Three takeaways from No. 10 TCU’s game against Big 12 foe West Virginia

No. 10 TCU scored its fewest points of the season, but a last-second shot helped the Horned Frogs escape Morgantown with a 51-50 win over unranked West Virginia on Wednesday at WVU Coliseum.

Despite a tough shooting night from Marta Suárez, the Spaniard came up huge to help the Horned Frogs avoid an upset, popping to the top of the key off an inbounds play with 2.8 seconds left. She took a jab step before knocking down the winning 3-pointer in the face of a WVU defender.

The win was a big one for the Horned Frogs place in the Big 12 standings with Texas Tech currently undefeated and two other teams, including Utah who handed TCU it’s only loss of the season, with one loss in Big 12 play.

Here are three takeaways from the Horned Frogs’ last-second win.

Olivia Miles leads the way in scoring

In a game where the Horned Frogs’ offense had its most turnovers of the season and its fewest assists, it relied on Miles to lead the way with 14 points scored on 5-for-12 shooting, but went without a shot attempt for the first half of the final quarter.

The Mountaineers worked hard to take away Miles’ effectiveness as a scorer and held her to 0 for 1 shooting and only one assist in the final quarter.

Turnovers haunt Horned Frogs’ offense

TCU entered Wednesday’s game averaging the second-fewest turnovers in the Big 12 (14.0) but against a Mountaineers squad that forces the most turnovers in the league, the Horned Frogs struggled to take care of the ball, matching their season average by the end of the first half.

The Horned Frogs’ turnovers came in myriad ways: multiple illegal screens, errant passes and offensive fouls. WVU used those turnovers to keep the game close despite an abysmal 28.3% shooting day for the Mountaineers.

The turnovers sunk the Horned Frogs’ offense, which didn’t score its first basket of the second half until there were a little under four minutes remaining — and after a 1-for-8 start from the field with four turnovers. They ended the game with almost six times as many turnovers (24) as assists (5).

Marta Suárez plays hero after struggles

After scoring 20 points in three of four games, the Spanish native has struggled over the past two games as defenses have keyed in to try and slow her down.

As teams have focused on Suárez, other players have been able to take advantage, but that was not the case on Wednesday.

Despite her struggles from the field, Suárez continued to stay aggressive but still couldn’t find the net consistently, ending the night with 11 points. She also found herself in foul trouble, with four midway through the third quarter.

After re-entering the game in the fourth quarter, she went scoreless on her first four shot attempts — until her 3-pointer, which won the game.

TCU will continue with their Big 12 schedule playing Arizona on Saturday at 4 p.m. at Schollmaier Arena.

This story was originally published January 14, 2026 at 8:36 PM.