Final
Baylor narrowly beats West Virginia to claim Big 12 title
Mar 11, 2014 - 4:01 AM Oklahoma City, OK (SportsNetwork.com) - Odyssey Sims and Niya Johnson each scored 19 points to lead No. 7 Baylor to a 74-71 win over No. 5 West Virginia and claim its fourth consecutive Big 12 title.Nina Davis chipped in with 16 for the Lady Bears (29-4), who won their sixth conference title in school history and avenged a 71-69 home loss to the Mountaineers on March 2. Sune Agbuke recorded 10 rebounds in the win.
Bria Holmes led all scorers with 24 points, while Linda Stepney and Averee Fields each tallied 10 points for West Virginia (29-4).
Baylor brought a 38-32 lead into the locker room at the half, but the Mountaineers tied the contest courtesy of a 6-0 run early in the second half.
Holmes later gave West Virginia the lead, 52-49, following a 3-pointer with just under 12 minutes to play. The Mountaineers maintained the lead until Khadijiah Cave made a layup to put the Bears up 63-62.
The lead changed hands a few times in the final minutes until Sims made a jumper and Johnson stole the ball off of Fields on the ensuing possession, converting two free throws to push the margin to 72-69.
Stepney made a layup to trim the deficit to one in the closing seconds, but Johnson converted two more at the stripe and Stepney's last second heave was off the mark as Baylor held on for the win.
- WEST VIRGINIA: 71
BAYLOR: 74
Final
Mar 10 11:08 PM - 264
rootsRUWTbot Added 10 roots (Close Finish, Upset, Ranked Teams)
West Virginia(5) 65, Baylor(7) 64 4th - 3:00Mar 10 10:56 PM - 254
rootsRUWTbot Added 10 roots (Close Finish, Upset, Ranked Teams)
West Virginia(5) 62, Baylor(7) 63 4th - 3:53Mar 10 10:52 PM - 244
rootsRUWTbot Added 10 roots (Close Finish, Upset, Ranked Teams)
West Virginia(5) 62, Baylor(7) 63 4th - 4:00Mar 10 10:51 PM - 234
rootsRUWTbot Added 30 roots (Close Finish, Upset, Ranked Teams)
West Virginia(5) 62, Baylor(7) 61 4th - 5:00Mar 10 10:50 PM - 204
rootsRUWTbot Added 9 roots (Close Finish, Upset, Ranked Teams)
West Virginia(5) 59, Baylor(7) 57 4th - 7:00Mar 10 10:43 PM - 195
rootsRUWTbot Added 6 roots (Close Finish, Ranked Teams)
West Virginia(5) 59, Baylor(7) 55 4th - 7:50Mar 10 10:42 PM - 189
rootsRUWTbot Added 35 roots (Close Finish, Ranked Teams)
West Virginia(5) 57, Baylor(7) 53 4th - 9:10Mar 10 10:40 PM - 154
rootsRUWTbot Added 20 roots (Upset, Ranked Teams)
West Virginia(5) 52, Baylor(7) 51 3rd - 10:15Mar 10 10:37 PM - 134
rootsRUWTbot Added 10 roots (Upset, Ranked Teams)
West Virginia(5) 48, Baylor(7) 49 3rd - 12:44Mar 10 10:31 PM - 124
rootsRUWTbot Added 67 roots (Upset, Ranked Teams)
West Virginia(5) 46, Baylor(7) 46 3rd - 13:42Mar 10 10:25 PM - WEST VIRGINIA: 32
BAYLOR: 38
Halftime
Mar 10 9:59 PM - WEST VIRGINIA: 0
BAYLOR: 0
1st Half - 20:00
Mar 10 9:08 PM - 57
roots
Related News
- Baylor women want to finish 2017 at Final Four in Dallas Mar 29
- Oregon St to women's Final Four after 60-57 win over Baylor Mar 29
- Oregon St.-Baylor Preview Mar 27
- Elite Eight not enough for Baylor women vs Oregon State Mar 27
- Baylor women in 3rd straight Elite 8 with 78-58 win over FSU Mar 26
- Florida St.-Baylor Preview Mar 25
- Baylor women in usual place; Seminoles are stepping up Mar 25
- Ohio State advances to Sweet 16 with win over West Virginia Mar 20
- Baylor women to 8th straight Sweet 16, beat Auburn 84-52 Mar 20
- West Virginia-Ohio St. Preview Mar 19
- Auburn-Baylor Preview Mar 19
- Baylor women have old score to settle at home vs. Auburn Mar 19