Junior forward Jayme Olson made her first trip to Baylor University’s Ferrell Center one to remember with a career performance against the Lady Bears.

Olson scored 33 points to lead the Cyclones to an 88-43 victory in Waco, Texas, Wednesday night. The victory moves the Cyclones to 11-8, 4-5 in the Big 12 conference.

The Cyclones had three additional players reach double figures. Junior Janel Grimm was second in scoring for the team, adding 13 points.

Senior guard Julie Hand added 11, while sophomore forward Quintina Sullivan came off the bench to add 10.

Olson led the Cyclones by shooting 11-of-18 from the field, including 4-of-5 from behind the three-point arc. The junior forward also added 10 rebounds, and dished out six assists in the Cyclone victory. Olson’s performance included 7-of-8 from the free-throw line.

“Jayme had one of those games every basketball player dreams about,” Iowa State women’s head basketball coach Bill Fennelly said. “I think her play inspired everyone else’s.”

“She did it at both ends of the court,” Fennelly said.

Grimm, for her part, added 6-of-12 in shooting, including one-of-one from the three-point arc. The Cyclone forward also tallied seven rebounds, while adding a pair of assists and a couple of blocked shots to her line.

Hand had a hot hand from the field, going 5-of-6 from the field, including one-of-one from behind the arc. Hand also tallied five rebounds as well as an assist and a blocked shot, all in 13 minutes of action.

Sullivan’s season-high 10 points included six-of-six from the free- throw line. She also added a pair of rebounds in nine minutes of action for Iowa State.

Senior guard Tara Gunderson ended up with nine points for the Cyclones, with all of them coming from behind the three-point arc. Gunderson was able to tally a team-high eight assists and caused a single steal for the Cyclones.

Fennelly said the team has been striving for balanced scoring during practice.

“We have worked hard about our balanced scoring,” Fennelly said. “We had four players in double figures in Saturday’s game (against Texas A&M) and we came back with four again yesterday (Wednesday).”

Iowa State shot 55.4 percent from the field (31-of-56) for the game, including 62.1 percent (18-of-29) for the second half.

The second half saw Iowa State outscore the Lady Bears 52-20 after the Cyclones led 36-23 at halftime.

The Cyclones also seemed to have the touch from behind the three-point arc by hitting 9-of-15, including six-of-eight in the second half.

Iowa State players found themselves at the free-throw line often with their 17-of-19 (89.5 percent) performance, including 10-of-10 in the second half.

The Cyclones held the margin in every statistical category except for blocked shots and steals.

Iowa State controlled the boards with an 18-rebound advantage (44-25) and an 11-assist margin (25-14).

Fennelly was pleased with the Cyclones’ effort on the boards.

“We did it from the very beginning, that was the key,” Fennelly said.

“We talked about it during practice because they (Baylor) had just come off a big effort against Oklahoma State.”

The Lady Bears held a seven- steal advantage (9-2), and a single blocked shot advantage (4-3) in the loss.

“Everyone contributed last (Wednesday) night,” Fennelly said. “We beat a good team.”

The Cyclones were able to control the Lady Bears defensively by allowing them to shoot just 29 percent from the field, while hitting 1-of-19 from behind the three-point arc.

Baylor found its way to the free- throw line just six times, all coming in the second half. The Lady Bears were able to hit five of their attempts.

Pacing the Lady Bears in scoring was center Kacy Moffitt. Moffitt scored 12 points, three assists, three steals, a pair of blocked shots and a rebound for Baylor.

Mandy Hayworth also found herself in double figures for scoring, with 10 points, tallying a pair of assists and grabbing a rebound in the Lady Bears’ loss.

Amanda Monney led Baylor in rebounding with three, while adding four points and an assist.

Bonnie Byas added a team-high four assists, while scoring four points and a couple of rebounds in the loss.

Fennelly said the team’s confidence is growing.

“Hopefully, we are getting rounded into shape. The kids are feeling very good about themselves right now,” he said.

“They could have quit and felt sorry for themselves after the Nebraska loss, but they didn’t.”

The Cyclones will next travel to Lawrence, Kan. to take on the conference-leading and No.12-ranked Kansas Jayhawks on Saturday.

In their earlier meeting of the season, the Jayhawks knocked off the Cyclones in Hilton Coliseum with a 70-67 victory on Jan. 8.