Preview: at No. 12 Baylor

Thursday, February 12

Waco, Texas

6 PM

TCU

Baylor

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Preview: at No. 12 Baylor

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Frogs head to Waco with first place in the Big 12 standings on the line

FORT WORTH – For the second straight year, the race for the Big 12 title is coming down to TCU and Baylor, and the regional rivals begin the final push for the regular season championship on Thursday.

The 17^th-ranked Horned Frogs are set to challenge No. 12 Baylor at 6 p.m. on Thursday in Waco at Foster Pavilion in a game that will air on ESPN+.

TCU (21-4, 9-3 Big 12) and Baylor (21-4, 10-2 Big 12) will play twice over the final 17 days of the regular season. The Bears return the trip to Fort Worth on March 1 for the final game of the regular season.

Thursday's ballgame is vital for TCU's pursuit of a repeat conference championship. Baylor holds a one-game lead over TCU, No. 16 Texas Tech and No. 19 West Virginia, whom TCU hosts at 7 p.m. on Sunday, for first place in the Big 12 standings.

The Game
Teams: #17 TCU (21-4 9-3 Big 12) at #12 Baylor (21-4, 10-2 Big 12)
Date: 6 p.m. CT on Thursday, Feb. 12
Location: Foster Pavilion in Waco, Texas

Game Coverage
Television
ESPN

Eric Frede, Play-by-Play
Christy Thomaskutty, Analyst
Jess Sims, Reporter

Radio
KTCU 88.7 FM

Chris Blake, Play-by-Play

Opening Tip

TCU and Baylor are squaring off with a share of first place in the Big 12 standings and/or a conference championship in the balance for the third straight game.
TCU beat Baylor for both the Big 12 regular season and tournament titles in 2024-25.
The Horned Frogs defeated the Bears 51-48 on March 2 in their last visit to Waco to capture the university's first Big 12 basketball title. It marked the first time in league history that the undisputed Big 12 championship was decided on the final game of the regular season.
TCU went 3-0 vs. Baylor in 2024-25. Prior to last season, the Horned Frogs had lost 35 straight games to the Bears dating back to 1990.
Starting Thursday, four of TCU's last six games are vs. teams either ranked or receiving votes in the AP Top 25. The Frogs host Baylor on March 1 in their regular season finale.

