Ibeh's Double-Double Leads Frogs Past Wildcats, 75-62

Saturday, February 18

Fort Worth, Texas

5 p.m.

TCU

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Kansas State

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Ibeh's Double-Double Leads Frogs Past Wildcats, 75-62

2/18/2023 10:06:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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Ibeh scores 21, Manumaleuga adds 16 in win

FORT WORTH – Behind Lucy Ibeh's third double-double of the season, TCU earned its first Big 12 Conference win of the season as the Horned Frogs defeated Kansas State 75-62 on Saturday night in Schollmaier Arena.

Ibeh scored a season-high 21 points while Tara Manumaleuga added 16.

The Rundown
The Frogs had a strong start to the game, jumping out to a 5-0 lead in the first quarter. Additionally, TCU held Kansas State scoreless until 5:17 remaining in the first period. Leading the charge for TCU was Tara Manumaleuga, who made three of her four 3-pointers in the first quarter. At the end of the first frame, TCU led 18-10.

Spreading the love from behind the arc, Paige Bradley nailed a 3-pointer to give TCU an 11-point lead to open the second quarter. Kansas State slowly began to crawl back, but the Horned Frogs maintained the lead at half, 29-28.

TCU shined in the third quarter as the team extended its lead to 10 by the end of the period. All tied up at 44, the Frogs ended the quarter on a 10-0 scoring run. Manumaleuga scored seven of her 16 total points in the period, going 3-of-6 from the field.

The Frogs continued to control the game in the fourth quarter. Lucy Ibeh scored four consecutive layups to extend its lead to 13 with 7:07 remaining. She scored 12 of her 21 total points in the fourth quarter, lifting the Frogs to the 13-point victory.

Ibeh recorded her third double-double of the season with a season-best 21 points while also adding 10 rebounds. As a team, TCU shot .500 from beyond the arc, the third time in the past five games that the Frogs have shot at least .500 from three.

Team Notes
• TCU outshot its opponent .459 to .322 from the field. It's the eighth time this season TCU has had a higher shooting percentage.
• TCU tallied a season-best 43 rebounds and 34 defensive rebounds.
• TCU outrebounded its opponent for the fifth time this season, tallying 43 to Kansas State's 35.
• TCU's 20 assists is the second time this year the Frogs have had at least 20 assists and the most in a game since 21 against Nicholls (12/21).
• TCU only trailed for nine seconds the entire contest. TCU led for 34:28.
• TCU recorded more steals (9) than its opponent (5) for the 15th time this season.
• TCU tallied 75 or more points for the third time this season.
• TCU held its opponent to 69 or fewer points for the 14th time this season.
• TCU leads Kansas State all-time 12-11.
• Head coach Raegan Pebley is now 6-3 at home against the Wildcats.
• Nine Frogs scored points in the 75-62 win.
• TCU's starting lineup against the Wildcats was Tomi Taiwo, Tara Manumaleuga, Bella Cravens, Paige Bradley and Roxane Makolo.

Individual Notes
• Lucy Ibeh scored a season-high 21 points while also adding 10 rebounds for her third double-double of the season.
• Manumaleuga (16) and Taiwo (13) also scored in double figures.
• Ibeh (10) and Makolo (10) both led the team in rebounds. Ibeh led the Frogs with five offensive rebounds.
• Makolo's 10 rebounds was a new career-high. Additionally, Manumaleuga set a new career high with seven rebounds.
• Makolo tied her season-high four assists.
• Manumaleuga went 4-of-8 from beyond the arc, tallying a new career-high four made 3-pointers in a game.
• Emily Fisher led the Frogs with seven assists. It's the fourth time in the past six games she has had at least six assists.
• Bella Cravens led the team with two blocks. It's the sixth time in the past eight games she has recorded a block and the 10th time this season she has had at least two blocks in a game.
• Tomi Taiwo had a team-high three steals. She has had at least three steals in a game nine times this year.
• Taiwo's 13 points marks the 19th time this season she has scored in double figures. She has also scored double figures in each of the past five games.

Up Next
• TCU (7-18, 1-13) hosts Baylor (16-10, 7-7) on Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 6:30 p.m. in Schollmaier Arena. The game will be televised on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.