Oklahoma basketball: No. 1 Baylor routs No. 20 OU women

The second time came right before Griner drew her fifth foul, after Baylor's two-time All-American had already broken the NCAA career blocks record and scored 15 points for the top-ranked Lady Bears in an 82-65 victory Saturday.

“It's not like a fear. You've just got to go in and bow up, like if she goes hard at me, I've got to go hard back,” the 6-3 McFarland said about the physical matchup. “It's a mutual thing.”

McFarland had 12 points and 16 rebounds while Aaryn Ellenberg scored 33 points with six of the Sooners' 11 3-pointers.

And that still wasn't nearly enough for Oklahoma (18-1, 8-9 Big 12) against Griner and the Lady Bears, who won their 50th in a row at home.

The Sooners (15-4, 5-2) made 11 of 26 3-pointers, but were just 9 of 46 inside the arc. They never got closer than five points after a half-minute span in the first half when McFarland drew two charging fouls and made a 3-pointer.

“I'm really proud of our guys, I thought we competed and fought every step of the way, and did some really, really good things and attacked them, and went after them, and shot pretty well from 3,” coach Sherri Coale said. “Obviously did not shoot well from 2, but there's a big reason for that. Her number's 42 (Griner).”

Griner, who already holds the NCAA women's record with 11 dunks and is a three-point play from becoming the Big 12's career scoring leader, got the record she has always wanted at Baylor.

Her record-tying and record-setting blocks came by swatting away a pair of shots by Ellenberger.

“Definitely happy I got that. Now I'm going to try to set it higher,” Griner said. “Blocked shots keep the other team from scoring, that's just how I look at it. Blocked shots kind of remind me when I played volleyball, I used to love to spike. … That's why I like (blocks) the most.”

With eight in the game, Griner has 665 career blocks, two more than Louella Tomlinson had for St. Mary's in California (2007-11).