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TCU Breaks Single-Season 3-Pointers Record, Defeats BYU 68-58
2/22/2024 1:36:00 AM | Women's Basketball
PROVO, Utah – TCU shattered its single-season record for 3-pointers on its way to a 68-58 triumph over BYU on Wednesday at the Marriott Center.
Needing 11 to top the Horned Frog history books, TCU connected on a season-high 14-29 attempts behind the arc.
The 3-point surge swelled the Horned Frogs (17-9, 4-11 Big 12) season tally to 257.
It only took 26 games for the Horned Frogs to surpass the 253 three-pointers knocked down by the 2017-18 TCU squad. For reference, that group played 36 games on its way to reaching the program's first-ever WNIT semifinals.
Aaliyah Roberson and Agnes Emma-Nnopu drained four 3-pointers apiece.
Roberson tallied a game-leading 23 points and 13 rebounds, both of which were career-highs. The double-double was the sophomore's fourth in 2023-24.
Emma-Nnopu came one rebound shy of joining Roberson on the double-double train, finishing with 17 points and nine boards. She collected 11 of her points in the first half to lead all players.
The Horned Frogs led for the entirety of the second half and by as many as 17 points in the third quarter. TCU outscored BYU 21-6 over the first eight minutes out of the locker room to assume a 50-33 lead.
TCU converted 5-10 three-point attempts in the first period, tittering its single season record from the get-go. Emma-Nnopu and Harris each connected twice from distance as TCU and BYU (15-13, 5-10 Big 12) played to a 17-17 gridlock.
The Horned Frogs held BYU – second only to TCU among Big 12 teams in 3-point shooting – to one 3-pointer between the second and third quarters after allowing the Cougars to hit 3-5 over the first 10 minutes.
A 6-0 run aided by consecutive 3-pointers from Emma-Nnopu and Roberson staked TCU to a 29-27 halftime lead it never relinquished. TCU held the Cougars scoreless over the final 3:15 and to a 3-15 clip from the field.
Una Jovanovic (9 points, 5 assists) sparked a string of seven unanswered TCU points to begin the second half with a long ball on the Horned Frogs' first possession. Tara Manumaleuga then connected from long range and gave TCU its first double-digit lead of the night at 39-29 with 6:10 to go in the third.
Manumaleuga's triple put TCU within two 3-pointers of the record. She found Roberson wide open on the left key on the Horned Frogs ensuing possession, who promptly tied the mark. Emma-Nnopu drilled a second chance look for 3-pointer No. 254 with 3:10 remaining.
Five straight points from Roberson following Emma-Nnopu's record-setting three gave TCU its largest lead of the night.
BYU halved TCU's advantage to 53-45 with an 8-0 run midway through the final frame. The Horned Frogs countered with seven unanswered points of their own sparked by an and-one by Roberson and 3-pointer from Madison Conner.
Roberson delivered the dagger with TCU's 14th-and-final 3-pointer at the top of the arc with 1:22 to go to make the score 63-53.
TCU held BYU to its fewest points scored in a home game all season. The Horned Frogs also limited the Cougars to a 6-21 mark (29 percent) on 3-pointers – its worst in Provo this year.
The Horned Frogs finished with a 40-33 edge on the glass despite facing the Big 12's leading rebounder in Lauren Gustin, who averages 15.4 per game
Emma-Nnopu and Roberson neutralized Gustin, the reigning Big 12 Player of the Week and fresh off a career-high 33-point game, to 13 points on 6-15 shooting. Gustin entered halftime with just four points.
Jovanovic's five assists led all players.
Up Next
TCU returns to Fort Worth for its final pair of home games in 2023-24, beginning with a 6 p.m. tip vs. Houston (13-13, 4-11 Big 12) on Saturday. The Cougars defeated the Horned Frogs 77-66 on Jan. 13 in the teams' first Big 12 meeting in a contest that was overshadowed by the season-ending injury to TCU point guard Jaden Owens in the first quarter. TCU then stages its home finale against Texas Tech at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Team Notes
Needing 11 to top the Horned Frog history books, TCU connected on a season-high 14-29 attempts behind the arc.
The 3-point surge swelled the Horned Frogs (17-9, 4-11 Big 12) season tally to 257.
It only took 26 games for the Horned Frogs to surpass the 253 three-pointers knocked down by the 2017-18 TCU squad. For reference, that group played 36 games on its way to reaching the program's first-ever WNIT semifinals.
Aaliyah Roberson and Agnes Emma-Nnopu drained four 3-pointers apiece.
Roberson tallied a game-leading 23 points and 13 rebounds, both of which were career-highs. The double-double was the sophomore's fourth in 2023-24.
Emma-Nnopu came one rebound shy of joining Roberson on the double-double train, finishing with 17 points and nine boards. She collected 11 of her points in the first half to lead all players.
The Horned Frogs led for the entirety of the second half and by as many as 17 points in the third quarter. TCU outscored BYU 21-6 over the first eight minutes out of the locker room to assume a 50-33 lead.
