TCU Drops Big 12/SEC Challenge Contest to Gators

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TCU Drops Big 12/SEC Challenge Contest to Gators

12/5/2021 3:45:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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Heard and Adika both net double-digit scoring figures in the loss

FORT WORTH – The TCU Horned Frogs dropped its Big 12/SEC Challenge match-up with the Florida Gators, falling 63-54 at Schollmaier Arena on Sunday.

The Horned Frogs (3-4) and Gators (7-3) tallied seven different ties and 15 different lead changes, but a late third quarter-surge helped Florida escape Cowtown with a win. Lauren Heard led TCU with 17 points, but Florida's Lavender Briggs tallied a game-high 22 points for the Gators.

TURNING POINT
In what was really a back-and-forth first half of play, Florida erased a two-point deficit and closed the second quarter with an 8-0 run and never looked back. The Gators led 37-31 at the break and then 47-40 in a low-scoring third quarter. TCU got back within four points of the visiting team, down 48-44 with 7:20 to play, but Florida's 8-0 run pushed the Gator lead to 12 points, on the way to sealing the victory.

FROG FACTS
• TCU starters vs. Florida: Aahliyah Jackson, Okako Adika, Lauren Heard, Michelle Berry and Patricia Morris. TCU fell to 3-3 overall with this starting line-up.
• TCU committed a season-high 23 turnovers.
• Florida won the rebounding battle, pulling down 38 boards to TCU's total of 30 rebounds.
• TCU shot a season-low eight three-pointers in the game. It was the least amount of three-pointers a TCU has taken since attempting just seven points against Texas last season on March 7, 2021.
• Both teams were 100% from the free throw line in the first half, with each teaming draining 6-of-6 from the charity stripe. TCU finished shooting .846 from the line (11-of-13), while Florida finished shooting .929 (13-of-14) overall.
• TCU snapped a three-game winning streak over SEC teams in the Big 12/SEC Challenge. The Frogs are now 3-2 in the Challenge.
• Heard scored 10+ points for the eighth time this season and 71st time in her career. She tallied at least 15 points in a game for the 48th time in her career.
• Aahliyah Jackson tied a career-high with three steals in the game. It was her first game with three steals since three takeaways at home against Baylor last season (Jan. 2, 2021).
• Okako Adika finished the game with 11 points. She has scored 10+ points in three straight games for the Horned Frogs.
• Heard had one steal in the game and moved into sole-possession of the No. 3 spot all-time at TCU in career steals. She has totaled 238 steals as a Horned Frog.
• Heard's 17 points on the game pushed her over the 1,700 points mark in her career. She has 1,705 career points, becoming just the fifth player in school history with at least 1,700 points.

UP NEXT
TCU will have a full week off before taking on the No. 17th-ranked Texas A&M Aggies next Sunday. Tip-off is set for 1 p.m. inside Schollmaier Arena.