March 8, 2026; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; West Virginia Mountaineers guard Madison Parrish (4) reacts during the first half of the game against the TCU Horned Frogs at the T-Mobile Center. Mandatory Credit: William Purnell-Imagn Image Tournament Most Valuable Player Jordan Harrison had 21 points, six rebounds and three steals to lead West Virginia to a 62-53 win over top-seeded TCU, a berth in the Big 12 Tournament championship game in Kansas City and the conference’s automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament.
Sydney Shaw contributed 17 points and seven rebounds and Kiera Wheeler added 10 points and eight rebounds for second-seeded West Virginia (27-6), which won the tournament for the first time since 2017.
Olivia Miles had 17 points but was affected by foul trouble for TCU (29-5). Marta Suarez added 16 points and eight rebounds but was held to just 6-of-19 shooting before fouling out for the 10th-ranked Horned Frogs, who will be highly seeded in the NCAA field.
Wheeler came down the lane for a layup with 1:52 left in the game to make it 54-43, and Harrison added two free throws 22 seconds later as the 15th-ranked Mountaineers led by 13.
Suarez scored five straight points to keep TCU alive, but fouled out with 56.1 seconds left. Veronica Sheffey added two free throws as the Horned Frogs crawled to within 56-50 with 38.1 seconds left.
Harrison then knocked down two free throws with 33.4 seconds left and Shaw scored on a fastbreak layup to create a 10-point lead and seal it for the Mountaineers.
West Virginia shot 40 percent from the field, including 5 of 15 on 3-pointers. The Mountaineers owned the boards by a 41-34 count and claimed a 15-8 advantage in turnover points.
The Horned Frogs connected on 33.3% of their attempts and were just 8 of 31 from behind the arc.
A key sequence occurred 39 seconds into the third quarter when Miles was called for his fourth foul. Harrison hit two free throws to give the Mountaineers a 28-23 lead.
Miles returned to the game less than three minutes later, but refrained from an aggressive style to avoid the risk of fouling out.
West Virginia later ripped off an 11-2 burst to open a 41-30 lead. Harrison added a buzzer-beating layup as West Virginia took a 43-32 lead heading into the final quarter.
Wheeler’s throwback gave the Mountaineers a 48-34 advantage. This is their largest lead of the game with 7:56 left in the game.
TCU showed some life when Miles buried a trey and Taylor Bigby hit a layup to bring the Horned Frogs within nine with 4:50 left.
Earlier, West Virginia scored the final seven points of the second quarter to take a 26-23 halftime lead and never gave it up.
–Field level media
