TCU Women's Basketball Defeats Washington, 62-59, in Overtime, to Advance to Sweet 16 of 2026 NCAA Tournament

Olivia Miles celebrates TCU's victory over Washington.   -- Photo by Tom C. "Midnite" Burke

Olivia Miles recorded a double-double and the No. 3-seed TCU women's basketball team completed a dramatic comeback in overtime to secure a 62-59 victory over the No. 6-seed Washington Huskies in the second round of the NCAA Tournament inside TCU's Schollmaier Arena, in Fort Worth, Texas, on Sunday, March 22. 

The Horned Frogs (31-5) advanced to their second consecutive Sweet 16 appearance, for the first time in program history. 

In the NCAA Sweet 16 on Saturday, March 28, in Sacramento, California, TCU will face No. 10-seed Virginia (22-11), which upset No. 2-seed Iowa in double overtime in a second-round game that was played on Monday, March 23, in Iowa's Carver–Hawkeye Arena, in Iowa City, Iowa. 

The time of TCU's game against Virginia is 6:30 pm (Central). ESPN will televise the game. The game will be broadcast on radio by KTCU 88.7 FM.

Virginia, which is in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2018, will be making its first Sweet 16 appearance in 26 years. The Cavaliers are the only double-digit seed remaining in the tournament, and they are the first team to make the Sweet 16 after playing in the First Four. 

To advance to the first round of the tournament, Virginia won its First Four game, 77-75, over Arizona State. In the first round, the Cavaliers defeated No. 7-seed Georgia 82-73.

TCU trailed by as many as 10 points against Washington before the Horned Frogs erased an eight-point halftime deficit, caught the Huskies with 3:50 left in the game and eventually forced overtime with the game tied at 49-49.

Miles, a graduate guard, paced TCU with 18 points and 10 rebounds. In the game, Miles also set TCU’s single-season record for points. She has 698 points in the 2025-26 season, which surpasses Hailey Van Lith’s 680 points from the 2024-25 season.  

Sophomore center Clara Silva scored 16 points. She also had eight rebounds and two blocks. 

Senior guard Taylor Bigby added 15 points.

Graduate forward Marta Suarez scored nine points and collected eight rebounds.

Washington had four players who scored in double-figures. Sayvia Sellers led the Huskies with 18 points. Avery Howell scored 14 points.

TCU has achieved back-to-back undefeated seasons at home. The Frogs have a 44-game home-winning streak, which is the longest in the country. 

TCU now needs to put together a two-game wining streak in Sacramento to achieve the program's first Final Four. 

If the Frogs defeat Virginia, they either will play No. 1 seed South Carolina or No. 4 seed Oklahoma for the right to make the Final Four in Phoenix, Arizona.