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.
Lawrence Dow is a digital sports reporter from Philadelphia. He graduated with a master’s degree in journalism from USC. He’s passionate about movies and is always looking for a great book. He covers the Texas Rangers and other sports.
No. 13-ranked TCU women’s basketball got off to a slow start on offense, but its defense came up big in a 77-46 Big 12 win over Arizona State on Sunday at Schollmaier Arena.
TCU (16-1, 4-1) saw its vaunted 3-point attack struggle early, starting 2-for-10 from beyond the arc and allowing the Sun Devils (16-2, 3-2) to hang around the game, but a perfect second quarter from 3 powered a 23-7 run that gave the Horned Frogs a 35-20 halftime lead.
TCU won its second straight after suffering its first loss of the season at Utah in overtime on Jan. 3.
Here’s how the Horned Frogs rolled Sunday:
Big 12’s best defense delivers
No team in the Big 12 allows teams to score less (52.3) than the Horned Frogs, and with an uneven start on the offensive end, the defense was forced to start the game smothering.
Besides a few early offensive rebounds that led to easy buckets, the Sun Devils struggled to have any consistency, especially with several turnovers.
The Horned Frogs forced the Sun Devils into multiple traveling violations, making it difficult for Arizona State to start its offense. When the Sun Devils did, it didn’t go much better, with the team ending the first half with more turnovers (11) than baskets (seven).
Clara Silva’s defense was huge, with the sophomore center having multiple blocks and making the Sun Devils consider and reconsider every shot at the rim. They finished the game shooting 26% on layups.
TCU head coach Mark Campbell praised centers Kennedy Basham and Silva for the presence they bring in the paint.
“Basham and Silva are two elite rim protectors,” he said. “They’re mobile. They are hard to score over. I mean, look how versatile those kids are. Against Oklahoma State, they switched every single pick-and-roll, and did a tremendous job. Today we didn’t switch pick-and-rolls, they’re in drop coverage, and made people finish.
“… Because you have the protection, you get to really defend the 3-point line, and we’ve done a really good job of that all year.”
The Sun Devils’ 3-point attack withered under the Horned Frogs’ defense, shooting 3-for-12 for the game.
TCU bludgeons Sun Devils at the rim
On the offensive side, while TCU’s 3-point attack struggled (9-for-25), the Horned Frogs instead thrived in the paint, scoring 42 points and shooting 18-for-25 on layups.
Guard Olivia Miles, who scored a game-high 22 points, led the layup line, slicing to the basket off fast breaks or out of the half court. Junior guard Donovyn Hunter added several makes at the rim to offset a difficult shooting day (0-for-4) from 3-point range. She finished with 10 points.
Graduate forward Marta Suarez, the team’s second-leading scorer, scored only four points on 2-for-7 shooting. However, all but one Horned Frog who got in the game scored, and Campbell said the team’s scoring versatility matters even more when one of the team’s top scorers struggles.
“Ultimately, Marta and Miles are two of the best players in college basketball, and they’re incredible at what they do, and so for our team to reach our full potential, we need these other players to show great growth, and I think we have,” Campbell said.
“Silva’s on a tear right now. It’s been so fun to watch her, but [graduate guard] Maddie Scherr is really starting to settle into a good rhythm the last couple of games, and [senior guard] Taylor Bigby has been tremendous all season. And [Hunter] has made a huge jump from a year ago, and now [senior guard Veronica] Sheffey is jumping in the fight. So it’s just so awesome. We’re growing as a team. We’re getting better. And again, your eye is on March. Your eye is peaking at the end of the year.”
Olivia Miles continues scoring trend
Since Miles’ 25-point game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Dec. 16, she has only scored fewer than 20 once in her past six games. She hit that benchmark again Sunday with 22 points on an efficient 9-for-15 shooting.
Miles led the team in assists (six), including a highlight fast break in the fourth quarter when she hit Hunter on a no-look pass that earned oohs and ahhs from the crowds.
Hunter broke down what she saw on the play and what it’s like catching one of Miles’ no-look passes.
“I was able to defend Olivia last year, so I kind of just [have] a defensive mindset of … when she’s about to do something,” Hunter said. “Now, it’s funny on the back end where I get the honor to be able to play with her, where I’m like, I can see that she’s not attacking the rim right now to shoot it, she’s looking for us to run. So I was just like, I keep running, I might get this, and sure enough, the bounce pass came.”
