WBB: No. 21 Baylor 79, HCU 35

[Hild, Shelby]

Game book attached.

No. 21 Baylor (6-2) 79, HCU (3-4) 35
Waco, Texas (Ferrell Center)
Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022


  *   The No. 21 Baylor Bears topped the HCU Huskies, 79-35, on Sunday afternoon inside the Ferrell Center.
  *   The 44-point win is the largest margin of victory for BU since besting Kansas State by 45 on Feb. 9, 2022. It’s the largest victory over a non-conference opponent since beating Alcorn State by 54 last season.
  *   The 35 points by HCU are the fewest allowed by Baylor since holding Texas to 35 in a 25-point victory over the Longhorns on Feb. 14, 2021. In a non-conference matchup, it marks the lowest given up since only allowing McNeese to score two dozen in the 117-24 win on Dec. 19, 2020.
  *   The Bears held the Huskies to just three points in the second quarter marking the first time BU held an opponent to less than five points in a frame since holding Oklahoma State to zero in the opening quarter on March 11, 2022. Prior to that, the lowest allowed was five to Morehead State in the third quarter on Nov. 30, 2021.
  *   Baylor forced 16 first-half turnovers by HCU, which was the most the Bears’ forced an opponent to commit in the opening half since Texas turned the ball over 14 times on Feb. 4, 2022.
  *   For the game, the Bears forced 25 Huskie turnovers – the most this season and most since New Orleans committed the same amount in the third game of the 2021-22 campaign.
  *   In her first career start, Kendra Gillispie recorded a career-high 10 points, marking the first time the sophomore has reached double-figure scoring. She shot 5-for-6 from the floor, which was the second-best shooting percentage in the Big 12 Conference this week.
  *   Gillispie was the first Bear to reach double digits in the scoring column. Senior Jaden Owens joined her, finishing with 14, marking the fourth-straight game the guard has reached double figures and fifth time this season.
  *   Owens added a team-high six assists, and she has now led the team in the category in seven of BU’s eight contests.
  *   Freshman Bella Fontleroy logged her first-career double-double, finishing with a team- and game-high 17 points and 11 rebounds. The 17 points matched a career-best for the rookie, while the 11 rebounds surpassed her previous career high of nine.
  *   The Baylor bench scored 29 points, led by Fontleroy, while freshman Kyla Abraham added a career-best six points and five boards in eight minutes on the floor.
  *   In her eighth-straight start, freshman Darianna Littlepage-Buggs registered a career-high four of BU’s eight steals.
  *   Newcomer Jana Van Gytenbeek finished second on the team in assists (5), matching a career high she set at Stanford her freshman year.

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Shelby Hild | Director of Communications (WBB, WTEN)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 254-405-7591

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