48 Straight Home Wins: No. 15 TCU Beats Iona 78-53 Behind a 17-0 Run and 19 From Jadyn Wooten
No. 15 TCU trailed 28-26 in the second quarter, then closed the half on a 14-2 run and scored 17 straight around the third-quarter break to beat Iona 78-53 at Schollmaier Arena.
Photo: TCU Athletics. Jadyn Wooten, official roster photo. Card design: The Dyme.
FINAL, Schollmaier Arena, Fort Worth: No. 15 TCU 78, Iona 53.
TCU has now won 48 straight games at home, the longest active streak in the NCAA, per the AP. That run is tied for the 21st longest in Division I women's basketball history. Iona made it a game for a half. The Gaels won the first quarter 19-15 and led 28-26 in the second quarter.
Jadyn Wooten led TCU with 19 points on 8-of-11 shooting, including 2 of 4 from three. Lara Somfai had 12 points and 14 rebounds, five of them on the offensive glass. Clara Silva added 10 points and 8 rebounds, and Jessie-May Hall scored 9. Chloe Vasquez scored a career-high 20 for Iona on 7-of-10 shooting and 5 of 5 at the line.
Two runs decided it
From 28-26 down, TCU closed the first half on a 14-2 run, with five different Horned Frogs scoring, to lead 40-30 at the break. Iona did not make a field goal over the final 3:58 of the half, according to the AP.
Iona got within 49-41 late in the third quarter. Then TCU scored the next 17 points. Hall scored five straight, Lanie Grant added a layup with 28 seconds left in the third to make it 56-41, and Silva opened the fourth with seven points in a row. A Wooten three-point play made it 66-41 with 7:15 left, per the ESPN play-by-play. The AP recap lists the start of that run at 47-41, but the play-by-play shows 49-41.
Where the 25 points came from
By our count, TCU made 25 two-point baskets to Iona's 14, a 22-point edge on twos (50-28). TCU's 7 threes to Iona's 4 added nine more. Iona outscored TCU at the line, 13-7.
TCU won the paint 46-24 and the boards 46-22, with 15 offensive rebounds to Iona's 2. TCU took 70 shots to Iona's 51, which is 19 more, by our count. That volume covered a cold night from deep: TCU went 7 of 31 from three (23 percent). Iona made 3 threes in the first quarter and 4 for the game, and none after halftime.
Neither side protected the ball. Iona turned it over 19 times, and TCU scored 18 points off those. TCU gave it away 17 times, and Iona scored 14 off them. Iona finished with 12 steals.
Iona's night
Vasquez played 35 minutes and added 5 rebounds and 4 steals. Anyla Herbert scored 11 and went 6 of 6 at the line. Wilma Tuomi had 7 off the bench, and Giselle Grant had 6 points and 3 assists. Iona shot 18 of 51 (35 percent).
What it means
TCU is 4-0 and hosts SE Louisiana on Thursday. The Horned Frogs won their first three games by an average of 53 points, per the AP. Iona (1-3) lost 74-61 at Arizona on Sunday and returns home to face Hofstra on Sunday.
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