{"id":462324,"date":"2025-12-21T14:18:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T14:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/462324\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T14:18:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T14:18:03","slug":"tcu-too-much-for-kansas-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/462324\/","title":{"rendered":"TCU Too Much for Kansas State"},"content":{"rendered":"

FORT WORTH \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>No. 9 TCU passed its first of 18 tests to defend its Big 12 regular season championships with ease.\u00a0
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\nOlivia Miles<\/a>, Marta Suarez<\/a> and Clara Silva<\/a> teamed up for 63 points as the Horned Frogs rolled to a 77-55 victory over Kansas State on Saturday at Schollmaier Arena.
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\nMiles scored a season-best 29 points \u2013 one shy of her career high \u2013 while Suarez tallied 20 of her own. Silva posted a 14-point, 10-rebound double-double, the sophomore’s second in her last three games and third of the season.
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\nTCU maintained a double-digit lead for the final 23 minutes of the ballgame. The Horned Frogs outscored the Wildcats 39-22 over the second and third quarters.
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\nWith the win, TCU moved to 13-0 on the season and overtook No. 2 Texas for the longest active home winning streak in D1 college basketball at 34 games. Kansas State fell to 7-7 as TCU handed the Wildcats their second-largest margin of defeat in a game in the last two seasons.
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\nTCU shot 51 percent from the floor and assisted on 20 of its 29 buckets. Five Frogs finished with at least three dimes. Miles and Donovyn Hunter<\/a> each dished out a team-high four dimes.
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\nAside from an early 8-4 hole which TCU quickly erased, the Horned Frogs were hardly threatened. Kansas State drained six of its first 10 shots and took a 13-12 edge into the first media timeout. The Frogs scored six unanswered points to close the opening frame. TCU then bridged a 15-2 run between the first and second quarters to go on top 29-17 with 6:00 to go before halftime.
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\nMiles and Silva were responsible for 17 of TCU’s points in the first period, the former of whom had nine.
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\nSuarez capped the second quarter scoring spurt with a 3-pointer, the second of her game-high three.
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\nTCU stretched the lead to 37-22 via an 8-0 run and took a 39-26 advantage into the locker room.
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\nMiles tacked on 10 points to her tally in the third, as the Horned Frogs assumed a 20-point lead entering the final period.\u00a0
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\nTCU stifled Kansas State into 33 percent shooting (21-63) and allowed just four 3-pointers.
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\nThe Horned Frogs limited Taryn Sides, the Wildcats leading scorer at 15 points per game, to just 10 points. Sides did not register a field goal in the first half and was unable to put points on the board until there were 40 seconds remaining in the first half.\u00a0
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\nTCU transformed a 43-30 edge on the glass into 44 points in the paint.
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\nThe Frogs knocked down their final 12 free throw attempts and went 13-16 at the charity stripe.
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\nSilva padded her stat line with a season-high four blocks while Maddie Scherr<\/a> added three of her own. TCU finished with eight rejections, its third-most in a game this season.
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\nUp Next<\/strong>
\nThe Horned Frogs embark on an 11-day layoff to celebrate the Christmas holiday before hitting the road for back-to-back road games at BYU (Dec. 31) and Utah (Jan. 3).
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\nBoth ballgames will air on ESPN+
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\nFollowing the Frogs’ venture to the Beehive State, TCU will play two straight at home vs. Oklahoma State on Jan. 7 and Arizona State on Jan. 11.
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\nTeam Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n