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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Box scores will be uploaded when available at BaylorBears.com/wbb<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">No. 12/12 Baylor (1-0) 85, UIW (0-2) 33</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Waco, Texas (Foster Pavilion)</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Bears opened their 50<sup>th</sup> anniversary season with the win over UIW, a team that won 19 games a year ago and advanced to the 2022 NCAA Tournament. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Baylor won its 15<sup>th</sup> consecutive season lid-lifter on Thursday night and have not lost a season opener since 2009. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Baylor has won 20 consecutive home openers, dating back to 2005-06. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Bears won their second all-time meeting with UIW, also besting the Cardinals in 2022, 71-42. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Bears are 8-2 all-time at the sparkling new Foster Pavilion. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Aaronette Vonleh</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> is 25 points shy of 1,000 in her career. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Vonleh reached double figures in points for the 56<sup>th</sup> time in her 86-game collegiate career. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">In her BU debut, Vonleh had 16 points and three rebounds in 21 minutes, connecting on 6-of-8 from the field and sinking one triple. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Sarah Andrews</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> needs 29 assists to reach 500 in her career, which would be top five in program history. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Andrews </span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">needs 19 3-pointers to break the all-time Baylor record. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Andrews had five points, four assists and two rebounds in 25 minutes. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Darianna Littlepage-Buggs </span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">reached double figure scoring for the 38<sup>th</sup> time in her career
and for the fourth consecutive game. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Littlepage-Buggs has five career games with 20+ points. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Littlepage-Buggs had 25 points and six rebounds in 31 minutes, and tied her career high with 18 field-goal attempts, making 11. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Littlepage-Buggs hit her first two career 3-pointers on 2-of-5 from behind the arc. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Head Coach<b> Nicki Collen </b>is 75-28 in her fourth season leading the Bears.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Bears are 41-10 under Collen at home. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Baylor is 69-6 when leading at half under Collen. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Baylor is 19-3 under Collen in the month of November. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Baylor is 25-0 under Collen in games decided by 25+ points. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Baylor has 368 wins since 2010-11 by at least 10 points. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Baylor started Jada Walker, Sarah Andrews, Darianna Littlepage-Buggs, Aaronette Vonleh and Bella Fontleroy. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level1 lfo9"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The first players off the bench in 2024-25 was Jada Van Gytenbeek, Kyla Abraham and Yaya Felder. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level1 lfo9"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Despite shooting 39% - and 1-of-7 from 3-point range – the Bears held a 17-10 lead after the first quarter. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level1 lfo9"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">A 7-0 run gave BU its first double-digit lead of the game at 24-12 midway through the second quarter. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level1 lfo9"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Waiata Jennings</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> made her Baylor debut in the second quarter. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level1 lfo9"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Bears held a 38-19 lead at the break, shooting 42% (14-for-33), while holding UIW to 38% on just eight made buckets. Baylor held a 20-11 margin in rebounding,
including an 8-1 mark on the offensive glass. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level1 lfo9"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Jana Van Gytenbeek</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> scored in double figures for the 12<sup>th</sup> time in her career. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level1 lfo9"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Van Gytenbeek had 10 points, five assists and two rebounds in 16 minutes, connecting on 2-of-5 triples. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level1 lfo9"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The lead grew to 30 for the first time at 56-26 late in the third quarter. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level1 lfo9"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Baylor outscored UIW 26-9 in the third quarter, shooting 66.7% from the field (10-for-15) during the period. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level1 lfo9"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Bella Fontleroy</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> had a career high 14 rebounds, eclipsing her previous career best of 11, done four
times, including vs. Vanderbilt in 2023-24. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level1 lfo9"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Fontleroy has scored in double figures in 35 career games and has had double-digit rebounds in seven games. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level1 lfo9"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Fontleroy had nine points and 14 rebounds in 27 minutes. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo9"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Jada Walker </span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">finished with six points and tied her career high with 10 assists, last done vs. Coastal Carolina
while a member of the Kentucky Women’s Hoops team. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo9"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">It was the most assists for a Baylor player since Andrews had 10 vs. UCF on Jan. 20, 2024.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level1 lfo9"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Kyla Abraham</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> tied her career high with two blocks. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level1 lfo9"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Bears held UIW to five points in the fourth quarter, outscoring the Cards, 21-5. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level1 lfo9"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Baylor shot 48% in the win, on 31-of-65 shooting, and held UIW to just 13 made buckets. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level1 lfo9"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Baylor had 22 assists, held a 36-14 margin in points in the paint, a 13-0 margin in second-chance points and totaled 14 steals, its most since going for 15
swipes vs. Kansas State in 2023-24. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level1 lfo9"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Bears outrebounded UIW, 47-22, including 15-4 on the offensive glass. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level1 lfo9"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Baylor returns to action on Sunday, traveling to face Oregon in Eugene at 9 p.m. on Big Ten Network and the Baylor Sports Media Network.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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