No. 12 WBB Opens Season Hosting Incarnate Word

[Pirtle, Colin]

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12/12 BAYLOR BEARS (0-0, 0-0 Big 12)
Location: Waco, Texas
Conference/Affiliation: Big 12
Head Coach: Nicki Collen (Marquette, 1998)
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12/12 BAYLOR (0-0, 0-0 Big 12) vs. INCARNATE WORD CARDINALS (0-1, 0-0 SLC)
Nov. 7, 2024 • 7 p.m. CT
Waco, Texas • Foster Pavilion (7,500)

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INCARNATE WORD CARDINALS (0-1, 0-0 SLC)
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Conference/Affiliation: SLC
Head Coach: Jeff Dow (Oregon, 1989)
Roster<https://uiwcardinals.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster> | Stats<https://uiwcardinals.com/sports/womens-basketball/stats> | Game Notes (PDF)<https://baylorbears.com/documents/2024/11/6/Baylor_Game_Notes.pdf>


Story lines
• The Bears are looking for their 15th-straight season-opening win on Thursday night, last beating Southern 85-53 in 2023. The last loss to open the season was in 2009, when the Bears fell to Tennessee, 74-65, in the State Farm Tip-Off Classic in Knoxville.
• A win against Incarnate Word would be BU’s 20th-consecutive home-opening victory, dating back to 2005-06.
• Baylor opens the season ranked 12th in the nation by the Associated Press. The Bears’ ranking in the AP poll is the 20th consecutive appearance in the preseason release. Among Big 12 schools, BU lands second in four league foes in the top 25. Baylor also enters the season 12th in the USA TODAY Coaches Poll.
• The Big 12 coaches picked the Bears to finish third in the conference with two first-place votes.
• Thursday’s game is the second against the Cardinals in program history, with Baylor taking the first-ever matchup 71-42 in 2022.
• UIW opened the season on Monday night at Texas Tech, falling 78-48. 27 of their points came from the charity stripe, shooting 75% from the line.
• Junior guard Jorja Elliott was Incarnate Word’s lone double-digit point scorer, tabbing 10 points in 28 minutes on the court.
• Incarnate Word ended the 2023-24 season 19-11 in the first round of the Southland Conference Tournament and went 0-3 against Power Four schools (TCU, Texas Tech, Arkansas).
• Baylor holds the 1-0 all-time advantage over UIW, beating them at the Ferrell Center for the first and only meeting on Nov. 10, 2022.
• Baylor returns four 10+ game starters to the court in 2024 with Sarah Andrews, Bella Fontleroy, Darianna Littlepage-Buggs and Jada Walker.
• The Bears defeated Langston 100-39 in an exhibition game on Sunday afternoon.
• For the first time in the Nicki Collen era, Baylor’s roster will feature more returners than newcomers. 80% of last season’s scoring returns for 2024-25, up from 56% in Year Three and 57% in Year Two.
• Baylor’s roster holds four student-athletes that have eclipsed the 1,000-career point mark at the Division I level. BU’s four ties the nations’ best among power conferences with Illinois and Notre Dame.
• Sarah Andrews (1,378 pts - all at BU), Yaya Felder (1,110 pts - 247 at BU), Madison Bartley (1,052 pts - 51 at BU) and Jada Walker (1007 pts - 284 at BU).
• NJCAA transfer Waiata Jennings scored 1,227 career points in a two-year stint at Collin College, upping the total to five across collegiate competition.
• Aaronette Vonleh is on record watch, only 41 points away from 1,000.
• Baylor landed three players on four preseason watch lists, announced by the Atlanta Tipoff Club and the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
• Sarah Andrews earned spots on the Naismith Trophy Women’s College Player of the Year watch list and the Ann Meyers-Drysdale watch list for the best shooting guard in the country.
• Andrews is one of nine watch list members from the 16-team Big 12 Conference. Iowa State and Kansas State each are represented by two student-athletes on the list.
• Darianna Littlepage-Buggs took her second-straight spot on the preseason list from the Katrina McClain Award for power forwards.
• Aaronette Vonleh landed among the top 20 for the Lisa Leslie Award for the best center in the nation.
• Jada Walker and Yaya Felder also received votes for the Naismith Starting 5 awards, but did not rank in the top 20.

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Colin Pirtle | Associate Director of Athletics Communications (WBB, WTEN)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
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