Adika Scores 23 Points in Defeat to No. 7 Baylor

Saturday, February 19

Fort Worth, Texas

1 p.m.

TCU

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Baylor

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Adika Scores 23 Points in Defeat to No. 7 Baylor

2/19/2022 3:58:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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Senior comes up one rebound shy of a double-double

FORT WORTH – Senior Okako Adika knocked down four three-pointers and finished with a team-best 23 points, but the TCU Horned Frogs came up short 78-59 in a home defeat to the No. 7-ranked Baylor Bears Saturday afternoon at Schollmaier Arena.

THE RUNDOWN
The Horned Frogs and Bears traded buckets throughout the majority of the first half. Neither team led by more than six points and TCU managed to knockdown a pair of three-pointers at the end of the second quarter to pull with three points of Baylor, down 32-29 at the half.

Baylor opened the third quarter with a 4-0 run and later used a 16-5 run, pushing its lead up to 16 points, 52-36. The Bears led by as many as 22 points down the stretch before a late 13-6 run by TCU pulled the Horned Frogs within 15 points.

FROG FACTS
• TCU starters against Baylor on Saturday included Okako Adika, Kayla Mokwuah, Tara Manumaluga, Michelle Berry and Lauren Heard.
• Heard started in her 117th game as a Horned Frog. She is just one start away from tying Sandora Irvin at No. 3 all-time. Irvin totaled of 118 starts.
• Heard added to her school record with her 148th game played. She moved into a tie for No. 2 in all-time Big 12 history, matching Baylor's Britney Grinder and Kimetria Hayden.
• TCU and Baylor are both coming off having just played each other in Waco this past Wednesday. Today's game marked the first time in each program's history that the two squads have played in back-to-back games against each other.
• Both teams came within a point of matching Wednesday's first half effort. Baylor led 33-30 at the break on Wednesday and then turned around to take a 32-29 lead at the half today in Fort Worth.
• Adika's 23 points was a game-high, matching Baylor's NaLyssa Smith who also totaled 23 points.
• Adika came up just one rebound short of notching a double-double, grabbing a team-best nine boards in the game.
• Heard finished the game with 12 points and is now just 31 points shy of Zahna Medley's school record of 1,975 career points.
• Heard drained four free throws on the day, giving her 603 free throws made in her career. She becomes the first player in school history and just the fourth player in the Big 12 Conference to eclipse 600 free throws made.
• Mokwuah matched her career-high with three blocked shots in the game. She last totaled three blocks against Kansas back on Feb. 6.
• TCU tallied six blocked shots as a team. It was the most blocked shots for the Frogs this season and the most in a game since totaling six blocks at Kansas back on Feb. 7, 2021.

UP NEXT
TCU will wrap-up a two-game home stand hosting No. 15 ranked Oklahoma this Wednesday, Feb. 23. Tip-off is set for 6:30 p.m. inside Schollmaier Arena.