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2014-15 SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME INFO NOVEMBER §Date: Friday, Nov. 14 Date BU Opp Opponent TV Time/Score § N14 9/9 — ORAL ROBERTS FSSW+ 6:00 p.m. Tip-Off: 6:05 p.m. (CT) N17 9/9 — at Kentucky ESPN2 6:00 p.m. §Location: Waco, Texas N28 9/9 — (1) UTAH STATE 7:00 p.m. §Arena: Ferrell Center (10,284) N22 9/9 — (1) STETSON TBA §Television: FSSW Plus N23 9/9 — (1) MARIST FSSW+ 2:00 P.M. §Talent: John Morris (pxp), Jim Haller DECEMBER (analyst) Date BU Opp Opponent TV Time/Score BAYLOR ORAL ROBERTS §Radio: Baylor Sports Network - IMG D3 9/9 — UT-PAN AMERICAN 7:00 p.m. College -1660 AM D7 9/9 — at Ole Miss 2:00 p.m. LADY BEARS GOLDEN EAGLES § D10 9/9 — IDAHO 7:00 p.m. Talent: Rick May (pxp), Lori Fogleman 2014-15 Record: 0-0 D14 9/9 — STEPHEN F. AUSTIN FSSW 2:00 p.m. 2014-15 Record: 0-0 (analyst) D19 9/9 — vs. Syracuse 6:00 p.m. Ranking (AP/ESPN): 8/9 Ranking (AP/ESPN): NR/NR §Web Stream/Audio: BaylorBears.com D20 9/9 — vs. Michigan State 3:00 p.m. Last Game: N/A Last Game: N/A (subscription) D29 9/9 — PRAIRIE VIEW A&M 7:00 p.m. Head Coach: Kim Mulkey Head Coach: Misti Cussin §Live Stats: BaylorBears.com Career Record: 404-86 (15th season) Record at ORU: 27-33 (Third season) JANUARY § Record at BU: Same Career Record: Same Gameday Central: BaylorBears.com Date BU Opp Opponent TV Time/Score Baylor vs. ORU: BU leads 6-2 Cussin vs. BU: 0-0 §Tickets: (254) 710-1000 J3 9/9 — § OKLAHOMA STATE FSN 11:00 a.m. J6 9/9 — § Kansas State FSKC 7:00 p.m. Mulkey vs. ORU: 4-0 J10 7/7 — § at West Virginia ROOT 2:00 p.m. J13 7/7 — § IOWA STATE FSSW 6:30 p.m. J17 7/7 — § at Kansas J’Hawk TV 2:00 p.m. No. 8/9 Baylor Hosts Oral Roberts in Season Opener... § J19 12/10 — TEXAS FS1 5:30 p.m. The eighth-ranked Baylor Lady Bears open their 41st season of competition by hosting Oral Roberts, Friday, Nov. 14, at J24 12/10 — § KANSAS STATE FSSW 11:00 a.m. J27 9/7 — § at TCU FSSW+ 7:00 p.m. 6:05 p.m. The game will be a televised double-header with the Baylor’s men’s team as the Bears take on McNeese State at 8:35 p.m. FEBRUARY Head coach Kim Mulkey begins her 15th season at Baylor with nine players, including three starters, returning off Date BU Opp Opponent TV Time/Score last season’s 32-5 team that swept its fourth straight Big 12 regular and tournament crowns. Starters Sune Agbuke § F1 9/7 — KANSAS FSN 1:00 p.m. (senior post), Nina Davis (forward) and Niya Johnson (junior guard) all return off last season’s NCAA Championship Elite F4 7/7 — § at Oklahoma State 7:00 p.m. F8 7/6 — § at Texas ESPN2 1:00 p.m. Eight team. Davis, at 5-11 sophomore, led the Big 12 in rebounding a year ago with 8.9 a contest and was also one of the F15 7/4 — § WEST VIRGINIA ESPN2 4:00 p.m. league’s top scorers, recording 15.0 an outing while earning Big 12 Freshman of the Year honors. Agbuke hauled down F18 7/4 — § at Texas Tech 7:00 p.m. 7.6 rebounds a game while Johnson led the nation in /turnover ratio (4.17). Three BU freshmen will see their first § F21 6/5 — TCU FSSW+ 7:00 p.m. regular-season game action when Micayla Buckner (6-3 post), Dekeiya Cohen (6-2 forward) and Kristy Wallace (5-11 F25 6/5 — § at Oklahoma SSN 7:00 p.m. F28 6/5 — § at Iowa State FSN 3:00 p.m. guard) take the court Friday. MARCH Television Coverage... Date BU Opp Opponent TV Time/Score Friday’s game will be televised on FSSW Plus in Texas and Oklahoma and tape delayed on Fox College Sports (FCS). John M2 6/5 11/10 § TEXAS TECH FSSW+ 7:00 p.m. M6-9 (2) Big 12 Championship FSN Morris will be calling play-by-play while Jim Haller will provide color commentary. SCHEDULE KEY Baylor in Season Openers... Rankings: AP/ESPN Baylor is 32-8 (.800) all-time in season openers, 12-2 (.857) under head coach Kim Mulkey. The Lady Bears are 22-2 § game Home games in BOLD CAPS played at Ferrell Center (10,284) (.917) in Ferrell Center home openers, 14-0 under Mulkey. (1) Basketball Travelers Classic (Waco, Texas) * AT&T Stadium, Dallas Exhibition Numbers... (2) Big 12 Championship American Airlines Arena, Dallas In Baylor’s two exhibition contests, a 99-56 triumph over Midwestern State and a 102-41 win over Tarleton State, five players averaged double-digit scoring. Sophomore posts Nina Davis and Khadijiah Cave averaged over 20 points a game with Davis checking in at 28.0 points and Cave averaging 20.0 points and 14.0 rebounds a contest. Sophomore Alexis Prince managed 15.0 points an outing while freshman Kristy Wallace scored 13.5 and junior Kristina Higgins managed 10.5 points a contest. Junior point guard Niya Johnson averaged 14.5 assists for the two games and only had six turnovers.

