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No. 13 TCU women score last 9 points to beat Oklahoma State 69-61

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Olivia Miles scored 20 points, and No. 13 TCU scored the last nine points to beat Oklahoma State 69-61 on Wednesday night.

Marta Suarez scored six of her 11 points and Maddie Scherr added all six of her points with a pair of 3s in the final period as TCU shot 64%, and held Oklahoma State scoreless for the final seven minutes.

Clara Silva added 12 points and seven rebounds for TCU (15-1, 3-1 Big 12), which rebounded from an 87-77 loss in overtime against Utah on Saturday night.

Jadyn Wooten scored 25 points and Stailee Heard added 23 for Oklahoma State (13-4, 2-2). Heard made a pair of free throws to give the Cowgirls their last lead, 61-60, with 6:59 left.

TCU shot 52% overall and made 9 of 18 of its 3-pointers, while Oklahoma State was just 4 of 22 from distance. The teams entered averaging a combined 20.8 3-pointers per game. The Cowgirls had converted 10-or-more attempts from distance eight times.

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Oklahoma State: Hosts Colorado on Sunday.

TCU: At home against Arizona State on Sunday.

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Hawkeyes are set to play Vanderbilt in a November women’s basketball game in Sioux City, Iowa

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