Washington nears Cinderella run in 62-59 OT loss to TCU
The Washington Huskies had the TCU Horned Frogs on the ropes on Sunday, but came short in overtime in the NCAA Tournament.
For 40 minutes, Washington looked as though it would author a Cinderella story. Facing off against projected top-five WNBA Draft pick Olivia Miles, the Huskies led for 24 minutes and 14 seconds on Sunday against No. 3 seed TCU in Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, threatening as early as the second quarter with a 14-13 lead against the Horned Frogs.
They led by as many as 10, when they went up 27-17 just before the half after a Yulia Grabovskaia layup. They held that lead, despite foul trouble from Grabovskaia, leading scorer Sayvia Sellers, and freshman phenom Brynn McGaughy, until 3:57 remaining in regulation. Elle Ladine made a putback jumper, her only field goal of the game, to give Washington the lead back, but Taylor Bigby drew a foul on McGaughy and made both free throws to knot it back up.
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com/TP16BXsy8r — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 23, 2026 McGaughy was fouled by Clara Silva on the next possession, but missed both free throws. Silva hit a layup to give TCU their first lead since the second quarter with 1:39 remaining. Sellers missed a three, then Marta Suarez missed a dagger for TCU before Silva blocked Sellers' layup attempt with 20 seconds to go.