GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Baylor 64, Texas Christian 42
Associated Press
WACO, Texas - Caitlin Bickle scored 19 points and No. 23 Baylor pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat TCU 64-42 in a Big 12 Conference opener.
Bickle sank 8 of 12 shots, including 3 of 4 from 3-point range, and grabbed seven rebounds for the Lady Bears (10-3).
Sarah Andrews and Bickle scored five points apiece and the Lady Bears sank half of their 12 shots to grab a 15-8 lead after one quarter.
Ja'mee Asberry hit the first of two free throws to put Baylor up 24-10 with 5:22 left in the second quarter. The Horned Frogs (6-6) battled back, using two free throws by Bella Cravens with 1:12 left to pull within 26-18 at halftime.
Emily Fisher followed her layup with a 3-pointer and Tomi Taiwo had a layup off her steal to pull the Horned Frogs within 30-29 with 6:10 left in the third quarter. Andrews made 1 of 2 free throws and a layup to push the Lady Bears' lead to four. Asberry's layup with 2:19 remaining was the last basket of the quarter and Baylor led 37-31.
The Lady Bears put the game away early in the fourth quarter.
Bickle scored the first two baskets, Andrews hit back-to-back 3-pointers and Bickle connected from beyond the arc to give Baylor a 50-31 lead with 6:44 left to play. Lucy Ibeh, who led TCU with nine points, had a three-point play with 4:33 remaining to end Baylor's 15-0 run to start the quarter and a 22-2 run spanning two periods.
Asberry and Andrews both made three 3-pointers, scoring 16 and 14, respectively.
Baylor shot 46% overall and 48% from 3-point range (10 of 21). TCU shot 31% and made just 1 of 12 from distance. The two teams combined for 43 turnovers.
Baylor improved to 46-5 all-time versus TCU. The Lady Bears have won 105 of their last 109 games against schools from Texas.
December 31, 2022
| TCU | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| B. Cravens | F | 31 | 1-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 4-10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| L. Ibeh | F | 19 | 3-7 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| T. Taiwo | G | 33 | 2-8 | 2-2 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| R. Makolo | G | 22 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| T. Manumaleuga | G | 20 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| K. Godfrey | 27 | 0-5 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |
| E. Fisher | 26 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| B. White | 17 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| P. Bradley | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| A. Roberson | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 201 | 15-49 (.306) |
11-12 (.917) |
1-12 (.083) |
9-29 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 23 | 14 | 42 | |
| Baylor | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| C. Bickle | F | 31 | 8-12 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 2-7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 19 |
| J. Asberry | G | 36 | 6-10 | 1-2 | 3-5 | 0-3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| S. Andrews | G | 34 | 5-14 | 1-2 | 3-9 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| J. Owens | G | 32 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| D. Littlepage-Buggs | G | 23 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 3-7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| B. Fontleroy | 21 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| K. Gillispie | 17 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| C. Ferreira | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| J. Van Gytenbeek | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 24-52 (.462) |
6-10 (.600) |
10-21 (.476) |
11-35 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 16 | 64 | |
Officials: Brian Hall, Cameron Inouye, Brian Garland
Attendance: 4,385
