WACO, Texas (AP) — Those “Underfrogs” from TCU, a team that won only one conference game two seasons ago and last year needed open tryouts to fill roster spots after a series of injuries, are now outright women’s Big 12 champions.
The title-clinching game couldn’t have been more fitting for the 10th-ranked Horned Frogs, a 51-48 win Sunday night at 13-time champion and No. 17 Baylor.
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