Only two teams have held No. 2 Baylor to fewer than 70 points in a game this year.

The first team was No. 1 UConn, which is undefeated and closing in on its 100th consecutive win.

The other team? Iowa State.

Even though Iowa State fell to Baylor 68-42 in that game, the Cyclones showed the ability to compete defensively against anybody.

Iowa State coach Bill Fennelly had plenty of praise for Baylor.

“With Baylor coming to town, everyone knows what that means,” Fennelly said. “I think it’s probably one of the best teams Baylor has had. They won a national championship a few years ago with Brittney Griner and that crew, but this team — they’re putting up video game numbers.”

Baylor is outscoring teams by nearly 40 points per game this season. In its game over the weekend against No. 20 Oklahoma, Baylor won by 34 and held the Sooners to 26 percent shooting.

“We understand what’s in front of us,” Fennelly said.

How does a team prepare for the No. 2 team in the nation?

“We focus probably more on us when we play Baylor ’cause we cannot simulate what they do,” Fennelly said. “We can’t simulate their size, their strength, their length — those people aren’t in our building unless they’re on the men’s side.”

Baylor’s size will be the toughest task for Iowa State on Wednesday. To counter that, Fennelly joked that he might ask men’s basketball coach Steve Prohm about borrowing some of the taller men’s players to prepare for Baylor.

“They’re just so big,” Fennelly said. “They walked out of the tunnel; I’m thinking about asking Steve if I can have Simeon [Carter] or Cameron [Lard] or Solomon [Young] if they need a little extra work. They can come over and practice because that’s about the same size as Baylor. Maybe Steve will agree to that, I haven’t thought about that. I may ask him today.”