West Virginia beats TCU to win women's Big 12 tournament title - ESPN

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As the buzzer sounded on the Big 12 tournament championship game, Jordan Harrison ran and leaped into the waiting arms of her West Virginia teammates, who squeezed her so hard it looked as if it hurt.

It was just about the only time anyone corralled Harrison on Sunday.

The senior guard scored 20 points while wreaking havoc on defense, and Sydney Shaw added 17 points of her own, helping the No. 15 Mountaineers avenge a pair of regular-season losses to No. 10 TCU with a 62-53 victory in the title game.

«Just seeing the ball going through the hole is all I needed to get ready and get going,» said Harrison, the tournament MVP. «I mean, I just knew I needed to get started, get hot for our team to have a chance to win.»

The Big 12 tourney title is the second for No. 2 seed West Virginia and its first since the 2016-17 season.

«I don't know if we put all four quarters together but we're getting closer and closer,» Mountaineers coach Mark Kellogg said. «Our kids were dialed in to this game plan. They execute. But they competed. They get out and they get after you, and they're just relentless, and Jordan sets the tone with her defensive ability.»

West Virginia had built a 56-43 lead with 90 seconds left before TCU ran off seven straight points to provide some hope. But Harrison, a senior from Oklahoma City, calmly made two free throws with 33.4 seconds remaining to help put the game away.

«We knew the things that were on the line,» Harrison said. «Most importantly, we wanted to stay in the present.»

Olivia Miles, the league player of the year, scored 17 points for No. 1 seed TCU (29-5), even though she played most of the way in foul trouble. Marta Suarez added 16 points but was just 6-of-19 from the field and