Frogs Advance to Quarterfinals with 75-72 Win Over KU

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Frogs Advance to Quarterfinals with 75-72 Win Over KU

3/11/2021 8:54:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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TCU moves onto Big 12 Quarterfinals for the third time in program history.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The TCU Horned Frogs had a pair of 20-point scorers, erased an early 11-point deficit and advanced to the next round of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship with a 75-72 win over the Kansas Jayhawks, Thursday evening at Municipal Auditorium.

Senior Lauren Heard scored 26 points, with 13 of those coming from the free throw line. Sophomore Tavy Diggs scored a career-high 20 points and junior Yummy Morris chipped in with 15 points. Morris and Heard each pulled down eight rebounds on the night.

TURNING POINT
After trailing by 11 points late in the first quarter, TCU stormed back to tie the game at halftime, 36-36. The Horned Frogs defense limited KU to just a 25 percent shooting effort in the third quarter en route to a 57-52 lead heading into the fourth quarter.

The Frogs led by as many as 16 points, up 68-52 following an 11-0 run to open the frame, but KU countered with a 6-0 run and then following Caroline Germond's three-pointer at the 6:00 mark, TCU saw its then 13-point lead dwindle to just a one-point advantage, up 71-70 with 2:26 to play. Heard managed to drain three of her four attempts from the free throw line over the next minute-plus and Aahliyah Jackson helped seal the win with a free throw with just 0.5 seconds left on the clock.

FROG FACTS
• TCU starters included Lauren Heard, Aahliyah Jackson, Michelle Berry, Tavy Diggs and Yummy Morris. TCU used this starting line-up for just the fifth time this season (3-2) and for the first time since Jan. 6.
• TCU is now 15-7 all-time against Kansas, which includes a 2-2 record against the Jayhawks on a neutral court.
• TCU moved to 3-7 all-time in the Big 12 Championship. The Horned Frogs are now 1-2 in Big 12 Championship games against KU.
• Prior to Thursday's win, TCU's last victory in a Big 12 Championship game came against Oklahoma back on March 3, 2018.
• TCU tied a second quarter season-high with its 23-point effort in the period.
• TCU had three players in double-digits, led by Lauren Heard's 26 points.
• Tavy Diggs scored a career-high 20 points, surpassing her previous high of 19 points that she scored in a home game against Iowa State earlier this season.
• Yummy Morris with the last player to score 10+, netting 15 points in the game. This marked Morris' first double-digit scoring effort since pouring in 16 points against KU back on Jan. 17.
• Morris totaled three blocks in the game, netting at least three blocks in a game for the fourth time this season.
• TCU had at least three players score 10+ points in a Big 12 Championship for the fifth time in the past six games in the tournament.
• TCU had two players score at least 20 points in a Big 12 Championship game for the first time in program history.
• Heard's 26 points rank as the second-most points scored in a Big 12 Tournament game. Only Zahna Medley's 32-point effort against West Virginia back on March 8, 2014, ranks higher.
• Heard and Diggs became just the third and fourth player at TCU to score at least 20 points in a Big 12 Tournament contest.

UP NEXT
The Horned Frogs advance to the quarterfinal round and will take on the No. 1-seeded Baylor Lady Bears on Friday, March 12. Tip-off is set for 1:30 p.m. and the game will be televised live on ESPNU.