| Senior Onika Anderson had game highs of 22 points and 13 rebounds on Sunday. |
FORT WORTH ? Senior forwards Onika Anderson and Ryba Pawlaczyk and senior guard Monica Gibbs each recorded double-doubles, but TCU had three players that scored in double figures and the Lady Frogs defeated UTSA, 73-60, on Sunday evening.
Anderson, who collected her 10th career double-double, led the Roadrunners (1-1) with game highs of 22 points and 13 rebounds. Pawlaczyk, meanwhile, collected her second double-double to open the year (17 points, career-best 15 boards) and Gibbs recorded the 24th double-double of her career with 14 points and 11 assists.
Helen Sverrisdottir netted a team-high 19 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for TCU (2-0), while TK LaFleur and Emily Carter added 16 and 12 points, respectively.
TCU built its largest lead of the game at 52-33 when it used a 10-1 run to open the second half. UTSA responded with a 14-7 spurt to get within a dozen with Anderson scoring 10 points. However, the Lady Frogs netted five quick points to push their lead to 17 with 6:52 to play. Gibbs’ three-point play with less than a minute left closed the gap to 70-59, but TCU hit 3-of-4 from the free throw line to hold on for the 13-point victory.
UTSA jumped out to a 6-3 early lead on Gibbs’ pull-up jumper four minutes into the first half. TCU then took its first lead of the contest after a 14-4 run over the next seven minutes. An Anderson base-line jumper pulled UTSA within three midway through the stanza, but back-to-back buckets by Garoutte and Carter gave TCU a seven-point advantage and it had a 42-30 edge at the half.
The Roadrunners continue their three-game road trip next weekend with contests at Wichita State and Kansas State.