No. 10 Baylor pulls away in 2nd half, beats West Virginia

WACO, Texas (AP) – NaLyssa Smith and Queen Egbo had double-doubles, Jordan Lewis made consecutive 3-pointers to finally put No. 10 Baylor ahead to stay and the Bears beat West Virginia 75-57 on Saturday night. Smith had 30 points to match her career high and Egbo scored 13. Both had 12 rebounds. It was the 44th career double-double for Smith, and 16th this season, while Egbo has 28 double-doubles at Baylor (19-5, 9-3 Big 12). Lewis finished with 18 points. There were 11 lead changes in the game, the last when Lewis made a 3 with 8:13 left in the third quarter for a 34-32 lead. Madisen Smith had 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Mountaineers (11-11, 4-8), who have lost four of five. She had all four of their made 3-pointers. NO. 7 INDIANA 76, MICHIGAN STATE 58 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) – Grace Berger scored a career-high 29 points to lead Indiana over Michigan State. Indiana (18-3, 10-1 Big Ten) led 32-27 at halftime before outscoring the Spartans 30-14 in the third quarter. Berger had 17 points in the period to top Michigan State’s total. The Hoosiers senior shot 9 of 17 overall and made all 11 of her free throws. Aleksa Gulbe had 13 points for Indiana. Ali Patberg and Nicole Cardaño-Hillary each added 12 and Chloe Moore-McNeil had 10. Michigan State (13-11, 7-6) was led by Alisia Smith’s 12 points and Nia Clouden’s 10. NO. 9 IOWA STATE 93, TCU 70 FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – Ashley Joens had a season-high 32 points with 14 rebounds, and Iowa State won its fifth straight with a victory over TCU. Lexi Donarski scored 16 points while combining with Joens to go 10 of 20 from 3-point range as the Big 12-leading Cyclones (21-3, 10-2) went 19 of 36 from deep. Lauren Heard had 17 points and seven assists for the Horned Frogs (6-15, 2-10), who matched their longest losing streak in five years with a seventh consecutive setback. NO. 20 BYU 84, SAINT MARY’S 69 MORAGA, Calif. (AP) – Shaylee Gonzales had a career-high 35 points, seven steals and six assists as BYU beat Saint Mary’s. Paisley Harding scored 18 points for BYU (21-2, 11-1 West Coast Conference), Lauren Gustin had 15 points and 11 rebounds for her 13th double-double, and Tegan Graham added 11 points. Ali Bamberger finished with 17 points and nine rebounds to lead the Gaels (12-12, 6-7). Madeline Holland and Tayla Dalton adding 13 points apiece. ___ More AP women’s college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/womens-college-basketball and https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-womens-college-basketball-poll and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25

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