Horned Frogs Knock off No. 10 NC State 69-59

RALEIGH, N.C. – For the second straight yr, and sporting a brand-new group, No. 17 TCU received the higher of NC State.
 
And this time round, the Horned Frogs did it in one of the crucial hostile environments in school basketball and in an much more decisive method.
 
The Horned Frogs defeated No. 10 NC State 69-59 on Sunday at James T. Valvano Arena, snapping the Wolfpack’s 24-game dwelling profitable streak within the course of.
 
The win signified solely the second time TCU has defeated a top-10 group on the street. TCU additionally earned its first ranked street victory in nonconference play since 2011.
 
The Horned Frogs improved to 4-0 whereas the Wolfpack dropped to 2-2. 
 
TCU claimed each matchups in a home-and-home deal between the packages that started on Nov. 17, 2024 in Schollmaier Arena. The Horned Frogs upset then-No. 13 NC State, their first of 10 ranked wins over the past calendar yr.
 
The Frogs bridged a 27-7 run between the second and third quarters to go on prime by double digits. TCU rattled off 5 unanswered to shut the interval and assumed its largest lead of the afternoon, 56-40, and successfully secured the top outcome.
 
Marta Suarez delivered arguably the perfect sport of her five-year school profession, main all scorers with 26 factors on 10-18 taking pictures. Suarez drilled 4-8 appears from distance and performed the complete 40 minutes. The Spaniard’s 26 factors had been one shy of her profession excessive.
 
Olivia Miles and Clara Silva every recorded double-doubles. Miles paired 15 factors with a career-high 14 rebounds whereas the 6-7 Silva powered dwelling 12 rebounds and 11 factors. Silva’s double-double was the primary of her profession.
 
Donovyn Hunter gave TCU 4 double digit scorers, as she tallied 11 factors – seven of which got here within the second half. Hunter additionally did yeoman’s work on Zoe Brooks, NC State’s main scorer. Brooks entered averaging 17 factors per sport however Hunter held the 5-10 guard to only six on 2-13 taking pictures.
 
TCU held NC State to 33 % taking pictures (26-69) and took management of the important thing within the second half. The Horned Frogs doubled up the Wolfpack in factors within the paint, 20-10, and allowed simply 4 offensive rebounds after surrendering 12 within the first half.
 
The Horned Frogs opened up a 15-5 lead on the 2:00 mark of the primary body behind 4 factors apiece from Suarez and Maddie Scherr. NC State started the sport simply 2-16 from the ground.
 
The Wolfpack closed the quarter on an 8-0 run to get inside a bucket. NC State later scored 9 unanswered to take its first lead of the competition at 24-20 with 5:47 to go within the first half. It marked the primary time TCU had trailed all season.
 
Suarez, although, sparked the turning level within the ballgame. TCU trailed 31-26 on the 3:26 mark of the second quarter however ripped off a 10-0 run behind two 3-pointers from Suarez. She banked in a buzzer-beating three from the correct key as time expired to place an exclamation level on the half.
 
The 6-3 ahead netted 15 first half factors and struck thrice from distance within the second quarter.
 
Back-to-back deep balls from Suarez and Hunter lifted TCU to its first double digit lead at 46-36 halfway via the third. Five unanswered from Miles swelled the benefit to 51-38 with 3:39 to go. Suarez beat the buzzer as soon as extra to shut the quarter, threading a layup between two defenders that put the Frogs up 16. 
 
She twice had a solution for NC State within the closing interval. The Wolfpack halved the deficit over the primary 1:50 of the body, Suarez promptly returned fireplace with a step via and jumper from the highest of the important thing on consecutive possessions to widen TCU’s lead again to a dozen, 60-48, with lower than six minutes remaining. She countered an NC State 3-pointer with one other midrange jumper on the 3:40 mark that maintained a 12-point Horned Frogs benefit.
 
TCU held NC State to only one discipline objective over the ultimate 4 minutes.
 
The Horned Frogs outrebounded the Wolfpack 45-41 for the sport and 24-18 within the second half.
 
