TCU Beats Oral Roberts 99-43, No. 15 Horned Frogs' Largest Season-Opening Margin in Program History
No. 15 TCU beat Oral Roberts 99-43 on Tuesday night at Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth.
Photo: TCU Athletics. Official roster headshot of Lara Somfai, forward, TCU women's basketball, 2026-27 season.
No. 15 TCU beat Oral Roberts 99-43 on Tuesday night at Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth. The 56-point margin is the largest in a season opener in program history, per the Associated Press. Lara Somfai led the Horned Frogs with 17 points and 10 rebounds.
Somfai shot 7 of 16 from the field in 23 minutes, with four offensive rebounds, per ESPN's box score. She had 10 points at halftime. Lanie Grant, a North Carolina transfer, scored 12, and Camille Williams added 12 off the bench on 3-of-4 shooting.
Jadyn Wooten, an Oklahoma State transfer, had 10 points and eight assists. All 11 TCU players who appeared scored, per ESPN's box score.
The rebounding gap
TCU outrebounded Oral Roberts 53-19, per ESPN's box score. TCU's 20 offensive rebounds outnumbered Oral Roberts' 19 total rebounds, by our count.
Clara Bielefeld, a 6-foot-4 guard in her second year at TCU, had six points, 11 rebounds and six assists off the bench, per Sports Illustrated's TCU site.
Team totals, per ESPN's box score:
| Category | TCU | Oral Roberts | | --- | --- | --- | | Field goals | 35-66 (53.0%) | 16-57 (28.1%) | | 3-pointers | 10-28 | 6-25 | | Free throws | 19-23 | 5-11 | | Rebounds | 53 | 19 | | Assists | 26 | 11 | | Points in the paint | 48 | 18 | | Fast-break points | 3 | 6 |
TCU scored 48 points in the paint and only three on the fast break, by our count from the box.
Oral Roberts' starters shot 10 of 46 (21.7%), per the AP, while its reserves made 6 of 11. Keelie Kronberger went 1 of 11 and Kaylee Ward 1 of 10.
Quarter by quarter
TCU led 27-9 after the first quarter and outshot Oral Roberts 65% to 25% in those 10 minutes, per the AP. Grant scored nine points in the quarter.
The game turned during a 14-0 run late in the first quarter, from a 9-8 lead at 5:37 to 23-8 at 1:23, by our count from the play-by-play. Oral Roberts went 8 minutes and 37 seconds without a field goal, from 5:53 of the first quarter to 7:16 of the second, by our count.
TCU led 46-19 at halftime, and its bench had 16 of those points, per the AP. The third quarter was the widest gap of the night. TCU won it 31-6.
Bella Hines hit a 3-pointer with 3:15 left in the third that pushed the lead to 50, per the AP. TCU took a 77-25 lead into the fourth quarter. The final margin of 56 was also the largest lead.
The freshman
Jessie-May Hall started in her first college game. The Big 12 Preseason Freshman of the Year scored nine points on 4-of-4 shooting with five rebounds, per Sports Illustrated's TCU site. Seven of her points came in the third quarter, by our count.
Hall is the first true freshman to start a TCU season opener since Kianna Ray in 2016, per the same report.
Clara Silva started at center next to Wooten, Hall, Grant and Somfai. Silva and Bielefeld are back from last season's Elite Eight team.
For Oral Roberts
Aliyah Duval led Oral Roberts with 14 points off the bench and made 4 of 5 3-pointers. Nine of her points came in the fourth quarter. Kayten Donley added 13.
TCU entered the season No. 15 in the AP Top 25. It hosts Le Moyne on Thursday. Oral Roberts hosts Cameron on Friday. The crowd was 2,403.
Sources:
- Sports Illustrated (TCU): TCU women's basketball vs. Oral Roberts recap
- Associated Press via ESPN: No. 15 TCU women beat Oral Roberts 99-43 for school's largest margin of victory in season opener
- ESPN: Oral Roberts vs. TCU box score and play-by-play
- TCU Athletics: Lara Somfai roster page
- NCAA.com: AP Top 25 women's basketball poll
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