Horned Frogs Headed to Big 12 Tournament Championship
KANSAS CITY, Missouri – TCU is one victory away from a second consecutive sweep of the Big 12 common season and match titles.
The top-seeded Horned Frogs steadily overpowered No. 12 Kansas State 74-62 on Saturday on the T-Mobile Center within the semifinals of the Phillps 66 Big 12 Tournament.
Four Frogs scored in double figures as TCU shot 63 p.c from the sector (19-30) within the second half. Tied at 43-43, TCU outscored Kansas State 31-19 over the ultimate quarter-hour of the ballgame.
TCU (29-4, 15-3 Big 12) will meet both No. 2 seed West Virginia or No. 6 Colorado in Sunday’s closing, set for a 4 pm tipoff on ESPN.
Martha Suarez led all gamers with 22 factors and 11 rebounds and notched her team-leading ninth double-double of the season. Suarez racked up 14 factors within the third quarter alone, serving to TCU take a 56-49 lead into the ultimate body. She ignited to 5-0 spurt over the ultimate 1:14 of the primary half by way of an and-one off an isolation play that reduce a 33-27 Kansas State lead down to a single level.
Olivia Miles completed with 18 factors and eight rebounds whereas backcourt dunks Taylor Bigby and Veronica Sheffey pitched in 10 factors a bit.
TCU loved a 45-27 benefit on the glass in opposition to an undersized Kansas State (18-17, 8-10 Big 12) squad.
Clara Silva snagged 9 of her 10 rebounds within the first half.
Kansas State shot simply 36 p.c from the sector and completed with 10 assists, its second-fewest in a recreation all season.
But the turnover bug and a partisan crowd willed the Wildcats into the sport within the early going.
TCU raced forward to an 8-2 head begin however gave the ball away eight instances within the first body. The Horned Frogs went and not using a area objective over the ultimate 7:41 as Kansas State closed the quarter on an 11-2 run.
The Horned Frogs completed with 12 turnovers within the first half and 16 for the sport.
TCU began the second quarter on an 8-0 run bookended by 3-pointers from Suarez and Miles. Kansas State, which knocked down a Big 12 Tournament single-game document 18 threes in its first spherical victory over Cincinnati on Wednesday, then caught hearth behind the arc. The Wildcats struck from distance 4 instances throughout a five-minute span to go on high 31-25.
Kansas State stayed inside two possessions of the Horned Frogs as late because the 5:00 mark of the ultimate interval. With TCU holding a 62-57 edge, Donovyn Hunter and Miles drilled back-to-back 3-pointers with lower than three minutes to play. A pair of transition layups from Sheffey adopted and each groups referred to as off the cavalry.
The Wildcats had been paced by 16 factors off the bench from Jordan Speiser. She was one in all 4 Kansas State gamers to rating in double figures.
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The top-seeded Horned Frogs steadily overpowered No. 12 Kansas State 74-62 on Saturday on the T-Mobile Center within the semifinals of the Phillps 66 Big 12 Tournament.
Four Frogs scored in double figures as TCU shot 63 p.c from the sector (19-30) within the second half. Tied at 43-43, TCU outscored Kansas State 31-19 over the ultimate quarter-hour of the ballgame.
TCU (29-4, 15-3 Big 12) will meet both No. 2 seed West Virginia or No. 6 Colorado in Sunday’s closing, set for a 4 pm tipoff on ESPN.
Martha Suarez led all gamers with 22 factors and 11 rebounds and notched her team-leading ninth double-double of the season. Suarez racked up 14 factors within the third quarter alone, serving to TCU take a 56-49 lead into the ultimate body. She ignited to 5-0 spurt over the ultimate 1:14 of the primary half by way of an and-one off an isolation play that reduce a 33-27 Kansas State lead down to a single level.
Olivia Miles completed with 18 factors and eight rebounds whereas backcourt dunks Taylor Bigby and Veronica Sheffey pitched in 10 factors a bit.
TCU loved a 45-27 benefit on the glass in opposition to an undersized Kansas State (18-17, 8-10 Big 12) squad.
Clara Silva snagged 9 of her 10 rebounds within the first half.
Kansas State shot simply 36 p.c from the sector and completed with 10 assists, its second-fewest in a recreation all season.
But the turnover bug and a partisan crowd willed the Wildcats into the sport within the early going.