Banner Drops... Baylor adds to its banner collection in the Ferrell Center when it drops three banners in pregame ceremonies on Friday; both Big 12 Conference regular season and tournament banners and an NCAA Championship Elite Eight banner. 2014-15 BAYLOR WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 2 HEAD COACH KIM MULKEY KIM MULKEY - HEAD COACH QUICK FACTS Success = Kim Mulkey. No matter what she’s attempted in basketball, whether it be on the court or along the sideline, Mulkey has found success. In just 14 seasons as a head Education: Louisiana Tech, 1984 (B.A.) coach, she has attained 404 career victories and ranks No. 2 among the winningest active Experience: Division I head coaches (.826) and No. 4 all-time by percentage. Only one person, her Louisiana Tech (Player), 1980-84 mentor , attained the 400-win milestone quicker. It took Barmore 13 seasons Louisiana Tech (Assistant Coach), 1985-96 and three games to accumulate 400 wins, while Mulkey achieved it in 13 years and 32 Louisiana Tech (Assoc. Head Coach), 1996-00 games. Baylor (Head Coach) 2000-present When the Women's Basketball Hall of Famer accepted the position as ’s women's basketball head coach on April 4, 2000, few could have predicted the dramatic Highlights and prestigious transformation the program was about to undergo. In just 14 years at • 2 national championships as a player (1981, AIAW; 1982, NCAA). Baylor, the former Olympic Gold medalist has twice guided the Lady Bear basketball • 2 NCAA championships as a head coach (2005, 2012). program to the pinnacle of women's basketball, the 2005 and 2012 NCAA national • 1 NCAA championship as an assistant coach (1988). • 32 seasons as a player and coach have resulted in 32 postseason championships, 13 NCAA Tournament appearances, 14, 20-win seasons, 12, 25-win efforts, five, 30-win campaigns and an NCAA trips, including 31 to NCAA/AIAW Tournament. record 40 wins and undefeated record in 2011-12. In addition, over the past seven seasons, Mulkey has led the Lady Bears to • Mulkey is the only women’s basketball coach, and one of only three three Final Four appearances (2005, ’10, ‘12) and 11 Big 12 Conference titles. in men’s and women’s basketball ( and ), who The 2005 national title was Baylor's first for a women's team sport, and just the second in school history overall. have won a national championship as both a player and coach. In winning the 2005 title, Mulkey became the first person, man or woman, to win a basketball national championship as a • Mulkey is the ONLY basketball coach to win a national player, assistant coach and head coach. championship as a head coach, assistant coach and player. En route to the 2005 NCAA championship, the Lady Bears won their first Big 12 Conference championship and were the • Mulkey is the first individual ever to play for a women’s team league's tournament champion, too. In 2009, the Lady Bears added to the trophy case with another Big 12 Tournament crown, ranked No. 1 among AP voters while also later becoming coach of a claimed both the 2011 regular season and tournament crowns and captured the 2012 regular season title by a record seven team selected to No. 1. games over second-place finishers Oklahoma and Texas A&M and again earned the tournament crown. The Lady Bears • 2000 Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame inductee. • 2003 CoSIDA Academic All-American Hall of Fame inductee. duplicated the feat in the 2012-13 season, winning both crowns, and became to win three straight conference • 2007 Baylor Athletic Hall of Fame inductee. tournament titles and five all-told. In 2013-14, Baylor claimed its fourth straight Big 12 regular season title becoming the first • 2009 Texas Sports Hall of Fame inductee. league school to achieve that feat and claimed its fourth straight and sixth overall tournament crown. • 2011 USBWA National Coach of the Year. Mulkey has produced amazing results since taking over the program’s reins on April 4, 2000, averaging 28.8 wins through 14 • 2012 WBCA, Naismith, AP, USBWA National Coach of the Year. years. In her 14 years at the program's helm, she has posted an impressive 404-85 (.826) record which ranks her No. 2 nationally in winning percentage. In addition, the Lady Bear program ranks No. 5 among the NCAA Division I's winningest teams over that Head Coaching Year-by-Year Record span. Baylor Record Postseason Since coming into the league in 2000-01, Mulkey owns the top winning percentage and most victories among Big 12 coaches 2000-01 21-9 NCAA First Round 2001-02 27-6 NCAA Second Round at 82.6 percent (404-86). 