Frog Focus

TCU held Baylor to its two lowest scoring outputs of the 2024-25 campaign in the teams' Big 12 championship bouts. The Bears' 48 points scored in last season's battle in Waco were the program's second-fewest in a game under Nicki Collen while their 27.7 percent shooting clip was Baylor's worst in a league game in the last 16 years.
In all three head-to-heads last season, TCU built double-digit second half leads vs. Baylor, only for the Bears to get within a single possession or regain the lead.
The Horned Frogs have finished with a sizeable advantage on the glass in each of their last three wins over the Bears. TCU was plus-eight or better on the boards in every game last season.
Under head coach Mark Campbell, TCU has morphed into one of the nation's winningest programs. The Horned Frogs rank fifth among all D1 programs in winning percentage (.873) and total wins (55) since 2024-25. Campbell's 76 wins as TCU's head man are the seventh-most at the Power Conference level over the past three eight.
Giving grist to TCU's recent dominance, five of the Horned Frogs' seven losses over the last two seasons, including all four in 2025-26. have either been by one possession or come in overtime. Also of note, the Horned Frogs have not lost back-to-back games at any point in the last two seasons.
The Horned Frogs are four victories away from posting consecutive 25-win seasons for the first time in TCU men's or women's basketball history.
TCU has competed to a 10-4 record vs. the AP Top 25 over the last two seasons. The Horned Frogs' 10 ranked wins in that span are tied with LSU and Notre Dame for the seventh-most of any team nationwide in that span.
TCU has held eight of its last 11 opponents below 40 percent shooting when facing a ranked team dating back to January of 2025, including all three tilts this season.
Seven of the last nine ranked teams TCU has faced have failed to score more than 65 points, among them NC State and Texas Tech this season.
TCU boasts the nation's seventh-best scoring defense in ranked matchups over the last two seasons among teams who have played at least 12 games vs. AP Top 25 opponents, surrendering 64.6 points per game.
TCU is sixth among qualified teams in field goal percentage defense (.388) in ranked matchups over the last two seasons.
A TCU player has either scored 20 points and/or finished with a double-double in 18 of the Horned Frogs' 22 tilts vs. AP Top 25 teams under Mark Campbell.
TCU has yet to lose under Mark Campbell when benefitting from two 20-point scorers or having four players in double figures versus a ranked opponent.
Olivia Miles (15 points, 14 rebounds) and Clara Silva (12 rebounds, 11 points) each finished with a double-double in the Frogs' victory at No. 10 NC State on Nov. 16. It marked one of just 15 instances thus far in 2025-26 in which two teammates posted a double-double vs. an AP Top 25 team in the same game.
Both Miles and Donovyn Hunter boast career assist-to-turnover ratios of at least 1.5 vs. ranked teams. Miles' career assist-to-turnover against the AP Top 25 is 1.61 while Hunter's stands at 1.56.
Miles and Marta Suarez have each finished with at least 20 points and five rebounds in each of TCU's last two games and six times overall, more than any pair of teammates in college basketball.
Miles and Suarez are the highest-scoring duo in the Big 12, averaging a combined 35.6 points per game. They are the one of two sets of teammates in the conference each averaging more than 15 points per game.
Miles and Suarez are also one the only duo nationwide averaging at least 15.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and two assists per game.
Miles, Suarez and Hunter are the country's fifth-highest scoring trio (48 ppg).
Miles, Suarez and Hunter accounted for 68 of TCU's 79 points in Sunday's one-point loss in Boulder. It was the trio's highest scoring output of the season and third time this season the three players have tallied 60-plus points collectively.
TCU is 10-2 when the three players net at least 50 combined points.
Miles, Suarez and Hunter are one of just two trios in college basketball averaging at least 12 points a game while shooting better than 45 percent from the field and 75 percent at the foul line. The only other teammate trifecta matching the statistical criteria is UCLA's Gabriela Jaquez, Gianna Kneepkens and Kiki Rice.
Either Miles or Suarez has led TCU in scoring in 20 games and in 11-of-12 in Big 12 play.
TCU has benefitted from a 20-point performance by Miles, Suarez or Hunter in 17 games.
Though commended for its spread pick-and-roll and offensive efficiency, TCU has morphed into one of the nation's elite defensive outfits this season. Ahead of Thursday game, the Horned Frogs rank fourth nationally in field goal percentage defense (.334) and boast the nation's second-best scoring defense by a Power Conference team at 55.3 points per game
TCU has held an NCAA-leading 10 opponents at-or-below 30 percent shooting from the field, including five in Big 12 play; Arizona State, BYU, Houston, UCF and No. 18 West Virginia.
The Horned Frogs have held eight teams to their lowest scoring outputs of the season.
TCU, alongside UConn and Texas is one of only three teams in college basketball scoring at least 80 points per game while allowing 55 or fewer.
TCU and South Carolina are the only teams in the country shooting it better than 48 percent from the floor while keeping their opponents at or below a 33 percent clip.
TCU is the only team in the country ranking in the top 10 nationally in field goal percentage (10th, .486) and field goal percentage defense.
TCU has lost three of its last six ballgames by a grand total of five points.
In each of their last three defeats, the Horned Frogs have led at the end of the third quarter and with under 5:00 to go, only to lose by one possession in the final seconds.

