<p>KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Lauren Heard scored 26 points, Tavy Diggs added a career-high 20 and TCU survived a furious Kansas rally in the fourth quarter to win 75-72 in the opener of Big 12 Tournament on Thursday.</p>
<p>Yummy Morris added 15 points for TCU (10-14), the eighth seed, which plays top seed and No. 6-ranked Baylor in a quarterfinal on Friday.</p>
<p>TCU hit its first five shots in the final quarter in an 11-0 run to lead by 16, 68-52. But the Horned Frogs then made only one of their next nine while Kansas was hitting 7 of 8 to close within 73-72 going into the final minute. TCU added two free throws and Kansas missed its final two shots, including Chatzileonti’s short jumper with two seconds remaining.</p>
<p>Heard put TCU in the lead for good with a 3-pointer early in the third quarter as the Horned Frogs went up by five with Kansas enduring a 1-of-14 shooting stretch. </p>
<p>Holly Kersgieter scored 22 points with nine rebounds and Ioanna Chatzileonti added a career-high 18 points plus 13 rebounds for her third double-double this season for the Jayhawks (7-18) who lost their ninth straight game.</p>
<p>Kansas, the ninth seed, outscored TCU by nine in the first quarter and the Horned Frogs then outscored the Jayhawks by the same amount to go into the break in a 36-all tie.</p>
<p>The teams split their regular-season series.</p>
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