No. 9/6 Baylor WBB Looks to Rebound at Oklahoma State Wednesday (BU Game Notes Attached)

Tue Jan 19 12:15:19 CST 2021

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#9/6 BAYLOR LADY BEARS (8-2, 3-1)
Location: Waco, Texas
Conference: Big 12
Head Coach: Kim Mulkey<https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1573> (La. Tech, 1984)

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#9/6 BAYLOR (8-2, 3-1) vs OKLAHOMA STATE (9-4, 5-2)
January 20, 2021 | 6:30 PM (CT)
Stillwater, Okla. | Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611)

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OKLAHOMA STATE (9-4, 5-2)
Location: Stillwater, Okla.
Conference: Big 12
Head Coach: Jim Littell (William Penn, 1979)

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BAYLOR LOOKS TO REBOUND AFTER LOSS AT HOME TO IOWA STATE
    Baylor played Saturday at home down two players and with just two practices since Jan. 4 and fell to Iowa State 75-71 at the Ferrell Center. It had been nearly four years since the Lady Bears had lost at home, and their 61-game win streak at the Ferrell came to an end. The home-winning streak was the 10th-longest in NCAA history and second longest in Baylor's history next to a 69-game span from 2011-2014. Baylor is 82-20 after losses under head coach Kim Mulkey<https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1573> and hasn't suffered back-to-back losses since Feb. 25 and Feb. 28, 2015, respectively.

LADY BEARS VS. THE COWGIRLS
    Baylor is 15-9 against Oklahoma State in Stillwater, 44-11 all-time, and 29-5 in the Kim Mulkey<https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1573> era. Oklahoma State last beat Baylor Dec. 30, 2015 to open conference play in Stillwater. Since then, the Lady Bears have rattled off nine-straight wins over the Cowgirls. Baylor last played OSU in Stillwater, Feb. 15, 2020 and took a 69-42 win. Among returning players for Wednesday's contest, Queen Egbo<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10005> had 10 points and five rebounds while NaLyssa Smith<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10009> added six points and 11 boards for Baylor in the win. In a losing effort, Natasha Mack had seven points and 15 rebounds.

BAYLOR SIGNS 2019 BIG 12 FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR CHRISLYN CARR IN TRANSFER FROM TEXAS TECH
     Former Texas Tech standout Chrislyn Carr has transferred to Baylor and will join the Lady Bears basketball program, head coach Kim Mulkey<https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1573> announced Tuesday. Carr won the Big 12 Freshman of the Year Award for the 2018-19 season for the Lady Raiders.
Carr took the league by storm her freshman season, averaging 18.0 points on her way to an All-Big 12 Honorable Mention selection. Her 558 points that year were the third most by a freshman in Lady Raider history. In addition to her scoring prowess her freshman season, she added 3.8 assists, 3.8 rebounds and 1.6 steals per contest.
She followed her freshman campaign with another All-Big 12 Honorable Mention award in 2019-20. She averaged 13.9 points, 5.0 assists, 4.0 rebounds and shot 37.3 percent from beyond the arc. The Davenport, Iowa, native left Texas Tech after playing in five games in the 2020-21 season. She tallied 1,010 points and 142 3-point field goals in two-plus seasons in Lubbock. Carr's eligibility and availability to join the Lady Bears on the floor is to be determined.

COVID-19'S EFFECT ON THE LADY BEARS
     All are having to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Lady Bears are no exception. Baylor lost four games scheduled for the Preseason WNIT in Waco in November, along with a Thanksgiving week game vs. Oregon in Las Vegas. Originally scheduled for Nov. 27, Baylor and Northwestern State's game was postponed due to COVID issues within the NWST program and was rescheduled for Dec. 18. Baylor lost its top-10 matchup with UConn Jan. 7 and postponed originally-scheduled Big 12 contests with K-State at home (Jan. 10) and at Kansas (Jan. 13).
     Moon Ursin<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10010>, lost her grandmother, Ruby Alexander, to the virus in April after a swift and brief battle with COVID. Kamaria McDaniel<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10266>, a transfer from Penn State that is having to sit this season, lost her grandfather, Johnny Webster, Sr., in April as well.

