Box Score THE RUNDOWN
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) - Nina Davis scored 24 points and Kristy Wallace added 17 to help No. 5 Baylor rout Kansas State 74-44 on Tuesday night for the Lady Bears 18th straight win in the series.
Baylor (13-1, 2-0 Big 12) last lost to the Wildcats on Jan. 27, 2004.
Breanna Lewis led the Wildcats (10-3, 0-2) with 13 points while Haley Texada added 12.
Kansas State led 3-0 before Baylor scored the next 23 points to take control of the game. A basket from Lewis ended the Bears' scoring spurt with 6:22 left before the break, giving Kansas State its first basket since the game-opening 3-pointer.
The Wildcats closed the gap to 28-14 on Texada's 3-pointer with 3:46 left in the first half, but it's as close as first-year Jeff Mittie's team would come.
Baylor shot 46 percent in the first half led by Wallace, who knocked in 5 of 7 from 3-point range for the game.
Davis put the game out of reach in the second half scoring 20 of her 24 points. She has nine games this season with 20 or more.
The Lady Bears outrebounded the Wildcats 46-24.
Baylor has been ranked in the Top 25 for 211 straight weeks. The streak dates back to week nine of the 2003-04 season.
Prior to the game, Kansas State led the nation in scoring defense (47.0 ppg) and was second in field goal percentage defense (32.4). The Wildcats were able to hold Baylor 14 points under its Big 12-best scoring average of 88.7 points per game.
Baylor plays at West Virginia on Saturday.
HIGHLIGHTS
? Baylor extended its win streak to 12 games.
? Baylor scored eight treys in the first half, previous season high was six vs. Idaho.
? Baylor's reserves outscored KSU's 31-17.
? Baylor outscored Kansas State in the paint 34-14.
? Nina Davis finished with 24 points marking the 44th time in her career to reach double figures in scoring, and she has scored at least 10 in all 14 games this season. She has scored 20-or-more points eight times this season and 14 times in her career.
? Davis finished with a season-high four steals.
? Kristy Wallace scored 15 points in the first half, all from 3-point range, tallying double digits by halftime for the first time this season. She finished with 17 points and reached double figures in scoring for the fourth time this season.
? Niya Johnson finished with nine assists to lead the Lady Bears in that category for the 37th time in her career.
? Johnson hauled down a season-high and career-high nine rebounds
? Sune Agbuke finished with three blocks, which move her to No. 5 on BU's career blocks list. She passed Sophia Young's 131. Agbuke now has 132 career blocks.
? Alexis Prince scored 13 points to register her fourth double digit scoring effort of the season and eighth of her career.
STAT OF THE GAME
34-14: Advantage in points in the paint for the Lady Bears.
TWEET OF THE GAME
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor plays at West Virginia Saturday at 2 p.m. CT.
