FORT WORTH (Interstat) — Clara Bielefeld controlled the glass and Lara Somfai supplied inside scoring as Texas Christian used a decisive first-quarter run and a runaway third quarter to beat Oral Roberts 99-43 in a women’s NCAA Division I basketball game Tuesday at Dickies Arena. Attendance was 2,403.

The Lady Frogs improved to 1-0, while the Golden Eagles fell to 0-1. Texas Christian never trailed after the opening minutes and led 27-9 after the first quarter, 46-19 at halftime and 77-25 through three quarters. The Lady Frogs led by as many as 56 points when the final horn sounded. The most important stretch came late in the first quarter after Oral Roberts trimmed the margin to 9-8 on Kayten Donley’s driving layup with 5:53 remaining. Texas Christian closed the quarter on an 18-1 surge, then put the game out of reach by outscoring Oral Roberts 31-6 in the third quarter.

Jadyn Wooten opened the scoring with a jumper, and Aubrey Hishaw answered with a layup for Oral Roberts. Lara Somfai converted a three-point play and later added a driving layup, while Wooten and Lanie Grant kept the Lady Frogs in front. Hishaw scored again on a second-chance jumper and a layup, and Donley’s driving layup pulled Oral Roberts within 9-8. Texas Christian then took control. Wooten made a free throw, Bielefeld scored inside, Grant hit a 3-pointer and two free throws, and Vilcinskas scored twice in the paint. Bella Hines added a layup, and Vilcinskas closed the quarter with another layup to give Texas Christian a 27-9 lead. Oral Roberts made only one free throw over the final 5:53 of the first quarter and did not make another field goal in the period.

Oral Roberts opened the second quarter with a drought, and Texas Christian stretched its lead. Oral Roberts did not score for the first 2:44 of the second quarter. Somfai made a layup, Jessie-May Hall scored on a drive, and after Aliyah Duval hit a 3-pointer for the Golden Eagles, Clara Silva made two free throws and Somfai scored again with a layup and a three-point play. Sarah Portlock’s tip-in made it 40-12. Duval answered with a layup, Donley scored a layup and later hit a 3-pointer, but Camille Williams made a free throw, Williams hit a fast-break 3-pointer, and Wooten scored a layup before Donley’s late 3-pointer cut the halftime deficit to 46-19.

Texas Christian blew the game open after halftime. The Lady Frogs opened the third quarter with a 13-2 run. Hall made two driving layups and a 3-pointer, Silva scored twice inside, Somfai added two layups, and Wooten hit a 3-pointer during a surge that pushed the lead past 40. Bielefeld made two free throws, Grant and Hines each hit 3-pointers, and Vilcinskas made two free throws. Oral Roberts got a layup from Keelie Kronberger, two free throws from Hishaw, a free throw from Donley, and a late layup from Alana Shetlar, but the Lady Frogs outscored the Golden Eagles 31-6 in the quarter and led 77-25 after three.

Oral Roberts played better in the fourth quarter but could not threaten. Gentry Baldwin made a driving layup, Duval hit three 3-pointers, and Kaylee Ward made a 3-pointer. Texas Christian answered with layups from Silva and Portlock, a 3-pointer from Somfai, free throws from Bielefeld and Williams, a 3-pointer from Hines, a 3-pointer from Avery Hjelmstad, and a late 3-pointer from Williams. Donley made two free throws and a jumper for Oral Roberts, and Portlock closed the scoring with two free throws.

Texas Christian shot 35 of 66 from the floor, 10 of 28 from three-point range and 19 of 23 from the free-throw line. Oral Roberts shot 16 of 57 overall, 6 of 25 from beyond the arc and 5 of 11 at the line. Oral Roberts shot 28.1 percent from the floor for the game. The Lady Frogs held a 17-6 advantage on offensive rebounds, committed 12 turnovers and blocked six shots. Oral Roberts committed 15 turnovers. Texas Christian finished with 72 possessions and an offensive rating of 137.6, while Oral Roberts had 71 possessions and an offensive rating of 60.4. Both teams had seven assists.

Bielefeld, a 6-foot-4 guard from Recklinhausen, Germany, who previously attended Universal School, finished with six points, 11 rebounds, six assists and one block in 21 minutes. Somfai added 17 points and 10 rebounds in 23 minutes. Duval, a 5-foot-10 guard who previously attended Choctaw High School, led Oral Roberts with 14 points, three rebounds and one assist in 22 minutes. Wooten had 10 points, four rebounds and eight assists in 24 minutes. Hall contributed nine points and five rebounds in 20 minutes. Donley, a 6-foot-1 forward who previously attended Bethany High School, scored 13 points and grabbed four rebounds in 35 minutes. Vilcinskas had eight points and five rebounds in nine minutes. Silva, a 6-foot-7 center who previously attended Escola Secundária de Fonseca Benevides, added eight points, five rebounds and two blocks in 19 minutes. Grant scored 12 points to go with four assists and one rebound in 26 minutes. Hines finished with eight points, six assists and one rebound in 15 minutes.

Oral Roberts will next host Cameron, while Texas Christian will next host Le Moyne.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Texas Christian 77, Oral Roberts 62. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Texas Christian with a 99.6 percent probability to win. Texas Christian had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -28.5. The total score of 142 went over the over/under line of 148.5.