Phillips 66 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Championship Saturday, March 9, 2019 · Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City, Okla. GAME NOTES

No. 1 Baylor 100, No. 9 Texas Tech 61

Championship Notes

● No. 1 Baylor advances to its ninth-straight, 15th overall, Phillips 66 Big 12 Women’s Championship semifinal. The top-seeded Lady Bears will face No. 5 Kansas State for the third consecutive year, 12th time overall, holding a 9-2 advantage against the Wildcats. ● Baylor is 27-1 all-time as the No. 1 seed in the Championship, including a second-round leading 15-5 and ​ ​ 10-0 as the No. 1 seed. ● This is the third time since 2001 that a team has scored more than 100 points at the Big 12 Women’s Championship, with Texas Tech (104), Oklahoma (102) and Baylor (100) making the list. Tech and Baylor are the first teams to net 100 points or more in the same season in the Championship. ● Texas Tech is also the first team to score 100 points (104 against Oklahoma, 3/8/19) and then lose to a team that scored at least 100 points in the Championship. ● Baylor’s 32 assists is the most by a team in Big 12 Women’s Championship history. ● Baylor’s 41-point margin of victory is the largest in a second round game and the second-largest all-time. ● BU’s 44 field goals are a record for the most made in a single game at the Championship. ● The Lady Bears’ 55 points in the second half was a record in a second round game, which also tied for the second-most all-time in a Big 12 Women’s Championship contest. ● No. 1 seeds are 22-1 all-time in the second round. ● No. 9 seeds have never advanced past the second round (0-11 record all-time).

Individual & Team Notes

● Baylor improves to 7-0 all-time against Texas Tech in the Big 12 Women’s Championship. ● For the first time seven different players scored in double figures during the same game in the history of the Big 12 Women’s Championship. Baylor’s Kalani Brown and NaLyssa Smith had 14 points each, followed by Chloe Jackson and Moon Ursin with 12, and Aquira DeCosta, DiDi Richards and each with 10. ● The Lady Bears finished with 51 total rebounds, grabbing 26 more than the Lady Raiders. This was the second-highest rebounding margin in a second round game and fifth-most all-time. ● Baylor’s .571 percentage is the second-highest in a second round game and fifth-highest in a single game. ● Texas Tech became 6-10 all-time in the second round, and 3-3 all-time as the No. 9 seed. ● The Lady Raiders’ 12 three pointers tied for the third-most made in a second round game. ● Chrislyn Carr netted seven three pointers for the Lady Raiders, the second-most in a second round game. The Big 12 Freshman of the Year notched the most points scored by a freshman so far in the tournament this season with 25.

Session 2 Attendance: 3,353 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Championship Saturday, March 9, 2019

Kim Mulkey with them the first time they cut the lead and we didn't hear the end of it that time, so we had to make sure we Kalani Brown maintained that lead and make sure they didn't cut into it.

NaLyssa Smith Q. NaLyssa, talk about you're a freshman here on Baylor Lady Bears the team. What have you learned from Kalani during the season? Is she your big sister? Talk to Baylor 100, Texas Tech 61 me about the chemistry between you guys. NALYSSA SMITH: I've learned a lot from Kalani. She THE MODERATOR: We're now joined by our Baylor is my mom on the team. She makes sure I'm doing Bears, head coach, Kim Mulkey and her student everything right on and off the court. You see how far athletes, NaLyssa Smith and Kalani Brown. Coach, she is getting so I just want to walk in her footsteps, your thoughts about the game? and do what she has done.

