Back to Back! TCU Wins Second Straight Big 12 Championship

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Back to Back! TCU Wins Second Straight Big 12 Championship

2/25/2026 10:24:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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Horned Frogs clinch share of regular season title and No. 1 seed in the Big 12 Tournament

CINCINNATI, Ohio – TCU has been building toward a conference title since summer workouts began in June, and on Wednesday, that season-long ambition became reality.

The 11^th-ranked Horned Frogs clinched a share of their second consecutive Big 12 regular season championship with an 83-70 win over Cincinnati at Fifth Third Arena.

TCU (26-4, 14-3 Big 12) can repeat as the undisputed league champions with a victory vs. No. 18 Baylor in its regular season home finale on Sunday. The Frogs hold a one-game lead over the Bears and No. 17 West Virginia in the conference standings. By virtue of beating Baylor on Feb. 12 in Waco and sweeping the season series with the Mountaineers, TCU clinched the No. 1 seed in the Big 12 Tournament with Wednesday's triumph.

The Horned Frogs blitzed the Bearcats (11-18, 6-11 Big 12) with 60 second half points and led by as many as 20 in the fourth quarter. TCU trailed 29-23 at halftime but scored 13 unanswered points out of the locker room to take control of the game. The Frogs shot 60 percent from the field (21-35) and drilled nine 3-pointers across the contest's final 20 minutes.

Marta Suarez, Donovyn Hunter and Olivia Miles combined to score 63 points.

Suarez paired a career-high 32 points – 26 of which came in the second half – with nine rebounds and four steals.

Hunter tallied 16 points while Miles narrowly missed out on her sixth triple-double of the season, finishing with 15 points, a game-high eight assists and seven rebounds.

The x-factor was the continued emergence of Kennedy Basham. The 6-7 center led all players with 10 rebounds and four blocks and padded her stat line with nine points across 24 minutes off the bench.

TCU hung 35 points on Cincinnati in the third frame, their most ever in any quarter in any game under head coach Mark Campbell. Suarez scored seven straight points to begin the second half and gave the Horned Frogs the lead for good. TCU buried six 3-pointers in the period, the last of which came from Miles and widened the Frogs' advantage to 56-41 with 40 seconds remaining.

Cincinnati used a 7-0 run to crawl within 11 points of TCU down 64-53 at the six-minute mark in the fourth. Miles knifed through the Bearcats full court press and found a wide open Taylor Bigby for a 3-pointer from the right key before Basham converted an and-one on TCU's ensuing pair of possessions. Suarez netted the Frogs last nine points.

The Horned Frogs endured three scoring droughts in excess of three minutes in the first half and shot just 29 percent (9-31). The Frogs were unable to put points on the board over the final 3:42.

TCU held the Bearcats to 36 percent shooting in the second half and for the game. Mya Perry led Cincinnati with 27 points.

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Wednesday's result means TCU will face Baylor (24-6, 13-4 Big 12) in its regular season finale with an undisputed league title up for grabs for the second straight season. The Horned Frogs defeated the Bears 51-48 on March 2, 2024 in Waco to win the university's first Big 12 basketball championship. TCU walloped the Bears 83-67 at Foster Pavilion in the teams' first meeting this season, meaning all Baylor can hope for is a co-championship with the Horned Frogs and West Virginia. After losing 37 consecutive games to Baylor, TCU has won four straight vs. its longstanding rival.

Team Notes

TCU is the first team in the history of the Big 12 to win back-to-back regular season championships within three seasons of finishing in last place.
TCU joined Baylor, Oklahoma and Texas as one of four programs in league history to repeat as regular season champions.
The Horned Frogs claimed consecutive conference championships for the first time in their 49 seasons of existence with Wednesday's win.
TCU notched its ninth all-time league championship including conference tournaments.
Picked to win the Big 12 in both the preseason coaches' and media polls, TCU has now met or exceeded its projected conference finish in 10 of its 14 seasons of Big 12 membership and all three years under head coach Mark Campbell.
TCU's 26 victories are its second-most in a season.
The Horned Frogs tallied at least 14 conference victories for the second straight season and in program history.
TCU claimed its eighth Big 12 road win in 11 tries dating back to February of 2025.
Since defeating Cincinnati 79-72 on Feb. 17, 2024 in Ohio, TCU has competed to a 66-11 overall record and 34-6 record in Big 12 play.
TCU notched its second 5-game winning streak in conference play in 2025-26 and fourth overall under Campbell.
TCU has overcome a six-point halftime deficit in three of its last four wins.
TCU's 23 first half points were its second fewest all season.
TCU's 60 second half points were their second-most over a game's final 20 minutes this season and in the Campbell era. The only time the Horned Frogs put more point on the board in the second half was vs. Tennessee State on Nov. 12. TCU scored 63 out of the intermission en route to a 122-39 win.
TCU has now connected at or above a 60 percent clip in a half in three games this season.
The Horned Frogs won their 41^st straight game when scoring 80-plus. TCU is unbeaten under Campbell when finishing with at least 80 points and boasts the nation's best win percentage in 80-point games over the last three seasons.
TCU swelled its cumulative 3-pointers tally under Campbell to 941.
The Horned Frogs reached double figures in 3-pointers for the 44^th time in the Campbell era. TCU won its 28^thstraight game when downing at least 10 deep balls.
TCU benefitted from a 30-point scorer for the 12^th time since 2023-24, improving to 10-2 in such games.
At least one Horned Frog has dished out seven assists now in 48 games over the last three years. TCU is 41-4 overall in that span and 15-2 this season when a player drops seven dimes.
Suarez, Hunter and Miles teamed up to score 60 points for the fifth time.
All three players have now scored in double figures in 16 games.

Individual Notes

Campbell has now won a conference championship in three of his five seasons as a head coach when including his two-year tenure at Sacramento State from 2021-23.
TCU has won six of its last seven ballgames. Suarez is averaging 22.4 points per night in that span.
Suarez led TCU in scoring for the third time in its last four games.
Suarez finished with a season-high 12 field goals and four steals in addition to setting a new career high for points scored.
Miles recorded her 200^th assist of the season in the fourth quarter. She achieved the feat for the second time in her career. Miles dished out 244 assists over the course of her freshman season at Notre Dame in 2021-22.
Miles is five assists away from breaking Hailey Van Lith's single-season assists record (204) by a TCU player.
Miles has scored in double figures in all 30 games. She will break Sedona Prince's program record streak of consecutive double digit scoring efforts on Sunday should she score at least 10 points against Baylor.
Miles has now scored 604 points for the year, which are the fourth most in a season by a TCU player. She needs 77 more to overtake Van Lith's 680 points in 2024-25 atop TCU's record book.
Basham reached 200 career blocks in Wednesday's win.
Basham has rejected four shots in each of TCU's last three victories.
Basham posted season-highs for points, rebounds and minutes.
Hunter scored in double figures for the 19^th time this year. For reference, she posted 19 double digit scoring efforts total in her first two collegiate seasons.