Women’s college basketball
Asberry’s late flurry helps Baylor past No. 12 Iowa State
AMES, IOWA >> Sarah Andrews scored 21 points, Ja’mee Asberry led a key fourth- quarter surge and Baylor defeated No. 12 Iowa State 76- 70 on Saturday night.
Andrews hit a 3- pointer and a three- point play to give Baylor a 62- 57 lead with 6: 05 left in the fourth. Lexi Donarski scored six points for Iowa State to get the Cyclones within 66- 64 before Asberry hit a jumper and a pair of free throws to put the Bears up 70- 64 with 1: 13 to go. Baylor maintained at least a five- point lead in the final minute.
Andrews scored 20 points, Asberry and Caitlin Bickle each had 14 points and Darianna LittlepageBuggs added 13 points and 12 rebounds for the Bears ( 16- 6, 7- 3 Big 12).
Baylor’s win overshadowed a milestone night for Iowa State’s Ashley Joens, who scored 23 points and cracked the top 30 in NCAA Division I career scoring. .
No. 17 Gonzaga 78, San Francisco 56
SAN FRANCISCO >> Kaylynne Truong had career highs of seven 3- pointers and 27 points and added six rebounds, five assists and three steals in Gonzaga’s win.
Mckayla Williams made 3 of 4 3- pointers and scored 17 points for Gonzaga ( 22- 3, 12- 1 West Coast Conference). Yvonne Ejim added 16 points and nine rebounds.
The Bulldogs remain tied for the league lead with Portland heading into next Saturday’s game in Spokane, Washington.
No. 19 Villanova 78, Butler 58
INDIANAPOLIS >> Maddy Siegrist scored 31 points in her 10th 30- point game of the season and Christina Dalce had a doubledouble for Villanova.
Behind Siegrist’s 13- of19 shooting, the Wildcats shot 68% in the first half and remained over 60% well into the fourth quarter until finishing at 53%. The Bulldogs shot 37%.
No. 20 Oklahoma 93, West Virginia 68
NORMAN, OKLA. >> Skylar Vann had 16 points, eight rebounds, three steals and three assists coming off the bench and Oklahoma used a hot start to race past West Virginia.
Ana Llanusa and Liz Scott added 15 points for the Sooners ( 18- 4, 8- 3 Big 12 Conference), who opened league play with a 98- 77 win over the Mountaineers.
UTSA 58, No. 21 Middle Tennessee 53
SAN ANTONIO >> Jordyn Jenkins had 20 points and 16 rebounds and Elyssa Coleman scored 18 points to lead UTSA.
Kyra White added 13 rebounds and eight assists for UTSA ( 6- 16, 4- 9 Conference USA).
No. 24 Texas 68, Kansas 65
LAWRENCE, KAN. >> Deyona Gaston scored 24 points and intercepted a halfcourt pass as time ran out to preserve Texas’ win over Kansas to remain in first place in the Big 12 Conference.