KIM MULKEY: Yeah. Q. For either of the players, can you try to describe what it's like, the feeling when you get on one of THE MODERATOR: I thought so. those runs that just -- like a tidal wave of points off turnovers or whatever. What's that feel like on the Q. Kalani, seven players in double figures for you court? guys. I think it was a Big 12 Tournament record. KALANI BROWN: To me, it just feels like you're having What does that say about your team? fun when everybody is scoring and everybody is KALANI BROWN: Our bench is really deep. We have getting to play. You don't lose no energy. We come out numbers and we can put different combinations in with a lot of energy. You just want to come out and players for different styles of play which I think will help have fun. When you stop having fun you stop playing. us in the NCAA Tourney going forward. Today our bench did it for us and was able to get the starters off NALYSSA SMITH: It's just very fun everybody getting to rest and as long as we can keep playing like that we to score and everybody doing what they love. can go really far. Q. Kalani, in a tournament like this where you have Q. NaLyssa, going on what Kalani said about the three games in three days. How beneficial would it bench you outscored them 52-0. You guys be for you to sit out the fourth quarter and only outscored them on the bench. Talk about the play 17 minutes? performance of you guys because whenever KALANI BROWN: It's definitely beneficial for me to sit somebody from the bench comes in and a starter out and all the starters. The fact that our bench took goes out, you guys don't lose any rhythm or care of business today shows a lot about them and us anything at all. as a team and I'm very proud of our bench today, NALYSSA SMITH: It just shows that we're always especially the younger ones. ready on the bench, so when our name is called it just shows that when we go in we gotta do what we can do Q. Kalani, Tech scored 104 yesterday and Brewer and we've got to rest our starters for bigger and better had 40 and you guys were able to shut 'em down things down the road and we have to handle business and shut her down. Obviously, that defense is so they don't cut the lead. something that Kim stresses all the time. But is that something you guys will point to as well? Q. NaLyssa, relaying off that, the fact the starters KALANI BROWN: Absolutely. We have the two-time didn't play at all in the fourth quarter and you guys Defensive Player of the Year. We take pride in our still outscored them, 28-17 was that a pride thing, defense. Coach rides us about it all the time. Just not to let them cut into the lead? performing, basically. NALYSSA SMITH: For sure, because when we played

Rev #1 by #189 at 2019-03-09 21:44:00 GMT page 1 of 3 our best two defense players and we need to make THE MODERATOR: Ladies, congratulations. sure they're on our best office players.

