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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">RV/17 Baylor (5-2) 73, Villanova (4-3) 62</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">Paradise Island, The Bahamas (Imperial Arena)</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">Monday, Nov. 25, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Game book & tournament stats are attached. Postgame presser is available in the
<a href="https://baylor.box.com/s/bvrpq1jak1r4a333r0ocfbph25jixglz">Media Resources Folder</a>.
<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:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Baylor defeated Villanova, 73-62, on Monday evening to clinch third place in the Battle 4 Atlantis after a 2-1 run over three days.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Bears move to 3-0 over the Wildcats, only facing the Big East team in November tournaments each time.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Baylor shot 58.7% from the floor, their best shooting performance of the year at 24-for-46.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From three, Baylor’s five was the second-lowest tally of the season so far.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Villanova’s 45.8% from three, fueled by a 6-6 start, was the second-best by a Baylor opponent this season behind East Texas A&M’s even 50%.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">BU secured its second win of the season outside of Foster Pavilion in four attempts and its second win at a neutral site.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Nicki Collen</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> is 79-30 in her fourth season leading the Bears.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Collen </span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">is 23-5 in the month of November.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Collen
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">collected the first win of the season after trailing at halftime and the seventh of her career at Baylor.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Sunday evening’s win moves the Bears to 15-1 outside of the United States all time and
<b>Collen</b> is 5-1 abroad. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Yaya Felder</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> was announced as part of the All-Tournament Team after 42 points across the three games,
14.0 per game. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Aaronette Vonleh</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> led the scoring efforts for Baylor for the first time this season with 19, her
most thus far as a Bear. Vonleh had 10 at the break, the quickest she’s been in double digits so far this year.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Sarah Andrews</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">’s four assists puts her a 501 in her career and makes her one of five players to
cross 500 in a Baylor uniform. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Andrews</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> scored 15 in 69<sup>th</sup> double-digit scoring effort of her career.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Jada Walker
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">put the third 10+ point performance of her tournament together against Villanova, going 5-of 8 for 11.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Darianna Littlepage-Buggs
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">matched Walker’s 11 with nine rebounds and three assists. It was her fifth double-digit game this season in seven played.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Felder</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> had three assists with eight points and three rebounds in 21 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Bella Fontleroy</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> had nine points with three more blocks, making her season total 12.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Baylor started
<b>Jada Walker, Sarah Andrews, Darianna Littlepage-Buggs, Aaronette Vonleh </b>and<b> Bella Fontleroy</b> for the seventh time this season in as many games.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l4 level2 lfo6"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Walker</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> is 31-10,
<b>Andrews</b> is 76-31, <b>Littlepage-Buggs</b> is 43-17, <b>Fontleroy</b> is 26-12 and
<b>Vonleh</b> is 5-2 as starters at Baylor. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Baylor heads back to Waco to face New Orleans after Thanksgiving on Friday, Nov. 29. After a quick turnaround, the Bears host Louisiana Tech on Sunday. Both
games will be streamed live on ESPN+ and the Baylor Sports Media Network. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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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