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01/29 19:25 CST Olivia Miles has 20 and 6 assists, No. 12 TCU women beat Kansas
79-77
Olivia Miles has 20 and 6 assists, No. 12 TCU women beat Kansas 79-77
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) --- Olivia Miles had 20 points and six assists, Donovyn
Hunter added 15 points, and No. 12 TCU never trailed Thursday night in a 79-77
win over Kansas.
TCU starters Clara Silva and Marta Suarez fouled out 32 seconds apart on
back-to-back offensive fouls with a little more than five minutes to play and
Miles fouled out in the closing seconds. Suarez had 13 points and eight
rebounds and Silva added nine points for TCU (20-2, 8-1 Big 12).
Kansas, which went into the game shooting 36% (second in the Big 12) from
3-point range, made a season-low two 3s on 12 attempts.
Jaliya Davis, the four-time reigning Big 12 freshman of the week, had 29 points
--- her ninth 20-point performance in 12 games played this season --- and nine
rebounds for Kansas (13-9, 3-7). The 6-foot-3 Davis, who made 11 of 19 from the
field and 7 of 8 from the free-throw line Thursday, is averaging 22.7 points
since she returned from a lower-leg injury on New Year's Day in a 79-72 loss to
West Virginia.
S'Mya Nichols added 24 points for the Jayhawks.
Kansas scored nine of the first 11 fourth-quarter points, seven by Davis, to
trim its deficit to 67-65 with 3:58 remaining but Miles answered with a
three-point play and Clara Bielefeld hit a 3-pointer that gave the Horned Frogs
a six-point lead with 2:14 to go. Miles added a short pull-up jumper with 18
seconds left before Veronica Sheffey made a free throw that made it 78-74 with
nine seconds left.
Up next Kansas: The Jayhawks host Colorado on Sunday. TCU: The Horned Frogs play Sunday at No. 21 Texas Tech. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here. AP women's college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-womens-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/womens-college-basketball |
