No. 17 WBB Plays Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in Back Half of Home Stand

Sat Nov 16 12:36:12 CST 2024

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17/17 BAYLOR BEARS (2-1, 0-0 Big 12)
Location: Waco, Texas
Conference/Affiliation: Big 12
Head Coach: Nicki Collen (Marquette, 1998)
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17/17 BAYLOR (2-1, 0-0 Big 12) vs. TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI ISLANDERS (3-0, 0-0 SLC)
Nov. 17, 2024 • 1 p.m. CT
Waco, Texas • Foster Pavilion (7,500)

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TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI ISLANDERS (3-0, 0-0 SLC)
Location: Corpus Christi, Texas
Conference/Affiliation: Southland
Head Coach: Royce Chadwick (SW Okla., 1980)
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Game notes
• Baylor hosts Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in the back half of a two-game home stand at Foster Pavilion on Sunday afternoon at 1. It is the first meeting between the two schools since 2007.
• Aaronette Vonleh is two points away from 1,000 career points, upping Baylor’s total of players with 1k+ DI points on the roster to 5.
• The Bears downed East Texas A&M 104-55 on Thursday evening in only the second game of the Collen era that ended in 100 points for the Bears.
• Baylor and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi are facing off for the fourth time in history on Sunday afternoon. The Bears have taken each of the previous three matchups, all in Waco.
• TAMU-CC has won three games to start the 2024-25 season, their best start since 2009-10.
• The Islanders defeated the Texas A&M Aggies in the season opener, 62-56, in College Station for their fourth victory over a Power Four team in program history, the first since 2009 at Alabama.
• TAMU-CC has an average scoring margin of 18.3 after facing TAMU, Texas State and Sul Ross State.
• Starters Paige Allen and Mireia Aguado lead the scoring for the Islanders, averaging 28 per game, while Jaeda Whitner has been a threat from beyond the arc, shooting 56.3 percent from three with nine made. Allen also leads the battle of the boards with 29 rebounds.
• Baylor’s game against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi is the main event of WBB’s Alumni Weekend that celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the program and the 20th Anniversary of the 2005 NCAA National Championship.
• Over the weekend, former Bears are invited to a meet and greet with the team, practice, a tour of the sparkling new Foster Pavilion, dinner and a postgame celebration on Sunday evening.
• 50+ former Bears are expected to return to Waco for the celebration, including members of the 2004-05 team, Jordan Davis, Chanelle Fox, Melanie Schlemmer, Chelsea Whitaker and assistant coach Sophia Young Malcolm, which will be celebrated during the first quarter of Sunday’s game.
• Baylor had a record-setting night against the East Texas A&M Lions, defeating the Southland Conference team 104-55.
• The Bears’ 104-point output was only the second 100+ point game in the Collen era,
• Darianna Littlepage-Buggs recorded her second-straight double-double with 22 points and 11 rebounds, her fifth career game with 20+ points.
• Aaronette Vonleh joined Buggs with 18 points and 11 rebounds for just the fifth double-double of her collegiate career.
• Jada Walker, Bella Fontleroy and Yaya Felder each ended the night with 10+ points, the first time the Bears had five in double figures since BU’s game at West Virginia last season, Feb. 24, 2024.
• Waiata Jennings scored the first points of her DI career and freshman Kayla Nelms secured the first points of her collegiate career.
• Every available Bear scored in the contest against East Texas A&M.
• Junior Darianna Littlepage-Buggs averages the most points per game (22.0) in the Big 12 and is tied for 19th-most in the nation among DI players. Cincinnati’s Jilian Hayes and Arizona State’s Tyi Skinner are the only other representatives of the conference in the top 50 tied in 40th with 20.3 ppg.
• Littlepage-Buggs is one of 39 players in the nation with two double-doubles early in the season and is behind eight players with three. Vanderbilt’s Khamil Pierre is the only player in the nation to double-double in every game with three or more games in the book.  UAB’s Jake Weathersby and South Carolina’s Chloe Kitts each have two double-doubles in two games played.
• Sarah Andrews is 15 assists away from 500 in her career. If she reaches this milestone, she will be just the fifth player to reach 500 in program history.
• Andrews is also 16 3-pointers away from breaking the all-time career record at BU of 258 set by Odyssey Simms (2010-14). 15 would tie the record for the fifth-year senior.
• Madison Bartley is 48 boards away from 500 career rebounds.

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