Griner has 20, No. 1 Baylor women beat Milwaukee
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Brittney Griner scored 20 points, Odyssey Sims had 19 points and 11 assists and top-ranked Baylor beat Wisconsin-Milwaukee 72-41 on Thursday night for its 28th consecutive home win.
Brooklyn Pope added 18 points and 11 rebounds for Baylor (9-0). Sims had three 3-pointers and six steals with only two turnovers in 29 minutes.
Ashley Green scored 11 points for Milwaukee (2-5), which is in the midst of a five-game road trip that takes the Panthers to No. 24 Oklahoma on Sunday.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Griner and Sims teamed up on a 16-2 run for Baylor that stretched its lead to 24-9 about 13 minutes into the game. Griner scored the first six points before Sims scored 10 in a row.
The Lady Bears were up 56-19 after Griner scored eight points in a 12-1 run over the first 5 minutes of the second half.
Milwaukee had only one extended run during the game, scoring 10 consecutive points over a 4-minute span to get within 63-35 when all the Baylor starters were already out of the game.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Panthers shot only 28 percent (15 of 53).
Griner was 8-of-10 shooting with six rebounds in 30 minutes. She picked up her third foul of the game with 9 minutes left. She had three fouls in a game only one other time this season.
Griner had two blocked shots, increasing her career total to 436, 11 from breaking Courtney Paris' Big 12 record.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Lady Bears play St. John's at Madison Square Garden on Sunday morning, their last game before a home game a week later against No. 2 Connecticut.