Baylor routs Kansas State to remain undefeated in Big 12
WACO — Lauren Cox and NaLyssa Smith both had double-doubles as No. 2 Baylor beat Kansas State 83-58 on Saturday night, then celebrated the 10th consecutive Big 12 title that the Lady Bears already had secured before tipoff.
Smith had 23 points and 13 rebounds, while Cox scored a season-high 22 points with 10 rebounds.
Baylor has won 57 Big 12 regular-season games in a row, and also has a national-best home winning streak of 55 games.
Angela Harris had 17 points for Kansas State (14-13, 8-8).
CONNECTICUT 92 HOUSTON 40
Megan Walker had 21 points and nine rebounds, Anna Makurat added 16 points and the visiting No. 6 Huskies beat the Cougars.
Tatyana Hill had 11 points, and Dymond Gladney had nine points for Houston (12-17, 5-10), which lost its sixth straight.
RICE 73
LOUISIANA TECH 60 (OT)
The visiting Owls rallied from a 10-point fourth quarter deficit and defeat the Lady Techsters.
Nancy Mulkey led with 22 points, Erica Ogwumike secured her 12th doubledouble of the season with 15 points and 12 rebounds.
STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 70 LAMAR 50
Stephanie Visscher had 24 points as the host Ladyjacks got off to a fast start and never looked back in a win over the Cardinals.
Zya Nugent added 17 points for SFA. For Lamar, Amber Vidal had 13 points.
TEXAS SOUTHERN 80 ALABAMA A&M 76
Led by Ciani Cryor’s 25 points, three Lady Tigers finished in double figures, and Texas Southern held off the visiting Bulldogs.
Dariauna Lewis led
Alabama A&M with 21 points.
ALABAMA STATE 61 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M 52
Ke’Asia Williams led the host Panthers with 10 points and 12 rebounds in a loss to the Hornets.
Jayla Crawford came off the bench and had 14 points, and Ayana Emmanuel added 11.
GONZAGA 56 PORTLAND 42
LeeAnne Wirth had 14 points while twin sister Jenn Wirth had 14 points and 12 rebounds, and the visiting No. 11 Bulldogs wrapped up their best regular season.
Haylee Andrews had 10 points and 10 rebounds for Portland (18-11, 11-7 WCC).
NORTHWESTERN 75 ILLINOIS 58
Abbie Wolf scored 21 points and the host No. 14 Wildcats defeated the rival Fighting Illini to clinch a share of its first Big Ten title in 30 years.
Brandi Beasley scored 18 points for the Illini (11-17, 2-15).
SOUTH DAKOTA 76 NORTH DAKOTA 47
Ciara Duffy scored 17 points, Taylor Frederick added 15 and the host No. 20 Coyotes rolled.
Reserves Monica Arens and Hannah Sjerven added 11 points apiece for the Coyotes.
PRINCETON 64, YALE 49
Bella Alarie scored 19 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead the host No. 23 Tigers to their 20th straight win.
Roxy Barahman had 14 points to lead Yale.