Baylor was cruising, the Lady Bears' reserves were waiting to check in and there seemed to be little excitement. Then Brittney Griner got behind the Georgia Tech defense and everyone in the arena knew what could be coming. Baylor's 6-foot-8 All-American didn't disappoint. Griner threw down a two-handed dunk to cap a sensational performance and the Lady Bears stormed into the NCAA regional finals for the third straight year with an 83-68 victory over Georgia Tech on Saturday. Griner, who finished with 35 points, 10 rebounds and six blocks, took a pass from Brooklyn Pope and soared in for her dunk with 6:29 left in yet another rout for the Lady Bears - swinging briefly on the rim for good measure. "I wanted to get one in this game," said Griner, who was almost nonchalant about her crowd-pleasing play. Brooklyn got me the ball and I just went up and slammed it. It was the second straight game in which Griner dunked and the seventh slam of her college career. "Even though she dunks in warm-ups all the time, in the game it's just something that automatically just gets us fired up and really excited," Baylor's Odyssey Sims said. I think we get more excited for her than she does for herself. Though her team was hopelessly behind at the time, Georgia Tech coach MaChelle Joseph didn't feel Griner was rubbing it in with her dunk. Heck, she thought it was cool. "It doesn't bother me," Joseph said. I think she's great for the game. I think it's awesome. Nobody wants to get dunked on, but how many people can actually say I coached in a game where a female basketball player dunked? Baylor took control with a 20-0 first-half run and never gave fourth-seeded Tech (26-9) a chance to answer. Then came the dunk, which put Baylor up 77-46 - and even the neutral fans stood and roared their approval. A few seconds later, during a timeout, Baylor coach Kim Mulkey took Griner and the other starters out, giving the crowd another chance to salute the game's most dominating player. "There's no doubt that Brittney Griner is definitely the best player I've ever coached against, I've ever seen play live," Joseph said. She's a tremendous talent on both ends of the floor. But I thought their complementary players, Destiny Williams in particular, had a huge game for them, especially in the first 10 minutes of the game.