No. 1 Baylor edges Texas A&M
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Brittney Griner and Odyssey Sims scored 62 win over No. 17 Texas A&M.
Griner was limited to 29 minutes due to foul trouble, but had eight rebounds, two assists and a block for the Bears (30-0, 17-0 Big 12), who remain NCAA Division 1 basketball's lone undefeated team -- men's or women's.
Tyra White scored 14 points to pace the Aggies (20-8, 11-6), who have dropped two of three. Sydney Carter added 13 points and Kelsey Bone had 10.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Baylor was outscoring its opponents by 28.6 points per game entering Monday, but did not have the luxury of such a margin against Texas A&M.
The Bears started strong, jumping out to an early 25-10 lead. Griner, though, picked up a pair of quick fouls and the Aggies took advantage, closing the first half with a 21-11 surge. Adrienne Pratcher and Bone capped the run with consecutive layups to make it 36-31 at the break.
Texas A&M took its first lead of the game, 38-37, on White's basket less than five minutes into the second half.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Neither team was able to establish any distance until the closing minutes.
The Bears were up, 61-60, when Griner scored in close, Sims made a layup and Kimetria Hayden hit a jumper off of a Griner offensive rebound for a 67-60 lead with 1:39 to play.
Bone answered with a layup on the other end, but Sims knocked down a pair of free throws to seal the Baylor win.