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Baylor Women Victory over West Virginia for 23rd Win in a Row

Baylor woman's basketball stretches its winning streak to 23 games

Nina Davis scored 22 points with eight rebounds and No. 3 Baylor stretched its winning streak to 23 games with a 79-51 victory over West Virginia on Sunday.

The Lady Bears (24-1, 13-0 Big 12) led 12-0 only 3 1/2 minutes into the game, a stretch when Alexis Prince had the first two baskets and Davis had a pair of layups. West Virginia never got closer than nine points after that.

Teana Muldrow had 16 points and Bria Holmes 15 for the Mountaineers (15-10, 5-8), the last opposing team to win in Waco.

Dekeiya Cohen had 10 points and seven rebounds for the Lady Bears. Niya Johnson, the national assists leader at 9.4 per game, had 13 more after a Big 12 single-game record 17 assists in her last game, along with seven rebounds.

Baylor stretched its home winning streak to 17 games since a 71-69 loss to West Virginia last March. That was the first conference home loss for the Lady Bears in four years.

West Virginia and Baylor shared the Big 12 regular-season title last season. They then met in the conference tournament championship game that the Lady Bears won by three points.

But Baylor is well on its way to a fifth consecutive Big 12 regular-season title, the fourth outright in that stretch. With five conference games left, the Lady Bears have a three-game lead over second-place Oklahoma, who they beat 89-66 on Wednesday after an early 20-0 run.

Baylor led 49-28 at halftime Sunday, then opened the second half with Davis scoring 12 points in a 16-1 run. The Lady Bears led 63-29 when Prince made two free throws with 13:53 left.

TIP-INS

West Virginia: Holmes entered the game as the Big 12's second-leading scorer at 20 points a game, trailing only Davis at 21.4.

Baylor:  The Lady Bears scored 58 points in the paint, seven more than West Virginia's total points.

Sune Agbuke had nine rebounds and three blocked shots. Two of her blocks came in the first 3 minutes before WVU had scored a point. Baylor had 30 assists on 35 field goals.

UP NEXT

West Virginia hosts Oklahoma State on Wednesday.

Baylor plays at Texas Tech on Wednesday.

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