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2020-2021 Lady Bears Basketball Game Notes • @BaylorWBB @BaylorWBB @BaylorWBB BaylorBears.com GAME #1 #4/4BAYLOR (0-0) vs. SERIES MATCHUP TEAM INFORMATION All-Time Series Baylor leads, 1-0 CENTRAL ARKANSAS (0-0) #4/4 BAYLOR LADY BEARS (0-0) Waco 1-0 Location: Waco, Texas Conference: Big 12 Conway 0-0 Nov. 25, 2020 • 7 p.m. Head Coach: Kim Mulkey (La. Tech, 1984) Waco, Texas Neutral 0-0 Ferrell Center (10,284) Mulkey Era 1-0 Career Record: 604-101 (.857) BU Record: Same First Meeting Baylor won in Waco, 86-55 WATCH: Big 12 Now on ESPN+ Nov. 14, 2017 CENTRAL ARKANSAS SUGAR BEARS (0-0) Talent: John Morris (PBP), Jim Haller (Analyst) Last Meeting Baylor won in Waco, 86-55 Location: Conway, Ark. LISTEN: BaylorBears.com/92.9 FM Nov. 14, 2017 Conference: Southland NOVEMBER 25, 2020 Talent: Bruce Gietzen (PBP), Maggie Davis-Stinnett (Color) Head Coach: Sandra Rushing (Delta State, 1988, 9th Year) SCHEDULE & RESULTS STORY LINES NOTHING NEW: BAYLOR AND LADY BEARS PLAYERS TOP PROGRAMS BY WIN PCT. SINCE 2010-11 DATE BU OPP OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULT HONORED THROUGHOUT PRESEASON SCHOOL W-L 19-20 PCT. N 25 4/4 -/- CENTRAL ARKANSAS ESPN+ 7 PM Baylor was headed towards a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tourna- UConn 356-20 29-3 .947 ment and on the way to compete for the program’s 11th Big 12 Baylor 340-25 28-2 .932 N 27 4/4 -/- NORTHWESTERN STATE ESPN+ 2 PM Tournament title in March when COVID-19 shut down the postsea- D 1 -/- -/- at South Florida TBD Notre Dame 323-49 13-18 .868 son. The defending national champs were left with the Florida Gulf Coast 261-49 30-3 .842 D 6 -/- -/- at Arkansas^ ESPN2 5 PM feeling of what if, and with the pandemic continuing to hover over Stanford 301-58 27-6 .838 D 10 -/- -/- at West Virginia* ESPN+ 6 PM the world, the 2020-21 season could be in for some interesting D 14 -/- -/- TEXAS TECH* ESPNU 6 PM turns. However, plans for a 25-game schedule, a Big 12 Champion- D 16 -/- -/- SOUTHERN ESPN+ 2 PM BAYLOR RECORD & TITLES SINCE 2010-11 ship tournament and a 2021 NCAA Tournament have been made B12 REG B12 D 19 -/- -/- MCNEESE STATE ESPN+ TBD and Baylor, once again, is earning recognition. The Lady Bears OVERALL BIG 12 SEASON TOURNEY J 2 -/- -/- at TCU* ESPN+ TBD checked in at No. 4 in both the Associated Press and USA Today/ YEAR W-L W-L TITLE TITLE J 7 -/- -/- UCONN ESPN TBD WBCA preseason Top 25 polls. Baylor has been ranked in the Top 2010-11 34-3 15-1 J 10 -/- -/- K-STATE* ESPN+ 2 PM 25 for 320 and 304 weeks, respectively and the Lady Bears have 2011-12* 40-0 18-0 J 13 -/- -/- at Kansas ESPN+ TBD graced the AP Top 10 for 113-straight weeks. 2012-13 34-2 18-0 J 16 -/- -/- IOWA STATE* ESPN+ TBD Baylor junior NaLyssa Smith was an AP honorable mention 2013-14 32-5 16-2 J 20 -/- -/- at Oklahoma State* ESPN+ TBD All-American last season and was awarded the same honor on the 2014-15 33-4 16-2 J 23 -/- -/- OKLAHOMA* ESPN+ 7 PM AP’s Preseason All-American Team. Smith received the national 2015-16 36-2 17-1 J 26 -/- -/- TCU* ESPN+ 7 PM honor after being named the Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year 2016-17 33-4 17-1 J 31 -/- -/- at Iowa State* ESPN TBD along with a unanimous selection to the All-Big 12 Preseason 2017-18 33-2 18-0 F 3 -/- -/- KANSAS* ESPN+ TBD Team. DiDi Richards and Queen Egbo joined Smith on the league’s 2018-19* 37-1 18-0 preseason team while DiJonai Carrington was named Preseason 2019-20 28-2 17-1 F 7 -/- -/- at K-State* ESPN+ TBD Newcomer of the Year and Sarah Andrews was named Preseason F 10 -/- -/- at Texas Tech* ESPN+ TBD 2020-21 Freshman of the Year by the Big 12. TOTALS 340-25 170-8 10X 8X F 14 -/- -/- TEXAS* ESPN 7 PM Five Lady Bears found their way on the Naismith/WBCA Starting F 17 -/- -/- WEST VIRGINIA* ESPN+ 7 PM Five Awards preseason watch lists. Richards, who is expected to F 20 -/- -/- at Oklahoma* FS-Oklahoma TBD play point guard for her senior season, was named to the Nancy STARTING 5 F 24 -/- -/- OKLAHOMA STATE* ESPN+ TBD Lieberman Award watch list, Carrington was named to the Ann M 1 -/- -/- at Texas* ESPN TBD Meyers Drysdale list for shooting guards, Smith was placed on the #11 JORDYN OLIVER Katrina McClain Award watch list for power forwards, and Egbo PPG: 2.8 RPG: 1.7 APG: 2.4 SPG: 0.4 * BIG 12 Conference Game along with freshman Hannah Gusters were placed on the Lisa Leslie .403/.222/.419 ^ SEC/Big 12 Challenge