Both groups completed with 11 assists. Miles led all gamers with 5.
 
Up Next
TCU will look to make extra historical past within the Mark Campbell period when it returns dwelling to face Tarleton State at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. The Horned Frogs 27-game dwelling profitable streak is just not solely the longest energetic streak in all of Division I however is tied for the all-time TCU basketball document. With a win over the Texans, the Horned Frogs will surpass TCU ladies’s basketball’s run of 27 consecutive dwelling wins from 2008-10 because the longest unbeaten run alongside Stadium Dr at school historical past.
 
Team Notes

• TCU earned its first ranked street nonconference win since Jan. 2, 2011, when it defeated No. 14 Oklahoma 76-69.
• The Horned Frogs picked up their first top-10 street win since an 82-73 win at No. 3 Cal on Dec. 7, 2008.
• TCU improved to 5-0 within the ACC within the Campbell period. Four of the wins have come on the expense of ranked groups.
• Sunday’s win is tied for the fifth-highest in program historical past.
• The Frogs picked up their ninth all-time prime 10 victory and third below Campbell.
• TCU improved to 11-19 all-time and 9-4 below Campbell in ‘ranked vs. ranked’ battles.
• The Frogs have now gained 19 straight video games within the month of November courting again to 2022.
• TCU improved to 29-1 in nonconference play below Campbell.
• NC State turned the 60^th opponent a Campbell-led TCU group has held below its season scoring common.
• The Frogs at the moment are is 45-2 below Campbell when holding groups under 40 % taking pictures.
• TCU is now 27-1 within the Campbell period when 4 gamers rating in double figures.
• TCU has had not less than 4 double digit scorers in three of its 4 wins up to now in 2025-26.
• TCU improved to 12-0 since 2023-24 when two gamers submit a double-double.
• Miles and Silva turned the primary TCU duo to document a double-double in the identical sport since Sedona Prince (31 pts, 16 rbs) and Hailey Van Lith (18 pts, 10 rbs) did so towards NC State final season. 

Individual Notes

• Suarez scored in double figures vs. the Wolfpack for the second time in as many encounters. She completed with 17 factors and a game-high 12 rebounds vs. NC State on Jan. 9 whereas main Cal to a 78-71 dwelling victory over the Wolfpack.
• Suarez has scored in double figures in three of her 4 outings as a Frog.
• Suarez led TCU in scoring for the second time this season.
• Suarez now ranks second nationally amongst all gamers 6-3-or-taller in 3-point share (.368).
• Suarez is now tied with Miles for the group lead in factors per sport common (17.5).
• Miles posted the 27^th double-double and 15-5-5 sport of her profession.
• Miles scored her 1,500^th profession level within the fourth quarter.
• Miles notably gained at Valvano Arena for the primary time in 4 tries.
• Miles dished out not less than 5 assists vs. a ranked group for the 20^th time in her profession.
• Miles’ 20 five-assist video games vs. ranked groups are the second most of any participant nationwide.
• Miles-led groups improved to 13-7 reverse the AP Top 25 when she posts five-plus assists.
• Silva’s 12 rebounds had been a profession excessive.
• Silva is averaging 10 rebounds and 9 factors per sport over her final three outings.
• Silva improved her season rebounding common to 9.5 boards per sport, third amongst all Big 12 gamers.
• Hunter has scored in double figures in all 4 video games up to now.
• Hunter’s 11 factors had been her most ever in a street sport as a Horned Frog.
• Hunter posted a 3-1 assist-to-turnover ratio, the eighth time in her final 17 begins she has accomplished so.
• Kennedy Basham chipped in 4 rebounds over eight minutes off the bench.
• Campbell earned his 98^th profession head teaching victory. He will go for his 100^th win at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 23 when TCU hosts UTRGV ought to the Frogs defeat Tarleton of their subsequent dwelling sport.
• Campbell improved to 10-10 vs. ranked groups and 10-3 over the past two seasons.
• Campbell is now liable for 10 of the 39 ranked wins in program historical past.