No. 15 TCU women’s basketball gets another chance Thursday to show that its opener was more than just a hot start.
The Horned Frogs welcome Le Moyne to Schollmaier Arena at 6:30 p.m. CT, with a seven-game homestand still unfolding and a new roster beginning to take shape.
That first game gave a clear snapshot of what this group can do when it’s clicking. TCU rolled past Oral Roberts, 99-43, and did it with balance, pace and a whole lot of ball movement.
The Horned Frogs were in control almost immediately, opening a 27-9 lead after one quarter and taking a 46-19 cushion into halftime. They kept pouring it on after the break, outscoring the Golden Eagles 31-6 in the third quarter.
Four players reached double figures, and sophomore forward Lara Somfai was the headliner in her TCU debut. She posted 17 points and 10 rebounds. North Carolina transfer Lanie Grant added 12 points, Camille Williams also scored 12, and guard Jadyn Wooten finished with 10 points and a game-high eight assists.
The numbers told the story of a team sharing the ball and finishing possessions. TCU had 26 assists on 35 made field goals, shot 53% from the floor, knocked down 10 3-pointers and owned the glass by a 53-19 margin.
That kind of opening effort offered an early look at how coach Mark Campbell’s retooled roster might come together after the departures of Olivia Miles and Marta Suarez, who helped lead TCU to the Elite Eight last season. Somfai’s interior presence and Grant’s scoring touch already look like important pieces as the Horned Frogs work out their identity.
The challenge Thursday is less about the opponent’s name and more about repetition. TCU enters the game riding a 45-game home winning streak and remains unbeaten in nonconference home games under Campbell at 35-0. For a team still sorting out rotations and chemistry, the task now is to stack another clean performance on top of the first one.
Le Moyne brings a different kind of test to Fort Worth. The Dolphins are in the early stages of their Division I transition, which began in 2023, and Thursday will be the first meeting between the programs in any sport. Under head coach Nick DiPillo, Le Moyne finished 12-21 in 2025-26 and was picked fourth in the Northeast Conference preseason poll.
The Dolphins are coming off a 72-36 loss at SMU on Tuesday, where Peyton Dincher and Sydney Postell led the way with eight points apiece and Ashley Buragas grabbed a team-high six rebounds. SMU forced 28 turnovers, a problem Le Moyne will need to clean up quickly before facing another power-conference team.
Even so, the Dolphins do bring experience back. Le Moyne returns 11 players, including four of its top five scorers, for the 2026-27 season.
Buragas is the most established name in the group after averaging 12.7 points and 7.2 rebounds per game last season while shooting about 50% from the field. The senior earned All-NEC Second Team honors and gives the Dolphins a proven option in the frontcourt.
The backcourt has experience too. Eli Clark averaged 8.0 points, 2.9 rebounds and a team-high 2.6 assists per game.
Dincher, who averaged 6.4 points per game and shot 38% from 3-point range, earned NEC All-Rookie Team honors. Kayden Clark averaged 5.7 points per game, and Jessica Wangolo led the team with 34 steals.
Le Moyne also added three newcomers: freshmen guards Gianna Nichols and Ava Bluhm, plus graduate transfer forward Kendal Moxey from Bowling Green.
For TCU, the focus stays on the same themes from the opener: keep the ball moving, keep the pressure on defensively and keep winning the rebound battle. Those were the pieces that stood out against Oral Roberts, and they’ll matter again as the Horned Frogs keep building toward a tougher stretch ahead in the Big 12.
TCU hosts Le Moyne on Thursday, Nov. 5, at 6:30 p.m. CT at Schollmaier Arena. The game will stream on ESPN+, with radio coverage on KTCU 88.7 FM.
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