Holle powers UT to win over TCU

FORT WORTH — Shay Holle scored 12 of her 14 points after halftime as seventh-ranked Texas pulled away in a 65-43 win over TCU on Saturday.

Madison Booker added 13 points for the Longhorns (22-3, 9-3 Big 12), who led 29-27 before an 18-1 run in the third quarter. That game-turning spurt started with Booker’s jumper that was the first of 13 consecutive points, and the standout freshman also had a 3pointer in that span.

TCU (15-8, 2-10), which has been playing without its top three players because of injuries, trailed only 23-20 after scoring the last nine points of the first half.

Aaliyah Roberson made a 3-pointer for the Horned Frogs nearly 2⁄ minutes in for the game’s first points. That was the only go-ahead basket they had.

Roberson and Agnes Emma-Nnopu each had 11 points for the Frogs, who shot only 29% (14-of-48) from the field. Una Jovanovic had 10 points and Emma-Nnopu had nine rebounds.

NO. 18 BAYLOR 65

NO. 22 WEST VIRGINIA 58

Darianna LittlepageBuggs and Bella Fontleroy had double-doubles as the Lady Bears ended the visiting Mountaineers’ seven-game winning streak.

Both teams came in averaging 77 points or better, but it was an offensive struggle all day. When the Mountaineers scored six quick points to pull within 63-58, Baylor helped out with three turnovers. But on West Virginia’s last gasp, the Bears stole the ball with just over 10 seconds to go.

Littlepage-Buggs had 14 points and 10 rebounds, Fontleroy had 12 and 10. Aijha Blackwell also had 12 points for the Bears (18-5, 7-5 Big 12 Conference), who were coming off a 12-point loss at BYU and had lost five of their last eight.

JJ Quinerly had 13 points for the Mountaineers (20-3, 9-3), but the league’s leading scorer was just 4-of-14 shooting from the floor.

RICE 78, TULSA 66

Hailey Adams had a double-double with 17 points and 12 rebounds and Jazzy Owens-Barnett added 17 of her own as the Owls took down the Golden Hurricane.

Rice (14-9, 8-4 American Athletic Conference) won its second straight game to move within a half-game of the top two teams in the league.

Temira Poindexter scored 33 points and added 10 rebounds and a pair of steals for Tulsa (17-7, 7-4).

FLORIDA A&M 71, TSU 57

Ahriahna Grizzle scored a game-high 31 points and added five steals and four assists for the Rattlers in a home win over the Tigers.

Jordyn Turner had a double-double with 25 points and 10 rebounds in a losing effort for Texas Southern (4-17, 3-7 SWAC). The Tigers committed 21 turnovers to drop their third game in a row.

Olivia Delancy scored 10 points as Florida A&M (6-15, 5-5) won its second straight.

INCARNATE WORD 67 HOUSTON CHRISTIAN 40

Chloe Storer and Jorje Elliott each scored 14 points to pace the visiting Cardinals to a lopsided win over the host Huskies.

Erin Maguire came off the bench to score 17 points and added a trio of rebounds for Houston Christian (6-17, 1-11 Southland Conference), which has lost 11 of its last 12 games.

Destiny Terrell added six points and nine rebounds as Incarnate Word (13-9, 6-5) rebounded from a close loss to Lamar to climb into a tie for fourth place in the conference.