Award watch list for centers. The Naismith Trophy Award for national player of the year #12 MOON URSIN placed Smith, Carrington and Richards on its preseason list while PPG: 5.1 RPG: 3.0 APG: 1.4 SPG: 0.8 Smith earned a spot on the Wade Trophy Award preseason list for .470/.316/.643 the nation’s top player. #3 TRINITY OLIVER PPG: 2.6 RPG: 1.7 APG: 0.9 SPG: 0.6 URSIN CLEARED, RICHARDS STILL RECOVERING FROM .522/1.000/.769 OCTOBER PRACTICE COLLISION Oct. 24, Moon Ursin and DiDi Richards collided in mid-air during #51 CAITLIN BICKLE a practice scrimmage, leaving Ursin with a concussion and Richards PPG: 2.8 RPG: 2.1 APG: 0.8 SPG: 0.2 with a Spinal Cord Injury Without Radiographic Abnormality (SCIO- .558/.273/.647 WRA). Ursin returned to practice after clearing concussion protocol #1 NALYSSA SMITH in mid-November while Richards’ rehab began immediately after she PPG: 14.3 RPG: 8.0 APG: 0.6 SPG: 0.9 ONLINE COVERAGE: ESPN+ TV COVERAGE: ESPN+ briefly lost feeling below her knees. Richards was first confined to .586/.000/.746 a walker to assist her in walking, but by mid-November she was SOCIAL MEDIA completing individual drills and workouts with medical and strength UCA’S PROJECTED STARTING FIVE @BaylorWBB • #SicEm & conditioning staff. Richards’ progress has been swift, but her n/a LIVE STATISTICS timetable for return is still uncertain. BaylorBears.com GAMEDAY CENTRAL THREE LADY BEARS EXPECTED TO MAKE FIRST CAREER STARTS VS. CENTRAL ARKANSAS BaylorBears.com Three veterans of the Baylor Lady Bears are expected to make their first career starts when the season opens Wednesday vs. Cen- tral Arkansas. Redshirt junior Trinity Oliver and junior Catilin Bickle BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS are expected to start at the No. 3 and No. 4 positions, respectively KYLE ROBARTS Associate Director while sophomore Jordyn Oliver is expected to start at point guard in C: 254-405-9492 E: [email protected] DiDi Richards’ absence. Trinity Oliver has played in 58 career games Page 1 | Baylor Lady Bears Basketball | 11-Time Big 12 Regular Season & 10-Time Big 12 Tournament Champions | ‘05, ‘12, ‘19 National Champions | 4 Final Fours | 18 NCAA Tournament Appearances • @BaylorWBB • BaylorBears.com LADY BEARS GAME NOTES 2020-21 STORY LINES NUMBERS THAT MATTER for the Lady Bears, but will get the nod to the starting five Wednesday. Bickle has 54 contests under her belt and Jordyn Oliver played in 23 The Baylor women’s basketball program games as a freshman last year. When Baylor took the floor at Iowa State last season, March 7 in Ames, Iowa, the starting lineup of Te’a Cooper, 998has 998 wins in its history with 604 under Juicy Landrum, Richards, NaLyssa Smith and Lauren Cox had a combined 345 starts between them. Smith and Moon Ursin will join Trinity Oliver, head coach Kim Mulkey. By the end of Thanksgiving Jordyn Oliver and Caitlin Bickle Wednesday, but that group of five will have just 33 starts between them (Smith 28, Ursin 5). week, Baylor could become the 15th program in Division I history to achieve 1,000 wins. HOME WIN STREAKS ON THE LINE IN SEASON OPENER Baylor’s No. 4 ranking in the Associated Baylor has the nation’s longest-active home winning streak at 56 games. The team’s last loss at the Ferrell Center came to Texas, Feb. 6, 113 Press Preseason Top 25 marked 113 2017. Fifty-six consecutive home wins is the 11th-best home win streak in NCAA Division I history. In addition, Baylor will look to tack on to its straight weeks that the Lady Bears have ranked in 57-game non-conference home win streak at the Ferrell Center. The Lady Bears last lost at home to a non-conference opponent, Jan. 13, 2014. the Top 10, dating back to 2015. LADY BEARS VS. SUGAR BEARS Baylor’s non-conference home win streak is Baylor and Central Arkansas have only met one prior time, and it came Nov. 14, 2017 at the Ferrell Center. Baylor took a 31-point win and 57at 57 games. The Lady Bears’ last win at the just a handful of players are remaining on this year’s roster that competed in that game. Baylor’s Trinity Oliver scored three points while DiDi Ferrell Center vs. a non-conference opponent was vs. Richards and Moon Ursin added two apiece. UCA’s Hannah Langhi played seven minutes in the loss. Morehead State, Dec. 30. 2019, and their last loss was to UConn, Jan. 13, 2014. LONE LADY BEARS SIGNEE, DAUDA, COMMITS FOR 2021-22 Baylor signed just one player for the 2021 recruiting class, but it was a big fish.