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 17 2007-08 Schedule Date Opponent Time/Result #6/7 Baylor (15-1, 3-0) Nov. 1 ______HOUSTON JAGUARS (Exh) ______W, 99-57 Nov. 6 ______USA BASKETBALL (Exh) ________L, 82-56 vs. Nov. 9 ______HOWARD! __________________W, 83-31 #11/10 Oklahoma (11-3, 2-1) 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, Jan. 20 - 2:00 p.m. Nov. 25______#12 CALIFORNIA (FSN) ________W, 69-56 Lloyd Noble Center (12,000) Nov. 29______at Southeast Missouri ________W, 81-51 Norman, Okla. 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 IN THE POLLS Jan. 2 ______NORTH CAROLINA A&T ________W, 89-48 6 - Associated Press 11 - Associated Press Jan. 4 ______TEXAS STATE ________________W, 84-57 7 - 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-5 Melissa Jones - Fr., 5-10 - 5.4 ppg, 5.1 rpg C-3 Courtney Paris - Jr., 6-4 - 15.9 ppg, 16.0 rpg Jan. 20 ____at #11 Oklahoma*& (ESPN2) ____2 p.m. P-11 Danielle Wilson - So., 6-3 - 12.0 ppg, 7.5 rpg F-5 Ashley Paris - Jr., 6-3 - 11.7 ppg, 7.2 rpg G-15 Jhasmin Player - Jr., 5-10 - 12.8 ppg, 6.3 rpg G-11 Jenna Plumley - So., 5-4 - 8.4 ppg, 4.1 apg Jan. 23 ____at Missouri*+ (MSN) ____________6 p.m. P-14 Rachel Allison - Jr., 6-1 - 13.6 ppg, 7.9 rpg G-13 Danielle Robinson - Fr., 5-9 - 13.4 ppg, 3.4 rpg Jan. 26 ____NEBRASKA*&________________7:30 p.m. G-20 Angela Tisdale - Sr., 5-7 - 14.3 ppg, 2.3 apg F-21 Amanda Thompson - So., F, 6-0 - 9.2 ppg, 7.0 rpg Jan. 30 ____TEXAS*& ______________________7 p.m. Feb. 2 ______at Kansas State*+ (FSN) ________12 p.m. TOP RESERVES TOP RESERVES Feb. 5 ______at Oklahoma State*& __________7 p.m. P-1 Jessika Bradley - So., 6-3 - 5.3 ppg, 4.8 rpg F-1 Nyeshia Stevenson - So., 6-1 - 8.6 ppg, 1.1 rpg Feb. 9 ______TEXAS TECH (FSN)* ____________1 p.m. G-3 Jessica Morrow - Jr., 6-0 - 11.3 ppg, 4.0 rpg G-21 Kelli Griffin - Fr., 5-8, 2.8 ppg, 1.6 rpg Feb. 13 ____at Texas*&+ (ESPNU)____________8 p.m. Feb. 17 ____OKLAHOMA*& (FSN) ________12:30 p.m. BAYLOR AND OKLAHOMA Feb. 23 ____at Iowa State* (FSN) __________11 a.m. No. 6 Baylor puts its eight-game win streak on the Feb. 27 ____COLORADO*&+ ________________7 p.m. line when it travels to Norman, Okla., to take on the OVER THE AIRWAVES March 1 ____at Texas A&M*+ (FSN) __________ 1 p.m. 11th-ranked Oklahoma Sooners on Sunday, Jan. 20, at March 6 ____OKLAHOMA STATE*& ____________7 p.m. 2:00 p.m. Television March 11-15 Big 12 Championships ____________TBA Baylor is 15-1 on the season and 3-0 in Big 12 ESPN2 March 22-25 NCAA First & Second Rounds ______TBA action while the defending Big 12 co-champion Mar. 29-Apr. 1 NCAA Regionals __________________TBA Oklahoma Sooners are 11-3 on the season which Pam Ward, play-by-play April 6 & 8 __NCAA Final Four__________________TBA includes a 2-1 league mark. Kara Lawson, color analyst The OU contest begins the first of three games All times listed as Central over a six-day span for the Lady Bears. They play at Internet Feeds ALL CAPS - Home game Missouri on Wednesday before hosting Nebraska on Webcast: None Saturday, Jan. 26. Audio: Live audio stream at ! - Basketball Travelers Tip-Off Tournament - Waco, Baylor has posted three straight league wins