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No. 12/12 Baylor (1-0) 85, UIW (0-2) 33
Waco, Texas (Foster Pavilion)
Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024
* The Bears opened their 50th anniversary season with the win over UIW, a team that won 19 games a year ago and advanced to the 2022 NCAA Tournament.
* Baylor won its 15th consecutive season lid-lifter on Thursday night and have not lost a season opener since 2009.
* Baylor has won 20 consecutive home openers, dating back to 2005-06.
* The Bears won their second all-time meeting with UIW, also besting the Cardinals in 2022, 71-42.
* The Bears are 8-2 all-time at the sparkling new Foster Pavilion.
* Aaronette Vonleh is 25 points shy of 1,000 in her career.
* Vonleh reached double figures in points for the 56th time in her 86-game collegiate career.
* In her BU debut, Vonleh had 16 points and three rebounds in 21 minutes, connecting on 6-of-8 from the field and sinking one triple.
* Sarah Andrews needs 29 assists to reach 500 in her career, which would be top five in program history.
* Andrews needs 19 3-pointers to break the all-time Baylor record.
* Andrews had five points, four assists and two rebounds in 25 minutes.
* Darianna Littlepage-Buggs reached double figure scoring for the 38th time in her career and for the fourth consecutive game.
* Littlepage-Buggs has five career games with 20+ points.
* Littlepage-Buggs had 25 points and six rebounds in 31 minutes, and tied her career high with 18 field-goal attempts, making 11.
* Littlepage-Buggs hit her first two career 3-pointers on 2-of-5 from behind the arc.
* Head Coach Nicki Collen is 75-28 in her fourth season leading the Bears.
* The Bears are 41-10 under Collen at home.
* Baylor is 69-6 when leading at half under Collen.
* Baylor is 19-3 under Collen in the month of November.
* Baylor is 25-0 under Collen in games decided by 25+ points.
* Baylor has 368 wins since 2010-11 by at least 10 points.
* Baylor started Jada Walker, Sarah Andrews, Darianna Littlepage-Buggs, Aaronette Vonleh and Bella Fontleroy.
* Walker is 27-8, Andrews is 72-29, Littlepage-Buggs is 39-15, Fontleroy is 22-10 and Vonleh is 1-0 as starters at Baylor.
* The first players off the bench in 2024-25 was Jada Van Gytenbeek, Kyla Abraham and Yaya Felder.
* Despite shooting 39% - and 1-of-7 from 3-point range – the Bears held a 17-10 lead after the first quarter.
* A 7-0 run gave BU its first double-digit lead of the game at 24-12 midway through the second quarter.
* Waiata Jennings made her Baylor debut in the second quarter.
* The Bears held a 38-19 lead at the break, shooting 42% (14-for-33), while holding UIW to 38% on just eight made buckets. Baylor held a 20-11 margin in rebounding, including an 8-1 mark on the offensive glass.
* Jana Van Gytenbeek scored in double figures for the 12th time in her career.
* Van Gytenbeek had 10 points, five assists and two rebounds in 16 minutes, connecting on 2-of-5 triples.
* The lead grew to 30 for the first time at 56-26 late in the third quarter.
* Baylor outscored UIW 26-9 in the third quarter, shooting 66.7% from the field (10-for-15) during the period.
* Bella Fontleroy had a career high 14 rebounds, eclipsing her previous career best of 11, done four times, including vs. Vanderbilt in 2023-24.
* Fontleroy has scored in double figures in 35 career games and has had double-digit rebounds in seven games.
* Fontleroy had nine points and 14 rebounds in 27 minutes.
* Jada Walker finished with six points and tied her career high with 10 assists, last done vs. Coastal Carolina while a member of the Kentucky Women’s Hoops team.
* It was the most assists for a Baylor player since Andrews had 10 vs. UCF on Jan. 20, 2024.
* Kyla Abraham tied her career high with two blocks.
* The Bears held UIW to five points in the fourth quarter, outscoring the Cards, 21-5.
* Baylor shot 48% in the win, on 31-of-65 shooting, and held UIW to just 13 made buckets.
* Baylor had 22 assists, held a 36-14 margin in points in the paint, a 13-0 margin in second-chance points and totaled 14 steals, its most since going for 15 swipes vs. Kansas State in 2023-24.
* The Bears outrebounded UIW, 47-22, including 15-4 on the offensive glass.
* Baylor returns to action on Sunday, traveling to face Oregon in Eugene at 9 p.m. on Big Ten Network and the Baylor Sports Media Network.
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Colin Pirtle | Associate Director of Athletics Communications (WBB, WTEN)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
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