1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
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OKST | 14 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 45 |
BAY | 8 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 67 |
Blackwell, Edwards have double-doubles, No. 21 Baylor tops Cowgirls 67-45 to close regular season
Baylor Bears vs. Oklahoma State Cowgirls - Game Highlights
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WACO, Texas -- — Aijha Blackwell scored 20 points and grabbed 18 rebounds and No. 21 Baylor's defense stymied Oklahoma State, leading the Bears to an easy season-ending 67-45 win on Sunday.
Baylor used a 17-0 run bridging halftime to break the game open and held the Cowgirls to 2-of-12 3-point shooting, forced 21 turnovers and snared 23 more rebounds, including 25 on the offensive end.
The Bears hold the No. 5 seed in the Big 12 Conference tournament that begins Thursday in Kansas City. Oklahoma State is the eighth-seed. Both teams play on Friday, OSU against ninth-seed TCU and Baylor against Thursday's Houston-Cincinnati winner..
Dre'una Edwards added 16 points and 10 rebounds for Baylor (23-6, 12-6), which has won five straight. The Bears shot 37% (28 of 75) but had eight 3s and put up 23 more shots.
Hannah Gusters had 20 points for Oklahoma State (14-15, 7-11), which shot 38.5% (20 of 52). Quincy Noble had 10 points.
Oklahoma State held the Bears to eight points in the first quarter and led by as many as eight at 16-8 with the first basket of the second quarter. A 3-pointer by Blackwell put the Bears on top for good at 23-20 and the last five points of the half had Baylor up 28-22 at the break.
With Blackwell and Darianna Littlepage-Buggs combining for the first 12 points of the second half, Baylor had a 40-22 lead. After Garzon's 3 for the Cowgirls, Blackwell had two more baskets to propel the Bears to a 46-29 lead entering the fourth quarter.
Littlepage-Buggs had the basket in the final period that made the lead 25.
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Game Information
- Referees:
- Lisa Jones
- Scott Yarbrough
- Doug Knight
2024-25 Big 12 Conference Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
Iowa State | 0-0 | - | 1-0 |
Kansas State | 0-0 | - | 1-0 |
Utah | 0-0 | - | 1-0 |
Arizona | 0-0 | - | 0-0 |
Arizona State | 0-0 | - | 0-0 |
BYU | 0-0 | - | 0-0 |
Baylor | 0-0 | - | 0-0 |
Cincinnati | 0-0 | - | 0-0 |
Colorado | 0-0 | - | 0-0 |
Houston | 0-0 | - | 0-0 |
Kansas | 0-0 | - | 0-0 |
Oklahoma State | 0-0 | - | 0-0 |
TCU | 0-0 | - | 0-0 |
Texas Tech | 0-0 | - | 0-0 |
UCF | 0-0 | - | 0-0 |
West Virginia | 0-0 | - | 0-0 |