WACO, Texas (AP) -- The only complaint Baylor coach Kim Mulkey had was how the final few minutes of the game went when Brittney Griner and the rest of the starters sitting on the bench. <\/p>\n
Kimetria Hayden scored 12 of her 18 points in the first 5 1\/2 minutes and the third-ranked Lady Bears cruised to a 92-60 victory against turnover-prone Liberty on Friday night. <\/p>\n
But the 50-point lead they had with 8 1\/2 minutes left got significantly sliced when Mulkey played her reserves and several talented youngsters. <\/p>\n
''There wasn't any concern. There was more aggravation,'' Mulkey said. ''What you're aggravated about is the people on the floor didn't get it done. ... The last 7 minutes of the game, they pressed us and we didn't handle it very well. Yeah, there were freshmen on the floor for the most part, and what I call bench players that come in for our starters. We didn't handle it.'' <\/p>\n
Hayden, a senior guard, scored the game's first seven points, and the Lady Bears (5-1) led by 20 in less than 7 1\/2 minutes on way to their 43rd consecutive win at home. <\/p>\n
Liberty (2-3) had more turnovers than points at halftime, when the Lady Bears had a 53-18 lead. The Lady Flames' 21 turnovers in the first half led to 27 of Baylor's points. <\/p>\n
The Lady Bears had five steals in the first half that led to breakaway layups, two of them by Hayden in the first 5 minutes. <\/p>\n
Brooklyn Pope had 13 points for the Lady Bears, while two-time All-American center Brittney Griner had 11 points and four rebounds - giving her 999 in her career - while playing only 20 minutes. Jordan Madden had 10 points. <\/p>\n
Preseason AP All-America point guard Odyssey Sims sat out her third consecutive game since sustaining a strained hamstring a week earlier in the Lady Bears' 71-69 loss to Stanford, which replaced Baylor at No. 1 this week. <\/p>\n
Devon Brown had 20 points to lead Liberty, which had a 15-point loss at Texas A&M on its Thanksgiving trip through the Lone Star State. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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