{"id":93007,"date":"2026-03-08T18:48:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T21:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/horned-frogs-headed-to-big-12-tournament-championship\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T18:48:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T21:48:37","slug":"horned-frogs-headed-to-big-12-tournament-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/horned-frogs-headed-to-big-12-tournament-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Horned Frogs Headed to Big 12 Tournament Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"


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KANSAS CITY, Missouri \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>TCU is one victory away from a second consecutive sweep of the Big 12 regular season and tournament titles.
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\nThe top-seeded Horned Frogs gradually overpowered No. 12 Kansas State 74-62 on Saturday at the T-Mobile Center in the semifinals of the Phillps 66 Big 12 Tournament.
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\nFour Frogs scored in double figures as TCU shot 63 percent from the field (19-30) in the second half. Tied at 43-43, TCU outscored Kansas State 31-19 over the final 15 minutes of the ballgame.
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\nTCU (29-4, 15-3 Big 12) will meet either No. 2 seed West Virginia or No. 6 Colorado in Sunday’s final, set for a 4 p.m. tipoff on ESPN.
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\nMarta Suarez<\/a><\/dfn> led all players with 22 points and 11 rebounds and notched her team-leading ninth double-double of the season. Suarez racked up 14 points in the third quarter alone, helping TCU take a 56-49 lead into the final frame. She ignited a 5-0 spurt over the final 1:14 of the first half via an and-one off an isolation play that cut a 33-27 Kansas State lead down to a single point.
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\nOlivia Miles<\/a><\/dfn> finished with 18 points and eight rebounds while backcourt mates Taylor Bigby<\/a><\/dfn> and Veronica Sheffey<\/a><\/dfn> pitched in 10 points apiece.
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\nTCU enjoyed a 45-27 advantage on the glass against an undersized Kansas State (18-17, 8-10 Big 12) squad.\u00a0
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\nClara Silva<\/a><\/dfn> snagged nine of her 10 rebounds in the first half.\u00a0
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\nKansas State shot just 36 percent from the field and finished with 10 assists, its second-fewest in a game all season.
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\nBut the turnover bug and a partisan crowd willed the Wildcats into the game in the early going.
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\nTCU raced ahead to an 8-2 head start but gave the ball away eight times in the first frame. The Horned Frogs went without a field goal over the final 7:41 as Kansas State closed the quarter on an 11-2 run.
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\nThe Horned Frogs finished with 12 turnovers in the first half and 16 for the game.
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\nTCU started 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 record 18 threes in its first round victory over Cincinnati on Wednesday, then caught fire behind the arc. The Wildcats struck from distance four times across a five-minute span to go on top 31-25.
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\nKansas State stayed within two possessions of the Horned Frogs as late as the 5:00 mark of the final period. With TCU holding a 62-57 edge, Donovyn Hunter<\/a><\/dfn> and Miles drilled back-to-back 3-pointers with less than three minutes to play. A pair of transition layups from Sheffey followed and both teams called off the cavalry.\u00a0
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\nThe Wildcats were paced by 16 points off the bench from Jordan Speiser. She was one of four Kansas State players to score in double figures.
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\nUp Next<\/strong>
\nTCU is aiming to join Baylor, Oklahoma and Texas Tech as one of only four programs in the 29-year history of the Big 12 to win the league’s regular season and tournament championships in consecutive seasons. The Horned Frogs will earn their fifth all-time conference tournament title with a victory.\u00a0
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