2020-2021 Lady Bears Basketball Game Notes • @BaylorWBB @BaylorWBB @BaylorWBB BaylorBears.com GAME #20 #7/7 BAYLOR (17-2, 12-1) vs. SERIES MATCHUP TEAM INFORMATION RV/RV OKLAHOMA STATE COWGIRLS All-Time Series Baylor leads 45-11 #7/7 BAYLOR LADY BEARS (17-2, 12-1) Waco 24-2 Location: Waco, Texas Conference: Big 12 (17-6, 13-4) Stillwater 16-9 Neutral 5-0 Head Coach: Kim Mulkey (La. Tech, 1984) Feb. 24, 2021 • 7 p.m. (CT) Career Record: 621-103 (.858) BU Record: Same Waco, Texas Mulkey Era 30-5 Ferrell Center (10,284) First Meeting Baylor won in Waco, 82-71 1974-75 RV/RV OKLAHOMA STATE COWGIRLS (17-6, 13-4) WATCH: Big 12 Now on ESPN+ Last Meeting Baylor won in Stillwater, 77-58 Location: Stillwater, Okla. Talent: John Moris (PBP), Jim Haller (Analyst) Jan. 20, 2021 Conference: Big 12 FEBRUARY 24, 2021 LISTEN: BaylorBears.com/1660 AM/92.3 FM Head Coach: Jim Littell (Southwestern (KS), 1977, 10th Year) Talent: Bruce Gietzen (PBP), Maggie Davis-Stinnett (Color) SCHEDULE & RESULTS STORY LINES BAYLOR’S SECOND-HALF EFFORT DEFENSIVELY HELPS LADY TOP PROGRAMS BY WIN PCT. SINCE 2010-11 DATE BU OPP OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULT BEARS DOWN OKLAHOMA ON THE ROAD SCHOOL W-L 20-21 PCT. N 25 4/4 -/- CENTRAL ARKANSAS ESPN+ W, 82-37 For just the 16th time in Kim Mulkey’s era at Baylor, a game was UConn 374-21 18-1 .947 D 1 4/4 RV/RV at South Florida ESPN+ W, 67-62 tied at half Sunday when Oklahoma and Baylor were knotted at 42 Baylor 357-27 17-2 .930 D 6 4/4 16/14 at Arkansas^ ESPN2 L, 83-78 in Norman after both programs shot 58 percent from the floor. The Notre Dame 332-57 9-8 .853 Florida Gulf Coast 280-51 19-2 .846 D 10 7/7 RV/RV at West Virginia* ESPN+ W, 65-45 Lady Bears, known for their defense, limited the Sooners to just a Stanford 320-60 19-2 .842 D 14 7/7 -/- TEXAS TECH* ESPNU W, 91-45 28-percent effort in the second half, and Baylor was able to pull D 16 7/7 -/- SOUTHERN ESPN+ W, 86-52 away for a 77-66 road win. DiJonai Carrington scored 19 points D 18 7/7 -/- NORTHWESTERN STATE ESPN+ W, 136-43 off the bench and Moon Ursin and NaLyssa Smith added 17 and BAYLOR RECORD & TITLES SINCE 2010-11 B12 REG B12 D 19 7/7 -/- MCNEESE STATE ESPN+ W, 117-24 16 points, respectively. Baylor kept up its shooting performance, OVERALL BIG 12 SEASON TOURNEY J 2 7/6 -/- at TCU * ESPN+ W, 74-50 finishing the game at 57.4 percent. The Lady Bears’ two highest YEAR W-L W-L TITLE TITLE J 7 6/6 3/5 UCONN ESPN canceled shooting efforts in the Big 12 this season both came against the 2010-11 34-3 15-1 J 16 6/6 RV/RV IOWA STATE * ESPNU L, 75-71 Sooners after shooting a league season-best 59 percent vs. OU at 2011-12* 40-0 18-0 J 20 9/9 -/- at Oklahoma State * ESPN+ W, 77-58 home, Jan. 23. Baylor needs to get to 15 wins to clinch a share of 2012-13 34-2 18-0 J 23 9/9 -/- OKLAHOMA * ESPN+ W, 84-61 its 11th-straight Big 12 regular season title unless West Virginia 2013-14 32-5 16-2 J 26 9/9 -/- TCU * ESPN+ W, 82-49 loses a fourth game this week. The Lady Bears’ win over Oklahoma 2014-15 33-4 16-2 J 31 9/8 -/- at Iowa State * ESPN2 W, 85-77 Sunday improved the team to 12-1 in league play. 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 2017-18 33-2 18-0 F 10 7/9 -/- at Texas Tech * ESPN+ W, 82-50 LADY BEARS VS. THE COWGIRLS 2018-19* 37-1 18-0 F 14 7/9 -/RV TEXAS * ESPN2 W, 60-35 Baylor is 24-2 against Oklahoma State in Waco, 45-11 all-time, 2019-20 28-2 17-1 F 21 7/8 -/- at Oklahoma * FS-Oklahoma W, 77-66 and 30-5 in the Kim Mulkey era. Oklahoma State last beat Baylor 2020-21 17-2 12-1 F 24 7/7 RV/RV OKLAHOMA STATE * ESPN+ 7 PM Dec. 30, 2015 to open conference play in Stillwater. The Cowgirls’ TOTALS 357-27 182-9 10X 8X F 27 -/- -/- K-STATE * ESPN+ 11 AM last win in Waco came March, 2008 (72-8). The Lady Bears will M 1 -/- -/- at Texas * ESPN2 6 PM look for 11-straight wins over the Cowgirls, Wednesday. Earlier PROJECTED M6 -/- -/- at Kansas * TBD 4 PM this season, Baylor played OSU in Stillwater, Jan. 20, and