The Oklahoman

Mack leads OSU past Longhorns

- Staff and wire reports

Natasha Mack scored 21 points and pulled down 15 rebounds on Wednesday, and Oklahoma State belted Texas 68- 51 in women's basketball.

Ja'Mee Asberry added 18 points for OSU, which shot 52% percent from the field. The Cowgirls also used a 20-8 third quarter to pull away from Texas, which had 11 points from both Joanne Allen-Taylor and Karisma Ortiz.

OSU (11-5 overall, 7-3 Big 12) blocked seven shots. Texas (11-4, 5-3) shot just 28% from the field.

Taylor Robertson added 19 points for OU (5-7, 2-5).

Kansas (6-6, 2-4) had 19 points and 10 rebounds from Tina Stephens.

No. 2 Baylor hammers Kansas State

Davion Mitchell and No. 2 Baylor again overwhelme­d Kansas State in another lopsided men's game.

Mitchell made seven 3- pointers while scoring 31 points, besting his career high of 20 set last month against the Wildcats, and undefeated Baylor matched its second-best start in team history with a 107-59 victory Wednesday night.

“Davion's worked so hard since he got here ... on being a more consistent shooter,” Scott Drew said, then mentioning his mental confidence. “Last year he put in work, but if he missed one or two, it would affect him. Now he's gotten to the point mentally he has enough confidence in himself. If he misses a couple of shots, he has that shooter's confidence now to where the next one's going in.”

The former transfer from Auburn missed his first two shots, but went on to finish 12-of-16 shooting, including 7-of-9 beyond the arc. He had a span of just over three minutes after halftime when he hit four 3s while making five consecutiv­e shots for Baylor (15-0, 8-0 Big 12).

After on Dec. 19 becoming the first opponent since 1992 to score 100 points at Kansas State in a 31-point victory, the Bears jumped out to a 31-point lead in the first 11 1/2 minutes in the rematch. MaCio Teague already had 11 of his 18 points with three 3-pointers, and Wildcats coach Bruce Weber had already used two of his timeouts by then.

“There's not much I can say,” Weber said. “They kicked our butts again. ... They're a team that's going to be play late into March and into April, I would expect.”

Nijel Pack had 11 points to lead Kansas State (5-12, 1-8), which has lost its last eight games.

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