2002-03 24-11 WNIT Runner-up Mulkey’s autobiography, “Won’t Back Down,” hit bookstores on Nov. 1, 2007. 2003-04 26-9 NCAA Sweet 16 2004-05 33-3+! NCAA Champion 2005-06 26-7 NCAA Sweet 16 2006-07 26-8 NCAA Second Round 2007-08 25-7 NCAA Second Round 2008-09 29-5! NCAA Sweet 16 2009-10 27-10 NCAA Semifinals 2010-11 34-3+! NCAA Elite Eight 2014-2015 Numerical Roster 2011-12 40-0+! NCAA Champion 2012-13 34-2+! NCAA Sweet 16 No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl.-Exp Hometown (H.S. / Last School) 2013-14 32-4+! NCAA Elite Eight 1 Deleiya Cohen F 6-2 Fr.-HS Charleston, S.C. (West Ashley HS) Totals 404-86 (.825) 14 postseason appearances 2 Niya Johnson G 5-8 Jr.-2L Gainesville, Fla. (P.K. Yonge Development Research School) + Big 12 regular season champion 3 Chardonae Fuqua’ G 6-0 Jr.-2L Birmingham, Ala. (Hoover HS) ! Big 12 Tournament champion 4 Kristy Wallace G 5-11 Fr.-HS Loganholme, Queensland, Australia (John Paul College) 12 Alexis Prince G 6-1 RS-So.-1L Orlando, Fla. (Edgewater HS) Mulkey vs. Big 12 Teams 13 Nina Davis F 5-11 So.-1L Memphis, Tenn. (Memphis Central HS) Team ______Record 22 Sune Agbuke P 6-4 Sr.-3L San Antonio, Texas (Cornerstone Christian) Iowa State ______18-3 20 Imani Wright G 5-9 So.-1L Hooks, Texas (Liberty-Eylau HS) Kansas ______19-2 24 Ieshia Small G 6-0 So.-1L Miami, Fla. (Florida HS-Tallahassee, Fla.) Kansas State ______20-4 34 Micayla Buckner P 6-3 Fr.-HS Garland, Texas (Naaman Forest HS) Missouri ______12-2 Oklahoma ______15-17 44 Kristina Higgins P 6-5 Jr.-2L El Paso, Texas (Chapin HS) Oklahoma State ______26-5 55 Khadijiah Cave P 6-2 So.-1L Augusta, Ga. (Lucy Laney HS) TCU ______4-0 Texas ______19-10 Head Coach: Kim Mulkey (Louisiana Tech, 1984), 15th season at Baylor Texas Tech ______24-8 Associate Head Coach: Bill Brock (Southeastern Oklahoma, 1976), 12th season West Virginia______5-1 Assistant Coach: (Arkansas 2000), Second season Total ______162-52 (.757) Assistant Coach: (Manhattan College, 2003), Second season Assistant AD for Basketball Operations: Johnny Derrick, 15th season Director of Basketball Operations: Edsel Hamilton IV (USC, 2007), Sixth season Coordinator of Basketball Operations: Jennifer Roberts (Louisiana Tech, 1997), Third season Trainer: Alex Olson (Baylor, 1994), 16th season Strength & Conditioning: Jeremy Heffner (North Texas, 2002), Fifth season Radio Talent: Rick May (19th season); Lori Fogleman (17th season)

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GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Waco, Texas Founded: 1845 Enrollment: 16,263 President: Ken Starr Faculty Representative: Jeremy Counsellor NIYA JOHNSON KRISTY WALLACE ALEXIS PRINCE NINA DAVIS KRISTINA HIGGINS #2 - G - Jr. #4 - G - Fr. #12 - G -RS-So. #13 - F/P - So. #44 - P - Jr. Athletic Director: Ian McCaw PPG - PPG - PPG - PPG - PPG - Sport Administrator: Paul Bradshaw APG - APG - APG - APG - APG - SWA: Nancy Post RPG - RPG - RPG - RPG - RPG - Conference: Big 12 Nickname: Lady Bears Colors: Green (PMS 560) and Gold (1235) Quick Hits... Arena (capacity): Ferrell Center (10,284) § Nina Davis was named one of ESPNW’s top 25 players for 2014-15, the 5-11 sophomore forward/post is listed at No. 6, she is also on its first-team preseason All-American list. