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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">NR/21 BAYLOR BEARS (10-2, 0-0 Big 12)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Waco, Texas <br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Conference/Affiliation:</span></strong> Big 12<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Head Coach: </span></strong>Nicki Collen (Marquette, 1998)<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">NR/21 BAYLOR</span></b><span style="color:black"> (10-2, 0-0 Big 12) at
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">KANSAS JAYHAWKS </span></strong>(10-1, 0-0 Big 12)<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Dec. 21, 2024 • 4:00 p.m. CT</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Waco, Texas • Allen Fieldhouse </span></strong>(16,300) <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">KANSAS JAYHAWKS (10-1, 0-0 Big 12)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Lawrence, Kan.<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Conference/Affiliation:</span></strong> Big 12<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Head Coach: </span></strong>Brandon Schneider (<span class="scayt-misspell-word">Wayland</span> Baptist, 1995)<br>
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<p>• Baylor opens conference play at Kansas on Saturday afternoon, facing the Jayhawks for the seventh time under head coach Nicki Collen. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The 2024-25 season holds the seventh conference opener on the road in the last 10 years and is the first time in the 43-year span of WBB in the NCAA that the Bears’ conference opener is before Christmas. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Saturday’s contest is the 50th <span class="scayt-misspell-word">matchup</span> between Baylor and Kansas, dating back to the 1978 season. As charter members of the Big 12, the two teams have played at least once per season since 1996-97. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• BU completed a 10-2 proper non-conference slate, going perfect at home in the first season of non-con play at Foster Pavilion, with losses coming at Oregon and against Indiana in The Bahamas. Before the postseason, one final non-conference game will be
contested against UCLA in the inaugural <span class="scayt-misspell-word">Coretta</span> Scott King Classic on Jan. 20 in Newark, N.J.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor holds the all-time record against the Jayhawks, 40-9, entering the 50th contest between the two programs. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• BU is the victor of 20 of the last 21 face-offs, with KU taking the win in Lawrence last year. Before the 87-77 win by the
<span class="scayt-misspell-word">Jayhawks</span> last January, Kansas had not defeated the Bears since Jan. 19, 2014. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• KU is 3-1 against power four opponents in non-con, defeating Penn State, Auburn and Pitt with their lone loss of the season to Iowa, 71-58. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Preseason All-Big 12 selection S’Mya Nichols paces Kansas at 21.1 points per game while leading
<span class="scayt-misspell-word">rebounder</span> Regan Williams averages 6.4 a game. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The Bears are 18-6 in Big 12 Conference openers since the 2000-21 season, 8-6 in that span in lid-lifters on the road.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Last season, No. 10 BU opened conference play on the road at Texas with an 85-79 win over the No. 5 Longhorns, Baylor’s 14th-consecutive win in the Lone Star State’s capital. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor is unscathed when playing KU in a conference opener, 2-0. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor went 8-0 at home in non-conference play, completing the second-straight and third overall undefeated non-con schedule in the fourth year of the
<span class="scayt-misspell-word">Nicki</span> <span class="scayt-misspell-word">
Collen</span> era.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• BU holds a 19-game win streak in regular season non-con home games, last dropping a Nov. 20, 2022 contest against then-No.19 Maryland, 73-68, at the Ferrell Center. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• 2024-25 held the first non-conference schedule at the new Foster Pavilion, after opening the facility for conference play in 2023-24. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Junior <span class="scayt-misspell-word"><b>Darianna</b></span><b> <span class="scayt-misspell-word">
Littlepage-Buggs</span></b> averages a double-double (15.4 ppg, 10.4 rpg) through 12 games this season with 10 double-digit performances, three with 20+.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Against UNLV, <b>Littlepage-Buggs</b> became the eighth Bear to record a 20-point, 20-rebound game with 21 points and 20 rebounds. She joins Debbie Polk, Maggie Davis
<span class="scayt-misspell-word">Stinnett</span>, Danielle Crockrom, Sophia Young-Malcolm, Brittney Griner, Kalani Brown and NaLyssa Smith, Smith who most recently had a 20/20 game against Iowa State in the 2021-22 season. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• She’s set new career-best marks this season in rebounds (20 vs UNLV), assists (five vs New Orleans), steals (five vs Utah Tech), 3-pointers (two vs UIW), and free throws made (10 vs ETAMU).
<b>Buggs</b> has also tied or set her career best marks in attempts for all three shot categories. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• A force at the glass, <span class="scayt-misspell-word"><b>Littlepage-Buggs</b></span> ranks top-10 nationally in rebounds and rebounds per game and is one of 18 players with at least six double-doubles (through games on Dec. 16).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• BU put a big win together over the Utah Tech Trailblazers, 97-34.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The Bears hosted 6,149, the second-largest women’s basketball crowd at Foster Pavilion, for Future Bears Day. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor forced the lowest-scoring game in Utah Tech history, besting the previous record set of 35 points at Oregon (11/14/22).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• BU held Utah Tech to 10:02 of play without a field goal between 7:05 in the first quarter and 7:03 in the second. During that time, the only point came from one appearance at the free throw line.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• <b>Yaya Felder</b> paced the Bears’ scoring efforts for the third time this season with 18, highlighted by four beyond the arc. She picked up four rebounds with six assists in 27 minutes.<o:p></o:p></p>
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