No. 6 Baylor WBB Readies for Top-10 Showdown at No. 3 Maryland

[Pirtle, Krista]

Media Link for the 2021-22 Baylor Women’s Basketball Season: https://baylorbea.rs/BaylorWBB2122


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BAYLOR BEARS (3-0)
Location: Waco,Texas
Conference/Affiliation: Big 12
Head Coach: Nicki Collen<https://baylorbears.com/staff.aspx?staff=662> (Marquette, 1998)

Roster<https://baylorbears.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster> | Stats<https://baylorbears.com/sports/womens-basketball/stats> | Game Notes (PDF)<https://baylorbears.com/documents/2021/11/20/BU_WBB_Game_Notes_04_MD_11_21_21.pdf>
BAYLOR (3-0) at MARYLAND (5-0)
November 21, 2021 • 12 p.m. CT
Waco, Texas • XFINITY Center (17,950)

LIVE STATS: Stat Broadcast<http://baylorstats.com/>
WATCH: Big Ten Network
Talent: Sloane Martin (pxp), Christy Winters Scott (analyst)
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Talent: Derek Smith (pxp), Sophia Young-Malcolm<https://baylorbears.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/coaches/sophia-young-malcolm/1726> (Analyst)

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MARYLAND TERRAPINS (5-0)
Location: College Park, Md.
Conference/Affiliation: Big Ten
Head Coach: Brenda Frese (Arizona, 1993)

Roster<https://umterps.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster> | Stats<https://umterps.com/sports/womens-basketball/stats/2021-22> | Game Notes (PDF)<https://umterps.com/news/2021/11/20/womens-basketball-3-maryland-set-for-6-baylor-sunday.aspx>

TOP-10 SHOWDOWN
• No. 6 Baylor travels to College Park, Md., to take on No. 3 Maryland at noon (CT) on Sunday. This will be BU's first game in the state of Maryland in program history.
• The Bears have played in 65 top-10 contests in their history (see page 5). Baylor is 40-25 all-time in these match-ups. BU is 13-3 at home, 10-10 on the road and 17-12 at neutral sites.
• Thirteen of those contests have come in the month of November with Baylor going 6-7.
• Baylor and Maryland have only played once before when the two teams met up in the Sweet 16 of the Albuquerque Regional.
• Baylor assistant coach Chloe Pavlech<https://baylorbears.com/staff.aspx?staff=684> played at Maryland from 2012-13 to 2015-16.

SECOND-HALF SURGE
• Baylor led UT Arlington 38-32 at halftime before taking things to another level in the second half.
• The Bears put their foot down on the gas and never looked back as a 20-9 third quarter paved the way to a 27-point win in their second game in three days to start the season.
• In the first half, UTA shot 39 percent from the floor. But the Baylor defense locked things down in the second half as the Lady Mavs only shot 22 percent for a total of 22 points.
• NaLyssa Smith<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10721> became the first Big 12 player this season to have a 20+ point, 10+ rebound game as she finished with 21 points and 16 boards on Thursday.
• Ja'Mee Asberry<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10724> caught fire from the perimeter as the Oklahoma State transfer sank five shots from the perimeter. She nailed one at the halftime buzzer before sinking another in the opening minutes of the third quarter as part of a BU 11-0 run.
• Caitlin Bickle<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10717> had an all-around game for Baylor as the senior finished with seven points, eight rebounds, three assists and two blocks.

SEASON-OPENING WIN
• Baylor began the Nicki Collen<https://baylorbears.com/staff.aspx?staff=662> era with a win over Texas State on Tuesday.
• Three Bears finished in double figures - NaLyssa Smith<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10721> (23 points), Queen Egbo<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10718> (16 points) and Jordan Lewis<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10723> (14 points). Egbo also brought down 11 rebounds, and Lewis dished out seven assists.
• After the first exhibition, Collen mentioned the difference with this year's group of guards and how their size plays into the rebounding numbers. After pulling down one rebound in the opening exhibition, Sarah Andrews<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10716> was second on the team on Tuesday with eight rebounds.

Krista Pirtle | Associate Director of Athletics Communications
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
O: 254-710-3065 | C: 254-447-8610

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