Oklahoma State Cowgirls at Baylor Bears
· NCAA Women's Basketball
Blackwell, Edwards have double-doubles, No. 21 Baylor tops Cowgirls 67-45 to close regular season
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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Recent Plays
| 4th 0:00 |  |
End of Game | 45 - 67 |
| 4th 0:00 | |
End of 4th Quarter | 45 - 67 |
| 4th 0:00 |  |
Darianna Littlepage-Buggs Defensive Rebound. | 45 - 67 |
| 4th 0:02 | |
Lety Vasconcelos Block. | 45 - 67 |
| 4th 0:02 |  |
Hannah Gusters missed Jumper. | 45 - 67 |
Statistics
 OKST |
BAY |
|
|---|---|---|
| 20-52 | FG | 28-75 |
| 38.5 | Field Goal % | 37.3 |
| 2-12 | 3PT | 8-28 |
| 16.7 | Three Point % | 28.6 |
| 3-6 | FT | 3-10 |
| 50.0 | Free Throw % | 30.0 |
| 29 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 6 | Offensive Rebounds | 25 |
| 23 | Defensive Rebounds | 27 |
| 13 | Assists | 19 |
| 8 | Steals | 13 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 21 | Total Turnovers | 14 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 14 | Points Off Turnovers | 13 |
| 2 | Fast Break Points | 11 |
| 28 | Points in Paint | 34 |
| 17 | Fouls | 13 |
| 8 | Largest Lead | 25 |
Game Information
Location: Waco, TX
Attendance: 4,280 | Capacity:
2023-24 Big 12 Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 15-3 | 2 | 23-10 |
| Texas | 14-4 | 3 | 33-5 |
| Kansas State | 13-5 | 2 | 26-8 |
| Baylor | 12-6 | 3 | 26-8 |
| West Virginia | 12-6 | 3 | 25-8 |
| Iowa State | 12-6 | 3 | 21-12 |
| Kansas | 11-7 | 4 | 20-13 |
| Oklahoma State | 7-11 | 8 | 14-16 |
| TCU | 6-12 | 9 | 21-12 |
| BYU | 6-12 | 9 | 16-17 |
| Texas Tech | 5-13 | 10 | 17-16 |
| Houston | 5-13 | 10 | 14-16 |
| Cincinnati | 5-13 | 10 | 14-18 |
| UCF | 3-15 | 12 | 12-17 |