No. 6 Baylor Is Too Much for Missouri, 70-52

Sophia Young scored 18 points and No. 6 Baylor moved into the semifinals of the Big 12 Conference tournament with a 70-52 victory over Missouri on Wednesday in Kansas City, Mo.

Chameka Scott made four three-point baskets and scored 16 points for the top-seeded Bears (25-3). Christelle N’Garsanet led Missouri (11-18) with 15 points.

In other Big 12 tournament games:

No. 11 Texas 65, Oklahoma 59 -- Tiffany Jackson scored 25 points to lead the Longhorns (21-7) past the Sooners (17-12).

No. 14 Texas Tech 61, No. 18 Iowa State 59 -- Alesha Robertson made two free throws with 2.7 seconds left and a last-second shot by the Cyclones (23-6) rimmed out as the Red Raiders (22-6) advanced to play Baylor.

No. 17 Kansas State 71, Nebraska 45 -- Kendra Wecker scored 19 points and became the Big 12’s career scoring leader, lifting the Wildcats (22-6) past the Cornhuskers (17-13) and into a semifinal game against Texas.

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Holy Cross 79, Colgate 70 -- Lisa Andrews and Maggie Fontana each had 16 points and top-seeded Holy Cross (20-10) defeated Colgate (12-18) at Worcester, Mass., to win the Patriot League tournament and earn an automatic NCAA tournament bid.