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Kansas stuns TCU 81-64 to snap 20-game losing streak
Mar 5, 2016 - 5:25 AM OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Lauren Aldridge scored 23 points and Chayla Cheadle added 15 as the tenth-seeded Kansas women snapped a 20-game losing streak and beat No. 7 seed TCU 81-64 Friday night in a first-round game of the Big 12 Conference tournament.The Jayhawks (6-24), whose last win came on Dec. 13, 2015, will play second-seeded Texas on Saturday.
TCU's only lead was at 2-0 on Carol Willie's layup. Kansas went on a 9-0 run and led 17-13 at the end of the first quarter.
The Jayhawks started the second on a 13-3 run. Destynee Hives-McCray's layup brought TCU with 35-32 before Kansas went on a 7-0 run to close the half.
The Horned Frogs (16-14) again pulled to within three on AJ Alix's layup, but a pair of Aldridge free throws capped a 9-0 run to make it 50-39 with 4:43 left in the third. Kansas pushed the score to 60-46 at the end of the quarter and TCU trailed by double figures the rest of the way.
Alix finished with 16 points for TCU.
- KANSAS: 81
TEXAS CHRISTIAN: 64
Final
Mar 4 11:42 PM - KANSAS: 42
TEXAS CHRISTIAN: 32
Halftime
Mar 4 10:23 PM - KANSAS: 9
TEXAS CHRISTIAN: 2
1st Quarter - 4:51
Mar 4 9:58 PM
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