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL HISTORY § During the 2013-14 season, Niya Johnson, a 5-7 guard, ranked No. 1 nationally in assist/turnover ratio at 4.17 First Season: 1974-75 per contest, dishing out 242 assists with only 58 turnovers, and was No. 9 nationally in assists per game (6.7). Johnson All-Time Record: 798-484 (.623) / 41st season had six double-digit assist games to her credit (14 vs. San Jose State, 11 vs. #5 Kentucky, 12 vs. #12 Oklahoma State, 10 All-Time Record Before Kim Mulkey’s Arrival: 394-398 (.498) vs. Iowa State and 11 vs. #24 Cal and 11 vs. #10 Kentucky). Overall NCAA Tournament Record: 33-11 (.750) § Johnson became the program’s single-season assist leader, with 242, breaking ’s (2001-02) record of 216. Final Four Appearances: 3 (2005, ‘10, ‘12) § Sune Agbuke, a 6-5 senior, has 104 career blocks to rank No. 10 on BU’s career chart. With 70 blocks last season, Agbuke NCAA Tournament Appearances: 13 ranked No. 9 on Baylor’s single-season list. NCAA Championships: 2 (2005, 2012) § In her 14 seasons at the program's helm, Kim Mulkey has posted an impressive 404-86 (.825) record which ranks her No. Last NCAA Appearance: 2014, NCAA Elite Eight 2 nationally in winning percentage among active coaches behind UConn’s (.864). (lost to No. 2 Notre Dame, 88-69) § Postseason WNIT Appearances: 3 In 477 of 490 games under Kim Mulkey, the Lady Bears have held their opponent at or below 50 percent Last WNIT Appearance: 2003 (lost to Auburn, WNIT finals) shooting with only five of those efforts coming in the last 12 years. Conference Titles: 5 (2005, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) § In Baylor’s last 290 games, only two opponents (Stanford, .509 & West Virginia, .500) have shot 50 percent or above. Last Conference Tournament Titles: 6 (2005, 2009, 2011, 2012, season, the Cardinal broke BU’s 217-game streak of holding an opponent to 50 percent or less shooting from the floor. 2013, 2014) § In Mulkey’s 14 seasons, Baylor is 106-63 (.627) against ranked opponents. Since a 69-55 loss to No. 15 Texas during the 2004-05 season, Baylor is 87-38 (.696) versus ranked opponents, including 13-0 in 2011-12, 12-2 in 2012-13 and 6-4 last 2013-14 REVIEW season. 2013-14 Overall Record: 32-5 § Baylor is 140-10 (.933) over the past four seasons, 34-3 in 2010-11, 40-0 in 2011-12, 34-2 in 2012-13 and 32-5 last year. 2013-14 Big 12 Record (Finish): 16-2 (1st) In that same span, BU is 79-3 (.963) in Big 12 play (67-3 in regular season and 12-0 in Big 12 Tournament). 2013-14 Postseason: NCAA Elite Eight, lost to Notre Dame, 88-69 § 123 of Baylor’s 140 wins over the last four seasons have been by 10 or more points, and only eight times has its winning margin been five or fewer points. 2014-15 PREVIEW § Baylor is 326-15 (.956) under Mulkey when scoring 70 or more points, including a 194-6 (.970) record when totaling 80 Lettermen Returning/Lost: 9/3 or more. BU is 122-2 (.984) over the last four seasons (2011-12-2013-14) when scoring 70 or more points. Newcomers: 3 (P) Micayla Buckner (Fr., 6-3) Did You Know Kim Mulkey is... (F) Dekeiya Cohen (Fr., 6-2) § The ONLY women’s basketball coach, and one of only three in men’s and women’s basketball (joining Bob Knight and (G) Kristy Wallace (Fr., 5-11) Dean Smith), who have won a national championship as both a player and coach. § Starters Returning: 3 The ONLY basketball coach to win a national championship as a head coach, assistant coach and player. (G) Niya Johnson (Jr., 5.3 ppg, 3.5 rpg) § The first individual ever to play for a women’s team ranked No. 1 among AP voters while also later becoming coach of a (P) Nina Davis (So., 15.0 ppg, 8.9 rpg) team selected to No. 1. (P) Sune Agbuke (Gr., 5.9 ppg, 7.6 rpg)

Starters Lost: 2 (G) (Sr., 28.5 ppg, 4.6 rpg) Head-To-Head NCAA Division I (G) Makenzie Robertson (Sr., 7.4 ppg, 3.9 rpg) Baylor * Oral Roberts* 2013-14 Home Attendance 100.5 ...... Points Per Game ...... 65.5 Final WOMEN’S BASKETBALL STAFF 53.5...... Rebounds Per Game...... 51.5 Head Coach: Kim Mulkey (Louisiana Tech, 1984) 82-134...... Field Goals Made-Attempted...... 45-111 Rk Team...... Avg. Record at Baylor: 404-86 (.825),14th season .612 ...... Field Goal Percentage...... 405 1. Tennessee ...... 11,038 Career Record: same 5-11...... 3-Point FG Made-Attempted ...... 6-17 2. Iowa State...... 9,916 Associate Head Coach: Bill Brock .455 ...... 3-Point Percentage...... 353 Assistant Coach: Sytia Messer 3. Louisville...... 9,469 Assistant Coach: Toyelle Wilson 32-52 ...... Free Throws Made-Attempted ...... 35-55 4. Notre Dame...... 8,694 Asst. AD/Women’s Basketball Operations: Johnny Derrick .615...... Percentage...... 636 5. Connecticut...... 8,313 Director of Operations: Edsel Hamilton IV 27.5 ...... Assists Per Game ...... 8.5 6. Purdue ...... 7,388 Coordinator of Operations: Jennifer Roberts 16.0...... Turnovers Per Game ...... 16.5 7. Michigan State...... 7,145 Athletic Trainer: Alex Olson 11.5 ...... Steals Per Game...... 9.5 Strength & Conditioning Coach: Jeremy Heffner 8. Baylor ...... 6,881 Athletic Communications: Julie Bennett 6.0 ...... Blocks Per Game ...... 5.0 9. Kentucky...... 6,727 Administrative Assistant: Barbara Spitzer 10. South Carolina ...... 6,371 Radio Play-by-Play: Rick May * Exhibition Radio Color Analyst: Lori Fogleman

