WBB: Baylor 77, Kansas 73

[Hild, Shelby]

Game book attached.

Baylor (15-6, 6-3 Big 12) 77, Kansas (14-6, 4-5 Big 12) 73
Waco, Texas (Ferrell Center)
Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023


  *   The Baylor women’s basketball team outlasted the Kansas Jayhawks, 77-73, Wednesday night inside the Ferrell Center.
  *   The victory over the Jayhawks marked the ninth-consecutive season BU has swept the season series.
  *   The Bears earned their 10th win of the season at the Ferrell Center and moved to 25-5 at home with Nicki Collen at the helm.
  *   Baylor forced 20 turnovers by Kansas marking the seventh time this season the Bears have forced their opponent to turn the ball over at least 20 times.
  *   Four Bears reached double figures led by junior Sarah Andrews who turned in her sixth 20-plus point performance of the season, finishing with 23. She has reached double digits in the scoring column in all but three games this season and nine straight after Wednesday’s outing.
  *   Per Her Hoop Stats, Andrews became just the fourth player in NCAA Division I since 2009-10 to earn at least 20 points, eight assists, three steals and three blocks in a single game and is the first to do so since 2019.
  *   Reigning Big 12 Freshman of the Week Darianna Littlepage-Buggs logged her second-straight double-double, and ninth of the season, finishing with 12 points and 10 boards.
  *   Per Her Hoop Stats, Littlepage-Buggs joined Brittney Griner (8x) and Nina Davis (7x) as the only Baylor freshman since 2009-10 to earn five double-doubles in league games.
  *   Fifth-year Caitlin Bickle finished with 16 points – her second-highest output in a Big 12 game this season – while rookie Bella Fontleroy added 14 in her second-straight start.
  *   Ja’Mee Asberry joined Andrews with three steals of her own marking the fourth-straight outing the graduate has recorded a swipe.

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

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