BIRMINGHAM, Ala — Standing at the top of the key, as Texas celebrated its first Final Four trip since 2003, TCU coach Mark Campbell addressed his players on the court for the final time this season. He then turned to his star, Hailey Van Lith, and gave her a hug.

Van Lith played for three schools, scored 2,599 points and became the first college basketball player, woman or man, to reach the Elite Eight five times.

In TCU's first-ever Elite Eight game, it fell to No. 1 Texas, 58-47, in a tough game. It was the fifth straight Elite Eight trip for Hailey Van Lith, who spent three years at Louisville and one season at LSU before coming to Fort Worth.

As Van Lith most likely joins the WNBA next, she'll have Monday night to look back on as her final college experience on the court. After the loss, Van Lith and TCU coach Mark Cam

So go out there and have fun.” Van Lith will have to find solace in that sunrise. She scored 17 points in a 58-47 loss to Texas on Monday night, and during an emotional postgame news conference, the well-traveled point guard was filled with more gratitude for her five-year college career than sadness at how it ended.

During her lone season with the TCU Horned Frogs, Van Lith averaged 17.9 points, 4.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game. She's now capped off a five-year college basketball carer,

TCU's Hailey Van Lith takes it herself and grabs an and-1 bucket in the second quarter vs. Texas.