2007-08 BU WBB Notes
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2005 NCAA Champions • 2005 Big 12 Champions Media Relations Contact - Julie Bennett • [email protected] Office: 254.710.3042 • Cell: 254.709.9657 • Fax: 254.710.3009 • www.baylorbears.com Game 25 2007-08 Schedule Date Opponent Time/Result #8/8 Baylor (21-3, 9-2) Nov. 1 ______HOUSTON JAGUARS (Exh) ______W, 99-57 Nov. 6 ______USA BASKETBALL (Exh) ________L, 82-56 vs. Nov. 9 ______HOWARD! __________________W, 83-31 #10/10 Oklahoma (18-4, 8-2) Nov. 10______SAINT MARY’S ______________W, 101-47 Nov. 11______PRAIRIE VIEW A&M____________W, 89-61 Nov. 15______UT-PAN AMERICAN ____________W, 76-39 Sunday, Feb. 17 - 12:30 p.m. Nov. 25______#12 CALIFORNIA (FSN) ________W, 69-56 Ferrell Center (10,284) Nov. 29______at Southeast Missouri ________W, 81-51 Waco, Texas Dec. 12 ____OREGON ____________________W, 80-45 Dec. 16 ____at #5 Stanford (FSN) __________L, 87-63 Dec. 19 ____TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI __W, 69-42 BAYLOR Lady Bears OKLAHOMA Sooners Dec. 22 ____at St. John’s ________________W, 81-58 Dec. 30 ____RICE________________________W, 76-51 IN THE POLLS PROBABLE STARTERS Jan. 2 ______NORTH CAROLINA A&T ________W, 89-48 8 - Associated Press 10 - Associated Press Jan. 4 ______TEXAS STATE ________________W, 84-57 8 - USA Today/ESPN Coaches 10 - USA Today/ESPN Coaches Jan. 9 ______at Texas Tech*&______________W, 72-67 Jan. 12 ____#13 TEXAS A&M*& ____________W, 59-56 PROBABLE STARTERS PROBABLE STARTERS Jan. 16 ____KANSAS*& (CSTV) ____________W, 59-35 G-3 Jessica Morrow - Jr., 6-0 - 12.07 ppg, 4.2 rpg C-3 Courtney Paris - Jr., 6-4 - 17.4 ppg, 15.0 rpg Jan. 20 ____at #11 Oklahoma*& (ESPN2)____W, 84-73 G-5 Melissa Jones - Fr., 5-10 - 5.3 ppg, 5.5 rpg F-5 Ashley Paris - Jr., 6-3 - 12.0 ppg, 7.4 rpg P-11 Danielle Wilson - So., 6-3 - 11.5 ppg, 6.9 rpg G-11 Jenna Plumley - So., 5-4 - 7.4 ppg, 2.0 rpg Jan. 23 ____at Missouri*+ (MSN) __________W, 72-57 P-14 Rachel Allison - Jr., 6-1 - 13.2 ppg, 8.6 rpg G-13 Danielle Robinson - Fr., 5-9 - 12.84 ppg, 3.1 rpg Jan. 26 ____NEBRASKA*& ________________W, 76-56 G-20 Angela Tisdale - Sr., 5-7 - 14.8 ppg, 2.3 apg F-21 Amanda Thompson - So., F, 6-0 - 9.4 ppg, 6.6 rpg Jan. 30 ____#25 TEXAS*& ________________W, 61-60 Feb. 2 ______at #18 Kansas State*+ (FSN)____W, 63-49 TOP RESERVES TOP RESERVES Feb. 5 ______at #17 Oklahoma State*& ______L, 77-67 P-1 Jessika Bradley - So., 6-3 - 4.5 ppg, 4.0 rpg F-1 Nyeshia Stevenson - So., 6-1 - 8.0 ppg, 1.0 rpg Feb. 9 ______TEXAS TECH (FSN)* __________W, 68-45 G-21 Kelli Griffin - Fr., 5-8 - 2.3ppg, 1.4 rpg Feb. 13 ____at Texas*&+ (ESPNU) __________L, 61-51 Feb. 17 ____#10 OKLAHOMA*& (FSN) ____12:30 p.m. Feb. 23 ____at Iowa State* (FSN) __________11 a.m. BAYLOR AND OKLAHOMA Feb. 27 ____COLORADO*&+ ________________7 p.m. Two top 10 teams will meet for the second time March 1 ____at Texas A&M*+& (FSN) ________ 1 p.m. this season when No. 8 Baylor hosts 10th-ranked OVER THE AIRWAVES March 6 ____OKLAHOMA STATE*& ____________7 p.m. Oklahoma on Sunday, Feb. 19, at 12:30 p.m. March 11-15 Big 12 Championships ____________TBA Baylor, 21-3 on the season and 9-2 in Big 12 action, Television March 22-25 NCAA First & Second Rounds ______TBA is coming off a 61-51 loss at Texas while the Sooners, 18-4 on the year and 8-2 in league play, are riding a Mar. 29-Apr. 1 NCAA Regionals __________________TBA seven-game win streak. Oklahoma’s last loss came on April 6 & 8 __NCAA Final Four__________________TBA Jan. 20 when the Lady Bears posted an 84-73 victory in Norman. All times listed as Central Sunday’s game, a nationally televised contest, will ALL CAPS - Home game be broadcast on Fox Sports Network. Veteran sports- casters Kevin Eschenfelder and Brenda VanLengen will Kevin Eschenfelder (Play-by-play) Brenda VanLengen (Color analyst) ! - Basketball Travelers Tip-Off Tournament - Waco, provide play-by-play and color analysis, respectively. Texas Internet Feeds * Big 12 Conference contest BAYLOR’S “GOLD OUT” Webcast: None Phillips 66 Big 12 Championships - Municipal Auditorium Saturday's men's game against Texas, as well as - Kansas City, Mo. Sunday's women's contest between the No. 8 Baylor Audio: Live audio stream at NCAA Final Four - Tampa, Fla. Lady Bears and 10th-ranked Oklahoma Sooners, have been declared Gold Outs at the Ferrell Center. BaylorBears.com FSN - Fox Sports Net; CSTV - College Sports Television; All fans taking in Sunday's 12:30 p.m. contest will receive a free Lady Bear Gold Out t-shirt courtesy of Radio: KRZI/ESPN 1660 AM, Waco MSN - Missouri Sports Network Time Warner Cable and Baylor Athletics. KVCE 1160 AM, Dallas & - KVCE 1160 AM, Dallas Fans attending the men's game will receive a free Radio Talent: + - KLRK 92.9 FM, Waco Baylor Basketball Gold Out t-shirt compliments of Texas Farm Bureau and Baylor Athletics. Rick May, play-by-play Lori Fogleman, color analyst Baylor Lady Bear Basketball - page 1 GAME 25 - FEB. 17, 2008 BAYLOR BASKETBALL GAME NOTES HEAD COACH KIM MULKEY Kim Mulkey - Head Coach When Women’s Basketball Hall of Famer Kim Mulkey accepted the position of women’s basketball head coach at Baylor University, few could have predicted the dramatic and prestigious turn the program was about to take. In just seven Quick Facts years at Baylor, the former All-American and Olympic gold medalist has guided the Lady Bear basketball program to the pinnacle of women’s basketball, the Education: Louisiana Tech, 1984 (B.A.) Experience: 2005 NCAA national championship, six NCAA Tournament appearances and seven Louisiana Tech (Player), 1980-84 20-win seasons. Louisiana Tech (Assistant Coach), 1985-96 The 2005 national title was Baylor’s first for a women’s team sport and is the Louisiana Tech (Assoc. HC), 1996-00 only basketball national title, men’s or women’s, in the Big 12 Conference’s 11- Baylor (Head Coach) 2000-present year history. In winning the 2005 title, Mulkey became the first person, man or woman, to Highlights win a basketball national championship as a player, assistant coach and head • 2 national championships as a player coach. (1981, AIAW; 1984, NCAA) • 1 NCAA championship as a head coach En route to the NCAA championship, the Lady Bears won their first Big 12 (2005) Conference championship and were the league’s tournament champion as well. • 1 NCAA championship as an assistant Mulkey has produced amazing results since taking over the reins of the program on April 4, 2000, aver- coach (1988) aging 26.1 wins a season. In her eight years at the program’s helm, she has posted an impressive 204-56 (.785) record which ranks her No. 7 nationally in winning percentage. • 26 seasons as a player and coach have Since taking over a squad that was just 7-20 the season prior to her arrival, Mulkey has guided the Lady resulted in 25 trips to NCAA/AIAW Bears to seven postseason appearances, including six NCAA Tournaments and a trip to the WNIT finals. Tournament. Mulkey’s autobiography, “Won’t Back Down,” hit bookstores on Nov. 1, 2007. • Mulkey is the only women’s basketball coach, and one of only three in men’s and MULKEY REACHES 200 VICTORIES women’s basketball (Bob Knight and Dean With Baylor’s 72-57 victory at Missouri on January 23, eighth-year head coach Kim Mulkey recorded her Smith), who have won a national champi- 200th career victory becoming the sixth-fastest coach ever to reach the 200-win plateau, following: onship as a player and coach. • Mulkey is the ONLY basketball coach to Fastest to 200 victories (NCAA Division I) win a national championship as a head 239 - Gary Blair - Stephen F. Austin (currently at Texas A&M) coach, assistant coach and player. 241 - Joan Bonvicini - Long Beach State (currently at Arizona) 241 - Jody Conradt - Texas (retired) Head Coaching 245 - C. Vivian Stringer - Cheyney (currently at Rutgers) Year-by-Year 251 - Andy Landers - Georgia Baylor 254 - Kim Mulkey - Baylor 2000-01 21-9 NCAA First Round* 2001-02 27-6 NCAA Second Round 257 - Kay Yow - N.C. State 2002-03 24-11 WNIT Finals 259 - Pat Summitt - Tennessee 2003-04 26-9 NCAA Sweet 16 261 - Tom Collen - Colorado State, Louisville (currently at Arkansas) 2004-05 33-3 NCAA Champion 262 - Chris Weller - Maryland (retired) 2005-06 26-7 NCAA Sweet 16 2006-07 26-8 NCAA First Round LADY BEAR LEADERS 2007-08 21-3 Totals 204-56 (.785) With 24 games under their belt, the Lady Bears boast four players averaging double-digit scoring. Leading the way is the squad’s lone senior, All-Big 12 candidate Angela Tisdale, with 14.8 a contest, while junior * First NCAA Tournament selection in pro- Rachel Allison, another All-Big 12 candidate, manages 13.2 points and a team-leading 8.6 rebounds a game. gram history. Junior guard/forward Jessica Morrow follows with 12.2 a contest and sophomore post Danielle Wilson man- ages 11.5 points an outing. Mulkey vs. the Big 12 In addition to Allison’s 8.6 boards, two other players haul down 5.5 or more rebounds an outing. Wilson manages 6.9 a game while freshman Melissa Jones manages 5.5. Team______________________Record Colorado ________________________4-3 Iowa State ______________________7-2 SENIOR LEADERSHIP IN THE CLUTCH Kansas __________________________10-0 Baylor’s lone senior, point guard Angela Tisdale has shown that in the clutch, she can get it done.