WBB Box Score: RV/22 Baylor (6-2) 84, New Orleans (0-7) 58

[Pirtle, Colin]

RV/22 Baylor (6-2) 84, New Orleans (0-7) 58
Waco, Texas (Foster Pavilion)
Friday, Nov. 29, 2024


  *   Baylor defeated New Orleans, 84-58, on Friday afternoon in the first of five-straight games at home in Foster Pavilion.
  *   The Bears are now even with The Privateers all-time, locked at 3-3.
  *   Baylor has 372 wins by 10 or more points since 2010-11.
  *   BU shot 55.6 from the floor, the fourth time this season at 50%+ and is 272-2 all-time when going 50% or better.
  *   The Bears were 7-of-20 beyond the arc for an even 35%.
  *   New Orlean’s 50% from beyond the arc was their best of the season, with two games at 35.7% now tied for second-best from three.
  *   Nicki Collen is 80-30 in her fourth season leading the Bears.
  *   Collen is 24-5 in the month of November.
  *   Collen’s Bears stay undefeated when up at the half, now 5-0.
  *   Baylor moves to 4-0 at home this season and picked up its 11th win at Foster Pavilion.
  *   Aaronette Vonleh had the 10th 20+ point performance of her career against New Orleans and paired that with 12 rebounds for just her sixth double-double.
  *   12 rebounds is a new career high for Vonleh.
  *   Darianna Littlepage-Buggs sunk 14 points and nabbed 12 rebounds for the third double-double of her season.
  *   Littlepage-Buggs also dished out five assists, a new career high.
  *   Yaya Felder also ended in double figures, getting the fifth 10+ point game of her season in 14 points. The senior also led the Bears with five steals, tying her career-best mark.
  *   Bella Fontleroy and Jada Walker each had 10 points on the afternoon. Fontleroy sunk a 3-pointer in her sixth-consecutive game and had a career high assist mark with five.
  *   Sarah Andrews moves ever closer to the program record for 3-pointers, sinking two on Friday afternoon. The Irving, Texas, native is now just three triples away from taking the record from Odyssey Sims.
  *   Andrew’s eight assists tied her season-best and trails her career-best of 14 against Long Beach State from December of 2022.
  *   Madison Bartley scored her first points in four games on Monday, going 1-of-2 from the floor with an attempt from three. Bartley had not scored since Baylor faced off against East Texas A&M and was without a shot attempt in her previous two games played.
  *   Bartley’s three rebounds on Friday puts her within 41 of 500 in her career that began at Belmont.
  *   Waiata Jennings was also the owner of three points, but with one from three. The junior had two assists and one steal.
  *   Kyla Abraham was 1-of-1 from the floor with one blocked shot.
  *   Freshman Kayla Nelms committed four fouls, the most of her collegiate career thus far, in four minutes and remained scoreless.
  *   Baylor started Jada Walker, Sarah Andrews, Darianna Littlepage-Buggs, Aaronette Vonleh and Bella Fontleroy for the eighth time this season in as many games.

     *   Walker is 32-10, Andrews is 77-31, Littlepage-Buggs is 44-17, Fontleroy is 27-12 and Vonleh is 7-2 as starters at Baylor.

  *   Baylor returns to Foster Pavilion to face Louisiana Tech at 2 p.m. on Sunday.


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Colin Pirtle | Associate Director of Athletics Communications (WBB, WTEN)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 940-564-0351

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