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No. 6 Texas Escapes with 65-58 Win
1/20/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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FORT WORTH, Texas -- No. 6/6 Texas overcame an 8-point second half deficit to escape with an 65-58 win over TCU on Wednesday evening in Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena.
TCU (11-7, 3-4) led by as many as eight in the second half at 41-33 midway through the third quarter and led by as many as 11 points in the first half. Texas used a 6-0 run late in the third quarter to cut the Horned Frog lead to one and eventually took their first lead since the game's opening minutes at 53-52 with 5:08 left on a free throw from Brianna Taylor.
Texas grew their lead to five at 59-54 before Toree Thompson cut the margin to two with a step-back three-point field goal with 2:14 left but the Frogs got no closer the rest of the way.
TCU missed its final five shots, 1-of-7 and 2-of-9 shots to end the game.
No. 6/6 Texas (17-1, 6-1) avoided their third straight loss in Fort Worth after the Frogs won home games against the Longhorns in 2013-14 and 2014-15 before tonight's setback.
TCU's AJ Alix and Zahna Medley each had 12 points to lead the Horned Frogs. Medley also made a notable accomplishment in the game against the Longhorns, passing TCU assistant and Texas legend Edwina Brown on the Big 12's career scoring list. Medley, who ranks fourth in TCU history in career points, now has 1,715 career points.
The contest with the Longhorns continued a demanding six-game stretch for the Horned Frogs that pits the Frogs against four ranked opponents in #17 Oklahoma on Jan. 6, #6 Baylor on Jan. 9, #6 Texas on Jan. 20 and #25 West Virginia on Jan. 24. TCU will have faced six ranked teams by the end of January thanks to two games against ranked foes this week. It is the first time in program history that TCU will have played six ranked teams in a season before the month of January ends.
With a second game against current ranked teams Oklahoma, Texas, Baylor and West Virginia still likely on the 2015-16 schedule, the Frogs are in line to face a record number of ranked foes in 2015-16. TCU faced 10 ranked foes during the 2005-06 season. It faced nine ranked foes in 2012-13 and 2013-14. TCU has previously faced seven or more ranked foes in 1994-95, 2005-06, 2010-11, 2012-13 and 2013-14.
Despite a notable size advantage in the post for Texas, TCU outrebounded the Longhorns 37-35 in the game and allowed just five second chance points in the game off nine offensive rebounds.
QUOTE OF THE GAME
"When our team comes out and plays with that type of effort, I am proud of them and we are a team right now that I believe we have so much going for us," said head coach Raegan Pebley. "We are in a very similar spot I think to last year, only at this point we have been able to sweep Texas Tech but last year we spilt with them, so we have to keep working and keep things in perspective and we can't be on a roller coaster in the Big 12, you have got to stay at 35,000 feet."
NOTES
• TCU has now faced three different teams ranked in the top six nationally during the 2015-16 season. The game also marked TCU's sixth game against four different teams in the last two seasons against teams ranked in the top six in the nation in the Associated Press poll.
• TCU falls to 3-2 in the Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena with both losses coming at the hands of a ranked opponent.
• Senior Zahna Medley finished with 12 points and four rebounds in 35 minutes.
o Medley passed TCU assistant coach and Texas legend Edwina Brown on the all-time Big 12 Conference scoring list with her three-point field goal early in the first quarter that gave Medley her fifth point on the day.
o Medley now needs 10 points to tie Adrianne Ross for 3rd place on the TCU all-time scoring list.
o Medley now needs eight assists to tie Natasha Lacy for 2nd on the TCU all-time assists list.
o Medley reached the 50 three-point field goal mark for the season, marking the fourth season she has reached the mark during her career. She becomes the second player in TCU history to reach the 50 three-point mark in each of her seasons at TCU.
o Medley now needs 16 three-point field goals to tie Jill Sutton for 1st on the TCU all-time three-point field goals list
UP NEXT
The Frogs return home on Sunday, Jan. 24 to face No. 25 West Virginia in Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena. Tipoff is set for noon CT. The game will be televised on Fox Sports Southwest with Chuck LaMendola (play-by-play) and TCU great Janice Dziuk (analyst) on the call. The game is also available on on the radio via KTCU 88.7 FM in the DFW Metroplex and through GoFrogs.com with Jeff Williams (play-by-play) on the call. It is the final home game before TCU embarks on a three-game road swing that includes dates at Iowa State, Oklahoma State and Oklahoma.
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