TCU will travel to Morgantown next to play West Virginia (14-3, 4-1) at 6 p.m. Wednesday.
Game schedule dates, times, locations
Jan. 3 Mavericks 110, Houston 104
Jan. 6 Mavericks 100, Sacramento 98
Jan. 8 Utah 116, Mavericks 114
Jan. 10 Chicago 125, Mavericks 107
Jan. 12 vs. Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m., KFAA, MavsTV
Jan. 14 vs. Denver, 8:30 p.m., ESPN, KFAA, MavsTV
Jan. 15 vs. Utah, 7:30 p.m., KFAA, MavsTV
Jan. 17 vs. Utah, 4 p.m., KFAA, MavsTV
Jan. 19 at New York, 4 p.m., NBC, KFAA, MavsTV
Jan. 6 Kansas 104, TCU 100 (OT)
Jan. 10 Arizona 86, TCU 73
Jan. 14 at BYU, 10 p.m., ESPN2
Jan. 17 at Utah, 1 p.m., TNT
Jan. 20 vs. Oklahoma State, 7 p.m., ESPN+
Jan. 24 at Baylor, 5 p.m., ESPN2
Jan. 28 vs. Houston, 8 p.m., ESPN2
Jan. 3 Utah 87, TCU 77 (OT)/li>
Jan. 7 TCU, 69, Oklahoma State 61
Jan. 11 TCU 77, Arizona State 46
Jan. 14 at West Virginia, 6 p.m., ESPN+
Jan. 17 vs. Arizona, 4 p.m., ESPN+
Jan. 19 vs. Ohio State (at Newark, N.J.), 11 a.m., Fox
Jan. 24 at Central Florida, 1 p.m., ESPN+
Jan. 29 vs. Kansas, 5 p.m., ESPN
Jan. 4 Montreal 4, Stars 3 (OT)
Jan. 6 Carolina 6, Stars 3
Jan. 7 Stars 4, Washington 1
Jan. 10 San Jose 5, Stars 4 (OT)
Jan. 12 at Los Angeles, 9 p.m., Victory+
Jan. 13 at Anaheim, 9 p.m., TNT, truTV, HBO Max
Jan. 15 at Utah, 8 p.m., Victory+
Jan. 18 vs. Tampa Bay, 1 p.m., NHLN, Victory+
Jan. 20 vs. Boston, 6:30 p.m., TNT, HBO Max
2026 season
Aug. 29 vs. North Carolina (at Dublin), TBA
New York Giants 34, Cowboys 17
End of season
May 1 NASCAR Truck Series: SpeedyCash.com 250
May 2 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series: Andy’s Frozen Custard 340
May 3 NASCAR Cup Series: Wurth 400
This story was originally published January 11, 2026 at 5:58 PM.
Lawrence Dow is a digital sports reporter from Philadelphia. He graduated with a master’s degree in journalism from USC. He’s passionate about movies and is always looking for a great book. He covers the Texas Rangers and other sports.
The No. 9-ranked TCU women’s basketball team avenged one of its two Big 12 losses from last season with an impressive 77-55 win over Kansas State in their Big 12 opener Saturday at Schollmaier Arena.
The teams faced off 10 months ago in Manhattan with the Wildcats slowing down TCU’s high-powered offense in a low-scoring 59-50 affair. As tough as that loss was, head coach Mark Campbell said he didn’t use it as motivation for the Horned Frogs as they prepared for Kansas State.
“Didn’t even bring it up one time. That was last year’s journey, last year’s team,” Campbell said after the win. “We have 10 new players on our roster. I don’t worry about that kind of stuff at all. This group, this team we’re on our own journey.”
TCU turned the tables on the Wildcats this time with a strong defensive effort and another stellar performance from star guard Olivia Miles.
Miles scored a season-high 29 points while adding eight rebounds and four assists.
“My job is to be aggressive for my team, aggressive passing, aggressive shooting,” Miles said. “Whatever it might be, my job is to be aggressive. I felt I could get to the rim early, and I get into those grooves, it’s kind of hard to stop me. It’s hard to stop when you’re just full speed and attacking.”
The Wildcats came out firing, shooting 60% midway through the first quarter as they led 15-14 with 2:23 remaining in the quarter.
