No. 17 TCU Rolls to 88-46 Win Over Sam Houston

FORT WORTH – Olivia Miles and Donovyn Hunter every scored 20-plus as No. 17 TCU coasted to an 88-46 win over Sam Houston on Sunday at Schollmaier Arena.
 
Miles led all gamers with 22 factors, 9 assists and 4 steals.
 
Hunter went 7-11 from the sector and 5-8 from behind the arc on her strategy to a career-high 20 factors. The junior was considered one of 4 Horned Frogs who shot 50 p.c or higher and had not less than three made buckets.
 
The Frogs transformed 58 p.c of their subject aim makes an attempt (35-60) and drilled 10 three-pointers. Eight TCU gamers completed with not less than 5 factors.
 
Miles and Hunter accounted for 15 of TCU’s 25 assists – tied for the fifth most in a sport below head coach Mark Campbell.
 
TCU prolonged its dwelling profitable streak to 26 video games and gained its 24^th consecutive nonconference sport at dwelling with the end result.
 
The Horned Frogs’ offensive attacking prowess and size proved to be an excessive amount of for the Bearkats (1-1) to deal with.
 
TCU blew the sport open with a 14-0 run over the primary 4:43 of the competition. From there, the Horned Frogs by no means led by fewer than double digits and maintained a 20-plus level benefit for all however 40 seconds of the second half. TCU took a 44-24 edge into the locker room and outscored Sam Houston 24-9 within the fourth quarter to inflate the ultimate margin of victory.
 
The solely adverse on the ultimate field rating for TCU had been the giveaways. The Horned Frogs completed with 20 turnovers, together with 9 within the first quarter, that led to 14 factors for the Bearkats.
 
Clara Silva peppered six of her 9 factors throughout TCU’s extended scoring run to open the ballgame. The 6-7 middle got here one level and one rebound shy of recording her first profession double-double, as she padded her stat line with a game-high 9 rebounds and two blocks.
 
Maddie Scherr and Kennedy Basham added eight factors apiece.
 
Scherr, who was sidelined for the whole 2024-25 season with a again damage, sunk a pair of 3-pointers within the second quarter for her first factors as a Horned Frog.
 
TCU additional separated from Sam Houston with a 10-0 run halfway by the third quarter that stretched its result in 60-31. The sparkplug this time round was Marta Suarez, who scored her 1,000^th profession level off a second probability layup that ignited the run.
 
The Horned Frogs continued to pour it on late whilst their starters rested for the majority of the interval. Eleven gamers checked in for TCU through the closing body. The Frogs went 10-14 (71 p.c) from the sector.
 
TCU racked up 50 factors within the paint and outrebounded the Bearkats 47-30.
 
Sam Houston was led by 13 factors from Fanta Kone.
 
Up Next
TCU caps its season-opening three-game homestand on Wednesday when it hosts Tennessee State. Tipoff is ready for six:30 p.m. and the sport will air on ESPN+.
 
Team Notes

• TCU had two gamers rating 20-plus for the 17^th time during the last three seasons. The Horned Frogs have but to lose below Campbell once they have two 20-point scorers.
• TCU scored 80-plus for the 29^th time since 2023. The Frogs have now scored not less than 80 factors at dwelling in 13 of their 22 dwelling nonconference victories below Campbell.
• The Horned Frogs reached double digits in 3-pointers for the thirty fifth time within the Campbell period on Sunday.
• TCU scored 86 of its 88 factors through paint touches, 3-pointers or free throws.
• The Horned Frogs completed with not less than 20 assists and 10 three-pointers for the 21^st time during the last two-plus seasons.
• In In nonconference play, the Horned Frogs have completed with 20-plus assists in 18-of-28
• video games (64 p.c) within the Campbell period.
• The Horned Frogs held Sam to twenty-eight p.c taking pictures (19-66). The Bearkats are the 30^th staff within the final three years which have didn’t shoot not less than 33 p.c from the sector vs. TCU’s protection.
• The Frogs will tie the longest dwelling profitable streak in TCU basketball historical past (27 video games) with a win on Wednesday. 
• TCU improved to 27-1 in nonconference play below Campbell.
• The Horned Frogs stay undefeated at 17-0 within the month of November within the Campbell period.
• TCU notched its twenty fifth victory of 20 factors or extra below Campbell.
• TCU’s final eight dwelling victories have all been by double digits courting again to February. 

Individual Notes

• Hunter’s 5 3-pointers had been additionally a profession excessive.
• Hunter is averaging 15 factors per sport at dwelling over her final 4 outings in Schollmaier Arena.
• Hunter has produced a 5-1 assist-to-turnover ratio over the primary two video games of the season.
• Hunter completed with six assists, one shy of her TCU profession excessive.
• Miles’ 9 assists had been the third-most in a sport by a TCU participant within the Campbell period.
• Miles averaged 19 factors, 7.5 assists and 5.5 rebounds per sport whereas taking pictures 68 p.c (13-19) from the sector over her first pair of video games in purple and white.
• Scherr stuffed the stat sheet, pairing 4 rebounds and 4 assists along with her eight factors.
• Suarez collected seven rebounds.
• Freshman Clara Bielefeld contributed six rebounds throughout quarter-hour off the bench.
• Taylor Bigby and Veronica Sheffey every completed with 5 factors and had been two of 5 Frogs to make a 3-pointer.
• Kennedy Basham recorded two-or-more blocks for the 26^th time within the final three seasons courting again to her sophomore 12 months at Oregon in 2023-24.
• Basham netted eight factors, 4 rebounds and two blocks.
• Taliyah Parker gave TCU 4 factors in six second-half minutes.