Box Score THE RUNDOWN
AMES, Iowa (AP) - Taurean Prince scored 20 points and 19th-ranked Baylor upset No. 12 Iowa State on the road 79-70 for its third straight win Wednesday night.
The Bears (21-7, 9-6 Big 12) shot 14 of 26 from 3-point range, becoming the first team other than Kansas to win in Ames since 2012.
Baylor hit five straight 3s late in the second half, the last two by Prince, to take a 72-66 lead with 4:41 left. The Bears held Iowa State to just four points in the final 6:26.
Jameel McKay had a career-high 21 points for the Cyclones (20-7, 10-5), who are now a game behind the first-place Jayhawks in the Big 12 with just three games to play.
Iowa State and Baylor staged one of the best games in the Big 12 this season back on Jan. 14. The Bears squandered a 28-11 lead, but rallied for a 74-73 win on Kenny Chery's jumper with four seconds left.
The rematch was in doubt until the Bears got rolling from beyond the arc.
Bryce Dejean-Jones gave the Cyclones a 50-48 lead by leaping over a foot above the rim for a spectacular put-back dunk, and Niang found McKay for an alley-oop dunk pushed the edge to 60-54 with 8:28 left.
But Baylor held Iowa State to just four points in the final 6:26, and its hot streak helped the Bears sweep the Cyclones for the first time.
Chery had 15 points and seven assists for the Bears.
Georges Niang had 14 points and Matt Thomas scored 13 for Iowa State.
HIGHLIGHTS
? Baylor won in Ames for the first time in 13 all-time games on Iowa State's home court.
? The Bears held Iowa State under its scoring average by 10 points (entered at 80 ppg).
? Baylor made a season-high 14 3-pointers, which were also the most by any Big 12 team this season. The Bears' previous high was 12 vs. Texas on Jan. 31.
? Baylor had one stretch with 5 made 3-pointers on 5 consecutive possessions.
? Baylor scored 40 first-half points for the 4th time this season - 46 vs. Iowa State (Jan. 14), 46 at West Virginia (Feb. 7) and 41 vs. Texas Southern (Dec. 1).
? Baylor had a halftime lead at Iowa State (40-37) for the 2nd time in 13 series meetings in Ames - the Bears also led 37-30 in 2012 before falling 80-72.
? Baylor was the first team to win Ames this season - ISU is now 14-1 on its home court.
? Baylor (10 steals) reached double-digit steals for the 6th time this season - BU has 24 steals in its last 2 games.
? Taurean Prince (20 points) had his team-leading 22nd double-figure scoring game of the season and has now scored 10+ in a career-high 12 straight games.
? Prince had his 5th 20-point game of the season (7th career).
? Rico Gathers (10 points) had his 16th double-figure scoring game of the season and 30th of his career - BU is 25-5 when he scores 10+ points.
? Royce O'Neale (10 points) had his 11th double-figure scoring game of the season and the 21st of his career - BU is 19-2 when he scores 10+ points.
? Lester Medford (12 points) scored in double figures for the 12th time this season - BU is 11-1 in those games.
? Al Freeman had a career-high 3 steals.
? Kenny Chery (15 points) had his 12th double-figure scoring game of the season and 34th of his career.
? Chery also tied his season highs with 7 assists and 6 rebounds.
STAT OF THE GAME
14: Three-pointers for Baylor, a season-high and most in the Big 12 this season.
TWEET OF THE GAME
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor returns home to host West Virginia Saturday for #EveryoneInBlack at the Ferrell Center at 3 p.m. CT.