Q. Kim, I guess the bench, what they were able to Q. You were named Coach of the Year for the Big do today and particularly in that fourth quarter like 12 seven times. Congratulations. Talk to me about NaLyssa talked about. They kind of came back on your coaching style and how important it is for you you in the fourth quarter there, what the bench was to be out there to have that chemistry with your able to do today? players to make it this far? KIM MULKEY: I hate using the word "bench" because KIM MULKEY: Well, I'm very mild. I'm very meek. I'm those kids could start for us. They're all that good. It's very passive, and they want to play for a coach that's just y'all don't get to see them. They're freshmen and like that. No, I don't know. (Laughter.) April fool, huh? when you saw today is the future here. I'm so happy Listen, I put those tennis shoes on many years ago and for NaLyssa Smith and those kids that finally just could played for some of the most intense coaches, Pat relax and play a lot of minutes and valuable minutes Summitt and Leon Barmore. They know that every and didn't look at the scoreboard, not mop up minutes. ounce of energy I have during a game they're going to When you play this many games and you're trying to get out of me and I want it out of them. They know that play for bigger things down the road as much rest as behind the scenes, Coach is real, Coach is funny, you can give the ones who get the most minutes it's quick-witted, say things in timeouts that makes them beneficial. want to bust out laughing. But that's not what the public needs to see and not what the public does see. It wasn't that they just relieved them of playing time. I really don't care. All I care about are those kids in It's what they did when they got that playing time. They that locker room. I care about my family and I care were so productive. about my kids and I care about my coaches and that I represent Baylor in a way that makes them proud. I Q. Kim, DiDi is mostly known for her defense and hate losing and I want them to hate losing. I don't want being the all-stopper. But 7 assists today and I to coach a kid where losing is okay. They don't come think you had a tournament record, 32, for the to Baylor to win individual awards. They come to game. Just her passing, is that something that's Baylor to win championships. All those kids are excited underrated? right now because they all have a Big 12 KIM MULKEY: I think all our kids are underrated, if you Championship ring. That's what they come to Baylor want to know the truth. But we have an hell of a team, for, to play for bigger things than just an individual don't we? When you have seven kids scoring double award. figures and really I guess I could have given Queen a few more minutes and a couple more shots and we Q. A little take-off on that. You said that you would have had eight. That's what wins thought some of your players were underrated. Is championships, your defense first and then sharing the it just because you spread is out so much that it's basketball. We lead the country and if we don't we're virtually impossible if someone's not going to play there at the top in -to- ratio. We're going 20 minutes, for example, that you're going to lose to share the wealth and guard you on both ends of the an MVP, for example? floor. KIM MULKEY: Rick, it's a good question and I'm going to try to explain this in a way -- first of all, all the kids I'm not surprised, DiDi pretty much can do it all. She who won individual awards, congratulations to them. can defend you. She has length on the perimeter. She It's just hard for me to accept that an individual award a can play point and has on some sets that we have. kid that shoots 15 and 20 times a game for her team, She never gets tired. she needs to do that. I can't fault any kid that does that. But if you're playing on a team, the team that Q. Coach, what was your defense game plan spreads the wealth the most is usually the team that's knowing that Brewer scored 40 last night and Carr going to win championships. So why do we not reward was the Big 12 Freshman of the Year? those great players that could go to those other KIM MULKEY: Nothing any different. We played those schools and shoot it 30 times a game, but they choose guys twice and we didn't go in there and change to come to a team where it's about the team and about anything that we do defensively. Just make sure you championships. Why don't we reward those kids? I have your match-ups, who is guarding who is very struggle with that. When I was a player out of high important to me. I thought DiDi being on the point school I signed at Louisiana Tech they made it to their guard because DeGrate is not playing as much for first Final Four and they had five returning starters and them, and DiDi being on the point guard, Carr was everybody was like you're nuts to go there. You're important and Lauren Cox being on Brewer. Those are going to be a junior before you play. So go to another

Rev #1 by #189 at 2019-03-09 21:44:00 GMT page 2 of 3 school and average forty minutes a game and 15-20 shots a game. Well, is it about stats, really? Is that what it's about? Do you think I could get Kalani Brown 30 shots a game? I don't know. She is doubled and tripled team, but what Kalani Brown does is makes everybody around her better, because she draws all that attention. So I struggle with -- I don't know why we send out stats when we vote on awards. If you've played people you should remember who hurt you. If you are recruiting you should know, gosh, I would love to have that kid on my team. That's what I struggle with, but that doesn't take way from people who win those awards. Why did I get Coach of the Year? Why did I get Coach of the Year? Because I coach a great team. But yet we can't reward those kids? I would take my Coach of the Year any day and give it to 'em, because I am only as good as those kids. I hope I've explained it. It's not to take away and say somebody is not deserving of it, every year it's in the NBA, it's the same thing. Who puts up the most shots. You may be the most valuable player for your team, without a doubt, but are you the best player in the league? That's what I struggle with. Everybody has an opinion, Rick. It's like politics, right? We all have an opinion. The one thing I do wish that we would do is put our name on the ballots. We did that last year. I'm not afraid to tell anybody who I vote for. I just wish that we would put our name on the ballots when we vote at the end of the year. Why not? Y'all do it when you do polls, don't you? Sign your name. Who voted? I love these kids and what I love the most is they chose to come to Baylor and share the wealth and they didn't say, oh, I'm going somewhere elsewhere I can average this or be this or be this or be that. That's what you known you've got some unselfish kids. What a fun group to coach.

