By Marquis Cooley | Sports Editor
It was a tough afternoon for No. 4 Baylor women’s basketball as they fell to No. 7 University of Texas, 67-58 in the Big 12 Championship final Sunday afternoon at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo., snapping their 12-game winning streak as well as a 13-game winning streak over the Longhorns.
Despite a slow start in the first half, senior forward NaLyssa Smith finished with 21 points and 10 rebounds for her school-record 24th double-double of the season. She also became the eighth player in program history to reach the 2,000 career-point milestone and one of seven Bears to have 2,000 career points and 1,000 career rebounds.