FORT WORTH, Texas-Now that the road portion of their Big 12 schedule is finished, the Baylor Lady Bears are ready to get home and celebrate another conference championship.
Kristy Wallace scored 19 points, Kalani Brown and Lauren Cox had double-doubles and No. 3 Baylor won its 24th straight game, rolling past TCU 85-53 on Saturday night.
Brown had 12 points and 11 rebounds, and Cox reversed that with 11 points and 12 boards in the first game for the Lady Bears (27-1, 17-0 Big 12) since clinching their eighth straight Big 12 title with a win at sixth-ranked Texas.
After Baylor's 24th straight win against the Horned Frogs (18-10, 9-8), all that's left in the regular season is a home game against West Virginia on Monday night.
"Heck yeah, man," coach Kim Mulkey said when asked whether there would be a Ferrell Center celebration. "They've already won a Big 12 championship, so win or lose, we are celebrating. We should, and I hope there will be a great crowd."
Mulkey also noted a late start of 8 p.m. local time.
"We need people to let their kids stay up late regardless of school the next day," she said. "Confetti will drop and balloons, playing songs and getting the trophy. Those are memories."
Dekeiya Cohen had 16 points and eight rebounds after scoring a career-high 24 points against the Longhorns. Juicy Landrum also had 16 as Baylor got within a win of its third perfect Big 12 season under Mulkey.
Amy Okonkow led TCU with 13 points on 4-of-13 shooting as the Horned Frogs shot 30 percent and were outrebounded 50-30.