took a STARTING 5 M8 -/- -/- WEST VIRGINIA * ESPN+ 77-58 win. Moon Ursin led Baylor with 20 points and had eight #2 DIDI RICHARDS rebounds while NaLyssa Smith had 18 points and 12 boards for the PPG: 7.6 RPG: 3.3 APG: 6.8 SPG: 1.6 * BIG 12 Conference Game Lady Bears. In the losing effort, Natasha Mack had 21 points, six .469/.000/.646 ^ SEC/Big 12 Challenge rebounds and three steals for the Cowgirls. #12 MOON URSIN PPG: 11.9 RPG: 6.9 APG: 3.9 SPG: 1.5 LADY BEARS IN NATION’S LEAD FOR FIELD GOAL PERCENT- .487/.372/.711 AGE DEFENSE … AGAIN For four-straight years and five since the 2010-11 season, the #3 TRINITY OLIVER PPG: 5.6 RPG: 3.6 APG: 1.5 SPG: 0.8 Baylor Lady Bears have been the NCAA Statistical Champion in .463/.000/.621 Defensive Field Goal Percentage. It took until Feb. 14, but Baylor leads the category again through 19 games at a .318 clip. The Lady #1 NALYSSA SMITH Bears also lead the nation in rebound margin (19.5) and Assists Per PPG: 17.8 RPG: 9.8 APG: 1.2 SPG: 1.2 .520/.000/.806 Game (22.1). #25 QUEEN EGBO AP POLL RESEARCH SHOWS MULKEY AS ACTIVE LEADER IN PPG: 9.9 RPG: 7.5 APG: 1.0 SPG: 1.2 ONLINE COVERAGE: WatchESPN.com TV COVERAGE: ESPN+ .503/.000/.604 TOTAL TOP 25 APPEARANCES AS PLAYER, ASSISTANT AND SOCIAL MEDIA HEAD COACH OKLAHOMA ST. PROJECTED STARTING FIVE @BaylorWBB • #SicEm Longtime women’s hoops guru Mel Greenberg put together a list 4 Natasha Mack F SR LIVE STATISTICS of coaches and players’ appearances in the AP Top 25 poll over the 19.9 PPG, 12.1 RPG, 4.2 BPG BaylorStats.com years and found that Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey is the NCAA’s 21 Ja’Mee Asberry G JR GAMEDAY CENTRAL active leader in appearances at 665 from her time as a player and 17.2 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 4.0 APG 23 Lauren Fields G SO BaylorBears.com assistant at Louisiana Tech and her 21-year tenure as head coach 9.0 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 3.4 APG at Baylor. She trails only Holly Warlick for most all-time appearanc- 14 Taylen Collins F FR es; Warlick played, assisted Pat Summitt and was head coach at 6.9 PPG, 5.0 APG, 2.1 APG BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Tennessee from 2012-2019. 2 Neferatali Notoa G FR KYLE ROBARTS Associate Director 4.0 PPG, 2.1 RPG, 1.1 APG C: 254-405-9492 E: [email protected] CONTINUED ON PAGE 2... 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 RICHARDS, KNOWN FOR HER DEFENSE, QUIETLY MOVING UP BAYLOR’S ALL-TIME ASSISTS LIST The Baylor women’s basketball When most think of DiDi Richards, they think defense. After all, she was the National Defensive Player of the Year by both the WBCA and 1,000program picked up its 1,000th victory Naismith last season without having high steals or blocks numbers. Her reputation for on-ball defense and pestering the Big 12 and the nation’s Dec. 1 in Tampa at South Florida. The Lady Bears top perimeter players earned her the awards. But, many might not know that Richards is one of Baylor’s all-time best passers. This season, she became the 15th Division I program to accomplish the feat. ranks first in the Big 12 in assists per game, which ranks 5th nationally. She ranks second in the league in total assists, and last season she was the Big 12 statistical champion, ranking 7th in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio. Her 502 assists coming into Wednesday’s game ranks 4th Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey has all-time on the Baylor career assists list. With COVID-19 looming, Richards may not get to put up the numbers she normally would have, but she 665 made 665 appearances in the AP Top 25 combined as player at Louisiana Tech, an assistant has a shot to leave Baylor at 3rd all-time in that category. Kristy Wallace collected 525 assists in her four years and ranks third. Richards has 5 at her alma mater, and 21 years as Baylor’s head Big 12 games left to play, a Big 12 Tournament and an NCAA Tournament.