By Jerry Hill
Baylor Bear Insider
            When the 10^th-ranked Baylor women are shooting a season-high 57.9% from outside the arc, and have the inside duo of NaLyssa Smith and Queen Egbo dominating inside, it keeps defenses guessing. 
            And they usually guess wrong. 
            Jordan Lewis and Sarah Andrews both hit five 3-pointers and combined for 43 points as the Bears (18-5, 8-3) avenged an earlier loss with a 95-50 blowout victory over the Kansas State Wildcats Wednesday night at the Ferrell Center. 
            "I don't think anyone should be able to zone this team. I said that from the beginning," said Baylor head coach Nicki Collen, whose team grinded out three wins in a challenging four-game stretch over the last eight days. "Our three starting guards can all make 3's in the same game. They are all great 3-point shooters, great percentage shooters.'
            Getting it inside to Smith and Egbo early "collapsed the defense more," Lewis said, "and allowed us to have open shots."
            "I think the first time we played them, we settled for a lot of outside shots early," said Lewis, who hit 5-of-7 from 3-point range and scored a game-high 24 points. "And I feel like when other people have played us in zone, we've settled early. Getting into the paint first and getting paint touches and getting the bigs going (creates space). We just have to shoot the ball and make shots."
             After fouling out and playing just 18 minutes in a 68-59 loss to K-State (17-7, 7-5) in the Jan. 2 conference opener in Manhattan, Egbo put together one of her best games in a Baylor uniform. Not only did she record her 27^th career double-double with 19 points and 16 rebounds, the 6-3 senior center also helped limit K-State's Ayoka Lee to a season-low eight points. 
            "You can say that," said Egbo, when asked if she was motivated going against the Big 12's leading scorer. "I take defense really serious. I feel like the first time, she didn't really get a good taste of me."
            Despite Lee picking up two quick fouls and playing only four minutes in the first quarter, the Bears weren't able to capitalize and were only up 18-14. But, when she knocked down Egbo on the offensive end to get whistled for her third foul, Baylor got back-to-back 3-pointers from Lewis and Andrews and reeled off nine unanswered points to go up 41-21. 
            That run started with a free throw by Ja'Mee Asberry when Mittie got hit with a technical after Lee's third foul. 
            "I'm tired of not getting the hold," said K-State coach Jeff Mittie, who claimed that Baylor's defenders were holding Lee all night. "And then, they call a bunch of holds later. It's either a hold or it's not a hold, so that irritates me. But, they did a good job on her, and then I think she lost her poise in that stretch."
            Lewis and Andrews were a combined 5-for-5 from outside the arc in a pivotal second quarter, when the Bears pushed the lead to 46-27 at the break. 
            A pivotal play came early in the quarter, when Asberry chased down an errant pass by Emilee Ebert in the backcourt, drove to the basket and flipped a behind-the-back pass to Lewis for a layup. 
            "It's easy when you share the basketball like we did," Collen said. "When you have 30 assists (on 35 field goals), that means your team is being unselfish, they're making the extra pass. I thought we were really unselfish tonight and shared the ball really well."
            Lewis and Smith each scored eight points in a dominant third quarter, when the Bears outscored the Wildcats, 32-11, and took a commanding 78-38 lead. 
             In a balanced attack, Lewis had 24 points and seven assists, Smith had 22 points and seven boards, and Andrews and Egbo scored 19 apiece. 
            "This is what Jordan can be, pretty much night in and night out," Collen said.
            After getting her first shot blocked, Egbo hit eight of her next 13 attempts and was a perfect 3-for-3 from the line. She had eight points and nine rebounds in the fourth quarter alone. 
            "Queen is ridiculously springy," Collen said. "But playing over 6-7, whether it's Lee or (Taylor) Lauterbach . . . you've got to use your quickness. You've got to reverse pivot, face and attack. She started to play around them rather than trying to play over them."
            Lee, who scored an NCAA-record 61 points in a blowout win over Oklahoma last month, came in as the Big 12's leading scorer with 24.7 points per game. Sitting out the fourth quarter and playing only 20 minutes total because of the foul trouble, Lee scored 16 points below her scoring average and missed five of eight shots from the field. 
            Brylie Glenn led the Wildcats with 10 points and three assists.  
            Baylor will play its fourth home game in the last week and a half, hosting West Virginia (11-10, 4-7) at 5 p.m. Saturday in the back end of a doubleheader. The 10^th-ranked Baylor men host No. 20 Texas in the early game at 11 a.m.