TCU raced forward to an 8-2 head begin however gave the ball away eight instances within the first body. The Horned Frogs went and not using a area objective over the ultimate 7:41 as Kansas State closed the quarter on an 11-2 run.
The Horned Frogs completed with 12 turnovers within the first half and 16 for the sport.
TCU began the second quarter on an 8-0 run bookended by 3-pointers from Suarez and Miles. Kansas State, which knocked down a Big 12 Tournament single-game document 18 threes in its first spherical victory over Cincinnati on Wednesday, then caught hearth behind the arc. The Wildcats struck from distance 4 instances throughout a five-minute span to go on high 31-25.
Kansas State stayed inside two possessions of the Horned Frogs as late because the 5:00 mark of the ultimate interval. With TCU holding a 62-57 edge, Donovyn Hunter and Miles drilled back-to-back 3-pointers with lower than three minutes to play. A pair of transition layups from Sheffey adopted and each groups referred to as off the cavalry.
The Wildcats had been paced by 16 factors off the bench from Jordan Speiser. She was one in all 4 Kansas State gamers to rating in double figures.
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TCU is aiming to be part of Baylor, Oklahoma and Texas Tech as one in all solely 4 applications within the 29-year historical past of the Big 12 to win the league’s common season and match championships in consecutive seasons. The Horned Frogs will earn their fifth all-time convention match title with a victory.
Team Notes
- With the win, TCU leveled its all-time document at 736-736. Prior to head coach Mark Campbell‘s arrival in March of 2023, the Horned Frogs sat 64 video games beneath .500 of their historical past.
- TCU superior to the finals of a convention match for the seventh time in program historical past with the victory. The Horned Frogs are 4-2 all-time in convention match championship video games.
- TCU improved to 7-5 in convention match semifinals.
- The Horned Frogs improved their all-time document in Big 12 Tournament play to 10-11.
- TCU boosted its document in impartial web site affairs beneath Campbell to 13-4.
- TCU is now 5-0 this season and 12-0 since 2024-25 in rematches.
- The Frogs have claimed three of their final 4 conferences vs. Kansas State and now personal a 14-12 edge within the all-time sequence between the applications.
- TCU’s 45 rebounds had been its most ever in a Big 12 Tournament recreation.
- TCU’s plus-18 margin on the glass was its second-largest of the season vs. a convention foe.
- The Horned Frogs had 4 gamers rating in double figures for the 13th time this season. TCU is now 12-1 this season when at the least 4 Frogs put 10-or-more factors on the board.
- A TCU participant has now posted a double-double in 16 video games this season.
- TCU knocked down 9 3-pointers for the sport, marking the 17th time the Horned Frogs have linked from distance 9 instances or extra in 2025-26. TCU is 53-6 over the past three seasons when ending with at the least 9 deep balls.
- TCU is 2 3-pointers away from reaching 300 in a season for the third consecutive 12 months.
- TCU’s 63 p.c clip from the sector out of the intermission was its highest second half area objective share of the 12 months vs. to Big 12 group.
- Kansas State turned the 29th opposing group to fail to meet its season scoring common vs. the Frogs’ protection this season.
- TCU has now prevented 25 groups from taking pictures 36 p.c or worse from the sector.
Individual Notes
- Thousands moved previous Sedona Prince for third on TCU’s particular person single-season data listing for factors scored (651).
- Miles is now 30 factors away from breaking Hailey Van Lith’s TCU single-season scoring document.
- Miles has put at the least 10 factors on the board in all 33 video games for TCU.
- Suarez scored in double figures for the 12th consecutive ballgame.
- Suarez is averaging 21.7 factors per recreation throughout the Horned Frogs’ eight-game successful streak.
- Suarez has completed as TCU’s main scorer in 4 straight ballgames and 6 of its final seven.
- Suarez posted a double-double for the third time in his final 5 begins.
- Hunter recorded her 300th profession help within the victory.
- Silva has now reached double figures on the boards in eight video games.
- Bigby was a double-digit scorer for the 12th time this season. TCU is 11-1 when she scores at the least 10 factors.
- Sheffey’s 10 factors had been one shy of her season excessive.
- Sheffey completed as TCU’s main scorer off the bench for the eighth time.
- Sheffey scored in double figures for the fourth time this season and 49th in her profession.