TCU converted 5-10 three-point attempts in the first period, tittering its single season record from the get-go. Emma-Nnopu and Harris each connected twice from distance as TCU and BYU (15-13, 5-10 Big 12) played to a 17-17 gridlock.
The Horned Frogs held BYU – second only to TCU among Big 12 teams in 3-point shooting – to one 3-pointer between the second and third quarters after allowing the Cougars to hit 3-5 over the first 10 minutes.
A 6-0 run aided by consecutive 3-pointers from Emma-Nnopu and Roberson staked TCU to a 29-27 halftime lead it never relinquished. TCU held the Cougars scoreless over the final 3:15 and to a 3-15 clip from the field.
Una Jovanovic (9 points, 5 assists) sparked a string of seven unanswered TCU points to begin the second half with a long ball on the Horned Frogs' first possession. Tara Manumaleuga then connected from long range and gave TCU its first double-digit lead of the night at 39-29 with 6:10 to go in the third.
Manumaleuga's triple put TCU within two 3-pointers of the record. She found Roberson wide open on the left key on the Horned Frogs ensuing possession, who promptly tied the mark. Emma-Nnopu drilled a second chance look for 3-pointer No. 254 with 3:10 remaining.
Five straight points from Roberson following Emma-Nnopu's record-setting three gave TCU its largest lead of the night.
BYU halved TCU's advantage to 53-45 with an 8-0 run midway through the final frame. The Horned Frogs countered with seven unanswered points of their own sparked by an and-one by Roberson and 3-pointer from Madison Conner.
Roberson delivered the dagger with TCU's 14th-and-final 3-pointer at the top of the arc with 1:22 to go to make the score 63-53.
TCU held BYU to its fewest points scored in a home game all season. The Horned Frogs also limited the Cougars to a 6-21 mark (29 percent) on 3-pointers – its worst in Provo this year.
The Horned Frogs finished with a 40-33 edge on the glass despite facing the Big 12's leading rebounder in Lauren Gustin, who averages 15.4 per game
Emma-Nnopu and Roberson neutralized Gustin, the reigning Big 12 Player of the Week and fresh off a career-high 33-point game, to 13 points on 6-15 shooting. Gustin entered halftime with just four points.
Jovanovic's five assists led all players.
Up Next
TCU returns to Fort Worth for its final pair of home games in 2023-24, beginning with a 6 p.m. tip vs. Houston (13-13, 4-11 Big 12) on Saturday. The Cougars defeated the Horned Frogs 77-66 on Jan. 13 in the teams' first Big 12 meeting in a contest that was overshadowed by the season-ending injury to TCU point guard Jaden Owens in the first quarter. TCU then stages its home finale against Texas Tech at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Team Notes
- TCU earned its first season sweep of a Big 12 opponent for the first time in four years.
- TCU swept a season series with BYU for the second time ever and first since 2007-08.
- TCU has now won two consecutive road games, as Wednesday's result was preceded by a 79-72 win in Cincinnati on Saturday. The Horned Frogs last won back-to-back road games in 2019-20.
- The Horned Frogs have now their opponent under its season scoring average in 20 of 26 games, including both tilts vs. the Cougars.
- TCU kept the Cougars below 40 percent from the field in both of their 2023-24 regular season affairs.
- Wednesday's game marked the second time TCU limited BYU to three second-half 3-pointers.
- TCU has now knocked down a season-high 14 three-pointers on four occasions.
- The Horned Frogs have reached double figures in 3-pointers 14 times.
- TCU is now averaging 9.9 three-pointers per game, the third-best single-season clip in Big 12 history.
- The win counts as TCU's first Big 12 victory in Provo in any sport.
- Roberson collected eight points and rebounds apiece in the first half.
- Roberson now leads all Big 12 players 6-2-or-taller in 3-point percentage (.406).
- Roberson is averaging 11.3 points and eight rebounds per night across her last eight starts.
- Roberson has scored in double figures in eight of her 10 starts since replacing Sedona Prince (21.2 ppg, 10.6 rpg) at the five in TCU's starting lineup. She has reached double digits in six of TCU's last eight games.
- Conner, Harris and Roberson are all shooting above 40 percent behind the arc.
- Harris improved her season 3-point percentage to a Big 12-leading .459. She is on track to top TCU's individual single-season records list in the category.
- Harris has shot 50 percent-or-better with multiple makes behind the arc in five of her last 11 games.
- Conner tied (1997-98) Jill Sutton for second on the program's single-season records list for 3-pointers with 81. She needs seven to surpass Zahna Medley's 2015-16 record.
- Emma-Nnopu has scored 17-or-more points in four of her last seven games.
- Jovanovic is averaging nine points since TCU returned to the court on Jan. 23 vs. UCF following its two-game injury-induced pause.
Team Stats
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BYU
FG%
.400
.339
3FG%
.483
.286
FT%
.700
1.000
RB
40
33
TO
14
8
STL
4
4
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
23
FGM
7
3FGM
4
FTM
5
Pts
17
FGM
5
3FGM
4
FTM
3
Pts
9
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
1
Pts
8
FGM
2
3FGM
1
FTM
3
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