Tigers end No. 4 Baylor’s win streak at 30
Columbia, Mo. ? Baylor’s streak is over.
Latoya Bond scored 21 points, and Missouri ended the defending national champion and No. 4 Bears’ 30-game winning streak, 64-61 Wednesday night.
Tiffany Brooks blocked Jordan Davis’ three-point attempt with six seconds left, helping the Tigers (11-2, 1-0 Big 12) extend their own winning streak to 10 games and get their first victory against a top-10 team since the regional semifinals of the NCAA Tournament in 2001.
Sophia Young had 31 points and 11 rebounds for Baylor (11-1, 0-1), which played from behind most of the game. Chameka Scott had nine points and 10 rebounds, and Angela Tisdale scored seven in her return from a three-game suspension.
“We’re not a good enough team to have any player on our team have a night off, and we had about three to four players that didn’t play tonight, for whatever reason,” Baylor coach Kim Mulkey-Robertson said.
Brooks finished with 12 points, and EeTisha Riddle had 10 points and 12 rebounds for Missouri.
The Tigers led by as many as eight with 13:09 left, but the Bears hung close thanks to Young. She scored 14 of Baylor’s final 23 points, including a jumper that put it ahead 59-56 with 3:16 left.
“The second half to even get back and take lead with how poorly we were offensively, with the exception of Sophia Young, was amazing,” Mulkey-Robertson said.
Riddle hit a three-pointer with 2:02 left to beat the shot clock and give the Tigers a 61-59 lead.
“I was thinking, ‘Lord, please help this ball go in,”‘ Riddle said. “The clock was running down and I didn’t have anywhere else to go, so I shot it and thankfully it went in.”
After Scott tied the game, Brooks put MU ahead for good with a jumper with 1:17 left.
“Young is so tough, I don’t know if you can ever stop her, but we did a good job of stopping everyone else,” Missouri coach Cindy Stein said.
No. 18 Oklahoma 87, Iowa State 67
Ames, Iowa – Chelsi Welch matched her career high with 23 points, and twins Courtney and Ashley Paris each had a double-double for the Sooners.
Courtney Paris scored 15 points and grabbed 13 rebounds despite playing only 18 minutes in the Big 12 opener. It was the 11th double-double in 14 games for the 6-foot-4 freshman.
Ashley Paris added 10 points and 13 rebounds to help Oklahoma (11-3) win at Iowa State (9-3) for the first time since 1994 and snap the Cyclones’ 21-game winning streak at home.
Freshman Nicky Wieben led the Cyclones with 19 points.
Kansas State 53, Texas Tech 51
Manhattan – Twiggy McIntyre hit four free throws in the final 35 seconds as the Wildcats pulled out their conference opener.
Jessica McFarland led Kansas State (11-1, 1-0) with 12 points in a game in which both teams struggled from the floor.
Erin Grant led Texas Tech (5-7, 0-1) with 12 points, while LaToya Davis pulled down a season-high 15 rebounds, 13 of them in the second half.
Texas A&M 74, Oklahoma State 52
College Station, Texas – Takia Starks scored 16 points, and Morenike Atunrase added 15 for the Aggies in the conference opener for both teams.
Texas A&M (12-2, 1-0) jumped to a 14-4 lead with 16:12 to play in the first half and never trailed. The Aggies led by as much as 25 points in the second half.
Whitney Pegram led the Cowgirls (6-6, 0-1) with 12 points.