No. 13 Baylor WBB Travels to Dallas for First Road Test of Season

[Hild, Shelby]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Nov. 29, 2023

No. 13 Baylor WBB Travels to Dallas for First Road Test of Season
The game between Bears, Mustangs will air nationally on ESPNU

For more information contact: Shelby Hild; 254-405-7591, Shelby_hild at baylor.edu<mailto:Shelby_hild at baylor.edu>


DALLAS, Texas – The No. 13 Baylor women's basketball team travels to Dallas this Thursday to take on the SMU Mustangs at 7 p.m. at the Moody Coliseum.

The contest is available nationally on ESPNU and a live radio broadcast on ESPN Central Texas<https://www.centexsportsfan.com/> (1660 AM/92.3 FM) is also available for fans. Live in-game updates will be provided via Twitter and live stats<http://statb.us/v/bay/492868>.



STARTING FIVE

  *   Baylor is on a hot streak to start the season, opening a perfect 5-0 at home including an 84-77 win over the then-No. 4 Utah Utes on Nov. 14. It was most points scored against a top-five opponent in the regular season since netting 94 against No. 2 Notre Dame on Nov. 20, 2011.
  *   The team has risen in the AP Top-25 Poll for the second-straight week after wins over McNeese and Alcorn State. Baylor now rests at No. 13 in the AP Top-25 and No. 16 in the USA Today/WBCA Coaches Poll.
  *   Many records were nearly met or surpassed against McNeese as the Bears combined for a school-record 17-made threes, posted the second-most assists in school history (43), and for the fifth time in program history, seven players score in double-digits, the first time under head coach Nicki Collen.
  *   The Bears’ 93-47 win over Alcorn State marked the first time that the Bears have surpassed the 80-point mark in the first five games of the season since the 2011-12 campaign, when Baylor recorded a perfect 40-0 season en route to a national championship title.
  *   Thursday's matchup with SMU will be the 40th all-time meeting between the Bears and the Mustangs, a series that SMU controls 22-17. The two teams met last year in Waco to a 58-55 result in favor of the Bears and it marked the first meeting since 1996.



SCOUTING THE MUSTANGS

SMU is 3-3 to start the season, rattling off three straight wins at home before recording their first loss of the season to No. 5 Colorado. The Mustangs then traveled to California for the San Diego Classic, where they found two more losses including a 67-80 setback to Harvard – a team the Bears had beaten, 81-71, six days prior.



SMU finished the 2022-23 season 17-13, making their second-straight WNIT appearance and holding opponents to an American Athletic Conference second-best 58.3 points per game. The Mustangs are led in scoring by Tiara Young, the Houston transfer and unanimous 22-23 AAC Sixth Player of the Year, averaging 21.0 points per game, and Tamia Jones, averaging 10.3 points and 3.7 rebounds per game.



To stay up to date on all things Baylor women’s basketball, follow the team on its official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts: @BaylorWBB.



- BaylorBears<http://www.BaylorBears>.com -

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Shelby Hild | Director of Communications (WBB, WTEN)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 254-405-7591

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