WACO, Texas (AP) a' Brittney Griner found the cross going toward the basket, got an additional step without a dribble and completed with a one-handed slam dunk. As as that play remarkable was, it was only the first of three dunks for Griner in her ultimate house game for Baylor. In a farewell to keep in mind for Griner and four other Lady Bears seniors, before a partisan crowd that included former President George W. Bush, the 6-foot-8 senior star also had 33 points and a career-high 22 boards. The defending national champions beat Florida State 85-47 Tuesday night to advance to the NCAA round of 16 for the fourth year in a line. "Tonight felt like senior night. Tonight was better," Griner said. "The three dunks. We did just venturing out the way. Maybe not everybody's lucky, and we were. We gave a great game." to the group After the first dunk, with about 4 minutes left in the first half for a 43-18 cause in a casino game that was easily lopsided, Griner ran down the court with her mouth open while bobbing her head back and forth, and clearing enjoying as soon as. The former leader may possibly wish he'd slept in his chairs behind the Baylor counter only a little longer. Griner was not done after that highlight play, dunking twice in a 79-second span before taken from the game permanently after Bush had already left. Freshman guard Niya Johnson had her second support of a dunk with 7:46 remaining. Then with 6:27 remaining, times after an assist of her very own, Griner got the rebound of a missed 3-pointer between many defenders and returned up with a fly. Griner, the very first person ever with three dunks in a game title, came out within a timeout less than a half-minute later. When Griner got to the seat, her arms were wrapped by her around coach Kim Mulkey and an extended hug was shared by the two. Her coach was even picked by griner up off the floor. "You only hope she does not squeeze the air out of you so you don't go out," Mulkey said. "Brittney just includes a character about her where she just enjoys life. She's a hugger. She is a people pleaser. "You'll never see the likes of her again. You only will not," she said. "Not here, I really do not think anywhere, ever are you going to see another Brittney Griner. You'll see good players and you'll see All-Americans, but I'm uncertain we'll actually see it within my lifetime." Mulkey fought straight back tears as the group of 9,652 continued to give Griner a long and loud ovation after they broke their embrace. Griner may be the NCAA career blocks leader, the Big 12's top scorer and her 18 dunks are three a lot more than the combined total of the other six women who've dunked in school. The Lady Bears (34-1) won their nation's-best 57th home game in a line. They play Louisville (26-8) on Sunday evening in Oklahoma City. Once the game was over, Griner thrust both arms to the air. She took a few of laps round the market floor, then got onto the rear of Shanay Washington for a experience before returning the opt to her friend and former teammate, whose career ended early due to multiple leg injuries. Baylor is 71-2 at home, because the elderly group of Griner, Kimetria Hayden and Jordan Madden got to Waco as freshmen together. Griner has performed in mere one loss since she didn't participate in the final house loss, against Texas in the 2009-10 regular-season finale. The Lady Bears have gained every home game the past three seasons a' since point guard Odyssey Sims appeared and when exchanges Destiny Williams and Brooklyn Pope, the other seniors, started playing. Pope had 12 points against Florida State, while Sims had 11 and Hayden 10. Leonor Rodriguez had 11 factors and was the only player in double figures for Florida State (23-10), which at the conclusion of the regular time was the only group of the 343 Division I teams with five players calculating in double figures. "Certainly, it's no simple task to come in to this setting and ask your children to help you to prevent it all out," Seminoles coach Sue Semrau said. Baylor needed less than 3A minutes to score the game's first 11 things, and light emitting diode 51-20 by halftime. In terms of Semrau's impact of Griner: "She is much better in person. You've surely got to credit her progress and growth." While difficult to imagine, Griner could have had more dunks. Griner looked when she was fouled by feisty 5-foot-2 guard Yashira Delgado before getting off a shot like she was opting for another slam. Following that, the Girl Bears had three layups in a 37-second span. There was also a pass from Pope that sailed over Griner's head when she was headed alone toward the basket with just over 11 minutes left in the game. "Well, she may have had four (dunks), but I was more powerful than I thought and I overthrew it," Pope said. "BG knew I wanted to pass it, but by enough time I looked down and dribbled and looked up and threw it, she was further down than I thought." While the ball went out of bounds a huge collective moan is let out by the fans. They were cheering wildly only a few minutes later with a dose of dunks.
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