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Stailee Heard collected 26 points and seven rebounds as No. 24 Oklahoma State trounced Colorado 82-65 in a Big 12 matchup in Stillwater, Okla., on Saturday.

Heard scored eight points in the second quarter as the Cowgirls (22-5, 12-4 Big 12) expanded a tied game into a 46-32 lead at the break. Micah Gray and Anna Gret Asi finished with 14 points apiece for Oklahoma State.

Ayianna Johnson scored 20 points and Jade Masogayo added 14 for the Buffaloes (17-10, 8-8), who have lost four of their last five games.

The teams were nearly even in shooting percentage — Colorado at 44.1 percent, Oklahoma State at 45 percent — but the host made seven 3-pointers to three for the Buffaloes. The Cowgirls also scored 27 points off of Colorado’s 21 turnovers.

No. 5 UConn 86, Butler 47

Two-time All-American Paige Bueckers finished with 23 points, 10 assists and three steals as the Huskies routed the Bulldogs in the Big East mismatch in Indianapolis.

Sarah Strong amassed 16 points, nine rebounds and five assists as UConn (26-3, 16-0 Big East) extended its latest winning streak to five games. Ashlynn Shade scored 14 points and Kaitlyn Chen and Azzi Fudd added 10 apiece for the Huskies, who shot 57.8 percent from the floor.

Kilyn McGuff and Lily Zeinstra had 13 points apiece for Butler, which was clobbered 101-59 in Connecticut on Feb. 2. McGuff added seven assists.

No. 12 Kansas State 90, Kansas 60

The Wildcats built an early lead and cruised past the visiting Jayhawks in Manhattan, Kan., to remain within one game of first place in the Big 12 Conference.

Taryn Sides led five scorers in double figures for Kansas State (25-4, 13-3 Big 12) with 15 points. Temira Poindexter followed with 14, Zyanna Walker and Gisela Sanchez had 12 and Kennedy Taylor chipped in 10. Serena Sundell contributed 15 assists and three steals to go with nine points.

Elle Evans led Kansas (15-12, 5-11) with 15 points. Zoe Canfield added 12 and Regan Williams 10 as the Jayhawks lost for the fifth time in six games.

No. 19 Baylor 67, Iowa State 52

The Bears put four scorers in double figures and held the Cyclones to 24 points under their average in the Big 12 Conference win in Waco, Texas.

Yaya Felder scored 15 points, followed by Bella Fontleroy (14), Jada Walker (12) and Aaronette Vonleh (11) for Baylor (24-5, 14-2 Big 12), which moved one-half game ahead of TCU for the conference lead.

Audi Crooks tallied 14 points and grabbed seven rebounds for Iowa State (19-10, 10-6), which had a four-game winning streak snapped. For Cyclones players netted eight points apiece, including Addy Brown, who added 10 rebounds and seven assists.

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