WBB Box Score: 14/15 Baylor (28-7) 73, Grand Canyon (32-3) 60

[Pirtle, Colin]

14/15 Baylor (28-7) 73, Grand Canyon (32-3) 60
Waco, Texas (Foster Pavilion)
Friday, March 21, 2025


  *   14/15 Baylor advances to the Round of 32 in the NCAA Championship with a win over Grand Canyon, 73-60, on Friday afternoon at Foster Pavilion in Waco.
  *   BU picked up a win in its 21st-consecutive NCAA Tournament and snapped the nation’s longest win streak in GCU’s 30 that dated back to November 27, 2024.
  *   With the first 3-pointer within the first two minutes, the Bears set a new program record at 264 and counting.
  *   Shooting .500 for the first time since the WVU game on February 11, 2025, Baylor is 279-2 when hitting the half-century mark all-time.
  *   BU has its first win over GCU, 1-0 all-time.
  *   The Bears are 58-19 in the NCAA Tournament, 19-2 when hosting.
  *   Aaronette Vonleh totaled double-double No. 5 of the season in a 25-point, 11-rebound effort over the Lopes, going 5-of-7 from the charity stripe. The senior scored her 500th point, the first for a Bear since NaLyssa Smith’s 2021-22 season.
  *   Jada Walker shot 7-of-9 for 17 points to go with four assists and five rebounds, hitting the double-figure point mark for the 22nd time this year.
  *   Yaya Felder hit 12 points and six rebounds, getting a big and-1 to all but close out the game down the stretch.
  *   Bella Fontleroy had nine points and nine rebounds with a block and a pair from behind the arc.
  *   Aliyah Matharu hit a 3-pointer and a pair of free throws for five points and her first block since the February 22, 2025, contest against Iowa State.
  *   Sarah Andrews collected all of her three points from free throws, going 3-of-4 with a game-leading seven assists.
  *   Playing 18 minutes in her first game in 34 days, Darianna Littlepage-Buggs returned from injury with two points and four rebounds.
  *   Grand Canyon was the first team since UNLV on December 8, 2024, to not block a shot.
  *   GCU’s Trinity San Antonio’s 26 field goal attempts are the most for a BU opponent this season.
  *   Collen is 102-35 in her fourth season leading the Bears, 4-3 in the NCAA Tournament.

  *   Collen is 11-9 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 ninth time this season.

     *   Felder is 8-2, Walker is 54-15, Andrews is 99-36, Fontleroy is 49-17 and Vonleh is 28-7 as starters at Baylor.

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