Sandora Irvin and Ashley Davis led the TCU Horned Frogs to a 60-41 win over Louisville on Sunday in the championship game of the 2005 Pepsi Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament. The victory gives TCU its second conference tournament championship in three seasons and an automatic berth in the NCAA tournament.

Davis scored all 13 of her points in the second half as the Horned Frogs’ top three-point shooter led TCU’s offense to seal the victory, despite going scoreless in 10 minutes of play in the first half.

Louisville, the tournament's second seed, had taken its only lead of the game, 28-27 with 13:30 remaining, when Davis scored six consecutive points and nine of the Frogs' next 11.

“We lost Davis a few times and that hurt us. That’s what happens when you have someone who can hit the three,” said Louisville head coach Tom Collen.

Davis struggled in the first half, missing all four of her three-point attempts.

Conference USA player of the year Sandora Irvin also found her offensive touch in the second half, scoring 14 of her game-high 21 points.

Following a four-point play by Angel Bradley with 7:32 remaining, TCU used a 17-3 run to close the game.

“The key to us, especially in the second half, was we kept running,” said TCU head coach Jeff Mittie. “We shared the basketball better in the last 10 minutes of the game then we did in the previous 30.”

The Horned Frogs, the fourth seed, completed their second upset of a higher seed in as many days. On Saturday, TCU upset regular season champion and No. 11/12 DePaul 87-77.

Jazz Covington scored 19 for the Cardinals. Louisville suffered a setback when it lost starting forward Yuliya Tokova, who left the game at the 16:31 mark of the first half with an injury to her right knee and did not return.

(story by Associated Press)

C-USA Women’s Basketball Tournament
Dale Halton Arena; Charlotte, N.C.
Thursday-Sunday, March 3-6

Thursday, March 3
Game One – (9) Memphis 76, (8) East Carolina 67
Game Two – (5) USF 68, (12) Southern Miss 47
Game Three – (6) Charlotte 63, (11) Cincinnati 46
Game Four – (7) Marquette 78, (10) UAB 53

Friday, March 4
Game One – (1) DePaul 78, Memphis 55
Game Two – (4) TCU 65, USF 57
Game Three – (3) Houston 76, Charlotte 73 (OT)
Game Four – (2) Louisville 69, Marquette 54

Saturday, March 5
Game Nine – Semifinal No. 1 - TCU 87, DePaul 77
Game 10 - Semifinal No. 2 - Louisville 56, Houston 48

Sunday, March 6
Game 11 – Championship, TCU 60, Louisville 41

All-Tournament Team
Sancho Lyttle, Houston
Khara Smith, DePaul
Ashley Davis, TCU
Jazz Covington, Louisville
Sandora Irvin, TCU

Most Valuable Player
Sandora Irvin, TCU