The Frogs chase Big 12 title in Waco as TCU's suffocating defense and potent scoring duo collide with Baylor in a high-stakes showdown.
The Big 12 women’s basketball race is officially in sprint mode, and it’s ... once again ... running straight through Waco.
No. 17 TCU heads to Foster Pavilion on Thursday night for a massive showdown with No. 12 Baylor, a game that could swing the regular-season championship picture in a hurry.
Baylor enters at 21-4 overall and 10-2 in league play, holding a one-game edge over the Horned Frogs (21-4, 9-3) and a crowded group that includes Texas Tech and West Virginia.
For TCU, this is the kind of moment Mark Campbell’s program has been building toward.
The Horned Frogs have turned into a national problem over the last two seasons, stacking ranked wins and pairing an efficient offense with an elite defense that’s been downright suffocating.
TCU is allowing just 55.3 points per game this season and ranks among the nation’s best in field-goal percentage defense at 33.4 percent.
The headliners are Olivia Miles and Marta Suarez, the highest-scoring duo in the Big 12 at 35.6 points per game combined.
They’ve both hit 20 points with five rebounds in each of TCU’s last two games, and either Miles or Suarez has led the Frogs in scoring 20 times this season.
Add in Donovyn Hunter, and TCU’s trio is producing 48 points per game - one of the top scoring trios in the country.
What makes Thursday feel even bigger is the history behind it.
TCU went 3-0 against Baylor last season, flipping a series that once felt impossible. Now the Frogs have a chance to tighten the standings in Waco and set up a winner-take-all style rematch when Baylor visits Fort Worth on March 1.
This one will be physical, loud, and intense ... exactly how a Big 12 title chase should look.