Saturday, March 8
Kansas City, Mo.
3 PM
TCU
30-3,16-2Big 12
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West Virginia
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TCU Advances to Big 12 Championship
3/8/2025 7:06:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Eighth-ranked Horned Frogs handle No. 16 West Virginia, 71-65
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – TCU will play for a clean sweep of the Big 12 regular season and tournament titles.
The eighth-ranked Horned Frogs handled No. 16 West Virginia, 71-65, on Saturday in the semifinals of the Big 12 Championship.
TCU faces the winner of Oklahoma State-Baylor at 4 p.m. on Sunday in a title game that will air on ESPN.
The Frogs' 'Big Three' of Hailey Van Lith, Sedona Prince and Madison Conner combined for 53 points. Van Lith and Prince netted a dozen apiece in the first half to stake top-seeded TCU to a 40-25 halftime edge. Conner collected 13 of her 16 points in the second half, downing 4-7 three-point attempts.
TCU (30-3, 16-2 Big 12) picked up its second victory in as many weeks over the No. 4 seed Mountaineers (24-7, 13- 5 Big 12). Saturday's win was TCU's sixth
The Horned Frogs navigated a West Virginia full court press that generates an NCAA-leading 14 steals per game. TCU finished with 19 assists against 10 turnovers and gave the ball away just four times in the first half. The Frogs' 12 turnovers were the fewest forced all season by a Mountaineers defense that averages 25 per game.
Van Lith finished with a game-high eight assists against one turnover. Donovyn Hunter dished out six dimes over her own.
TCU shot 48 percent (25-52) from the floor and knocked down 10-23 looks from deep.
Van Lith led TCU with 19 points while Prince produced an 18-point, 16-rebound and two-block double-double. Conner was 5-10 behind the arc.
West Virginia led 9-5 just over three minutes into the game but TCU quickly asserted controls. Consecutive 3-pointers by Hunter and Van Lith nudged the Frogs in front by two points, 13-11, entering the first media timeout. TCU never trailed the rest of the way.
Prince tallied a half-dozen points and rebounds in opening frame. She scored 10 of the Frogs' first 21 points.
Up 23-19, TCU rattled off an 11-0 run midway through the second quarter fueled by back-to-back 3-pointers from Agnes Emma-Nnopu and Conner. The Horned Frogs held the Mountaineers scoreless for 4:42 during the spurt. TCU then closed the half with six unanswered points.
Consecutive 3-pointers by Conner maintained a double-digit Horned Frog edge at 48-35 just under halfway through the third. A buzzer-beating half court heave by the Mountaineers' Jordan Harrison dwindled TCU's lead down to five, 52-47, entering the final period.
TCU answered back with a 10-3 run over the first 3:06 of the fourth. Van Lith, Conner and Prince scored all the points.
Conner delivered the dagger. West Virginia crawled within five points of the Frogs at 62-57 with under three minutes to play. The 5-11 sniper drilled her fifth-and-final 3-pointer from the left key. She missed on two attempts from deep on the same possession but converted off an assist from Van Lith.
JJ Quinerly scored a game-high 20 points to pace the Mountaineers.
Team Notes
The eighth-ranked Horned Frogs handled No. 16 West Virginia, 71-65, on Saturday in the semifinals of the Big 12 Championship.
TCU faces the winner of Oklahoma State-Baylor at 4 p.m. on Sunday in a title game that will air on ESPN.
The Frogs' 'Big Three' of Hailey Van Lith, Sedona Prince and Madison Conner combined for 53 points. Van Lith and Prince netted a dozen apiece in the first half to stake top-seeded TCU to a 40-25 halftime edge. Conner collected 13 of her 16 points in the second half, downing 4-7 three-point attempts.
TCU (30-3, 16-2 Big 12) picked up its second victory in as many weeks over the No. 4 seed Mountaineers (24-7, 13- 5 Big 12). Saturday's win was TCU's sixth
The Horned Frogs navigated a West Virginia full court press that generates an NCAA-leading 14 steals per game. TCU finished with 19 assists against 10 turnovers and gave the ball away just four times in the first half. The Frogs' 12 turnovers were the fewest forced all season by a Mountaineers defense that averages 25 per game.
Van Lith finished with a game-high eight assists against one turnover. Donovyn Hunter dished out six dimes over her own.
TCU shot 48 percent (25-52) from the floor and knocked down 10-23 looks from deep.
Van Lith led TCU with 19 points while Prince produced an 18-point, 16-rebound and two-block double-double. Conner was 5-10 behind the arc.
West Virginia led 9-5 just over three minutes into the game but TCU quickly asserted controls. Consecutive 3-pointers by Hunter and Van Lith nudged the Frogs in front by two points, 13-11, entering the first media timeout. TCU never trailed the rest of the way.
