WBB Box Score: 17/18 Baylor (26-6) 69, NR/RV Iowa State (22-11) 63

[Pirtle, Colin]

17/18 Baylor (26-6) 69, NR/RV Iowa State (22-11) 63
Kansas City, Mo. (T-Mobile Center)
Friday, March 7, 2025


  *   17/18 Baylor picked up a quarterfinal win over NR/RV Iowa State, 69-63, in head coach Nicki Collen’s 100th career win as a head coach.
  *   The Bears got the first win over the Cyclones in Kansas City since 2019, now 1-2 against ISU since Collen took over the Bear program.
  *   A semifinals appearance for BU is the 18th all-time in the Big 12 Championship and the first since 2022.
  *   Baylor won both head-to-head matchups against Iowa State this season.
  *   The Bears move to 50-16 in the conference championship, and are the first team to crack the 50-win mark in Big 12 WBB history.
  *   BU had its second-best steals mark with 14 against the Cyclones and Iowa State matched the season-high assists mark for a Baylor opponent this season.
  *   With Bella Fontleroy scoring her 300th point of the season, the Bears now become the first team this century to boast six players with 300 or more points on a roster in the Big 12 Conference.
  *   Jada Walker led the scoring for Baylor for the second time this season with 18 points, going 7-of-17 with a big 3-pointer in the fourth quarter. Walker was also the assists and steals leader with four each with a block.
  *   Aaronette Vonleh, Fontleroy and Aliyah Matharu each scored 12 points on the evening, with Vonleh playing just 20 minutes in foul trouble.
  *   Fontleroy had another great defensive night after being named All-Big 12 Defensive Team, getting a pair of blocks and steals each, and was 5-of-8 from the free throw line.
  *   Matharu scored double digits for the eighth time in 19 games and had four rebounds.
  *   Sarah Andrews was 3-of-6 beyond the arc for nine points with three assists and a steal.
  *   Yaya Felder scored just four, but had a block, a steal and three assists with four rebounds.
  *   Kyla Abraham and Kayla Nelms combined for five rebounds and Abraham scored two points.
  *   Collen is 100-34 in her fourth season leading the Bears and is the fastest coach in Baylor women’s basketball history to achieve 100 wins in NCAA competition.

  *   Collen is 9-8 in the month of March.
  *   Baylor used the lineup of Yaya Felder, Jada Walker, Sarah Andrews, Aaronette Vonleh and Bella Fontleroy as its first five for the sixth time this season.
     *   Felder is 6-1, Walker is 52-14, Andrews is 97-35, Fontleroy is 47-16 and Vonleh is 26-6 as starters at Baylor.
  *   Baylor awaits their opponent for the semifinal match scheduled for Saturday evening at 5:30 p.m. CT.

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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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