FORT WORTH, Texas \u2014 The end felt like a gut punch.<\/p>\n
The No. 6 seed Washington women\u2019s basketball team was in control for most of the game, forced overtime in the final seconds of regulation and trailed by a point in the final two minutes of the extra period.<\/p>\n
Down three points with 6.4 seconds left, the Huskies gave the ball to Sayvia Sellers who got off a clean-looking three-pointer that sailed long and bounced out of the rim as time expired on a 62-59 loss to No. 3 seed TCU in the second round of the NCAA tournament.<\/p>\n
This is the heartbreak of March.<\/p>\n
Washington finished the season 22-11. In many ways, coach Tina Langley\u2019s fifth season was a resounding success.<\/p>\n
The Huskies won their most games and made back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances for the first time since the 2016-17 season.<\/p>\n
Nine years ago, Washington advanced to the Sweet 16 and the Huskies were tantalizingly close to punching their ticket to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament on Sunday night.<\/p>\n
TCU, which is the tallest team among Division I squads, boasts a front line that includes 6-foot-7 center Clara Silva and 6-3 forward Marta Suarez along with guards Taylor Bigby (6-1), Donovyn Hunter (6-0) and Olivia Miles (5-10).<\/p>\n
Washington negated the TCU size advantage with a pesky four-guard lineup that double teamed the Horned Frogs in the paint while smothering their perimeter players.<\/p>\n
After trailing 13-11 in the first quarter, the Huskies took over in the second and held the Horned Frogs to 2-for-11 shooting to take a 27-19 halftime lead.<\/p>\n
It was the fewest first-half points this season for TCU and the second fewest for a UW opponent.<\/p>\n
When the roar in the building rose to ear-splitting levels in the third quarter as purple-clad Horned Frogs fans tried to lift their team a comeback, the Huskies had difficulty slowing down TCU star Miles who had eight points in the period.<\/p>\n
TCU trimmed its deficit to 39-36 heading into the fourth quarter and closed to 42-40 when Sellers drained a three-pointer and Brynn McGaughy hit a long jumper to go up 47-40.<\/p>\n
The Horned Frogs countered with a 7-0 run to knot the score at 47 apiece with 3:50 left.<\/p>\n
Trailing by two points in the final 20 seconds of regulation and six seconds on the shot clock, McGaughy scooped in a layup to tie it at 51 and Miles missed a three-pointer as time expired.<\/p>\n
Sellers finished with a game-high-tying 18 points, Avery Howell had 14 points and eight rebounds while McGaughy tallied 13 points and Hannah Stines chipped in 10 points.<\/p>\n
Miles scored 18 points for TCU (31-5), which won its 44th straight home game.<\/p>\n
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