2018-2019 Lady Bears Basketball Game Notes • @BaylorWBB @BaylorWBB @BaylorWBB BaylorBears.com GAME NO. 1 #4/5BAYLOR (33-2 in 2017-18) VS. SERIES MATCHUP TEAM INFORMATION All-Time Series Baylor leads, 3-0 NICHOLLS STATE (19-14 in 2017-18) #4 BAYLOR LADY BEARS (0-0) Waco 2-0 Location: Waco, Texas Conference/Affiliation: Big 12/D1 Thibodaux, La. 1-0 November 6, 2018 • 6 p.m. CT Neutral n/a Head Coach: Kim Mulkey (La. Tech, 1984) Waco, Texas • The Ferrell Center (10,284) Mulkey Era 3-0 Career Record: 539-98 (.846) BU Record: Same First Meeting BU, W, 93-44, 11/22/03 WATCH: Facebook Live/BaylorBears.com Last Season at NSU, W, 85-43, NICHOLLS STATE COLONELS (0-0) Talent: Bruce Gietzen (PBP), Maggie Davis-Stinnett (Color) 12/18/17 Location: Thibodaux, La. Conference: Southland LISTEN: BaylorBears.com/1660 AM/92.3 FM This Season n/a Head Coach: Dobee Plaisance (Southern Miss, 1986) Talent: Bruce Gietzen (PBP), Maggie Davis-Stinnett (Color) NOVEMBER 6, 2018 Career Record: 277-401 (.409) TAMC Record: 121-177 SCHEDULE/RESULTS STORY LINES Date BU OPP Opponent TV Time/Result LADY BEARS TOUGH IN SEASON OPENERS O26 –/– –/– LANGSTON (EX) W, 110-45 Baylor is 36-8 all-time in season openers (.818), 16-2 (.888) in the Kim Mulkey era, 26-2 (.929) in home openers at the Ferrell N1 4/5 –/– TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE (EX) W, 127-61 Center, and 13-0 at home with Mulkey at the helm. N6 4/5 –/– NICHOLLS STATE 6 p.m. N8 –/– –/– SAINT FRANCIS, PA FSSW+ 7 p.m. MULKEY’S MIDAS TOUCH: 1,100 WINS N11 –/– –/– vs. Arizona State ESPN2 6:30 p.m. Everything head coach Kim Mulkey touches doesn’t necessarily turn to gold, but if it has to do with college basketball, nearly N15 –/– –/– Southern University FSSW 6 p.m. everything she touches results in a win. A win vs. Nicholls would give head coach Kim Mulkey 1,100 wins combined as a collegiate N23 –/– –/– vs. South Dakota State % 9:30 p.m. player (130, La. Tech), assistant coach (430, La. Tech) & head coach (539, Baylor). In those capacities, Mulkey’s teams are a N24 –/– –/– vs. Georgetown % 9:30 p.m. D2 –/– –/– at South Carolina ^ ESPN2 6 p.m. combined 1,099-192 for an astounding .851 winning percentage. D12 –/– –/– MOREHEAD STATE FSSW Noon D15 –/– –/– at Stanford Pac-12 Network 2 p.m. BAYLOR COASTS THROUGH EXHIBITION CONTESTS D31 –/– –/– UTRGV Noon Baylor defeated Langston and Texas A&M-Commerce by an average of 65.5 points in the Lady Bears’ two exhibition wins. J3 –/– –/– UCONN ESPN 8 p.m. Minutes were spread around among newcomers and veterans and NaLyssa Smith averaged 19 points to lead all players. Kalani J6 –/– –/– at Texas Tech * FSN Noon Brown in limited playing time averaged 17 points and 9.5 rebounds. J9 –/– –/– KANSAS STATE * FSGO 7 p.m. Baylor shot 54.5 percent from the field, out-rebounded opponents by an average margin of 38.5, and the Lady Bears had 66 J12 –/– –/– at TCU * FSSW 3 p.m. assists compared to just 30 turnovers. The sample size is small, but the Baylor defense in the second half combined to allow just 19 J16 –/– –/– at Kansas * Jayhawk Network 