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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS – Nov. 6, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">No. 18/17 Baylor WBB Hosts Lamar in Season Opener Monday
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Bears open season at home for 13th-consecutive year<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/2022/8/3/wbb-game-notes.aspx">BAYLOR GAME NOTES</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Shelby Hild; 254-405-7591,
</span><a href="mailto:shelby_hild@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">shelby_hild@baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">WACO, Texas –</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> The No. 18/17 Baylor women’s basketball team begins the 2022-23 campaign on Monday night when it hosts the Lamar Cardinals. Tip-off is set for 7
p.m. inside the Ferrell Center. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Monday’s contest is available for streaming via
<a href="https://www.espn.com/watch/player?xd_co_f=NmY4NDJjMTgtYjYwMC00NjUzLWEwNDItY2Y4MTFiNWIzOWI3&id=4f0a5bfa-3c1d-4e75-b11f-83f40361f27d">
Big 12 Now on ESPN+</a>, as well as a <a href="https://thevarsitynetwork.com/audioapplink/source/oas-1459/content/baylor:allaccess-Live-2848">
live radio</a> stream on ESPN Central Texas (1660 AM/92.3 FM). Additionally, fans can follow live in-game updates via
<a href="https://twitter.com/BaylorWBB">Twitter</a> or <a href="http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=429987">
live stats</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">STARTING STRONG<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Bears have won 12-straight season openers. Baylor’s last season-opening loss was during the 2009-10 slate to then-No. 9/8 Tennessee on the road, falling 74-65. The Bears were ranked No. 7/4 to start
the season that year. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor’s match-up with Lamar on Monday marks the 13th-consecutive year the Bears have started their season at home. Baylor has won 17-straight home openers, dating back to the 2005-06 campaign.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">BAYLOR VS. THE STATE OF TEXAS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">In Baylor women’s basketball history, the Bears are 386-227 (.630) against opponents from the state of Texas. Monday’s meeting with Lamar marks the fourth time in program history the two teams will collide,
marking the first meeting since 2019. The Bears are a perfect 3-0 against the Cardinals in the all-time series. Since 2011, Baylor has played 103 games against in-state opponents and only lost four times.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">PROMOTIONS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The women’s basketball team has partnered with South Waco Elementary for a coat drive this fall. Beginning with the Bears’ season opener against Lamar, fans can bring a new or lightly used coat for kids,
ages 5-13, to the marketing table on the concourse during home games from Nov. 7 to Dec. 7.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Tickets for Monday’s game are available at
<a href="https://baylorbears.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventList">BaylorBears.com</a>.
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://www.BaylorBears"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;text-decoration:none">- BaylorBears</span></i></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;text-decoration:none">.com</span></i></span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#385623">Shelby Hild</span></b><span style="color:#385623"> </span><span style="color:black">| Director of Communications (WBB, WTEN)</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">C: 254-405-7591 </span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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