and BaylorBears.com Texas eight straight overall wins, a road victory at Texas Tech (72-67) to go with home victories over Texas * Big 12 Conference contest Radio: KRZI/ESPN - 1660 AM - Waco A&M (59-56) and Kansas (59-35), while the Sooners Phillips 66 Big 12 Championships - Municipal Auditorium KVCE - 1160 AM - Dallas lost at Oklahoma State, 82-63, and posted wins at - Kansas City, Mo. Iowa State (67-64) and over Nebraska (80-72) in NCAA Final Four - Tampa, Fla. Radio Talent: Norman. Rick May, play-by-play With its Wednesday night win over Kansas, Baylor Lori Fogleman, color analyst FSN - Fox Sports Net; CSTV - College Sports Television; began Big 12 play at 3-0 for the first time in the MSN - Missouri Sports Network league’s 12-year history. & - KVCE 1160 AM, Dallas BAYLOR ON THE TUBE + - KLRK 92.9 FM, Waco Baylor will make its fourth of 10 regular season national television appearances this season when it plays at Oklahoma on Sunday in a game televised by ESPN2. The Lady Bears have appeared twice on FSN, defeating then-No. 12 California (69-56) and losing at then-No. 5 Stanford (87-63) and downing Kansas, 59-35, on CSTV. Baylor Lady Bear Basketball - page 1 GAME 17 - JAN. 20, 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 198-54 (.786) 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 NEARING 200 VICTORIES women’s basketball (Bob Knight and Dean With 198 career victories to her credit, eighth-year head coach Kim Mulkey needs just two more wins to Smith), who have won a national champi- reach the 200-win milestone. She will likely become the fourth fastest coach ever to reach the 200-win onship as a player and coach. plateau, following: • Mulkey is the ONLY basketball coach to win a national championship as a head Fastest to 200 victories (NCAA Division I) coach, assistant coach and player. 241 - Joan Bonvicini - Long Beach State (currently at Arizona) 245 - C. Vivian Stringer - Cheyney (currently at Rutgers) Head Coaching 251 - Andy Landers - Georgia Year-by-Year 259 - Pat Summitt - Tennessee Baylor 261 - Tom Collen - Colorado State, Louisville (currently at Arkansas) 2000-01 21-9 NCAA First Round* 2001-02 27-6 NCAA Second Round 262 - Chris Weller - Maryland (retired) 2002-03 24-11 WNIT Finals 281 - Tara VanDerveer - Stanford 2003-04 26-9 NCAA Sweet 16 281 - Geno Auriemma - Connecticut 2004-05 33-3 NCAA Champion 2005-06 26-7 NCAA Sweet 16 Kim Mulkey - 198-54 = 252 2006-07 26-8 NCAA First Round 2007-08 15-1 Totals 198-54 (.786) LADY BEAR LEADERS With 16 games under their belt, the Lady Bears boast five players averaging double-digit scoring. Leading * First NCAA Tournament selection in pro- the way is the squad’s lone senior, point guard Angela Tisdale, with 14.3 a contest, while Rachel Allison, a gram history. junior forward/post, manages 13.6 points and a team-leading 7.9 rebounds a game. Junior guard Jhasmin Player follows with 12.8 a contest and sophomore post Danielle Wilson manages 12.0 points an outing. Mulkey vs. the Big 12 Junior guard/forward Jessica Morrow completes Baylor’s double-digit scoring with 11.3. In addition to Allison’s 7.9 boards, four other players haul down 4.8 or more rebounds an outing.