TCU’s defense finally began to come alive at that point as 6-foot-7 center Clara Silva began to assert herself. Silva swatted away two shots and impacted countless others on defense, while Miles started to getting hot on the other end.
Miles slashed to the basket for a layup and then a hit a pull-up jumper right before the first-quarter buzzer to give TCU a 20-15 lead entering the second quarter. That was just the beginning of another brilliant outing for Miles, who had to pick up more of the scoring slack with leading scorer Marta Suarez getting off to a slow start.
Suarez missed five of her first six shots, but it didn’t matter thanks to Miles. Miles would end up scoring 15 in the first half as TCU stretched its lead to 39-26 at halftime.
“Maybe there were some nerves. We had a great crowd today. We were excited and had Christmas break coming up,” Suarez said. “There were a lot of little things, it was the first Big 12 game, but I think we did a good job just kind of handling it, just settling down and figuring out our groove. It came from us getting stops.”
Kansas State’s hot start had cooled off, as the Horned Frogs limited the Wildcats to just 32.3% from the field. Kansas State’s best player and leading scorer Taryn Sides was held to just two points in the first half as she was blanketed by Taylor Bigby and Maddie Scherr.
“I would say Maddie and Taylor Bigby are our glue players,” Campbell said. “They’re long, they’re smart. They’ve been here for two years. They know the system. They did a tremendous job on Sides. For her to go 3-for-13, she’s had a tremendous year, and that was obviously where our scouts started with. We had to make her hit tough shots and we did that, but credit Maddie and Bigby for doing that.”
TCU put the game away in the third quarter as Miles continued to take over. On one possession, Miles left her defender stumbling with a quick succession of dribble moves that allowed her to get a wide-open layup at the rim.
Just before the end of the quarter, TCU executed a perfect half-court set as Silva caught the ball in the high post and then hit a cutting Miles for another wide-open layup.
Despite not making a 3-pointer in the quarter, TCU grew its lead to 59-37 and cruised in the final quarter as the Horned Frogs extended their home winning streak to 34 games. It was also TCU’s 11th straight win against Big 12 opponents.
The Horned Frogs will get a much-needed break over the Christmas holiday, as their next game isn’t until Dec. 31 at BYU.
Game schedule dates, times, locations
Dec. 20 at Philadelphia, 6 p.m., KFAA, MavsTV
Dec. 22 at New Orleans, 7 p.m., KFAA, MavsTV
Dec. 23 vs. Denver, 7 p.m., NBC
Dec. 25 at Golden State, 4 p.m., ABC, ESPN
Dec. 27 at Sacramento, 4 p.m., KFAA, MavsTV
Dec. 21 vs. Florida A&M, 3 p.m., ESPN+
Dec. 29 vs. Jackson State, 7 p.m., ESPN+
Jan. 3 vs. Baylor, 1 p.m., TNT
Jan. 6 at Kansas, 8 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2
Jan. 10 vs. Arizona, 3 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2
Dec. 20 vs. Kansas State, 4 p.m., ESPN+
Dec. 31 at BYU, 8 p.m., ESPN+
Jan. 3 at Utah, 8 p.m., ESPN+
Jan. 7 vs. Oklahoma State, 6:30 p.m., ESPN+
Jan. 11 vs. Arizona State, 4 p.m., ESPN+
Dec. 21 vs. Toronto, 6 p.m., NHLN, Victory+
Dec. 23 at Detroit, 5:30 p.m., TNT, truTV, Victory+
Dec. 27 vs. Chicago, 7 p.m., Victory+
Dec. 31 vs. Buffalo, 7 p.m., Victory+
Jan. 1 at Chicago, 7:30 p.m., Victory+
Alamo Bowl
Dec. 30 vs. USC (at San Antonio), 8 p.m., ESPN
New Mexico Bowl
Dec. 27 vs. San Diego State (at Albuquerque, N.M.), 4:45 p.m., ESPN
Dec. 21 vs. L.A. Chargers, noon, Fox
Dec. 25 at Washington, noon, Netflix
Jan. 3 or 4 at N.Y. Giants, TBD
End of the regular season
May 1 NASCAR Truck Series: SpeedyCash.com 250
May 2 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series: Andy’s Frozen Custard 340
May 3 NASCAR Cup Series: Wurth 400
This story was originally published December 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM.