TCU women's basketball keeps rolling, advances to WNIT semifinals for first time
The TCU women's basketball team is still rolling.
The Horned Frogs beat South Dakota 79-71 Sunday night at the Sanford Coyote Sports Center in Vermillion, S.D..
TCU advances to the WNIT semifinals against Indiana, which beat UC Davis Sunday afternoon. TCU plays at Indiana (21-14) at 6 p.m. Wednesday. The WNIT championship is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday.
"This is one of the toughest games we've had to play," TCU coach Raegan Pebley said. "We feel very fortunate to get out of this arena with a win. I think our team was able to feed of that energy."
The Frogs (23-12) have never been this deep in the postseason. They reached the WNIT quarterfinals in 2008 when it took two wins in a 48-team bracket. They've won four games this season and are one win from advancing to the WNIT championship. West Virginia hosts Virginia Tech at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the other semifinal. The Mountaineers (25-11) finished a game behind the Frogs in the Big 12 standings.
Jordan Moore led the Frogs with 26 points and six rebounds. Moore was sizzling from the field, making 11 of 13 shots in 23 minutes. She has made 30 of 35 shots combined in four WNIT games. The Coyotes (29-7) were led by Jayce Bradley with 21 points. South Dakota was 17-1 at home before Sunday.
"She did her job. This is just one of those games. We’re not going to win if just one player has an exceptional night," Pebley said. "So many people did their job pretty well and contributed to that final score."
TCU's defense held South Dakota to 41 percent shooting. The Frogs shot 51.7 percent. Kianna Ray had 10 points and four assists while Jayde Woods and Amber Ramirez each had nine points.
"I haven’t come in contact with another 6-foot-3 post player," Moore said. "That’s just made scoring easier and my team has been feeding me the ball."
This story was originally published March 25, 2018 at 8:01 PM with the headline "TCU women's basketball keeps rolling, advances to WNIT semifinals for first time."