7 p.m. J20 –/– –/– WEST VIRGINIA * FS1 4 p.m. points over two games. J23 –/– –/– IOWA STATE * FSSW 7 p.m. J27 –/– –/– at Oklahoma * FSN 2 p.m. NICHOLLS IN SHORT J30 –/– –/– at Oklahoma State * FSSW-Alt 7 p.m. The Colonels won their last four regular season game in 2017-18 before taking the Southland Conference Tournament by storm F2 –/– –/– TEXAS TECH ! * FSSW 1 p.m. and winning the automatic qualifier to the NCAA Tournament by beating SFA in the title game. The Colonels drew Mississippi State, F4 –/– –/– at Texas * ESPN2 6 p.m. the No. 1 seed and fell 95-50. Seven letter winners and three starters return from Nicholls’ 19-14 team from last year including F9 –/– –/– TCU ! * FSSW Noon Cassidy Barrios who average a team-leading 17.3 points per contest. F13 –/– –/– at Kansas State * 7 p.m. F16 –/– –/– OKLAHOMA * FSSW+ 7 p.m. SIX NATIONAL TOP-FIVE NODS & BIG 12 REPEAT PREDICTED F20 –/– –/– KANSAS * FSSW 6 p.m. F23 –/– –/– at Iowa State * FSN 3 p.m. After a 33-2 season, a 10th consecutive trip to the NCAA Sweet 16, a Big 12 regular season and championship title, the return F25 –/– –/– TEXAS * FS1 6 p.m. of an All-American duo in Kalani Brown and Lauren Cox has the national media and Big 12 head coaches expecting another M2 –/– –/– OKLAHOMA STATE * FSSW 1 p.m. successful season for the Lady Bears. M4 –/– –/– at West Virginia * FS1 6 p.m. The Associated Press released Baylor as the No. 4 team in the nation in Oct. 31’s preseason poll release followed by USA Today/ M8 –/– –/– B12 Quarterfinals TBD TBD WBCA checking in the Lady Bears at No. 5. SlamOnline.com, Athlon Sports College Basketball Preview, Street & Smith’s Basketball M9 –/– –/– B12 Quarterfinals TBD TBD Yearbook and Lindy’s College Basketball have the Lady Bears selected as a preseason No. 2, No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5 pick, M8 –/– –/– B12 Semifinals TBD TBD respectively. M8 –/– –/– B12 Finals TBD TBD 18-time Big 12-champion Baylor earned eight of 10 first-place votes in the 2018-19 Preseason Big 12 Women’s Basketball Poll to TBD NCAA Tournament Rd 1 TBD NCAA Tournament Rd 2 take the top spot TBD NCAA Tournament Regionals . TBD NCAA Tournament Regionals TWIN TOWERS ACCOLADES POUR IN A5 NCAA Final Four Senior Kalani Brown and junior Lauren Cox have been tabbed by many as the best post combo in the nation, and the pair has A7 NCAA Final Four combined for six preseason All-America honors with Brown taking home four and Cox a pair. Brown was a first-team selection by the Associated Press, Athlon, Street & Smith’s and Lindy’s Sports while Cox earned second-team nods from Athlon and Street & * Big 12 Conference games Smith’s. ^ SEC/Big 12 Challenge Both players were selected to the Preseason All-Big 12 team and Brown was selected to repeat as Big 12 Player of the Year. @ Showdown on the Rez - Fort Defiance, Ariz. % South Point Shootout (Las Vegas, N.V.) 2018-2019 BAYLOR LADY BEARS ROSTER ! Doubleheader with Baylor men’s basketball No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl.-Exp. Hometown/High School (Previous School) No. Alphabetical 1 NaLyssa Smith F 6-2 Fr.