No. 16 Baylor WBB Set for Sunday Showdown with Kansas at Foster Pavilion

[Pirtle, Colin]

16/16 BAYLOR BEARS (14-3, 3-1 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)</documents/2026/1/10/BU_WBB_Notes_18_Kansas.pdf>
16/16 BAYLOR (14-3, 3-1 Big 12) vs
KANSAS (11-45 1-3 Big 12)
Jan. 11, 2026 • 2 p.m. CT
Waco, Texas • Foster Pavilion  (7,500)

LIVE STATS: Stat Broadcast<https://baylor.statbroadcast.com/>
WATCH: ESPN+
Talent: Lincoln Rose (pxp), Jordan Lewis (analyst)
LISTEN: Baylor Sports Media Network via FOX Sports Radio 93.9FM in Central Texas and worldwide at centexsportsfan.com<http://www.centexsportsfan.com/>.
Talent: Derek Smith (pxp), Lori Fogleman (analyst)

KANSAS JAYHAWKS (11-5, 1-3 Big 12)
Location: Lawrence, Kan.
Conference/Affiliation: Big 12
Head Coach: Brandon Schneider (Wayland, 1995)
Roster<kuathletics.com/sports/wbball/roster> | Stats<kuathletics.com/sports/womens-basketball/stats> | Game Notes (PDF)<https://kuathletics.com/documents/2026/1/10/WBB_Notes-17-at_Baylor.pdf>

Game notes:

• Baylor welcomes the Kansas Jayhawks to Foster Pavilion on Sunday afternoon for a Big 12 matchup at 2 p.m. Tipoff is live from the Banks of the Brazos on ESPN+ and the Baylor Sports Media Network.

• The Bears face Kansas for the 51st time in program history after claiming the lone contest between the two programs last season in Lawrence, 86-66.

• BU is one of only two teams in the nation, along with Texas, to record multiple wins over top-10 opponents. The Bears are the Big 12’s only squad with multiple ranked victories and one of just 12 teams nationally.

• Baylor is ranked 16th in the AP Poll and 16th in the USA TODAY Coaches Poll after its 14-3 start to the season.

• BU enters the contest on a three-game winning streak in Big 12 play, going 2-0 on the first road trip at OSU and Iowa State before returning home to pick up a gritty win over Colorado.

• Through games on Jan. 8, Baylor is ranked No. 31 in the NET.

• The Bears are 3-3 against Quadrant 1 opponents, with BU’s top win coming against Duke in Paris to open the season.

• Baylor got a four-point win over the Colorado Buffaloes at Foster Pavilion in the Bears’ first home game of 2026.

• Darianna Littlepage-Buggs recorded rebound No. 1,000 in the win, joining an exclusive list of eight other Bears in program history to hit the 1K boards mark in a Baylor uniform: Suzie Snider Eppers, Sophia Young-Malcolm, Brittney Griner, Kalani Brown, NaLyssa Smith, Nina Davis, Jackie Reiter and Maggie Davis-Stinnett.

• Yuting Deng paced BU with 13 points, 11 of which came in a three-minute span bridging the end of the third quarter and the start of the fourth when Baylor took the lead for the final time. The stretch was highlighted by a buzzer-beating three to end the third quarter off a Jana Van Gytenbeek assist.

• Bella Fontleroy and Kiersten Johnson each finished with five blocks, tying Fontleroy’s career high and marking the first time since Feb. 17, 2016, that a Baylor duo recorded five or more blocks in the same game (Beatrice Mompremier (5) and Alexis Prince (5) vs. Oklahoma State).



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Colin Pirtle | Associate Director of Athletics Communications (WBB, Soccer, W. Tennis)

Department of Athletics | Baylor University

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