Olivia Miles had her twelfth profession triple-double as third-seeded TCU beat UC San Diego 86-40 in a first-round NCAA event recreation Friday,
Miles completed with 12 factors and profession highs of 16 rebounds and 14 assists. Taylor Bigby added a career-high 27 factors for the Frogs (30-5), who bought double-doubles from Clara Silva (13 factors, 11 rebounds) and Marta Suarez (11 factors, 10 rebounds).
“I would be happy with zero points and 20 assists, but once I heard that I had 10 rebounds early on, I was like OK, so I have to go get it now,” Miles stated.
Miles grew to become solely the third participant with a number of triple-doubles in a ladies’s NCAA event recreation, along with her different coming whereas at Notre Dame in 2022. Sabrina Ionescu with Oregon in 2018 and 2019 and Nicole Powell for Stanford in back-to-back video games in 2002 are the opposite gamers with a number of triple-doubles within the NCAA event.
“It’s a different sense of urgency that I came with, and I promised myself that I’d help my team out in any way that I can,” Miles stated. “I know that it starts with me, and attacking the glass early so I have the ball in my hands and I can control it was favorable for us.”
Miles’ sixth triple-double this season broke a tie with Brittney Griner and Shalee Lehning for probably the most in a profession in Big 12 historical past. Ionescu with 26 and Caitlin Clark with 17 are the one gamers with extra profession triple-doubles than Miles.
Miles got here out of the sport proper after her 3-pointer with 4:50 left for a 74-40 lead. Her 14 assists set TCU’s single-game file and matched her profession greatest, achieved 3 times whereas with Notre Dame.
TCU is internet hosting NCAA video games at dwelling for the second season in a row after not making the event since 2010 earlier than that. Friday marked the Horned Frogs’ forty third consecutive win at dwelling.
The Frogs by no means trailed, leaping forward 11-2 within the first 2:02 of the sport, when Suarez made two 3-pointers and Miles had the assists on all 4 of the sector targets in that span. Suarez had 9 factors, all on 3s, within the first quarter.
“You saw within the first four minutes of the game the pep, the pop she played with. I mean, she was in attack mode,” TCU coach Mark Campbell stated. “When Olivia’s like that, our team feeds off it, and we’re at a whole different level.”
Erin Condron had 12 factors to steer UC San Diego (24-9), which beneath coach Heidi VanDerveer has made the NCAA event in each seasons since gaining full Division I postseason eligibility.
“I don’t know if the score indicated how hard that we played, but the basket got big for them, and obviously they’re an excellent team,” VanDerveer stated. “They have a tremendous point guard. They have shooters that spread us out, bigs inside, very complete team.”
Miles had a double-double at halftime with 10 rebounds and 10 assists to go together with 4 factors as TCU led 48-25.
The final ladies’s NCAA event triple-double was Clark for Iowa towards Louisville on March 26, 2023, when she had 41 factors, 12 assists and 10 rebounds.
“I think sometimes the game is a little bit effortless for her, and I think that sometimes it’s not appreciated of not just the combination of size and skill and instincts that she possesses,” VanDerveer stated, “but all those things combined in one player is pretty special really, and I thought that her skill set was really on full display tonight.”
TCU will look to advance to the Sweet 16 for the second 12 months in a row on Sunday when it hosts Washington, which defeated South Dakota State 72-54.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
