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03/06 15:42 CST No. 10 TCU storms past BYU 63-46 to open its women's Big 12
Tournament title defense
No. 10 TCU storms past BYU 63-46 to open its women's Big 12 Tournament title
defense
By DAVE SKRETTA
AP Sports Writer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) --- Marta Suarez had 17 points and eight rebounds, Taylor
Bigby scored 11 of her 13 points in the first quarter, and No. 10 TCU began the
defense of its women's Big 12 Tournament championship with a 63-46 quarterfinal
victory over BYU on Friday.
Olivia Miles added 10 points, 10 rebounds and six assists for the top-seeded
Horned Frogs (28-4), who will play No. 12 seed Kansas State in the semifinals
on Saturday.
Delaney Gibb scored 17 points to lead the ninth-seeded Cougars (22-11), who
finished the regular season with three straight wins, and then beat Houston and
Utah in the first two rounds of the conference tournament to help their NCAA
Tournament hopes.
The Horned Frogs certainly looked like a team riding a six-game win streak into
the postseason. They held BYU to a single field goal over the first 5 1/2
minutes, built a 24-8 lead by the end of the first quarter and led by as many
as 18 in the second.
TCU did it all without a whole lot from Miles, too. The Big 12 player of the
year was 0 for 3 from the field and had three turnovers in a scoreless first
half, while her foul in the final seconds allowed BYU to hit a free throw to
close within 32-19 at the break.
Miles finally hit two free throws of her own in the opening seconds of the
third quarter, though, and her first field goal later in the period came at the
perfect time. It stopped a 9-0 run by the Cougars that had trimmed their
deficit in half.
TCU stretched its lead back to 46-30 to start the fourth quarter and led
comfortably the rest of the way.
Up next
BYU has a nervous wait to learn whether its late-season surge was enough to get
into the NCAA tourney.
TCU beat the Wildcats 77-55 on Dec. 20 in their only meeting of the season.
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