Baylor
(1) 28-3, 16-2
Kansas State
(8) 18-13, 7-11
Davis Leads No. 6 WBB Past Kansas State, 82-70
3/7/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
 70KANSAS STATE (18-13, 7-11) |
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Dallas, Texas ? Attendance: 3,914 |  82BAYLOR (28-3, 16-2) |
THE RUNDOWN
DALLAS (AP) - Nina Davis scored 30 points and made a career-high six steals Saturday, leading No. 6 Baylor to an 82-70 victory over Kansas State in a Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament quarterfinal.
Davis, a sophomore recognized as the conference's player of the year before tipoff, also grabbed six rebounds.
Niya Johnson, the Division I assist leader, had 11 assists for the Lady Bears (28-3). Imani Wright added 14 points and Kristy Wallace 13 for Baylor. Kansas State (18-13) was led by a season-high 25 points from freshman Haley Texada of suburban Dallas.
After Texada's 3-pointer 44 seconds in accounted for the game's first score, Baylor used a 12-point run to grab the lead for good and led by 16 at halftime.
The Lady Bears led by 24 five minutes into the second half. But K-State pulled within six points with three minutes to go. A jumper by Davis and a layup by Wright thwarted the Wildcats' comeback.
Wallace hit three 3-pointers, all during the first half. The Lady Bears went into the game averaging only 3.2 a game, last in the conference. They made four, all during the opening half.
Baylor won the Big 12's regular-season championship for the fifth consecutive season with a 16-2 record and is eyeing its fifth straight conference tournament title.
During the Lady Bears' regular-season sweep of K-State, Baylor won by 30 and 22 points and didn't allow more than 46 points.
HIGHLIGHTS
? Baylor has now won 13 straight Big 12 Championship games, dating back to a 2010 second round loss to Oklahoma.
? Baylor advances to the Big 12 Championship semifinals for the fifth straight year and 11th time overall.
After K-State's Haley Texada buried a trey to start the game, Baylor went on a 12-0 run over the next 5:35.
? Baylor outscored K-State 40-26 in points in the paint. The Lady Bears have done so in all but one game this season.
? Baylor's 15 steals were the second-most this season, behind 16 vs. Oral Roberts and tied with the 15 vs. Kansas.
? Nina Davis, 30 points, scored in double figures for the 61st time in her career and the 30th time this season.
? Davis had 16 points at the half to mark the 14th time she has scored in double-figures by halftime this season.
? Davis scored 20 or more points for the 19th time this year, 23rd time of her career.
? Davis scored 30 or more points for the fifth time this year and sixth time in her career.
? Davis' six steals are a career high, she had five steals vs. three teams previously.
? Niya Johnson extended her Big 12 Conference and Baylor single-season assist marks, dishing out 11 in the game. She now has 266 on the season.
? Johnson recorded 10 or more assists for the 14th game this season.
? Johnson tallied a career-high six steals, her previous high was four, four times.
? Kristy Wallace scored 13 points to record her eighth double-figure scoring game of the year.
? Imani Wright posted her 18th double-digit scoring effort with 14 points.
STAT OF THE GAME
15: Steals for Baylor, the second-most this season for the Lady Bears.
TWEET OF THE GAME
Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby presents Nina Davis with the #Big12WBB Player of the Year trophy. #SicEm pic.twitter.com/on4WoCq9Dx
-- Baylor Lady Bears (@BaylorWBB) March 7, 2015
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor moves on to the Big 12 Semifinals, where the Lady Bears will take on Oklahoma State Sunday at 1:30 p.m. CT.
