WBB: Baylor 78, Alabama 74

[Hild, Shelby]

Game book attached.

Baylor (20-12) 78, Alabama (20-11) 74
Storrs, Conn. (Gampel Pavilion)
Saturday, March 18, 2023


  *   Baylor women’s basketball erased an 18-point deficit on Saturday night in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament at Gampel Pavilion, topping Alabama, 78-74.
  *   The comeback was tied for the third-largest deficit overcome in NCAA Tournament history.
  *   The victory signified the Bears’ 20th win of the season marking the 23rd-consecutive 20-plus win season for Baylor. It is the second-longest active streak among Division I programs behind UConn, who leads the way with 30-straight seasons.
  *   BU moved to 55-17 all-time in the Big Dance.
  *   Alabama became the first SEC women’s basketball team to lose in the 2022-23 postseason in both the NCAA Tournament and WNIT.
  *   The Bears set a team NCAA Tournament game record with 14-made 3-pointers.
  *   Ja’Mee Asberry led the way with a season-high 26 points and a career-high seven-made 3-pointers. The guard’s seven triples were an individual game record for a Bear in an NCAA Tournament game, surpassing Alexis Jones, Odyssey Sims and Emily Niemann who all recorded five in respective games.
  *   Caitlin Bickle, Sarah Andrews and Bella Fontleroy joined Asberry in double figures. Both Bickle and Andrews finished with 14 points after being held scoreless in the opening half.
  *   Andrews finished with a career-high four blocks, while Jaden Owens led the team for the 21st time this year in assists, dishing out eight.
  *   Bickle and Darianna Littlepage-Buggs grabbed a team-high seven rebounds apiece.


NOTES VS. UCONN


  *   Monday will be the 10th meeting all-time between the Bears and the Huskies and second meeting in the postseason between the two programs.
  *   UConn holds the slim 5-4 advantage in the all-time series.
  *   Baylor and UConn last met in the Elite Eight round of the 2021 NCAA Tournament. The Huskies outlasted the Bears, 69-67, in San Antonio. Caitlin Bickle and Sarah Andrews are the only two on the current roster that were on that team.
  *   The Bears have won two of the last three matchups with the Huskies.
  *   Monday’s contest will be just the second meeting between the two programs in Storrs.

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

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