Prince tallied a half-dozen points and rebounds in opening frame. She scored 10 of the Frogs' first 21 points.
Up 23-19, TCU rattled off an 11-0 run midway through the second quarter fueled by back-to-back 3-pointers from Agnes Emma-Nnopu and Conner. The Horned Frogs held the Mountaineers scoreless for 4:42 during the spurt. TCU then closed the half with six unanswered points.
Consecutive 3-pointers by Conner maintained a double-digit Horned Frog edge at 48-35 just under halfway through the third. A buzzer-beating half court heave by the Mountaineers' Jordan Harrison dwindled TCU's lead down to five, 52-47, entering the final period.
TCU answered back with a 10-3 run over the first 3:06 of the fourth. Van Lith, Conner and Prince scored all the points.
Conner delivered the dagger. West Virginia crawled within five points of the Frogs at 62-57 with under three minutes to play. The 5-11 sniper drilled her fifth-and-final 3-pointer from the left key. She missed on two attempts from deep on the same possession but converted off an assist from Van Lith.
JJ Quinerly scored a game-high 20 points to pace the Mountaineers.
Team Notes
- TCU became the first team in Big 12 history to play for a conference tournament championship within two seasons of finishing in last place with Saturday's win.
- The Horned Frogs will play for their fourth conference tournament championship and first in 20 years on Sunday. TCU last claimed a conference tournament crown at the 2005 Conference USA Basketball Championship.
- TCU, along with No. 1 Texas, is one of only two teams with 30 victories thus far in 2024-25.
- TCU became the 22nd team in the history of the Big 12 to win 30 games.
- The Frogs have won three consecutive games vs. ranked teams for the first time in 48 seasons of existence.
- TCU improved to 7-2 vs. the AP Top 25. The Frogs' seven ranked wins are the sixth-most of any team in the country.
- TCU claimed its 26th all-time ranked win.
- The Horned Frogs picked up their first ranked victory in Big 12 Championship play.
- TCU's 321 three-pointers are the third-most in a season by a Big 12 team.
- The Frogs have now drained 633 three-pointers over the last two seasons, 10 shy of overtaking Iowa State (2020-22) for the most by a Big 12 team in a two-season period.
- TCU is now 37 three-pointers away from breaking the 2021-22 Cyclones squad's Big 12 single-season record (357).
- The Frogs are one of only three teams to finish with a positive assist-to-turnover ratio vs. the Mountaineers this season.
- TCU has now held 26-of-32 teams under their season scoring average. The Frogs have prevented their opponent from meeting their points per game clip in 17-of-20 tilts vs. Big 12 teams.
- TCU has led at halftime in an NCAA-leading 31 games and 23 straight overall.
- TCU improved to 5-0 in rematches this season.
- The Horned Frogs have won two straight vs. the Mountaineers after dropping the previous nine games in the all-time series entering this season.
- TCU notched its third 9-game winning streak of the year with Saturday's result.
- The Horned Frogs picked up their seventh Quad 1 win.
- Van Lith increased her season assists tally to 178, putting her eight shy of breaking Natasha Lacy's 2017-18 program single-season record.
- Van Lith netted at least 15 points and five assists for the 15th time in a TCU jersey.
- Van Lith improved her career record vs. ranked teams to 26-20.
- Van Lith also pulled down six rebounds vs. the Mountaineers. She is averaging 19.2 points, 5.5 assists and four rebounds per game across TCU's nine tussles with the AP Top 25.
- Van Lith finished with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.5 or better for the 13th time this season.
- Prince is the only player in the nation to snag at least 15 points and 15 rebounds in multiple games vs. AP Top 25 teams.
- Prince collected her 14th double-double of the season.
- Prince has finished with a double-double in six of nine bouts vs. ranked teams.
- Conner increased her NCAA-leading 3-pointers tally to 116.
- Conner downed five-or-more 3-pointers for the 17th time in her career. She is the active D1 leader in games with at least five threes.
- Conner is 15 threes away from breaking the Big 12 single-season record.
- Hunter dished out five-or-more assists for the sixth time across TCU's nine-game winning streak.
- Hunter has played a season-high 39 minutes in each of TCU's last two games.
- Emma-Nnopu drilled two 3-pointers after missing Friday's 69-62 quarterfinal win over quarterfinal due to injury.
Team Stats
WVU
TCU
FG%
.444
.481
3FG%
.471
.357
FT%
.818
.733
RB
29
32
TO
10
12
STL
4
6
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
19
FGM
5
3FGM
2
FTM
7
Pts
18
FGM
9
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Pts
16
FGM
5
3FGM
5
FTM
1
Pts
9
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
1
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