Lara Somfai Scores 19 as No. 15 TCU Smothers Le Moyne 96-41 for 46th Straight Home Win

FORT WORTH, Texas. For one quarter, Le Moyne gave No. 15 TCU a real game. For the next three, the Horned Frogs gave the Dolphins almost nothing. TCU broke a 17-17 tie with a 9-0 run to open the second quarter, held Le Moyne to two points in the third and rolled to a 96-41 win on Thursday, Nov. 5, at Schollmaier Arena.

Lara Somfai scored 19 points, 10 of them in the second quarter, to match a career high. Jadyn Wooten added 16 points and five assists without a turnover, and Laura Vilcinskas posted 13 points and 10 rebounds off the bench. Lanie Grant and Jessie-May Hall scored 11 each as five Frogs reached double figures. TCU improved to 2-0 and extended the nation's longest active home winning streak to 46 games, according to RoundtableSports. Le Moyne fell to 0-2.

Here is the official box score (opens in a new tab), TCU's recap (opens in a new tab) and the AP recap (opens in a new tab).

Le Moyne's fast start

Two nights after TCU opened with a 99-43 rout of Oral Roberts, Le Moyne came to Fort Worth and refused to be intimidated. The Dolphins led for most of the first quarter, according to the AP, and made 7 of their 16 shots in the period. Gianna Nichols, who finished with a team-high 11 points, hit three 3-pointers on the night, and Kendal Moxey was active on the glass on the way to 10 rebounds.

TCU could not shake the Dolphins in the opening 10 minutes, and the teams went to the second quarter tied at 17. It was the only stretch all night when Le Moyne looked like it belonged on the same floor.

The contrast with what followed is stark. After making 7 of 16 shots in the first quarter, Le Moyne made 8 of its remaining 36 attempts over the final three periods.

The second quarter swings it

TCU opened the second with nine straight points. Le Moyne answered with a 3, but the Frogs ran off eight more to go ahead 34-20, per the AP. Somfai was the engine, scoring 10 points in the quarter, and TCU won the period 28-10.

Le Moyne made just 4 of 13 shots in the second quarter. The Frogs took a 45-27 lead into halftime, and the game's shape had changed completely in 10 minutes.

A two-point third quarter

If the second quarter turned the game, the third ended it. TCU went on a 21-0 run, according to the AP, and Le Moyne made just 1 of 12 shots in the period. The Dolphins finished the quarter with two points. TCU scored 25, and a 45-27 game became 70-29 heading into the fourth.

The defense was relentless. TCU finished with 14 steals and six blocks, and Le Moyne committed 18 turnovers. Clara Bielefeld had three steals in 21 minutes, Hall also had three, and Bella Hines and Vilcinskas each blocked two shots. Le Moyne shot 17 percent in the second half, per the AP, and TCU won the final 20 minutes 51-14.

The Dolphins managed a little more in the fourth, making 3 of 11 shots and scoring 12 points, but the outcome had long been settled. TCU added 26 more to reach 96.

Somfai, Wooten and a freshman double-double

Somfai made 6 of 10 shots, including a 3, and went 6 of 7 at the free throw line to reach 19 points in 23 minutes. The sophomore forward also had five rebounds and two steals. Somfai scored 17 in the opener, and the 19 here matched a career high, according to RoundtableSports.

Wooten did most of the work at the line, making 8 of 10 free throws on the way to 16 points. Wooten handed out five assists and did not turn the ball over in 28 minutes, a clean line for a guard who had the ball in hand so often.

Vilcinskas was the story off the bench. The freshman made 4 of 5 shots and 5 of 6 free throws for 13 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, seven of them on the offensive end, in 14 minutes. According to RoundtableSports, Vilcinskas became TCU's first freshman in nearly a decade to post a 10-point, 10-rebound double-double. It came two nights after an eight-point, five-rebound debut against Oral Roberts.

Grant hit 3 of 7 from 3-point range and both free throws for 11 points. Hall, who started the opener, came off the bench here and scored 11 on 5-of-9 shooting with three steals. Clara Silva made 4 of 5 shots for eight points and grabbed eight rebounds, and Bielefeld added seven points and four assists. Hines did not shoot much, making 1 of 3 for two points, but had six assists, five rebounds, two steals and two blocks in 17 minutes. Camille Williams scored six and Avery Hjelmstad added a 3.

Add it up and TCU's reserves scored 35 points by the box score, with Vilcinskas, Hall, Williams, Hjelmstad, Hines and Sarah Portlock all getting minutes. None of the starters had to carry a heavy load, which is exactly what a staff wants to see during a stretch of four home games in eight days.

By the numbers

TCU shot 52 percent from the field (32 of 62) and made 25 of 32 free throws. The Frogs were only 7 of 27 from 3-point range, a number that will need to come up, but they did not need the long ball on this night. TCU won the rebounding battle 42-27, grabbed 13 offensive rebounds and assisted on 22 of 32 baskets.

The turnover number was the most striking. TCU committed five turnovers all game. Le Moyne committed 18. That gap, combined with 24 Le Moyne fouls that sent TCU to the line 32 times, explains how a tie game after one quarter became a 55-point final.

TCU's 22 assists against five turnovers worked out to a 4.4 ratio, as RoundtableSports pointed out. Le Moyne, by contrast, finished with 11 assists, three steals and no blocked shots. Moxey had the Dolphins' most complete line with eight points on 4-of-9 shooting, 10 rebounds, three of them offensive, and three assists in 28 minutes, though Moxey also picked up four fouls. Ashley Buragas fouled four times in 19 minutes as well, and Jessica Wangolo had four turnovers in 15 minutes off the bench.

Le Moyne shot 29 percent (15 of 52) and 5 of 26 from deep. Sydney Postell gave the Dolphins a lift off the bench with nine points on 2-of-3 shooting and 4 of 4 at the free throw line in 13 minutes. Eli Clark went 1 of 8, all but one of those attempts from 3-point range, and Kayden Clark was held scoreless on five shots. Le Moyne's next game was at home against SUNY Geneseo on Tuesday, Nov. 10.

The closing take

TCU has now won its first two games by a combined 111 points, and RoundtableSports noted it was the first time the program opened a season with consecutive wins of at least 55 points. The Frogs have not lost at Schollmaier Arena since Feb. 13, 2024. Le Moyne's first quarter was a reminder that the streak does not protect itself, but the response that followed, a 79-24 run over the final three quarters, was the clearest sign yet of how deep this rotation goes. Six Frogs scored at least eight points, and nobody played more than 28 minutes.

TCU hosted Tarleton State next, on Sunday, Nov. 8, and won 89-42 for its 47th straight home win. Two days after that, the Frogs beat Iona 78-53 to push the streak to 48 and stay unbeaten under head coach Mark Campbell.

Sources: ESPN, AP, RoundtableSports.

Photo: TCU Athletics (file photo from Nov. 3, 2026, vs. Oral Roberts).