Box Score 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
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.
