Frogs Rally, Fall to Wildcats in Overtime

Monday, March 1

Manhattan, Kan.

6:30 p.m.

TCU

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Kansas State

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Frogs Rally, Fall to Wildcats in Overtime

3/1/2021 9:28:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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Lauren Heard becomes member of the 1,500 career points club

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Lauren Heard scored 35 points and the TCU Horned Frogs erased what was once a 16-point deficit, but despite taking the Kansas State Wildcats into overtime, TCU dropped a Big 12 Conference road contest, 79-76, Monday evening at Bramlage Coliseum.

TURNING POINT
The Horned Frogs trailed by 16 points midway through the second quarter and managed to cut the lead down to 10 at the half, trailing 37-27. TCU pulled within five points of K-State after three quarters of play, down 55-50, and then used an 8-0 run to take its first lead of the game with less than four minutes to play in the fourth quarter – up 58-57.

It was a back-and-forth contest after that with a total of eight different lead changes down the stretch. Heard hit a clutch three-pointer with less than 30 seconds to go, tying the ballgame at 64-all and eventually leading TCU into overtime with the home team.

K-State opened the overtime period with a 6-2 run and TCU managed to claw its way back, eventually taking a 74-73 lead with less than 1:30 to play. A couple of turnovers led to buckets for the home team and the Horned Frog's last gasp half-court effort came up just short.

FROG FACTS
• TCU opened with a new starting line-up on Monday, that consisted of Lauren Heard, Aahliyah Jackson, Tavy Diggs, Aja Holmes and Patricia Morris.
• The loss dropped TCU to 11-8 all-time against K-State, which also includes a 4-5 effort in games played in Manhattan.
• The loss snapped TCU's three-game winning streak over the Wildcats.
• TCU played its second overtime contest of the season, falling to 1-1 in overtime games on the year.
• This marked the first time since the 2010-11 season that TCU played in two overtime games in the same season.
• The loss dropped TCU to 18-23 all-time in overtime games. TCU is now 6-12 in overtime games played on the road.
• Lauren Heard registered her third 30-point game of the season and in her career. She finished with a game-high 35 points.
• Heard scored career-point No. 1,500 in the game. She is just the eighth player in school history to score at least 1,500 points in a career.
• Heard, who finished with a team-high six rebounds, now has 601 rebounds in her career. She is just the 10th player in school history to post at least 600 rebounds in a career.
• Michelle Berry led TCU with four assists. She averaged 4.5 assists in both games played against K-State this season.
• Kayla Mokwuah tallied a new career-high three-blocked shots in the game, surpassing her previous career-high of two blocked shots that had happened six times prior to this evenin.

UP NEXT
The Horned Frogs (8-13, 3-13) will remain on the road, heading to Norman, Okla., this Thursday, March 4, to take on the Oklahoma Sooners. Tip-off between the Frogs and Sooners is set for 5 p.m. and the contest will be televised on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.