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2020-2021 Lady Bears Basketball Game Notes • @BaylorWBB @BaylorWBB @BaylorWBB BaylorBears.com GAME #27 #6/6 BAYLOR (24-2) vs. SERIES MATCHUP TEAM INFORMATION All-Time Series Baylor leads 19-3 #17/20 WEST VIRGINIA (21-5) #6/6 BAYLOR LADY BEARS (24-2) Waco 9-1 Location: Waco, Texas Conference: Big 12 Morgantown 9-0 March 14, 2021 • 12:00 p.m. (CT) Head Coach: Kim Mulkey (La. Tech, 1984) Kansas City, Mo. Neutral 1-2 Municipal Auditorium (10,116) Mulkey Era 19-2 Career Record: 628-103 (.859) BU Record: Same First Meeting WVU won in Oxford, Miss., 73-67 WATCH: ESPN2 Dec. 7, 1984 #17/20 WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINEERS (21-5) Talent: Chuckie Kempf (PBP), Brenda VanLengen (Analyst) Last Meeting Baylor won in Waco, 96-73 Location: Morgantown, W. Va. Holly Rowe (Reporter) March 8, 2021 Conference: Big 12 LISTEN: BaylorBears.com/1660 AM/92.3 FM Head Coach: Mike Carey (Salem, 1980, 20th Year) MARCH 14, 2021 Talent: Bruce Gietzen (PBP), Maggie Davis-Stinnett (Color) SCHEDULE & RESULTS STORY LINES BAYLOR AIMS FOR 11TH BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE, 9TH TOP PROGRAMS BY WIN PCT. SINCE 2010-11 DATE BU OPP OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULT IN LAST 10 TOURNAMENTS SCHOOL W-L 20-21 PCT. N 25 4/4 -/- CENTRAL ARKANSAS ESPN+ W, 82-37 Baylor will be looking for its 23rd Big 12 Championship combined UConn 380-21 24-1 .948 D 1 4/4 RV/RV at South Florida ESPN+ W, 67-62 between regular-season titles and tournament championships Baylor 364-27 22-2 .931 D 6 4/4 16/14 at Arkansas^ ESPN2 L, 83-78 Sunday when it faces West Virginia. It marks the 10th-straight title Notre Dame 333-59 10-10 .854 Florida Gulf Coast 284-51 23-2 .846 D 10 7/7 RV/RV at West Virginia* ESPN+ W, 65-45 game for Baylor with the Lady Bears’ only loss coming in 2017 the Stanford 325-60 25-2 .844 D 14 7/7 -/- TEXAS TECH* ESPNU W, 91-45 Mountaineers. A win would give Baylor 23 titles since its first D 16 7/7 -/- SOUTHERN ESPN+ W, 86-52 tournament championship in 2005, and that ties Baylor for the D 18 7/7 -/- NORTHWESTERN STATE ESPN+ W, 136-43 fourth-most since the 2004-05 season and the most in the Power BAYLOR RECORD & TITLES SINCE 2010-11 B12 REG B12 D 19 7/7 -/- MCNEESE STATE ESPN+ W, 117-24 Five. OVERALL BIG 12 SEASON TOURNEY J 2 7/6 -/- at TCU * ESPN+ W, 74-50 Baylor is 10-3 all-time in title games and 1-1 all-time vs. West YEAR W-L W-L TITLE TITLE J 7 6/6 3/5 UCONN ESPN canceled Virginia in the Big 12 Championship. 2010-11 34-3 15-1 J 16 6/6 RV/RV IOWA STATE * ESPNU L, 75-71 2011-12* 40-0 18-0 J 20 9/9 -/- at Oklahoma State * ESPN+ W, 77-58 NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN 2012-13 34-2 18-0 J 23 9/9 -/- OKLAHOMA * ESPN+ W, 84-61 Most Combined Conference Championships 2013-14 32-5 16-2 J 26 9/9 -/- TCU * ESPN+ W, 82-49 (Regular Season & Conference Tournament) 2014-15 33-4 16-2 J 31 9/8 -/- at Iowa State * ESPN2 W, 85-77 Since 2004-05 2015-16 36-2 17-1 F 4 8/8 -/- KANSAS * ESPN+ W, 83-50 2016-17 33-4 17-1 F 7 8/8 -/- at K-State * ESPN+ W, 64-52 (includes division titles and shared titles) 2017-18 33-2 18-0 F 10 7/9 -/- at Texas Tech * ESPN+ W, 82-50 2018-19* 37-1 18-0 F 14 7/9 -/RV TEXAS * ESPN2 W, 60-35 TEAM Regular Season Conference Tourney Total 2019-20 28-2 17-1 F 21 7/8 -/- at Oklahoma * FS-Oklahoma W, 77-66 UConn 13* 15* 28 2020-21 24-2 17-1 F 24 7/7 RV/RV OKLAHOMA STATE * ESPN+ W, 70-51 Gonzaga 16* 9* 25 TOTALS 364-27 187-9 11X 8X F 27 7/7 -/- K-STATE * ESPN+ W, 85-49 Green Bay 14 10 24 M 1 7/7 -/RV at Texas * ESPN2 W, 64-57 Stanford 11* 12* 23 PROJECTED M6 6/6 -/- at Kansas * ESPN+ W, 93-67 Baylor 12* 10 22 STARTING 5 M8 6/6 20/23 WEST VIRGINIA * ESPN+ W, 96-73 Chattanooga 12 9 21 M12 6/6 -/- TCU # ESPNU W, 92-55 #2 DIDI RICHARDS Marist 11 9 20 PPG: 6.6 RPG: 3.1 APG: 6.4 SPG: 1.2 M13 6/6 -/- Texas # ESPN+ W, 66-55 .422/.000/.636 M14 6/6 17/20 West Virginia # ESPN2 Noon BAYLOR IN THE FINALS #12 MOON URSIN The Lady Bears have taken the Big 12 Championship * BIG 12 