Baylor knocks off No. 12 Iowa State

Ethridge, UNLV rout Air Force

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 Littlepage-Buggs 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. The loss denied Iowa State coach Bill Fennelly his 750th career win.

Nyamer Diew led Iowa State (15-6, 7-4) with 25 points.

UTSA 58, NO. 21 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 53: In San Antonio, Jordyn Jenkins had 20 points and 16 rebounds and Elyssa Coleman scored 18 points to lead UTSA.

Courtney Whitson scored 13 points for MTSU.

MTSU (18-4, 11-2) dropped its second straight following a 16-game winning streak.

NO. 20 OKLAHOMA 93, WEST VIRGINIA 68: In 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.

Ja’Na Quinerly scored 24 points and Madisen Smith added 12 for the Mountaineers (14-7, 5-5), who were outrebounded 41-26 and outscored 22-8 on secondchance points.

AROUND THE MOUNTAIN

■ In Colorado Springs, Justice Ethridge had 18 points and Kiara Jackson added 18 off the bench as UNLV (22-2, 12-0 Mountain West Conference) continued to dominate in a 98-57 win over Air Force.

Madison Smith led the Falcons (12-12, 7-5) with 17 points.

■ In Fort Collins, Cailyn Crocker’s three-pointer with 3 seconds remaining gave Colorado State (15-8, 8-4) a 66-63 victory over Wyoming.

Quinn Weidemann led the Cowgirls (15-8, 8-4) with 15 points.

■ In Logan, Utah, Nevada (9-14, 6-6) survived a late rally from Utah State (4-19, 1-11) and won 68-63.

■ In Fresno, Calif., Boise State (12-13, 7-5) rallied late and defeated Fresno State (8-17, 1-11) 66-61.

NMSU: Riding a threegame winning streak heading into the Saturday afternoon contest, NM State (12-11, 7-4 WAC) fought hard, but could not keep pace with Grand Canyon (16-6, 8-3 WAC), falling 64-59 at the Pan American Center.

Tayelin Grays had a carrer day for the Aggies as she had 23 points.

Olivia Lane had 26 for Grand Canyon.