TCU women subdue Kansas behind Alix’s 25 points, Moore’s 18
LAWRENCE, Kan. Guard AJ Alix scored a season-high 25 points and Jordan Moore a career-high 18 as the TCU women took control in the final minutes to beat the Kansas Jayhawks 80-68 on Sunday afternoon at Allen Fieldhouse in Big 12 basketball.
The Horned Frogs (11-11, 3-8 Big 12) led 62-55 after a 28-point third quarter in which Alix scored 18 points. Kansas (7-16, 1-11) was still within seven points, 69-62, when the Frogs scored the next nine points to build their lead to 78-62.
After Kansas scored, Moore’s layup with 2:15 remaining sealed the victory and a season sweep of the cellar-dwelling Jayhawks.
Moore added 14 rebounds for a double-double and also added four blocks. TCU outrebounded the Jayhawks by a whopping 43-23 and shot 49.1 percent from the field and 21 of 25 on free throws. The 20-rebound margin was the biggest for TCU in a Big 12 game.
Alix, who had 22 of her 25 points in the second half, scored six points in 10 seconds of the third quarter to give TCU a nine-point cushion. The junior scored on a fast-break layup, hit two foul shots after a technical on Kansas on the inbounds play then was fouled two seconds later and hit two more free throws.
Alix was 7-of-11 shooting from the field, including 3 of 5 on 3-pointers and 8 for 8 from the foul line. Moore hit 8 of 11 shots, and Jada Butts scored 13 points on 4-of-7 shooting. Butts led the Frogs with six assists.
Freshmen Kianna Ray and Amber Ramirez scored nine and eight points, respectively.
Kansas was led by Jessica Washington’s 27 points.
The Frogs wore pink uniforms as part of Kansas’ annual “Jayhawks for a Cure” game.
TCU returns home to play Texas Tech at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
TCU | 15 | 20 | 28 | 17 | — | 80 |
Kansas | 14 | 18 | 23 | 13 | — | 68 |
TCU (11-11, 3-8 BIG 12) — Moore 8-11, 2-4 18, Thompson 1-5 0-0 3, Butts 4-7 4-5 13, Alix 7-11 8-8 25, Ray 1-4 7-8 9, Okonkow 2-5 0-0 4, Ramirez 3-6 0-0 8, Coleman 0-3 0-0 0, Akomolafe 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-53 21-25 80.
KANSAS (7-16, 1-11) — Umeri 2-2 0-0 4, Washington 9-21 6-7 27, Christopher 1-3 3-4 5, Cheadle 1-2 0-0 2, Kopatich 3-10 2-2 8, Brown 1-3 0-0 2, O’Neal 1-6 1-2 4, Robertson 1-2 0-2 2, Manning-Allen 6-7 2-2 14. Totals 25-56 14-20 68.
3-point goals — TCU 7-18 (Alix 3-5, Ramirez 2-3, Butts 1-2, Thompson 1-4, Ray 0-1, Okonkwo 0-1 Coleman 0-2). Kansas 4-13 (Washington 3-7, Kopatich 0-1, Brown 0-2, O’Neal 1-3). Fouled out — None. Rebounds — TCU 43 (Moore 14), Kansas 23 (Manning-Allen 6). Assists — TCU 18 (Butts 6, Ramirez 5), Kansas 10 (Christopher 5). Total fouls — TCU 18, Kansas 21. A — 3,823.
This story was originally published February 5, 2017 at 4:05 PM with the headline "TCU women subdue Kansas behind Alix’s 25 points, Moore’s 18."