Baylor falls short in Big 12 Championship against TCU
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (FOX 44) — Baylor's conference title hopes fell just short with a 64-59 loss to TCU. The Horned Frogs have proven to be the Bears kryptonite, defeating Nicki Collen's squad three times this season.
Nicki Collen's squad was short handed again, playing without star forward Darianna Littlepage-Buggs.
Foul trouble haunted the Bears for the majority of the game. Bella Fontleroy and Jada Walker both recorded their fourth foul before the end of the third quarter.
Baylor overcame a double-digit deficit to tie the game at 57 with three minutes remaining but TCU had just enough firepower to hold off the Bears comeback effort.
Aaronette Vonleh had a look from three point range with less than 10 seconds left to tie the game but she missed off of the front iron, sealing the TCU victory.
Most of Baylor's offense came from three players. Vonleh led the way with 20 points, Sarah Andrews did her thing with 13 points and the Big 12 Sixth Player of the Year winner Yaya Felder lived up to the billing with 12 of her own.
Sedona Prince is one of the best post players in the country and she proved that for the Horned Frogs, playing all 40 minutes and racking up 12 points and 14 rebounds.
Hailey Van Lith earned the Big 12 Player of the Year in the regular season and she was the difference in the conference title, filling it up with 20 points.
Now all the Bears can do is wait and see if they did enough in the committees eyes to earn a top four seed and host the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament at the Foster Pavilion.
The Selection show is set for Sunday, March 16th. The tournament begins on Wednesday, March 19th.
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