Utah Tech closed out the road portion of its 2024-25 non-conference schedule on the wrong end of a 97-34 loss at No. 21 Baylor on Wednesday morning inside the Foster Pavilion in Waco, Texas. 

How it happened 
The Trailblazers (4-8/0-0 WAC) were able to land a couple of haymakers in the early going. Nicole Willardson and Emily Isaacson both hit 3-pointers on consecutive possessions as Utah Tech opened up a quick 9-4 lead just three minutes into play.
 
However the lead would be short-lived as the Baylor defense forced nine of Utah Tech's 10 first-quarter turnovers over the final seven minutes of the period.
 
Those miscues helped propel an 18-1 Bears' run that turned their five-point deficit into a commanding 22-10 advantage after the opening 10 minutes.
 
Baylor (10-2) kept that momentum going to start the second quarter, scoring the first eight points of the stanza to extend the lead to 30-10 with eight minutes to go until halftime.
 
Chardonnay Hartley finally stopped the avalanche with a lay-in and free throw at the 7:03 mark, which ended a 10-minute stretch between Trailblazer field goals.
 
Emily Isaacson would knock down a 3-pointer later in the frame, but the senior's bucket could not stop the Bears, who hit six treys of their own in the period en route to a decisive 56-16 lead at the halftime break. 
 
Baylor would go on to coast through the second half in sending the Trailblazers to their fourth-straight loss.  
 
Numbers to know
Utah Tech was held to a school-record low 34 points on Wednesday. The previous record was 35 points scored in a road loss at Oregon (11/14/22) during the 2022-23 season. 
 
The Trailblazers were also held without a double-digit scorer for just the sixth time their NCAA era (485 games), and the second time in the program's brief Division I tenure.
 
Hartley paced Utah Tech with nine points, which included a 5-of-9 clip at the foul line. The junior point guard also collected three assists, two rebounds and one steal. 
 
Isaacson finished with eight points and three rebounds before fouling out in the fourth quarter, and Brie Crittendon tallied seven points on 3-of-6 shooting.  

Utah Tech shot 23.9 percent (11-of-46) from the floor and was held to season-lows in both made 3-pointers (4-of-23) and three-point percentage (.174). 
 
Meanwhile the Trailblazers wound up with a season-high 31 turnovers, which led to 40 Baylor points. The 31 miscues were the most in the program's D-I era and tied for the seventh-most in its NCAA era overall. 

Yaya Felder led five Baylor players in double figures with 18 points, while Darianna Littlepage-Buggs added 16 points on 8-of-10 shooting. 
 
Baylor connected on 52.2 percent of its shots (36-of-69) from the floor, which included a 13-for-35 (.371) clip from beyond the arc. The Bears also owned a decisive 45-28 rebounding edge, which included a 15-9 count on the offensive glass.
 
Up Next
Utah Tech wraps up the non-conference portion of its 2024-25 season this Saturday afternoon when the Trailblazers welcome in ACC foe Pittsburgh to the Burns Arena. Tip-off is set for 1 p.m. (MT).