Horned Frogs Breeze by UAB in Cancun Challenge Finale

Friday, November 28

Cancun, Mexico

5:30 PM

TCU

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UAB

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UAB

TCU

Horned Frogs Breeze by UAB in Cancun Challenge Finale

11/28/2025 8:14:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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Miles matches NCAA season-opening record for 15-point, five-assist games

CANCUN, Mexico – TCU's three-headed monster of Olivia Miles, Marta Suarez and Donovyn Hunter roared once more on the final day of the Cancun Challenge.

The trio teamed up for 53 points as the eighth-ranked Horned Frogs waltzed to an 82-61 victory over UAB on Friday at the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya.

It was the sixth time in eight tries that all three players combined to score 50-plus. Miles, Suarez and Hunter collectively have tallied at least 48 points in all eight of the Horned Frogs wins.

TCU notched its third consecutive 8-0 start to a season and in program history with the result.

Suarez led all players with 19 points on 8-16 shooting.

The 6-3 stretch forward began the game in the same fashion as she did in TCU's victory over Richmond the night prior. Suarez hit her first four shots and racked up nine points over the first four minutes of the ballgame to stake TCU to a 16-5 lead. Versus Richmond, Suarez poured in 24 first half points and was 9-9 from the field to start.

Miles finished with 18 points and six assists while carving out a slice of NCAA history along the way. She notched her eighth straight game with at least 15 points and five assists to begin the year. Miles tied Maryland's Kristi Toliver's 2007-08 run of eight consecutive 15-and-5 games for the longest season-opening streak in in NCAA history at the Power Conference level.

Hunter tallied 14 points – 12 of which came in the first half – for her eighth straight game in double figures.

She and Miles have scored 10-plus in every game this season.

Hunter and Suarez each put nine points on the board in the first period as TCU began the game 11-19 (58 percent) from the floor.

TCU worked its way to a 43-25 halftime lead.

Miles netted eight of her points in the third quarter as TCU took a 20-point advantage into the final frame.

Veronica Sheffey and Clara Bielefeld proved to be the Frogs' one-two punch in the fourth quarter as TCU turned to its reserves. Sheffey and Bielefeld scored 13 points combined and nailed 5-6 field goal attempts.

Both players finished with season highs in points scored – nine for Sheffey and six for Bielefeld.

Bielefeld was one of five players to snag at least five boards for the Horned Frogs, who outrebounded the Blazers 45-27.

Clara Silva pulled down eight rebounds and led all players on the glass for the second straight night. Bielefeld and Suarez each had five while Kennedy Basham gave TCU seven points, four points and four blocks over 16 minutes off the bench.

TCU held the Blazers to 35 percent shooting (23-65) and finished with a 52-24 edge on points in the paint.

UAB sprinkled in eight 3-pointers – the most TCU has allowed in a game this season – to prevent the Horned Frogs from separating further.

Up Next
The Horned Frogs begin a five-game homestand on Wednesday when they host Incarnate Word at 6:30 p.m. inside Schollmaier Arena. TCU will extend its NCAA-leading home winning streak to 30 games with a victory.

Team Notes

UAB became the 64^th foe the Horned Frogs have held below their season scoring average over the last three seasons. Since Mark Campbell took the reins, 85 percent of opponents have failed to meet their season scoring average vs. the Frogs' defense.
TCU has kept all eight of its 2025-26 opponents below 40 percent shooting.
The Frogs' scored 80-plus for the 33^rd time in the Campbell era. TCU is 33-0 when hitting the threshold.
TCU's 52 points in the paint were its most in a game this season.
TCU has led at halftime in 35 of its last 37 games.
TCU led from start to finish for the sixth time in eight tries this season.
TCU finished 2-0 in a Thanksgiving tournament for the third straight season.
The Horned Frogs improved to 11-3 in neutral site affairs under Campbell.
TCU moved to 8-8 in games played outside the United States.
The Frogs are now 5-4 all-time when competing on Mexican soil.
With Friday's result, TCU will enter the 2026-27 campaign having not dropped a game in November for three straight seasons. TCU has won 24 straight in the opening month of the season.
TCU moved to 32-1 in nonconference play under Campbell.
TCU won its 16^th straight contest vs. an unranked team.
TCU extended its edge in the all-time series vs. UAB to 5-0.
The Frogs are now 35-16 vs. active members of the American Athletic Conference.
All 12 players who dressed for TCU checked into the game.

Individual Notes

Miles has finished with at least 18 points and six assists in four straight games and five times overall.
Miles has led TCU in assists in every game.
Miles is averaging 19.3 points per game while shooting 51 percent from the field (28-55) across TCU's last four wins.
Suarez scored at least 19 points for the seventh time this season.
Suarez has finished as TCU's leading scorer in five straight games and six times overall.
Over her last five outings, Suarez is averaging 22.6 points, six rebounds and 2.6 assists per game while connecting at a 54 percent clip from the field (44-81) and 48 percent from distance (24-24).
Suarez is the only player in college basketball averaging at least 19 points, five rebounds and 2.5 assists per game while shooting better than 50 percent from the floor and 40 percent from distance.
Hunter notched her third 3-steal game of the season and eighth of her career.
Hunter has made at least two 3-pointers in all-but-one game this season.
Hunter shot 5-10, marking the sixth time she has shot at least 50 percent from the floor.
Silva snagged at least eight rebounds for the seventh time this season.
Basham's seven rebounds were a season best.
Basham posted her ninth career game with at least four blocks.
Bielefeld pulled down five-or-more boards for the fourth time eight games into her freshman campaign.
Bielefeld is one of five Horned Frogs averaging at least four rebounds per outing.