Oklahoma State 76, Baylor 65

WACO, Texas (AP) -- Maurice Baker had another big night and Oklahoma State kept hitting key shots to defeat Baylor 76-65.

Baker scored a career high 29 points and Oklahoma State shot 54 percent from the field Wednesday night.

"We really considered this game an important game," Baylor forward Greg Davis said. "We wanted to prove BU is a team to be reckoned with, but every team loses and we didn't get our chance.

Baker hit 10-of-15 shots from the field, including six of his 10 3-point attempts as the Cowboys (11-3, 3-1 Big 12) won their third straight game and their first on the road since Nov. 28.

Baylor (13-2, 2-2) lost its first home game of the year, breaking a 10-game winning streak at home.

Victor Williams scored 12 points and had seven assists for Oklahoma State.

Baylor had not allowed a team to shoot more than 43 percent from the field against it this year and was ranked second nationally in field goal percentage defense (36.4 percent).

DeMarcus Minor led Baylor with 27 points, which tied a career high.

"OSU was shooting so well from the line that we had to play a zone defense or we wouldn't have been able to keep up," Minor said.

Terry Black added 18 points and had nine rebounds.

Baylor led early, opening a 10-4 lead in the first three minutes of play. But Oklahoma State outscored the Bears 21-7 over the next seven minutes to take a 25-17 lead and never trailed.

Sophomore guard Wendell Greenleaf said the Bears just couldn't overcome the 41-25 first-half deficit.

"We did put ourselves in a big hole in the first half,"

Greenleaf said. "They kept hitting key shots at the right time.

"Coach Bliss gave us the right game plan, but we didn't do it in the first half."

Junior guard Greg Davis scored 8 points for the Bears before he fouled out of the game.

"We really considered this game an important game," Davis said. "We wanted to prove BU is a team to be reckoned with, but every team loses and we didn't get our chance."