BOULDER, COLO. (AP) -- Brittney Griner had 26 points and 13 rebounds and ceaseless shot-altering defense helped third-ranked Baylor overcame a first-half letdown to rout Colorado 81-59 on Saturday.
Odyssey Sims added 16 points and eight rebounds for the Bears (28-2), who finished 15-1 in Big 12 play, one win better than their 2005 national championship team.
Brittany Spears scored 23 points for Colorado (15-14, 6-10), which trimmed an early 20-point deficit to 34-28 at the half but couldn't make another run after halftime without sophomore guard Chucky Jeffery. The Buffaloes' second-leading scorer and top rebounder was attending her great grandmother's funeral in New York.
The Buffaloes could have used her averages of 13.7 points and 8.1 rebounds to go with her Big 12-best 2.7 steals per game to counter Griner.
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