Individual Notables
Olivia Miles

Tabbed Big 12 Player of the Week for a league-leading third time this season on Monday; averaged 28 points, five rebounds and 3.5 assists per game while shooting 65 percent from the field (20-31) across TCU's contests vs. Houston and Colorado.
Also named to the Nancy Lieberman Award midseason top 10 and Wooden Award late midseason top 20 watch lists; is the only Big 12 player and one of only four guards featuring on both lists.
Is averaging a career-high 21 points per game in league play; ranks third among all players and leads all guards in the metric.
Has scored 20-plus in 10 of her last 13 outings and led TCU in scoring in 11 straight games.
Has connected at-or-above a 50 percent clip from the floor in 17 games.
For the year, is averaging a career-high 19.7 points per game on the strength of a career-best 51 percent shooting clip.
On pace to become only the third player in NCAA history to average at least 19 points, 6.5 assists, 6.5 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game while shooting at least 50 percent from the floor.
Has finished with at least 15 points and five assists 21 times overall and in seven of her last nine conference games this season; leads all active players and ranks 13th in NCAA history with 51 career '15-and-5' games.
Leads all Division I guards in career double-doubles (32) and all active Division I players in career assists per game average (6.6), triple-doubles (10) and '15-5-5' games (38).
Posted four triple-doubles in December, joining Sabrina Ionescu as one of only two players in NCAA history to notch four triple-doubles in a single month.
Ranks second on TCU's program records list for single-season assists (168) and is just 37 assists away from breaking Hailey Van Lith's 2024-25 record (204), which she set over the course of 38 games.

Marta Suarez

One of only 16 players nationwide averaging at least 15.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and two assists per game while connecting above a 45 percent clip from the field.
Ranks 10th in college basketball in points per game (15.9) among players at least 6-3.
Has scored in double figures in five straight games.
Notched her eighth 20-point game of the season on Sunday at Colorado.

Donovyn Hunter

Has scored in double figures in six straight ballgames and 17 times overall in 2025-26. For reference, she posted 19 double-digit scoring efforts combined across her freshman and sophomore seasons
Has more than doubled her scoring average from her sophomore season; averaging 12.2 points per game in 2025-26 compared to 5.8 last year.
Has posted an assist-to-turnover ratio of at least 3-1 in nine games.
Ranks fifth among all Big 12 players in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.13).

Clara Silva

Ranks in the top 10 in Big 12 play in blocks per game (2nd, 2.0), field goal percentage (3rd, .589) and rebounds per game (7th, 7.7).
Has scored in double figures in nine of her last 14 games.
One of only three players in college basketball and the lone underclassmen averaging at least 9.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game while shooting 60 percent from the floor.

A Win over the Bears Would…

Mark the first time TCU has ever won back-to-back games in Waco.
Go down as the Horned Frogs' 40th all-time ranked victory.
Make Mark Campbell 11-12 vs. the AP Top 25 as TCU's head coach.
Boost the Horned Frogs' record vs. ranked Big 12 teams over the last two seasons to 7-2
Be the highest ranked Big 12 road victory and program history and second-highest overall.
Send TCU to its fourth win on the road over a ranked Big 12 squad.
Count as TCU's 15th win over an AP Top 15 team.
Guarantee TCU at least a share of first place in the Big 12 standings with Baylor, West Virginia and Texas Tech.
Move TCU's overall record over the last two full calendar years to 62-13.
Augment the Horned Frogs' Big 12 record in the Campbell era to 32-17.
Lift TCU to its seventh Big 12 road victory in its last nine league games away from home.

Series Notes: Baylor

Thursday's bout marks the fifth straight ballgame in which both TCU and Baylor have been ranked in the AP Top 25 ahead of tipoff. Prior to head coach Mark Campbell's hire, the Frogs and Bears had never engaged in a 'ranked vs. ranked' matchup.
TCU's first-ever Big 12 home game took place opposite a No. 2-ranked Baylor squad led by Brittney Griner on Jan. 2, 2013. The Frogs drew 7,134 fans, which stood as the program's all-time home attendance record until March 23, 2025, when 7,494 spectators took in TCU's NCAA Tournament second round win over Louisville.
TCU is set to challenge Baylor for the first time in the Campbell era without Sedona Prince, who a double-double in all four of her outings vs. the Bears.
Hailey Van Lith was crowned MVP of the 2025 Big 12 Tournament after tallying a game high 20 points and five assists in the Horned Frog's 64-59 championship victory over the Bears on March 9.