Box Score THE RUNDOWN
WACO, Texas (AP) - Nina Davis scored 18 points, Niya Johnson had 12 assists and No. 3 Baylor led throughout to stretch its winning streak to 14 games, 79-47 over Iowa State on Tuesday night.
The Lady Bears (15-1, 4-0 Big 12) built a 22-point lead in the first half, when Johnson already had 11 of her assists.
Iowa State (11-4, 2-2) was coming off a 59-57 comeback victory Saturday over then-No. 3 Texas, when the Cyclones overcame an 18-point deficit for their first win over a top-five team in 11 years. They never recovered at Baylor, where they haven't won since 1997.
Nicole Blaskowsky had 20 points with six 3-pointers for Iowa State. Bryanna Fernstrom had 14 points.
Imani Wright had 11 points for Baylor, all coming during a 19-1 run in the first half. She started the spurt with a 3-pointer with about 12 minutes left, and when she hit another shot from long range eight minutes later, the Lady Bears led 27-5.
Johnson, who entered the game as the nation's assist leader with 8.5 per game, had assists on six of the eight baskets in that run. Khadijah Cave converted three passes from Johnson into layups.
That spurt ended when Blaskowsky made a 3-pointer, after the Cyclones had missed their first 14 shots from long range. They finished shooting 20 percent overall (12 of 60) and 21 percent on 3-pointers (7 of 33).
Baylor moved up two spots this week for its highest ranking since the final poll of the 2012-13 regular season. That was when the Lady Bears were defending national champions before the NCAA tournament when Brittney Griner was a senior.
After consecutive Big 12 road games, Baylor has started a four-game stretch with three home games.
Baylor plays Saturday at Kansas.
HIGHLIGHTS
? Baylor extended its win streak to 14 games.
? Baylor started the game on an 8-0 run and held ISU scoreless for the first 6:06 of the game.
? Baylor went on a 16-0 run over six minutes and 33 seconds (11:37-3:57) in the first half to take a double-digit lead that it would not relinquish.
? Baylor shot a season-high 58.3 percent (7-12) from the 3-point line. The previous high was 54.5 percent against Stetson (Nov. 29, 2014).
? Baylor shot (6) and made (4) its fewest amount of free throws on the year. Previous lows were 13 and seven at Kansas State.
? Baylor's reserves outscored ISU's 39-4 and now holds a 537-231 lead in bench scoring on the year.
?Baylor scored its most points in the first half of a Big 12 game this season (previous high was 36 at Kansas State). It was the most point in a Big 12 first half since scoring 53 against Oklahoma on Feb. 24, 2014.
? Nina Davis finished with 18 points marking the 46th time in her career to reach double figures in scoring, and she has scored at least 10 in all 16 games this season.
? Imani Wright finished with 11 points marking the 10th time this season she's scored on double figures and 16th of her career.
She was in doubles digits by halftime for the fourth time this year.
? Niya Johnson finished with 12 assists to lead the Lady Bears in that category for the 39th time in her career. She tallied double-figure assists for the 14th time of her career and seventh of the season.
? Johnson's 12 assists raises her career total to 475 and keeps her at No. 3 on BU's career chart. She need 18 more assists to pass Angela Tisdale (493) to move into second.
? Kristina Higgins had a career-high four assists (previous high was two vs. UT-Pan Am).
? Khadijiah Cave finished with 10 points, she tallied double-digits for the 11th time this season and 21st time of her career.
STAT OF THE GAME
46-8: Points in the paint advantage for the Lady Bears over Iowa State.
TWEET OF THE GAME
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor hits the road to take on Kansas Saturday at 2 p.m. CT in Lawrence, Kan.
