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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Oct. 9, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black">Baylor WBB’s Fontleroy, Littlepage-Buggs Collect Preseason All-Big 12 Nods</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;background:white">Littlepage-Buggs picked unanimously for All-Big 12 Preseason Team by league coaches<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Colin Pirtle; 940-564-0351, </span><a href="mailto:colin_pirtle1@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">colin_pirtle1@baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">IRVING, Texas –</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> The Big 12 Conference announced its 2025-26 Preseason Team on Thursday morning,
with Darianna Littlepage-Buggs and Bella Fontleroy representing Baylor on the list.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Littlepage-Buggs was a unanimous pick for the All-Big 12 Preseason Team after returning as the only player in the league to average a double-double during the 2024-25 season.
The Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, native has already surpassed the 1,000-point mark with 1,084 and enters her senior season with 820 career rebounds. She was also named to the Preseason Team in 2023-24 after earning unanimous Big 12 Freshman of the Year honors
the previous season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">A WBCA honorable mention All-American after the 2024-25 season, Littlepage-Buggs became Baylor’s 24th All-American and the 17th player to earn the program’s 19th honorable
mention nod from the coaches association.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Fontleroy’s selection marks the first preseason honor of her career. She was a unanimous pick for the Big 12 All-Freshman Team in 2023 and earned a spot on the All-Big 12 Defensive
Team following the 2025 season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The Springfield, Missouri, native started all 36 games last season and enters 2025-26 with 944 career points and 547 rebounds. She recorded a career-high 29 points, including
a career-best seven 3-pointers, in a 98-59 win over Cincinnati last February.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Baylor’s two selections match Iowa State for the most from any school on the league’s 10-player list. BYU, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma State, TCU and West Virginia also had
players named to the team.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The conference also released its Preseason Coaches’ Poll on Thursday, with Baylor ranked third and earning two first-place votes, behind TCU and just behind Iowa State.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The 2025-26 season features a preseason exhibition against West Texas A&M at Foster Pavilion on Oct. 25 with free admission before the team heads to Paris, France, for the
Nov. 3 season-opening matchup against Duke at Adidas Arena. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN at 11 a.m. CT, tipping off at 6 p.m. local time in the City of Lights.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Fans can get an early look at the team off the court at the 2025 Season Premiere on Oct. 16 at the Hurd Welcome Center. The event is free and open to the public, with registration
now open online.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Baylor women's basketball is presented by Central National Bank, a family-owned, independent bank headquartered in Waco, Texas, that provides uniquely personal service while
simultaneously embracing the latest developments in banking technology.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">To stay up to date, follow the team on its official Facebook, X and Instagram accounts: @BaylorWBB.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">2025-26 All-Big 12 Women's Basketball Preseason Team</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><br>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Darianna Littlepage-Buggs, Baylor*<br>
Bella Fontleroy, Baylor</span></i></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><br>
Delaney Gibb, BYU*<br>
Jade Masogayo, Colorado<br>
Addy Brown, Iowa State<br>
Audi Crooks, Iowa State*<br>
S’Mya Nichols, Kansas*<br>
Stailee Heard, Oklahoma State*<br>
Olivia Miles, TCU*<br>
Jordan Harrison, West Virginia<br>
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<i>Players are sorted alphabetically by school</i><br>
<i>*Indicates unanimous selection</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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2025-26 Big 12 Women's Basketball Preseason Coaches’ Poll</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoBodyText" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">TCU (10) – 219 points<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Iowa State (2) – 202 points<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor (2) – 200 points<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Oklahoma State (2) – 186 points<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">West Virginia – 161 points<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Kansas – 156 points<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">K-State – 143 points<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Utah – 115 points<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Colorado – 114 points<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">BYU – 85 points<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Arizona State – 84 points<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Cincinnati – 82 points<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Texas Tech – 63 points<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Arizona – 47 points<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Houston – 41 points<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">UCF – 22 points<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(first-place votes)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#073D1E;mso-ligatures:none">Colin Pirtle</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#073D1E;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">|
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