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Maupin leads in scoring, Tech falls to No. 11 TCU
January 11, 2025 | Women's Basketball
LUBBOCK, Texas – Junior Bailey Maupin recorded her team-leading sixth 20-plus point performance of the season, but the Texas Tech Lady Raiders fell to the No. 11-ranked TCU Horned Frogs, 69-43, on Saturday evening at the United Supermarkets Arena.
Maupin led the Lady Raiders (12-6, 1-4 Big 12) in scoring with 23 points and going a perfect 10-for-10 at the free throw. Collecting her 15th double-figure performance this year, Maupin posted a team-leading and career-best of eight rebounds and attempted a career high in shots with 25. She posted two quarters with 10-plus points as she had 10 in the first quarter and 11 in the third quarter.
Junior Sarengbe Sanogo totaled a career high of three steals in the game against TCU (17-1, 5-0 Big 12), while her, Denae Fritz and Jalynn Bristow all tallied four rebounds apiece. Bristow also added five points, an assist and a block in the game. The Lady Raiders held TCU to its third lowest scoring performance of the season with 69 points while Tech also had its best outing from the free throw line at 93.8 percent (15-for-16).
TCU took a quick 4-0 lead to begin the game, but the Lady Raiders held their own – scoring eight of the next nine points to take an 8-6 lead, all made by Maupin. At the 5:53 mark, Sanogo grabbed an offensive rebound and scored a putback layup, then Maupin made a fastbreak layup thanks to a steal from Loghan Johnson. TCU made a second-chance layup right before the media timeout, but the Lady Raiders held a slim advantage, 12-11. Johnson made a tough layup through traffic for the 16-13 lead, then TCU scored the next four points to end the quarter with a one-point advantage.
TCU went on a 9-2 run over the first four and a half minutes of the second period to take a 26-17 lead. TCU kept up the scoring until Maya Peat made a sharp move around Sedona Prince to score a layup as TCU led 30-19. Right after this, Maupin took a charge on the other end, then made a midrange jumper, cutting the deficit to nine. The Horned Frogs continued to keep the lead, holding the 33-21 advantage heading into the half.
TCU hit a 3-pointer at the start of the third period, but Maupin answered on the next play as she got fouled on a shot and connected with both free throws. Both teams traded points until Bristow nailed a 3-pointer, followed by two more free throws from Maupin. Johnson added two more free throws and Maupin hit a floater to make it 45-34 in TCU's favor. TCU outscored the Lady Raiders, 7-3, in the final two minutes to take a 53-39 advantage.
The final quarter was a low-scoring affair as TCU only had six points and Tech had zero points heading into the media timeout halfway through. Kilah Freelon came in and scored all the Lady Raiders' points in the last period, as TCU would win the game by a 69-43 score.
Up next, the Lady Raiders head to Ames, Iowa for a game against the Iowa State Cyclones on Tuesday, Jan. 14 at 6:30 p.m.
Quoteables
Head Coach Krista Gerlich
On the level of fight needed to in this matchup…
"Absolutely, [the fight] was better. I felt like we started the game with much more fight and much more competitiveness. We talked at halftime about not being satisfied, just playing them close and that type of effort must be non-negotiable. We must have that type of effort every single night. That's what you do in in Big 12 basketball. I felt like we fought hard. I felt like we didn't adjust our game plan as well as we should have. We played well in the first half. In the fourth quarter, we struggled to score again. But, overall, I felt like our effort was there. We must have everybody locked in. We've got to have more people step up and score the basketball for us."
On what she's learned as a coach in this three-game ranked opponent stretch…
"You have to just continue to battle, and you have to continue to study the film harder. You have to continue to make adjustments for option one, option two, option three, and for whatever goes down the line. You have to continue to try to find weaknesses in other people's game and in their team, and how can you exploit them. One of the things I thought we did better tonight was take care of the basketball. We have to continue to do that. I think, as a coach, you just have to continue to battle. I'm not going to quit working for these kids. I'll never quit on them. We just have to continue to get better and lean on my staff, for them to step up and do their jobs and support us. And they're all doing that."