www.BAYLORBEARS.com 2014-15 BAYLOR WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 4 BAYLOR ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Scouting Oral Roberts... Mailing Address: 1500 S. University Parks Dr., Waco, TX 76706 § Located in Tulsa, Okla., the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles enter Friday’s contest with two home exhibition wins to their Phone: 254.710.2743 | Fax: 254.710.1369 credit, a 69-36 victory over Rockhurst and a 62-43 triumph over East Central. § After spending 16 seasons as the program’s top assistant coach, Misti Cussen begins her third season as the Golden Eagle ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS CONTACT leader. She is 27-33 in her career at ORU. § Primary Senior Vicky McIntyre, who played her freshman and sophomore seasons at Oklahoma State and played one season at Florida before transfering to ORU, tallied two double-doubles in exhibition play. The 6-7 center had 14 points and 16 JULIE BENNETT Asst. AD/ Athletic Communications rebounds against Rockhurst and tallied 18 points while pulling down 24 rebounds versus East Central. Office: 254.710.3042 Cell: 254.7092.9657 Series Record vs. Oral Roberts... E-Mail: [email protected] § The Lady Bears lead the series 6-2, including six straight victories. Baylor is 4-0 in games played in Waco. § Kim Mulkey is 4-0 vs. the Golden Eagles. WEEKLY INTERVIEWS Head coach Kim Mulkey and Baylor players will be made Series vs. Oral Roberts available for interviews in person or by telephone on a Baylor leads 6-2 regular basis during the season, at times to be announced. 11-26-83 Oral Roberts 87-71 Tulsa, Okla. 12-12-87 Oral Roberts 86-73 Pullman, Wash. All interviews with Baylor student-athletes must 1-29-94 Baylor 83-65 Tulsa, Okla. be coordinated through the Athletic Communications 1-7-95 Baylor 78-49 Waco Office and requested with 24 hours advance notice. 12-20-00 Baylor 80-56 Waco Telephone interviews will be fulfilled at a time that does 11-30-01 Baylor 74-46 Tulsa, Okla. not interfere with the student-athlete's academic or practice 12-16-09 Baylor 101-76 Waco 12-12-12 Baylor 94-56 (FSSW+) Waco schedule. Home 4-0; Away 2-1; Neutral 0-1

BAYLOR MEDIA WEBSITE Mulkey vs. Ranked Opponents... § In head coach Kim Mulkey’s 14 seasons, Baylor is 106-63 (.627) against ranked opponents. Since a 69-55 loss to No. 15 An all-encompassing media page can be found on Texas during the 2004-05 season, Baylor is 87-38 (.696) versus ranked opponents, including 131-6 since 2011-12. Baylor’s website at: http://baylorbears.com/ot/bay- § Mulkey is 37-31 (.544) vs. Top-10 foes. media.html. Among the information available at this site are links and pdfs of statistics, game notes, quick facts and Lady Bears Love the 70s & 80s… directions as well as photo/logo downloads and video FTP § Baylor was 27-0 in 2010-11, 35-0 in 2011-12, 31-1 in 2012-13 and 29-1 last year when scoring 70 or more points. information. § All-told, Baylor is 326-15 (.956) under Kim Mulkey when scoring 70 or more points, including a 194-6 (.970) record when totaling 80 or more. The Lady Bears have averaged 70.4 or more points in 13 of Mulkey’s first 14 seasons along the BAYLOR VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS FTP SITE BU sideline, and averaged a league-leading and school-record (NCAA era) 83.6 ppg in 2013-14. It marked the second Baylor provides broadcast-quality video of home-game straight year BU established a new single-season scoring standard. postgame highlights via FTP download. Contact Baylor Mulkey Among Best... Athletic Communications for more information. NCAA Division I Winningest Active Coaches (By percentage through March 29, 2014) Name, School Years Won Lost Pct. PRACTICE COVERAGE 1. Geno Auriemma, Connecticut 29 879 133 .869 Generally, Baylor Lady Bear basketball practices are open 2. Kim Mulkey, Baylor 14 404 86 .825 to the media and the public. Please contact Julie Bennett 3. Tara VanDerveer, Stanford 35 927 207 .818 before attending practice. 