL
7
5
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
9
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Pts
8
FGM
2
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Pts
7
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Pts
6
FGM
2
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Players Mentioned
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