Q. Coach, I saw you had words for Coach Stollings after the game. What did you say to her knowing that this is her first season in the Big 12? KIM MULKEY: I don't remember if I said it, but she had two quick hitters that she ran yesterday and I might use them for the playoffs. I said I might make a call to you. She wished us well in the playoffs and thanked me for representing the Big 12 the way we have. I told her how hard her kids are playing, what a tremendous turnaround. It may not show in the wins and losses, but watching the growth of some of those players from last year to this year, complimenting her on things she is doing from a distance as a competitor, as a coach on the opposite end of the floor.

THE MODERATOR: Thanks, Coach.

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Marlene Stollings CHRISLYN CARR: You can definitely see how much they've grown as players, especially Brittany just being Chrislyn Carr physical and scoring the ball. She was a big piece of our team this year, so I would definitely say the main Brittany Brewer thing was growth. Q. Chrislyn, is there a player on the team that you Sydney Goodson look up to or a player within the league, WNBA that Texas Tech Red Raiders you look up to, looking at their fundamentals and trying to get better? Baylor 100, Texas Tech 61 CHRISLYN CARR: I would definitely say I look up to my whole team. They all bring something new every The MODERATOR: We are now joined by the Texas day, whether it's their words or their actions on the Tech Lady Raiders, Coach Stollings, Chrislyn Carr, court. So I would definitely say I look up to my team Brittany Brewer and Sydney Goodson. Coach? and I'm thankful to be playing with these girls, and in the WNBA I watch play a lot. I like her MARLENE STOLLINGS: You have to start with giving game and how she plays and how she plays with Baylor a lot of credit. They're number one in the toughness the whole game. country for a reason. They played like it today. They're so physical. They're so deep and they're so long and THE MODERATOR: Thank you, ladies. athletic that they're hard to go against. We had a good first quarter and after that, you know, it got kind of Q. Coach, what are some of the things you are difficult for us. But what I will say is I'm really proud of most proud of in this team and that you've seen in our team, because we came from a seven win season your first season here? last year when we arrived about eight months ago and MARLENE STOLLINGS: I think just the fight that really they doubled their win total this year to 14, quadrupled jumps out at me, their fight and toughness. We lost 10 their Big 12 conference win total from 1 to 5, and we games by single digits. So just a tremendous, get to leave this tournament scoring the most points tremendous swing. We went from some of the kids ever at 104 yesterday. I'm proud of our team, the saying, hey, Coach, people don't take us serious, even young women and the start of something special during warm-ups to being an incredible team and I told brewing in Lubbock. them to leave here feeling proud about that. They've left their mark and they've helped lay the foundation of Q. For all of you, Chrislyn, I know you're a where we're headed. freshman, but how have you experienced the turnaround with Coach this season? Q. Looking toward next season, are you going to BRITTANY BREWER: I would say the turnaround is change up your strategy? With regards to your overall our heart for the game and just like I feel like team anything that you think you can make a even our skill level has raised. When they came in they change to hopefully win the championship one expected a lot out of us that we had not seen before day? and a lot of us rose to that expectation and took that MARLENE STOLLINGS: I took the Texas Tech job to into play and our hard work ethic and stuff like that has win championships, so that's exciting big picture. We really raised. have to be realistic in our progression and you win with talented players and good people. So it's going to take SYDNEY GOODSON: I redshirted last year, but I got to us a little bit of time to get exactly where we want to go, watch all the games and I think we brought heart. but this is definitely a big start for us. In some ways it We're playing a lot harder. I think we understand to win exceeded even my expectations. games in the Big 12 with you have to play hard and I think we did that. Q. Coach, I know Chrislyn got in foul trouble there. How much of an impact did that make while she

Rev #1 by #189 at 2019-03-09 21:56:00 GMT page 1 of 2 was out of the game? MARLENE STOLLINGS: It always hurts us when she is in foul trouble early, but we had to put her back in quick. She was back in there in the second quarter when they made the big jump and we never really recovered from it. Any time she is out early in the game from our team this year, it had an impact on us. She is doing pretty good with that, but her physicality got to her a little bit early there in the game.

THE MODERATOR: Thank you, Coach.

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