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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">No. 19/18 Baylor (25-7) 80, Vanderbilt (23-10) 63<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Friday, March 22, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The five-seeded Baylor women’s basketball team kickstarted its 2024 NCAA Tournament run with an 80-63 victory over 12th-seeded Vanderbilt on Friday night.
<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Baylor’s appearance marked the 20th-straight for the Bears in the Big Dance which is the fourth-longest active streak in the country.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The Bears will face Virginia Tech, who took down Marshall, 92-49, on Sunday. TV designation and game time are to be determined.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The meeting between the Bears and the Commodores marked the first-ever outing between the two programs.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Friday’s game marked the 100th career game for head coach
<b>Nicki Collen</b>. She holds a 73-27 record at the helm of the Bears. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">With the win, Baylor moved to 56-18 all-time in the NCAA Tournament.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The Bears have won their opening-round game 21 times in 22 showings in the Big Dance.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Baylor opened with 24 points in the first quarter, marking the second-straight NCAA Tournament game that the Bears notched 24 in the opening frame.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The Bears held a 41-34 lead at halftime and moved to 22-2 this season when leading at the break.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Baylor outrebounded the Commodores, 39-34.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The Bears are an impressive 21-1 when besting their opponent on the boards this season.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Bella Fontleroy</b> turned in her third double-double of the year, and sixth of her career, with a 19-point, 11-rebound performance. The sophomore led the Bears in both categories.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Fontleroy played a career-high 36 minutes, going a team-leading 4-for-7 from 3-point range. She led the team with two blocks, matching a career high in the category.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Sarah Andrews</b> (13),
<b>Darianna Littlepage-Buggs</b> (11) and <b>Jana Van Gytenbeek</b> (10) joined Fontleroy in double figures.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">For the 13th time this season, Andrews led BU in assists, dishing out five.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Jada Walker</b> recorded a game-leading four steals.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Baylor remained undefeated when shooting higher from the floor than its opponent, moving to 21-0, going 30-for-65 (46.2%) from the field.
</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>The Bears shot 42.9% from 3-point range while holding Vanderbilt to 17.6% from behind the arc.
</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">BU has held its opponent to below 20% shooting from 3-point range in three of the last five games.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Baylor’s 80 points marked the 11th time this year that the Bears have put up at least 80 and first time since scoring 83 at Houston on Feb. 4.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The Bears improved to 16-1 this season when besting their opponent by 16-plus points.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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