Texas advances to Final Four with 58-47 win over TCU

Breakthrough.

For the first time since the Jody Conradt era, the No. 1 seed Texas Longhorns are back in the Final Four after Monday’s 58-47 victory over the No. 2 seed TCU Horned Frogs in Birmingham, keyed by a stifling defense that forced 21 turnovers and limited TCU star forward Sedona Prince to a single basket before fouling out.

When Prince fouled out with 6:32 remaining and Longhorns star sophomore forward Madison Booker made a clutch jumper to go up by 12 points, the game was effectively over, having turned on a 10-2 run by Texas during the third quarter to enter the fourth with a nine-point lead.

A key play early in the fourth quarter was emblematic of how the game went for upstart TCU…