Audi Crooks made the go-ahead basket with 24 seconds left as Iowa State upset No. 4 Baylor 66-63 on Saturday in Ames, Iowa, and stayed unbeaten in Big 12 Conference play.
Crooks finished with 23 points and Hannah Belanger, who added two free throws with 10 seconds to go, contributed 15 points for Iowa State (12-4, 5-0 Big 12).
Dre’una Edwards had 19 points and Jada Walker posted 14 for the Bears (14-2, 3-2). Walker made two foul shots with 31 seconds left to give Baylor a 63-62 lead before Crooks’ layup.
Sarah Andrews missed a potential tying 3-pointer on the game’s last shot for Baylor, which led 37-29 at halftime and was coming off a 21-point loss at Kansas on Wednesday.
No. 12 Kansas State 61, No. 10 Texas 58
Ayoka Lee scored 21 points and pulled down 10 rebounds, and the host Wildcats never gave up the lead in a tight fourth quarter in Manhattan, Kan.
Serena Sundell added 12 points and Jaelyn Glenn had 10 for Kansas State (17-1, 5-0 Big 12), which has won 11 straight.
Madison Booker’s 23 points and Aaliyah Moore’s 15 paced the Longhorns (16-2, 3-2). Texas, which entered on a three-game winning streak, shot 35.5 percent from the field, making only two of 11 shots on 3-pointers.
No. 13 Connecticut 92, St. John’s 49
Paige Bueckers poured in 22 points and the visiting Huskies pushed their winning streak to 10 games by beating the Red Storm in New York.
Aaliyah Edwards scored 16 points, Ashlynn Shade tallied 13 and Nika Muhl 11 for UConn (14-3, 6-0 Big East), which shot 64.4 percent (38 of 59) from the field.
Reserves Jailah Donald had 11 points and Ber’Nyah Mayo 10 for St. John’s (10-8, 4-2), which had a three-game winning streak snapped.
No. 16 Gonzaga 85, San Diego 67
Yvonne Ejim racked up 25 points and 10 rebounds, and Kayleigh Truong provided 21 points as the Bulldogs won their 10th game in a row by beating the visiting Toreros in Spokane, Wash.
Kaylynne Truong added 11 points for Gonzaga (16-2, 3-0 West Coast Conference), which outscored the Toreros in every quarter.
Veronica Sheffey’s 20 points and Kylie Horstmeyer’s 10 were tops for San Diego (4-13, 0-4), which has lost seven straight games. Sheffey and Horstmeyer each made a pair of 3-point shots, but the rest of the team combined for just two.
San Diego shot 39.7 percent. Gonzaga committed only seven turnovers.
No. 23 Marquette 78, DePaul 47
Liza Karlen poured in 19 points on 8-for-9 shooting as the host Golden Eagles rolled over the Blue Demons in Milwaukee.
Jordan King added 16 points and Rose Nkumu finished with 12 points and nine assists for Marquette, which shot 57.1 percent from the field. Karlen and King chipped in six rebounds apiece.
The Golden Eagles (15-2, 4-2 Big East) have won three straight games since back-to-back losses.
Shakara McCline had 13 points off the bench and Anaya Peoples notched 10 points and six rebounds for DePaul (9-9, 1-4), which lost its fourth consecutive game and shot 26.7 percent from the floor. The other three setbacks in that stretch were by single-digit margins.
No. 24 West Virginia 76, UCF 59
JJ Quinerly poured in 21 points and Jordan Harrison scored 19 points as the Mountaineers snapped a two-game skid with a road victory over the Knights in Orlando.
Lauren Fields added 13 points for the Mountaineers (14-2, 3-2 Big 12), who overcame a 42-30 rebounding deficit.
Kaitlin Peterson and reserve Morgan Robinson-Nwagwu each had 18 points for the Knights (9-6, 0-5), who were charged with 26 turnovers and shot only 28.6 percent (14 of 49) from the field. The Knights were 2-for-14 on 3-pointers.
Robinson-Nwagwu was 14-for-15 on free throws. West Virginia made 13 of 17 foul shots.
No. 25 UNLV 76, Air Force 64
Desi-Rae Young’s 26 points and 11 rebounds lifted the visiting Rebels over the Falcons in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Kiara Jackson supplied 16 points and Alyssa Durazo-Frescas had 11 points for UNLV (14-1, 4-0), which has won five straight.
Dasha Macmillan’s 19 points and Keelie O’Hollaren’s 15 led Air Force (9-9, 2-3), which has dropped five of its last seven games. Milahnie Perry added 10 points and six assists.
–Field Level Media