-HS Converse, Texas/East Central HS 51 Caitlin Bickle ONLINE COVERAGE 2 DiDi Richards G 6-1 So.-1L Cypress, Texas/Cypress Ranch HS 21 Kalani Brown SOCIAL MEDIA 3 Trinity Oliver G 5-9 R-Fr.-HS Euless, Texas/Trinity HS 15 Lauren Cox @BaylorWBB • #SicCommerce 4 Honesty Scott-Grayson G 5-9 Fr.-HS Brick, N.J./Riverdale Baptist HS 10 Aquira DeCosta LIVE STATISTICS 10 Aquira DeCosta F 6-0 Fr.-HS Sacramento, Calif./St. Mary’s HS 25 Queen Egbo baylor.statbroadcast.com 12 Moon Ursin G 5-6 So.-1L Destrehan, La./Destrehan HS 24 Chloe Jackson GAMEDAY CENTRAL 15 Lauren Cox F 6-4 Jr.-2L Flower Mound, Texas/Flower Mound HS 20 Juicy Landrum BaylorBears.com 20 Juicy Landrum G 5-8 Jr.-2L Waco, Texas/La Vega HS 3 Trinity Oliver 21 Kalani Brown C 6-7 Sr.-3L Slidell, La./Salmen HS 2 DiDi Richards BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS 24 Chloe Jackson G 5-8 Gs.-TR Upper Marlboro, Md./Riverdale Baptist HS (LSU) 4 Honesty Scott-Grayson 25 Queen Egbo C 6-3 Fr.-HS Houston, Texas/Travis HS 1 NaLyssa Smith KYLE ROBARTS Associate Director 51 Caitlin Bickle F 6-0 Fr.-HS Cave Creek, Ariz./Cactus Shadows HS 12 Moon Ursin C: 254-405-9492 E: [email protected] Head Coach: Kim Mulkey (19th Season) Asst. Coaches: Bill Brock, Sytia Messer, Toyelle Wilson Baylor Lady Bears Basketball | 9-Time Big 12 Regular Season & 9-Time Big 12 Tournament Champions | 2005, 2012 National Champions | 3 Final Fours | 17 NCAA Tournament Appearances • @BaylorWBB • BaylorBears.com LADY BEARS GAME NOTES 2018-19 QUICK FACTS STORY LINES GENERAL INFORMATION BACK FOR MORE: FOUR VETERANS BACK IN SUPPORT OF BROWN & COX Location: Waco, Texas Junior Juicy Landrum, sophomores DiDi Richards, Moon Ursin and redshirt freshman Trinity Oliver all bring back experience as well for the Lady Chartered: 1845, by the Republic of Texas Bears in 2018-19. Landrum, Richards and Ursin could see time early in the starting lineup, but other than Brown and Cox, just 16 starts are shared among Enrollment: 17,217 the four returning players with Landrum taking 14. President: Dr. Linda Livingstone Landrum could see time at the point guard position and the shooting guard spot; she shot .415 beyond the (continued on page 2) arc last season on Faculty Representative: Jeremy Counseller, J.D. 44 made 3-point field goals and is second among returners with 77 assists last season. Richards played in 33 of 35 games last season averaging 18 Athletic Director: Mack B. Rhoades, IV minutes per contest and 5.1 points per game; she’s expected to be a go-to lockdown defender for the Lady Bears. Ursin averaged 10.5 minutes per SWA: Felicia Mulkey contest last season in 28 games and will look to increase productivity her second season. Oliver missed all but seven games due to an ACL tear and was Sport Administrator: Paul Bradshaw awarded a medical redshirt after a brief rookie campaign. Conference: Big 12 POINT GUARD BY COMMITTEE: COMBO GUARDS WILL HAVE TO STEP UP IN 2018-19 Nickname: Lady Bears Head Coach Kim Mulkey said at the Big 12 Women’s Basketball Tipoff Oct.