Conference Game PPG: 11.6 RPG: 6.6 APG: 4.0 SPG: 1.3 Tournament title in 2005, 2009, 2011-16, 2018-19. Next to .4373/.351/.755 ^ SEC/Big 12 Challenge Baylor’s 10 titles, the next-best total belongs to Oklahoma with # Big 12 Championship four championships. #3 TRINITY OLIVER PPG: 4.8 RPG: 3.4 APG: 1.3 SPG: 0.7 .451/.000/.686 Year Opponent W/L Score #1 NALYSSA SMITH 2002 Oklahoma L 84-69 PPG: 18.4 RPG: 9.4 APG: 1.1 SPG: 1.2 2005 K-State W 68-55 .548/.182/.804 2006 Oklahoma L 72-61 #25 QUEEN EGBO 2009 Texas A&M W 72-63 PPG: 11.1 RPG: 8.5 APG: 1.0 SPG: 1.1 2011 Texas A&M W 61-58 .504/.000/.636 ONLINE COVERAGE: WatchESPN.com TV COVERAGE: ESPN2 2012 Texas A&M W 73-50 SOCIAL MEDIA 2013 Iowa State W 75-47 WEST VIRGINIA PROJECTED STARTING FIVE @BaylorWBB • #SicEm 2014 West Virginia W 74-71 12 Esmery Martinez F SO 13.8 PPG, 11.7 RPG, 1.9 SPG LIVE STATISTICS 2015 Texas W 75-64 14 Kari Niblack F JR BaylorStats.com 2016 Texas W 79-63 9.0 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 0.9 BPG GAMEDAY CENTRAL 2017 West Virginia L 77-66 00 Jayla Hemingway G SO BaylorBears.com 2018 Texas W 77-69 4.3 PPG, 2.2 RPG, 0.8 APG 2019 Iowa State W 67-49 2 Kysre Gondrezick G SR 20.2 PPG, 4.7 APG, 2.9 RPG 3 Kirsten Deans G SO BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS CONTINUED ON PAGE 2... 13.6 PPG, 3.8 RPG, 3.9 APG KYLE ROBARTS Associate Director C: 254-405-9492 E: [email protected] 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 LADY BEARS IN NATION’S LEAD FOR FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE DEFENSE … AGAIN The Baylor women’s basketball For four-straight years and five since the 2010-11 season, the Baylor Lady Bears have been the NCAA Statistical Champion in Defensive Field 1,000program picked up its 1,000th victory Goal Percentage. It took until Feb. 14, but Baylor leads the category again through 25 games at a .319 clip. The Lady Bears also lead the nation Dec. 1 in Tampa at South Florida. The Lady Bears in rebound margin (19.3) and Assists Per Game (21.7). became the 15th Division I program to accomplish the feat. BAYLOR TAKES HOME SEVERAL ALL-CONFERENCE AWARDS TO COMPLIMENT 11TH-STRAIGHT REGULAR-SEASON TITLE Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey has NaLyssa Smith was the ninth Lady Bear in Baylor history to pick up Big 12 Player of the Year honors, and she was a unanimous selection to 667 made 667 appearances in the AP Top 25 combined as player at Louisiana Tech, an assistant the All-Big 12 First Team, the league announced Wednesday. DiJonai Carrington was named Big 12 Sixth Person of the Year and continued the at her alma mater, and 21 years as Baylor’s head trend of graduate transfers at Baylor winning the Big 12 Newcomer of the Year. She joined Chloe Jackson (2019) and Te’a Cooper (2020) to coach. She is the active leader in that category and become the third-straight winner for Baylor, and Carrington was named All-Big 12 Honorable Mention. trails only former Tennessee player, assistant and DiDi Richards and Moon Ursin both landed spots on each the All-Big 12 Second Team and Big 12 All-Defensive Team while Queen Egbo round- head coach Holly Warlick (693). ed out the Lady Bears’ selections on the honorable mention team. Baylor’s No. 7 ranking in the Associated 128 Press Top 25 marked 128 straight weeks AP POLL RESEARCH SHOWS MULKEY AS ACTIVE LEADER IN TOTAL TOP 25 APPEARANCES AS PLAYER, ASSISTANT AND HEAD that the Lady Bears have ranked in the Top 10, COACH dating back to 2015. Longtime women’s hoops guru Mel Greenberg put together a list of coaches and players’ appearances in the AP Top 25 poll over the years and Baylor’s non-conference home win streak is found that Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey is the NCAA’s active leader in appearances at 667 from her time as a player and assistant at Louisiana 61at 61 games. The Lady Bears’ last loss was Tech and her 21-year tenure as head coach at Baylor. She trails only Holly Warlick (693) for most all-time appearances; Warlick played, assisted to UConn, Jan.