File photo Jordan Harrison scored 20 points as West Virginia defeated TCU, 62-53, to capture the Big 12 Conference Tournament title on Sunday.

MORGANTOWN — The tears that flowed down the cheeks of Jordan Harrion on Sunday were of pure joy.

“I’m just so happy,” she told ESPN following West Virginia’s 62-53 victory against top-seeded TCU to win the Big 12 tournament. “I don’t know what to say right now.”

It mattered little that the Mountaineers’ floor general couldn’t find the words at that moment, because Harrison’s performance on the floor did enough talking for her.

Moments before the confetti began to shower down inside the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo., Harrison had delivered a championship production that will be remembered for years to come. The senior came up with 21 points, six rebounds and four assists, as the second-seeded Mountaineers (27-6) captured their second Big 12 women’s tournament title in school history.

WVU earned the Big 12’s automatic berth to the NCAA tournament with the win.

“We have unbelievable character around us, the players included,” WVU head coach Mark Kellogg said. “And then all credit to those guys. They did all the hard work. We just try to put the plans together and put them in place and let those kids go showcase what they’re capable of. I think that was on display tonight.”

Harrison averaged 15.3 points and 3.3 steals over WVU’s three tournament wins to capture Most Outstanding Player honors, and she got plenty of help from teammate Sydney Shaw – 17 points and seven rebounds – against the 10th-ranked Horned Frogs (29-5) in the title game.

Yet, this win by No. 15 WVU held more meaning than just a championship. It did make history and will likely create even more history in the days to come for the Mountaineers.

It was the first victory by a No. 2 seed in the title game of the Big 12 women’s tournament when facing the No. 1 seed. Previously, the top seed was 11-0 in those championship matchups.

That streak came to a halt, as WVU took advantage of TCU star Olivia Miles picking up her fourth foul just 30 seconds into the second half and West Virginia ran out to a 17-9 advantage in the third quarter, as Miles mostly sat and watched from the bench.

Miles, the Big 12 Player of the Year, was never the same after picking up the fourth foul and the Horned Frogs faced a double-digit deficit in the fourth quarter until just 83 seconds remained in the game. She finished with 17 points and four assists.

“I’m not trying to foul. But, yeah, sometimes dumb stuff happens,” Miles said. “I’m upset at myself that I put myself in that position. But I know coach (Mark Campbell) trusts me at the end of the day. He doesn’t sit me for too long.

“It’s just being smart. My fouls, I kind of shot myself in the foot, because it ruined my flow a little bit.”

The larger slice of history is Harrison, Kellogg and the Mountaineers just may have delivered a NCAA regional to Morgantown, meaning WVU will get bumped up to one of the top 16 seeds of the NCAA tournament that begins in two weeks.

The NCAA has awarded first-and second-round games to the top 16 seeds since 2015. For the past several weeks, the Mountaineers have been projected as a No. 5 seed. After winning the Big 12 tournament, it’s likely WVU will now move up to a No. 4 seed and host one of the 16 regionals.

Officially, WVU will have to wait until Saturday to find out. That’s when the top 16 seeds are announced. The rest of the field of 68 will be announced Sunday.

“We knew the things that were on the line,” Harrison said. “That was something we talked about. We wanted to get two games in Morgantown. We knew it was on the line, but most importantly, we wanted to stay in the presence of the game and the situation. And we knew if we did that this would be the outcome of it.”

WVU will enter the NCAA tournament on a six-game winning streak and it’s won 10 of its last 11 games. That one loss was against the Horned Frogs, who swept both games during the regular season.

Harrison made sure the third game would be different. She came out and scored seven points early to give the Mountaineers a 14-12 lead heading into the second quarter. That lead slightly grew to 26-23 at halftime.

The third quarter changed the complexion of the game completely. Miles sitting out with foul trouble was part of the reason why. WVU’s defense was the rest of the reason. TCU was held to just 33.3% (20 of 60) shooting overall, while also going just 8 of 31 (25.8%) from 3-point range.

Meanwhile, Shaw pounded in three timely 3-pointers and scored seven of her 17 points in the fourth quarter.

TCU had a big height advantage with the 6-foot-7 duo of Clara Silva and Kennedy Basham, but that didn’t stop WVU from taking a 41-34 edge in rebounds, with 12 of those boards coming on the offensive end.

Kierra Wheeler held her own down low for the Mountaineers, finishing with 10 points and eight rebounds. Carter McCray also added eight rebounds for WVU, which also won the Big 12 tournament in 2017 and is now 2-2 overall in Big 12 tournament title games.

WVU also improved to 4-3 this season against AP Top 25 opponents, with all four victories coming against teams ranked in the top 15.

“We’ve had great battles with them over the last couple of years,” Campbell said. “And today, they were the better team.

“Today we just didn’t have it, we didn’t have it. And that happens.”