Maddie Scherr scored 21 points and Olivia Miles contributed 11 assists and 10 rebounds as No. 8 TCU easily handed UTEP its first loss of the season, 95-40 in a nonconference game Saturday in Fort Worth, Texas.
The Horned Frogs (10-0) outscored the Miners (7-1) in every quarter, including 26-9 in the final one.
TCU hit 46.7 percent of its shots (14 of 30) from 3-point range and held UTEP to 5.9 percent shooting (1 of 17) from deep.
Ndack Mbengue had 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Miners, and Sirviva Legions scored 10 points.
No. 12 Iowa 79, Rutgers 36
Ava Heiden tallied 17 points to lead the Hawkeyes to a runaway win in their Big 10 opener against the Scarlet Knights in Piscataway, N.J.
It was a consistent rout for Iowa (9-0, 1-0 Big Ten), which scored 20-plus points and held Rutgers (7-3, 0-1) to eight or fewer points in each of the first three quarters. Heiden made 8 of 13 field goals, Journey Houston added 14 points and 10 rebounds and Taylor McCabe scored 14 points, largely on four 3-pointers.
Zachara Perkins was the only Scarlet Knight in double figures with 11 points. Rutgers shot 21.9% from the floor and was outrebounded 49-36. Iowa outscored the Scarlet Knights 44-18 in the paint and 45-17 in bench points.
No. 24 Oklahoma State 133, Mississippi Valley State 46
Led by Stailee Heard with 26 points, seven Cowgirls players scored in double figures in the nonconference rout of the Devilettes in Stillwater, Okla.
Oklahoma State shot 67.2 percent (45 of 67) from the field in extending its winning streak to five games and eclipsing the 100-point mark for the fifth time this season.
Mississippi Valley State (1-7) got a team-high 14 points from Kylah McCullers.
–Field Level Media
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