4. Brian Giorgis, Marist 13 304 87 .776 5. Matt Bolant, Illinois 12 310 90 .775 SOCIAL MEDIA Lady Bears Impressive... In addition to following the most up-to-date information § Since taking over a squad that was just 7-20 the season prior to her arrival, Kim Mulkey has averaged 28.9 wins a on Baylor’s Official Athletics Site, www.BaylorBears.com, season. follow Lady Bear happenings on Twitter, @BaylorWBB, as § In her 14 seasons at the program's helm, Mulkey has posted an impressive 404-86 (.825) record which ranks her No. 2 well as the Official Twitter Account of Baylor Athletics, nationally in winning percentage among active coaches. Twitter @BaylorAthletics. § Mulkey’s record over her first four years was 98-35 (.737), averaging 24.5 wins per year. Over the last 10 years, she is 306-51 (.857) while averaging 30.5 victories per season. Also, please visit Baylor’s official atheltics Facebook page § Mulkey owns more than half (404) of the program’s 798 all-time victories. BU was 394-398 prior to her arrival, 404-86 and the Baylor Women’s Basketball Facebook page: since. § The Lady Bear program ranks No. 5 among the NCAA Division I's winningest teams over that span (2000-01 through http://www.facebook.com/BaylorAthletics April 4, 2014) and averages 28.8 wins per season. http://www.facebook.com/BaylorWBB 1. Connecticut - 486-38 (.928) 2. Stanford - 430-65 (.869) 3. Duke - 422-67 (.863) 4. Tennessee - 426-72 (.855) 5. Baylor - 404-86 (.826)

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2014-15 Lady Bear Honors... Associated Press Poll § Nina Davis - Preseason All-Big 12 first team; ESPNW Preseason All-American (first team); ESPNW Preseason Top 25 Preseason Players (No. 6); Sporting News Preseason All-American (second team) § Niya Johnson - Preseason All-Big 12 honorable mention; Sporting News Preseason All-American (first team) Rank Team Record Last Week 1. Connecticut (36) 0-0 - Defense... 2. South Carolina 0-0 - § Baylor’s loss to Stanford (50.9%, 11/16/12) in 2012-13 halted a streak of 217 straight wins when holding an opponent to 3. Notre Dame 0-0 - 4. Tennessee 0-0 - 50 percent or less shooting from the field, dating back to March 25, 2006, an 82-63 Sweet 16 loss to eventual national 5. Texas A&M 0-0 - champion Maryland. 6. Stanford 0-0 - § In 477 of 490 games under Kim Mulkey, the Lady Bears have held their opponent at or below 50 percent from the field 7. Duke 0-0 - with only five of those efforts coming in the last 12 years. 8. BAYLOR 0-0 - § In Baylor’s last 290 games, only two opponents (Stanford in 2012-13 & West Virginia in 2013-14) have shot at or above 9. Texas 0-0 - 50 percent from the floor. 10. Maryland 0-0 - § Baylor is 117-3 since the start of the 2009-10 season when allowing 60 or fewer points, including a 33-0 mark in 2011- 11. Kentucky 0-0 - 12, a 25-0 record in 2012-13 and 18-0 in 2013-14. The Lady Bears have won 77-straight games when holding their foe to 12. Louisville 0-0 - 13. North Carolina 0-0 - 60 or fewer points since a 58-46 loss to eventual national champion Texas A&M, March 29, 2011, in Dallas. 14. Michigan State 0-0 - 15. California 0-0 - BU In the Polls... 16. Nebraska 0-0 - § The Lady Bears have 230 AP Top 25 poll appearances in the 2000s, all of which have come under head coach Kim 17. West Virginia 0-0 - Mulkey, to rank No. 7 on the wire service’s active all-time list. 18. DePaul 0-0 - § All told, BU has been ranked in 246 AP polls which ranks No. 22 on the all-time list. 19. Iowa 0-0 - § BU has been ranked in a school-record 198 straight AP polls dating back to week nine of the 2003-04 listing when it broke 20. Oregon State 0-0 - in at No. 24. 