Horned Frogs Shock Cyclones, Move Within a Game of Big 12 Title

Sunday, February 22

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Horned Frogs Shock Cyclones, Move Within a Game of Big 12 Title

2/22/2026 8:52:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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No. 12 TCU erases 13-point fourth quarter deficit in 80-73 win

FORT WORTH – With a league title hanging in the balance, No. 12 TCU delivered a championship performance.

Olivia Miles scored 17 of her game-high 26 points in the fourth quarter and finished with a triple-double to rally the Horned Frogs past Iowa State 80-73 on Sunday at Schollmaier Arena.

TCU (25-4, 13-3 Big 12) trailed 66-53 with 7:35 remaining before staging a comeback for the ages. The Frogs ripped off a 25-4 run over the ensuing seven minutes to go on top 78-70.

Miles was responsible for 13 of TCU's 25 points in the decisive surge. TCU outscored the Cyclones 31-15 in the final frame.

TCU maintained a one-game lead for first place in the Big 12 standings with two games remaining in the regular season. The Horned Frogs will clinch a share of their second straight Big 12 championship and the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament with a victory at Cincinnati on Wednesday.

Sunday's stunner over the Cyclones (21-7, 9-7 Big 12) also extended TCU's NCAA-leading home winning streak to 41 games.

The Horned Frogs 13-point rally was good for the largest fourth quarter comeback in a Big 12 game in program history. TCU trailed for more than 36 minutes and led for just 2:48.

Miles posted her fifth triple-double of the year, padding her final stat line with 10 rebounds and 10 assists. Her five triple-doubles in the 2025-26 campaign are tied with Caitlin Clark for the third-most in a season in NCAA history. She added to her Big 12 single-season record and is now tied with Baylor's Brittany Griner and Shalee Lehning (Kansas State) for the most by a Big 12 player over a career.

Three straight layups from Miles brought TCU back within two possessions of the Cyclones down 68-64 with 4:12 left. Taylor Bigby capped a 16-4 run with a 3-pointer from the right key that made it a one-point ballgame at the 2:54 mark in the fourth. Bigby's deep ball – her third of the night – ignited a run of 14 unanswered points for TCU. Miles then buried a go-ahead jumper and reeled off eight straight points to give the Frogs a 75-70 edge with under 1:00 to play. A steal and a score by Donovyn Hunter capped TCU's elongated run. Miles iced the game with a pair of free throws.

Marta Suarez posted a 19-point, 10-rebound double-double while Clara Silva joined the duo in double figures with 11 points.

Bigby finished 3-6 from behind the arc. Each of her 3-pointers came at critical junctures.

TCU fell behind 31-18 midway through the second quarter. Bigby halved the deficit heading into halftime with her first deep ball, connecting from distance on TCU's final first half possession to make it a 40-34 ballgame.

Bigby then got TCU within a bucket of the Cyclones trailing 47-45 at the midpoint of the third.

TCU went 1-7 from the field over the final 5:00 of the frame as Iowa State stretched its lead to 58-49 entering the fourth.

Iowa State knocked down 12 of its first 24 shots as TCU uncharacteristically struggled from the field for much of the game. The Horned Frogs misfired on nine straight attempts from distance to begin the game and finished 6-23 behind the arc.

TCU shot 57 percent from the floor (12-21) in the final period and outrebounded the Cyclones 29-19 in the second half.

Suarez and Miles snagged seven rebounds apiece out of the intermission as TCU finished with 46-41 edge on the glass.

Audi Crooks led the Cyclones with 22 points while Jada Williams flirted with a triple-double of her own, tallying 15 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds.

Crooks tallied eight points in the first period to give Iowa State a 24-16 head start.

TCU limited the All-American Crooks, who ranks second in the nation in scoring average (25.4 ppg), to 10 points in the second half, with Kennedy Basham doing much of the defensive legwork. Crooks fouled out of the game with 1:35 remaining and TCU leading 71-70.

Basham finished with seven rebounds, six points and a game-high four blocks over 21 minutes off the bench.

