Iowa State Iowa State/Baylor Baylor Women's College Basketball recap on ESPN

Crockrom had 25 points and 12 rebounds to lead Baylor to a 79-74 victory over No. 7 Iowa State on Wednesday night, the Bears' first win ever against a Top 10 team.

"I wanted this game so bad," Crockrom said. "This win means so much to this team."

Crockrom, seventh in the nation in scoring at 22.7 points per game, hit 11 of 14 shots from the field.

A pair of free throws by Nicole Collins and stubborn defense in the final two minutes helped the Bears hold off a strong second-half rally by Iowa State (15-2, 5-1 Big 12).

"I'm not a coach to say, 'This is the biggest win in the program's history or anything,' " first-year Baylor coach Kim Mulkey-Robertson said. "This is the beginning of something. I'm not going to take anything away from this team and what it accomplished tonight, but we want to be where Iowa State is."

Baylor (14-3, 3-3) led 47-29 at halftime, but a 21-8 Cyclones run early in the second half got the Cyclones back in the game. Iowa State pulled to within three on three separate occasions.

Baylor forced Iowa State into 20 turnovers on the night, including 15 in the first half. The Bears committed nine turnovers.

"Baylor outplayed us tonight," Iowa State coach Bill Fennelly said. "They deserved to win the basketball game. We did a decent job on (Sheila) Lambert, but they had some other people step up and make some big baskets. That was the difference in the game."

Monica Arnold added 13 points and six rebounds for Baylor, while Lambert had 11 points and eight assists. Jessika Stratton came off the bench for 12 points and a career-high five steals.

Iowa State was led by Megan Taylor's 22 points. Angie Welle added 16 points and eight rebounds.

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