Washington State's Nikola Koprivica (4) looks to pass around Baylor's Lacedarius Dunn (24) during the first half of a game Friday. Washington State won, 67-64, Friday in Waco, Texas.

Waco, Texas ? Derrick Low kept taking shots for No. 6 Washington State, even though most of them were missing the mark for the team’s leading scorer.

His perseverance paid off – and kept the Cougars undefeated.

Low was only 1-of-8 shooting before hitting consecutive 3-pointers in a span of 46 seconds to finally push Washington State in front, and the Cougars went on to a 67-64 victory Friday night over a scrappy Baylor team looking for a signature victory.

“I knew my shot was going to come,” Low insisted. “As a shooter, you have to keep shooting them and eventually they’ll go down. Thank God, they came at the right time.”

Low, who was held scoreless in the first half, made a tying 3-pointer with 3:06 left in the game. After Aaron Bruce missed a shot for Baylor (5-1), Low hit another 3 to make it 63-60 and the Cougars remained in front the rest of the way.

Low finished with nine points on three 3-pointers.

Washington State (7-0) is off to its best start since opening the 1991-92 season with 12 straight victories.

“That’s about as good as it gets in terms of character,” coach Tony Bennett said. “They showed they were a better team in the second half. The first half looked like they were freshmen, but then they showed that they were experienced players.”

Baylor led 44-30 after Aaron Bruce made consecutive 3-pointers of his own. The Bears were their deepest into a season without a loss since starting 12-0 in 2000-01.

Low then made his first basket of the night, but the Cougars still trailed by 11. The deficit was finally under double-digits for good when Taylor Rochestie drove hard on the left side of the basket, then passed to Robbie Cowgill for a layup that made it 46-37.

Cowgill, who is from Austin about 90 miles south of Waco, led Washington State with 18 points on 8-of-12 shooting. Aron Baynes and Daven Harmeling had 10 points apiece.

Low had his first shot at a go-ahead basket with about 101â2 minutes left, but he missed and Bruce scored at the other end to extend Baylor’s lead to 50-47. But Low didn’t miss with 3:07 left – or again with 2:20 to go.

Bruce had 13 points for Baylor. Curtis Jerrells and LaceDarius Dunn had 11 points, but Jerrells (cramps) and Dunn (left knee) didn’t finish the game.

Baylor last beat a ranked opponent in 2003, and is 2-42 against ranked teams over the past seven seasons.

The Bears have lost 29 in a row vs. Top 25 teams since beating Oklahoma State in February 2001.

They were hoping to earn a much-needed highlight victory for coach Scott Drew.

“The good thing for our team is that we’re going to be in a lot of these games in the future, so this will be something good for us to learn from,” Drew said. “There are no moral victories for us. We’re not happy about the loss, and we’re not happy about being close.”

Iowa State 71, Oregon State 64, OT

Corvalis, Ore. – The Cyclones needed an overtime flurry to pull away from the Beavers.

Big 12 women

Kansas State 92, Lipscomb 50

Manhattan – Kari Kincaid hit four 3-pointers and scored 14 points, and Kansas State snapped a three-game losing streak in the first round of the Commerce Bank Wildcat Classic.

Kansas State (3-3) had five players in double figures, including 13 points apiece from Ashley Sweat and Jackie Stanley, and 12 each from Kimberly Dietz and Marlies Gipson.

Iowa State 76, Montana State 50

Ames, Iowa – Four players scored in double digits for the Cyclones in the program’s 500th victory all-time.

Nebraska 79, Creighton 65

Lincoln, Neb. – Kelsey Griffin scored 20 points for the Huskers, while Danielle Page added 17.