Baylor WBB Returns Home to Host Cincinnati on Sunday

Pirtle, Colin Colin_Pirtle1 at baylor.edu
Sat Feb 1 15:50:13 CST 2025


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RV/RV BAYLOR BEARS (17-5, 7-2 Big 12)
Location: Waco, Texas
Conference/Affiliation: Big 12
Head Coach: Nicki Collen (Marquette, 1998)
Roster<https://baylorbears.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster> | Stats<https://baylorbears.com/sports/womens-basketball/stats> | Game Notes (PDF)<file:///documents/2025/2/1/BU_WBB_Notes_23_UC.pdf>
RV/RV BAYLOR BEARS (17-5, 7-2 Big 12) vs CINCINNATI BEARCATS (13-6, 5-4 Big 12)
Feb. 2, 2025 • 2 p.m. CT
Waco, Texas • Foster Pavilion (7,500)

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CINCINNATI BEARCATS (13-6, 5-4 Big 12)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Conference/Affiliation: Big 12
Head Coach: Katrina Merriweather (Cincinnati, 2001)
Roster<gobearcats.com/sports/wbball/roster/> | Stats<gobearcats.com/sports/womens-basketball/stats> | Game Notes (PDF)<https://gobearcats.com/documents/2025/1/31/Cincinnati_Notes_Baylor.pdf>


Game notes

• BU is back at Foster Pavilion for its first home game in 16 days after going 1-2 with a win at UCF and a pair of losses at No. 9 TCU and against No. 1 UCLA in New Jersey.

• Baylor has its best start to conference play in the Nicki Collen era through nine games with a 7-2 record.

• The Bears remain the leading rebounding team in the Big 12 Conference, averaging 43.36 per game, enough for 11th in the NCAA, and hold an average margin of 10.5 over their opponents.

• Baylor and Cincy are facing off for the fourth time, with Baylor taking the first win of the Bearcats’ Big 12 era, 74-53, at Cincinnati on Feb. 27, 2024.

• Cincinnati is making its first trek to Waco for Sunday afternoon’s showdown at Foster Pavilion.

• The Bearcats enter the game at 5-4 in Big 12 play, defeating league foes BYU, at UCF, Colorado, at Arizona State and Houston.

• Two Bearcats average double figures in Jillian Hayes (16.6) and Tineya Hylton (14.1), and Hayes leads the battle of the boards with 9.8 per game.

• Through games on Jan. 31, Baylor is ranked 25th in the NET, going 0-3 against Quad 1 programs and 4-2 over Quad 2.

• BU’s highest-ranked NET win is over No. 26 Utah, who holds the first spot out of Q1.

• Remaining in the Big 12 slate, BU is set to face three Q1 teams, two in Q2, three in Q3 and one in Q4.

• Cincinnati enters the contest at No. 71, with a NET-best win over No. 62 Colorado.

• Baylor defeated UCF 75-64 at Addition Financial Arena, led in scoring by 22 from Aaronette Vonleh with a T-career best in field goals made at 11.

• BU only turned the ball over once in the second half for six total against the Knights, totaling 10 in the previous two games.

• Darianna Littlepage-Buggs recorded her ninth double-double of the season of a 17-point, 11-rebound performance.

• BU has two players chasing 500 career rounds: Aaronette Vonleh and Bella Fontleroy are both lacking 30.

• Darianna Littlepage-Buggs is 8 points away from being BU’s sixth active player with 1k points at the DI level.


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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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