OWENS DECLARED ELIGIBLE AFTER NCAA INSTATES BLANKET WAIVER; MCDANIEL STILL SIDELINED WITH INJURY
     The NCAA announced Dec. 16 a blanket waiver for transfer students at the NCAA Division I level, which activated Baylor's Jaden Owens<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10013> and puts the Lady Bears active roster at 11 players. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all Division I basketball players will not have the 2020-21 season count against them, which prompted the NCAA Division I Council to make an exception for Division I transfers who arrived at their current institution before the Fall 2020 term began. The blanket waiver would have also made eligible senior guard Kamaria McDaniel<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10266>. However, the former Penn State standout was sidelined with a left-knee injury earlier in the fall and underwent successful surgery, Nov. 30 to repair an ACL and meniscus tear. She will miss the 2020-21 season.
     Owens came to Baylor after one year with UCLA as a backup point guard. In her freshman season with the Bruins in 2019-20, she averaged 9.6 minutes per contest in 28 games off the bench. She averaged 2.5 points, 1.2 assists and 0.6 steals per contest. Her assist-to-turnover ratio was 1.8:1, and she backed up All-Pac-12 point guard and recent WNBA draft pick Japreece Dean. Owens debuted Dec. 18 vs. Northwestern State hitting her first attempt from the field, a 3-pointer, and she finished with 3 points and 2 assists before she collected a career-high eight assists in Baylor's win vs. McNeese State, Dec. 19.

RICHARDS RETURNS TO FLOOR AFTER SPINAL INJURY, FEATURED ON ESPN'S SPORTSCENTER
     Oct. 24, Moon Ursin<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10010> and DiDi Richards<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10008> collided in mid-air during a practice scrimmage, leaving Ursin with a concussion and Richards with a Spinal Cord Injury Without Radiographic Abnormality (SCIOWRA). Ursin returned to practice after clearing concussion protocol in mid-November while
Richards' rehab began immediately after she briefly lost feeling below her knees. Richards was first confined to a walker to assist her in walking, but by mid-November she was completing individual drills and workouts with medical and strength & conditioning staff. Richards shocked doctors, team medical staff and coaches with the rate of her rehab. Thirty-eight days after the injury, she played 30 minutes off the bench at South Florida Dec. 1. She scored a bucket 13 seconds into her entry, and picked up where she left off last season by leading Baylor with seven assists. Dec. 6 in
Fayetteville, Ark., she resumed her starting role, getting her first start at point guard and finished the contest with a game-high eight assists. She led the Big 12 in assists per game in 2019-20, ranked 13th in the nation and had the NCAA's sixth-best assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.9:1.
     Her return to the floor sparked interest from ESPN with Mechelle Voepel writing a feature on her recovery, and Scott Van Pelt led off his Tuesday edition of SportsCenter, covering Richards' return with the "Best Thing I Saw Today" segment.

BAYLOR WINS 1,000TH WIN AS A PROGRAM; LADY BEARS BECOME 15TH PROGRAM IN D1 HISTORY TO REACH 1,000 VICTORIES
      Baylor's win at South Florida Dec. 1 marked the program's 1,000th victory. Baylor became the 15th program in NCAA Division I history to reach 1,000 victories joining Tennessee, UConn, James Madison, Louisiana Tech, Stanford, Texas, SFA, Old Dominion, Ohio State, Maryland, Western Kentucky, Wisconsin-Green Bay, South Dakota State, and Notre Dame. Kim Mulkey<https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1573> has 606 of those wins as head coach for Baylor. At Louisiana Tech, she was either a player, assistant or associate head coach for 560 victories, which makes her a direct contributor to 1,106 wins between the two programs on the prestigious list.

MULKEY JOINS STAR-STUDDED 2020 CLASS WITH NAISMITH HALL OF FAME INDUCTION
     The Big 12 and NCAA Tournaments were canceled, but Kim Mulkey<https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1573> did get some good news in April when she was announced as a member of the 2020 induction class to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. She and her class' peers are virtually peerless as she joined a star-studded class, including Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, Tamika Catchings, Rudy Tomjanovich, Eddie Sutton, Barbara Stevens and Patrick Baumann.
     Her induction ceremony was delayed due to COVID-19 and the 2020 class has yet to be enshrined. Her induction will be as a coach, although she has been nominated as a player on numerous occasions. She was also a finalist in 2018. Mulkey's many accomplishments earned her the honor, but among them are three NCAA titles, 21 Big 12 championships, and she was the fastest NCAA Division I head coach, man or woman, to reach 600 career victories (700 games).

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Kyle Robarts | Associate Director, Athletics Communications (WBB, WTEN)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
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