National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Iowa State 78, Baylor 72
When: 12:30 PM ET, Thursday, March 9, 2023
Where: T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, Missouri
Officials: # John Higgins, # Jeb Hartness, # Bret Smith
Attendance: N/A

Gabe Kalscheur made six 3-pointers while scoring 24 points and Iowa State defeated Baylor for third straight time this season, prevailing 78-72 over the No. 10 Bears in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament on Thursday at Kansas City.

Jaren Holmes scored 17 points and Tamin Lipsey recorded 13 points, 11 rebounds, five assists and five steals for the fifth-seeded Cyclones (19-12). Tre King added 10 points and Iowa State used a 30-10 second-half run to dispatch the fourth-seeded Bears.

Jalen Bridges established career bests of 28 points and seven 3-pointers for Baylor (22-10). Adam Flagler added 14 points and three steals, Keyonte George scored 11 points before fouling out and LJ Cryer had 10 for the Bears.

Iowa State will face top-seeded Kansas in Friday's Big 12 semifinals.

The Cyclones defeated Baylor by 15 points in both regular-season meetings.

Bridges made three 3-pointers in the first 3 1/2 minutes of the second half as Baylor extended a three-point halftime edge into a 50-42 lead.

The Cyclones then took over with their game-changing burst. It began by scoring 12 of the next 15 points with Kalscheur tallying seven and Holmes hitting a 3-pointer to give the Cyclones a 54-53 edge with 11:41 remaining.

Bridges then hit his seventh trey to put Baylor back ahead with 10:06 left. The Cyclones answered with Kalscheur draining two 3-pointers as Iowa State scored 18 of 22 points to take a 72-60 lead with 2:44 remaining.

The Bears scored six of the game's final seven points to avoid a third double-digit loss to Iowa State.

Baylor shot 45.1 percent from the field and made 14 of 29 from 3-point range. Bridges added three steals and was 10 of 11 from the field, his lone miss coming on a 3-pointer with 11:49 remaining.

The Cyclones made 49.2 percent from their attempts from the floor, including 8 of 21 from behind the arc. Iowa State held a dominating 44-17 rebounding advantage, including 21-5 on the offensive boards.

Flagler swished a 35-foot 3-pointer as time expired to give the Bears a 41-38 halftime lead.

Bridges displayed signs he was in line for a big outing when he scored 11 of Baylor's first 19 points. He finished the half with 16 points on 6-of-6 shooting, including three treys.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Iowa State   Baylor
Gabe Kalscheur 24 Scoring Jalen Bridges 28
Jaren Holmes 5 Assists Adam Flagler 4
Tamin Lipsey 11 Rebounds Jalen Bridges 5
Jaren Holmes 4 Free Throws Made Adam Flagler 7
Tamin Lipsey 5 Steals Jalen Bridges 3
Demarion Watson 3 Blocks Dale Bonner 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Iowa State 78 49.2 8-21 10-14 15 43 6 9 14
Baylor 72 45.1 14-29 12-13 12 15 2 9 11