TCU became only the second team to defeat Iowa State, the preseason AP No. 14, at full strength. Addy Brown pitched in 11 points and seven rebounds in her second game back from a nearly two-month injury absence. The Cyclones are 14-2 when playing with their primary starting lineup.

The Horned Frogs finished with 15 assists against a season-low four turnovers.

Up Next
Tipoff in the Queen City between the Horned Frogs and Bearcats (10-17, 6-10 Big 12) is set for 5:30 p.m. CT on Wednesday. TCU has claimed both meetings between the programs over the last two years after Cincinnati joined the Big 12 in 2023. The Frogs defeated the Bearcats 81-66 in on Jan. 4, 2025 in Fort Worth in the programs' last encounter.

TCU will become the first team in Big 12 history to win back-to-back regular season titles within three seasons of finishing in last place with a victory in Ohio. A win will give TCU its 10^th all-time conference championship.

Team Notes

TCU posted consecutive 25-win seasons for the first time in men's and women's basketball history with the victory.
The Horned Frogs' 25 wins are tied for their second-most in a season.
TCU has won at least 13 conference games for only the fifth time in a season with the result.
TCU picked up its first victory over the Cyclones in Schollmaier Arena since 2020.
The Horned Frogs tied the all-time series between TCU and Iowa State at 12-12 since joining the Big 12 in 2011-12.
TCU has erased double-digit deficits in each of its last two home wins.
TCU's 2:48 atop the scoreboard was the least amount of time the Horned Frogs have spent with the lead in a win in the Mark Campbell era.
The 13-point deficit overcome is tied for the largest comeback effort under Campbell. TCU trailed No. 3 Notre Dame 53-39 with 3:03 remaining in the third quarter of an eventual 76-68 win on Nov. 29, 2024 in the Cayman Islands Classic.
TCU boosted its home record over the last three seasons to 54-4.
Miles and Suarez teamed up to score 40-plus for the 10^th time.
Miles, Suarez and Donovyn Hunter (seven points) have now combined to score 50-plus in 14 games.
TCU benefitted from a 25-point scorer for the seventh time this season. The Frogs are 5-2 in 2025-26 and 29-2 over the last three seasons when a player scored 25-plus.
TCU improved to 11-0 in the Campbell era when multiple players post a double-double or a triple-double in the same game.
TCU held Iowa State 13 points below its season scoring average.
TCU finished with eight blocks, its most in a Big 12 game this season.
The Frogs' 31 points in the final frame were their most in the fourth quarter in a game all year.
Sunday's announced crowd of 5,381 fans was the sixth-largest under Campbell.
TCU is now 4-0 in games played on ESPN this season.

Individual Notes

Miles' triple-double was the 11^th of her career. She trails only Sabrina Ionescu (23) and Clark (17) for the most in NCAA history.
Miles is now responsible for more than half of TCU's all-time triple-doubles. Sunday's triple-double was the ninth by a TCU player. Prior to Miles' arrival, there were only three triple-doubles in the history of TCU women's basketball.
Miles scored her 2,000^th career point in the third quarter, becoming only the fourth player in NCAA history to record at least 2,000 points, 800 assists and 700 rebounds.
Miles increased her season assists tally to 192, putting her 13 dimes away from breaking TCU's single-season record (204), set by Hailey Van Lith across 38 games in 2024-25.
Miles finished as TCU's points leader for the 16^th time.
Miles has scored in double figures in all 29 games this season.
Suarez notched her seventh double-double of the season and 20^th of her career.
Suarez has scored in double figures in eight consecutive games, posting four double-doubles in that span.
Suarez led all scorers with 12 first half points.
Silva delivered her 12^th double-digit scoring effort of the year.
Silva was responsible for seven of TCU's first 11 points.
Basham's four blocks were her most in a Big 12 game this season.
Basham is now three blocks away from tallying 200 for her career.
Basham finished with four rejections for the 19^th time.
Bigby drained at least three 3-pointers in a game for the 11^th time as a Horned Frog.