21. Oklahoma State 0-0 - § BU had been continuously ranked among the nation’s top 10 teams since the first AP poll of the 2010-11 season when it 22. Dayton 0-0 - 23. UCLA 0-0 - was No. 2. All told, the Lady Bears were ranked in the AP’s top 10 for 67 straight polls, however, that string was snapped 24. Rutgers 0-0 - on Jan. 20, 2014, after BU suffered a 16-point loss (76-60) at unranked Kansas. After a one week hiatus, with its overtime 24. Syracuse 0-0 - win at then-No. 8 Oklahoma State on Jan. 26, 2014, Baylor moved back into the top 10 (Jan. 27) at No. 9. § Baylor has spent 39 weeks at No. 1 in the AP listing which ranks fifth all-time. Others receiving votes: LSU 58, Purdue 45, Penn St. 43, Georgia 37, § Baylor went wire-to-wire in both the 2011-12 AP Poll and the USA Today/ESPN Coaches’ Poll. It is just the ninth time that Gonzaga 28, NC State 24, Vanderbilt 23, Oklahoma 17, Arkansas 14, BYU 14, Mississippi St. 13, Florida St. 10, Minnesota 8, South Florida 8, St. John's 7, a women’s team ran the table in the AP Poll. Oregon 5, Green Bay 4, W. Kentucky 4, Middle Tennessee 3, Iowa St. 2, § On January 3, 2011, for the first time in program history, Baylor's women’s basketball team ascended to the top spot in Northwestern 2, Albany (NY) 1, Arizona St. 1, Colorado St. 1, James Madison 1. The Associated Press poll. Baylor had been ranked No. 2 every week since the beginning of the 2010-11 season but moved to the top spot after then-top-ranked Connecticut lost at then-No. 9 Stanford, 71-59. USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll § The Lady Bears are Baylor’s first team to ever achieve a No. 1 listing in an AP Poll. Men’s basketball’s highest ranking was Preseason No. 3 and football’s highest ranking was No. 3 for two consecutive weeks during the 1953 season and one week in 2013. Rank Team Record Last Week Lady Bears by the Numbers in the AP Top 25 Poll (through Oct. 30, 2014) 1. Connecticut (32) 0-0 - Top 10 appearances - No. 12 - 173 2. South Carolina 0-0 - Top 5 appearances - No. 12 - 83 3. Notre Dame 0-0 - No. 1 appearances - No. 5 - 39 4. Tennessee 0-0 - Total appearances - No. 22 - 246 5. Texas A&M 0-0 - 6. Stanford 0-0 - Consecutive appearances - 198 (on-going) 7. Duke 0-0 - Consecutive Top 10 appearances - 68 8. Maryland 0-0 - 9. BAYLOR 0-0 - In the Big 12’s 19th Season, Did You Know? 10. Kentucky 0-0 - § Baylor, with its 44 straight regular season league wins, broke Oklahoma’s Big 12 record for consecutive regular season 11. Louisville 0-0 - conference victories. The Sooners won 24 straight games from March 3, 2005 until Jan. 27, 2007. 12. Texas 0-0 - § Baylor’s 11 Big 12 titles is the most in league history, ahead of Oklahoma’s 10. 13. North Carolina 0-0 - § Baylor is one of three programs to post a perfect league record: Baylor - 18-0 (2012 & ‘13); Nebraska - 16-0 (2010); 14. California 0-0 - 15. Michigan State 0-0 - Oklahoma - 16-0 (2006), and the first to post back-to-back unblemished league records. 16. Nebraska 0-0 - § Baylor has won the most regular season Big 12 games and owns the league’s best regular season winning percentage: 17. West Virginia 0-0 - Baylor - 203-91, .691 winning percentage 18. DePaul 0-0 - Oklahoma - 188-106, .640 winning percentage 19. Iowa 0-0 - § Baylor has won the most Big 12 Tournament games and owns the league’s best winning percentage in the event: 20. Oklahoma State 0-0 - Baylor - 29-12 (.707) 21. Oregon State 0-0 - 22. Dayton 0-0 - Oklahoma - 23-14 (.622) § 23. UCLA 0-0 - Baylor is 67-3 in regular season Big 12 games over the past four seasons with a league-record 44-straight wins included 24. LSU 0-0 - in that run. That win string was halted at Kansas (76-60), Jan. 19. 25. Syracuse 0-0 - § Baylor owns the record for most Big 12 Tournament championships with six, and Baylor and Oklahoma rank 1-2 in regular-season crowns with five and six, respectively. Others receiving votes: Penn State 50; Rutgers 45; Purdue 37; Georgia 29; § Kim Mulkey is 176-54 (.765) in regular-season league play, including 162-52 (.757) vs. current Big 12 teams. Baylor was Vanderbilt 24; Gonzaga 17; Brigham Young 16; Florida State 16; St. John`s 16; North Carolina State 14; Iowa State 12; South Florida 11; Ohio State 10; 27-37 (.422) in league play prior to Mulkey’s arrival. Arkansas ; Oklahoma 8; Oregon 8; Middle Tennessee 7; Southern California 7; Western Kentucky 5; James Madison 3; Arizona State 2; Albany 1; Arkansas State 1; Cal State Northridge 1; Marist 1.

