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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><b><u>BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Oct. 24, 2025</u></b></span></h1>
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2025-26 campaign at 4 p.m. CT</i></b></span></p>
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</b>Colin Pirtle; 940-564-0351, </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: purple;"><u><a href="mailto:colin_pirtle1@baylor.edu" data-outlook-id="25f792f4-cc6c-4900-978e-7d5ab46c0739" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">colin_pirtle1@baylor.edu</a></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>WACO, Texas –</b> Baylor women’s basketball unofficially opens the season Saturday against the Lady Buffaloes from West Texas A&M at 4 p.m. in the Paul and Alejandra Foster
Pavilion.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The game will not be streamed live, but the Baylor Sports Media Network will provide play-by-play online via
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: purple;"><u><a href="https://baylorbears.com/watch" data-outlook-id="2caf9459-69ab-4636-a018-da1ffaae59ff" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Baylor All Access</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> and
the </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: purple;"><u><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@BaylorAthletics/streams" data-outlook-id="706627c9-4d09-4f47-937d-6527ec191796" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Baylor
Athletics YouTube</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Page with Derek Smith and Lori Fogleman on the call. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Seats inside Foster Pavilion, except for the Courtside, Loft and Sideline Club premium areas, will be general admission on a
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: purple;"><u><a href="https://baylorbears.com/news/2025/9/16/mens-basketball-basketball-announces-ticketing-plan-for-2025-exhibitions" data-outlook-id="aa0441e4-784c-4654-b559-caae8d10dd56" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">first
come, first served basis</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. Premium season ticket holders will have reserved tickets in their accounts, while non-premium season ticket holders will have general
admission tickets. Student ticketing will operate as normal.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Bears are ranked in the AP preseason poll for the 21st consecutive season, entering the 2025-26 campaign at No. 16 and No. 18 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. AP voters
have BU second among Big 12 programs, with Iowa State at No. 14 and TCU close behind at No. 17.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Big 12 coaches picked the Bears to finish third in the conference standings with two first place votes while unanimously selecting Darianna Littlepage-Buggs to the preseason
All-Big 12 team. Bella Fontleroy also represents the green and gold on the preseason squad.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Head coach Nicki Collen welcomes a roster full of fresh faces, returning six of last season’s 13 players. Of the six newcomers, five arrive as transfers: Taliah Scott from
Auburn, Kiersten Johnson from Oklahoma, Ella Brow from SMU, Yuting Deng from Auburn and Kiera Pemberton from North Dakota. The lone true freshman is Marcayla Johnson.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Collen also strengthened her coaching staff with the addition of Johnnie Harris as associate head coach following her head coaching stint at Auburn. Jaelyn Richard Harris
from Omaha and Tez Dumars from Kansas State both join as assistant coaches.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Bears will appear 10 times during the 2025-26 regular season on national television, an increase from the
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: purple;"><u><a href="https://baylorbears.com/news/2025/10/13/womens-basketball-national-broadcasts-announced-for-2025-26-wbb-season" data-outlook-id="43b5b63f-5fef-43b7-8c34-7f384ba2d0bb" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">previously
announced nine</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> after the Nov. 14 game at UNLV was added to the CBS Sports Network slate as part of the Mountain West selections.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The 2025-26 season officially tips off at Adidas Arena in Paris, France, where the Bears face No. 7 Duke at 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 3. The matchup will be the first televised
game of the season and the first ranked-versus-ranked contest in the NCAA.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">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.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">To stay up to date, follow the team on its official Facebook, X and Instagram accounts: @BaylorWBB.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: rgb(7, 61, 30);"><b>Colin Pirtle</b> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">| Associate Director of Athletics Communications (WBB, Soccer, W. Tennis) </span></p>
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