FORT WORTH, Texas -- Missouri State's fourth consecutive trip to the postseason came to an end Saturday afternoon with a 86-51 loss at TCU in the second round of the WNIT.

The Lady Bears (21-12) led for the majority of the game's first 15 minutes, including a 13-8 advantage with 1:55 left in the first quarter after Liza Fruendt scored five consecutive points, and another five-point lead at 24-19 when Danielle Gitzen scored with 6:32 left until halftime.

The Horned Frogs (21-12) got hot from 3-point land after that, going 14-for-23 from beyond the arc in the game for the best showing by an MSU opponent this season, while the Lady Bears' basket seemed to have a lid on it for the final 25 minutes. 

TCU answered Gitzen's basket with three treys in a 10-0 run over the next two minutes to lead 29-24, and hit five total triples in the second quarter on the way to a 40-30 halftime advantage.

The home team pushed the margin to 18 early in the third quarter before Alexa Willard and Lee Ann Polowy responded with back-to-back treys to cut the gap to 51-39. The Frogs again had the answer, with three more treys in an 11-0 run to squelch MSU's comeback hopes.

Alexa Willard led the scoring with 15 points on 6-for-10 shooting, including 3-for-4 from beyond the arc, while Gitzen scored 10, reaching double figures for the 10th time in the last 13 games. Gitzen also had seven boards, and senior Aubrey Buckley nabbed two steals and drew her 28th charge of the season.

Missouri State shot 25 percent for the game compared to 54 percent for TCU and trailed 43-35 on the glass. The Lady Bears forced 19 turnovers and grabbed 14 offensive rebounds.

End of year notes: Missouri State reached 20 wins for the 19th time in program history, and finished with a winning record for the 33rd time in 49 seasons ... MSU's 15 Missouri Valley Conference wins were the school's most since the 2004-05 season ... The Lady Bears earned a top-three MVC finish for a fourth consecutive season, advancing to the postseason all four years ... MSU made the postseason for the 22nd time in 36 Division I seasons ... The senior class finished with a 79-52 record overall, including a 54-18 record in MVC games ... Liza Fruendt finished her career ranked seventh in MSU history in career scoring (1,656), fifth in 3-pointers (242) and 10th in field goals (591) ... Fruendt scored 505 points this season to become the sixth MSU player with multiple 500 point seasons ... Aubrey Buckley concluded her career ranked 36th at MSU with 838 points and 25th with 502 rebounds ... Lee Ann Polowy's 76 career treys rank 17th in school history ... Audrey Holt's 53 career blocked shots placed her 15th on MSU's career list ... Abby Hipp became the ninth freshman at MSU to shoot 50 percent from the floor over at least 90 field goal attempts.