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Baylor’s Record when.... McDonald’s All-Americans... § Baylor’s 2014-15 roster features four McDonald’s All-Americans. Junior Niya Johnson and redshirt sophomore Alexis Big 12 All Mulkey Prince were 2012 honorees, and freshman Ieshia Small was named to the 2013 honor list. Junior Alexis Jones, was a Era 2012 honoree as well, she is sitting out the 2014-15 season after transferring to Baylor from Duke. Home -- -- 221-21 Away -- -- 105-44 Neutral -- -- 78-21 Early Signees... Leading at half -- -- 355-25 § Alyssa Dry, a 5-9 combo guard from Fort Worth, Texas, attends IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. She is an outstanding Trailing at half -- -- 41-55 athlete who excels in the transition game and has the ability to find open teammates or hit the open shot. Last year at Tied at half -- -- 8-6 Aledo (Texas) High School, Dry was named to the Class 4-A TABC All-State Team and also District 7-4A MVP while Overtime -- -- 4-6 averaging 16.2 points, 4.7 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 4.2 steals per contest. She is ranked No. 68 nationally by the Girls November games -- -- 78-7 Basketball Report. December games -- -- 80-3 January games -- -- 80-28 § Alexandria Gulley is a 5-9 point guard from Dallas’ Skyline High School who led her team to the regional final for the February games -- -- 88-24 March games -- -- 74-24 first time since 1997. Gulley averaged 13.6 points, 3.8 assists, 2.4 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game as a junior. She was April games -- -- 4-1 named District 9-5A Offensive MVP and was also selected to this season’s Dallas Morning News’ preseason all-area team. Television games -- -- 159-50 Gulley is ranked No. 50 nationally by the Girls Basketball Report and is listed as the No. 2 point guard in the state of Texas Versus ranked (AP) -- -- 105-62 by All Star Girls Report. Versus top 10 (AP) -- -- 36-30 § Justis Szczpanski-Beavers, a 6-4 forward from Fort Worth, Texas, also attends IMG Academy. Szczepanski-Beavers is a Field Goal very agile athlete that has length, wing span and lateral quickness that allows her to defend multiple positions. At Aledo Shooting 20-29% -- -- 4-9 Shooting 30-39% -- -- 54-53 (Texas) High School last year she was named first-team All-District 7-4A while averaging 14.5 points, 8.2 rebounds and Shooting 40-49% -- -- 207-22 4.0 blocks per game. Szczepanski-Beavers is ranked No. 59 nationally and No. 11 at her position by Girls Basketball Report. Shooting 50-59% -- -- 122-2 Shooting 60-69% -- -- 17-0 Higher than opponent -- -- 374-16 Lower than oponent -- -- 30-70

Three-Point Field Goal Shooting 0-19% -- -- 60-32 Shooting 20-29% -- -- 88-20 Shooting 30-39% -- -- 85-16 Shooting 40-49% -- -- 82-9 Shooting 50-59% -- -- 68-7 Shooting 60-69% -- -- 14-1 Shooting 70-79% -- -- 5-0 Shooting 80-89% -- -- 2-0 Shooting 90-99% -- -- 0-0 Shooting 100% -- -- 2-0 Higher than opponent -- -- 268-27 Lower than oponent -- -- 132-59 Same as opponent -- -- 4-0

Free Throw Shooting 30-39% -- -- 3-0 Shooting 40-49% -- -- 9-2 Shooting 50-59% -- -- 36-13 Shooting 60-69% -- -- 137-30 Shooting 70-79% -- -- 114-22 Shooting 80-89% -- -- 88-16 Shooting 90-100% -- -- 17-3 Higher than opponent -- -- 239-39 Lower than oponent -- -- 158-45 Same as oponent -- -- 7-2

Outrebounding opp. -- -- 337-33 Outrebounded by opp. -- -- 51-52 Rebounds equal -- -- 16-1

Fewer turnovers opp. -- -- 276-32 More turnovers opp. -- -- 99-45 Turnovers equal -- -- 29-9

Games decided by 1-5 points -- -- 44-28 6-10 points -- -- 47-25 11-15 points -- -- 67-18 16-24 points -- -- 88-12 25+ points -- -- 158-3

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