WBB: No. 19 Baylor 70, No. 3 USC 74

[Hild, Shelby]

Game book attached.

No. 19/18 Baylor (26-8) 70, No. 3/3 USC (28-6) 74
Portland, Ore. (Moda Center)
Saturday, March 30, 2024


  *   The five-seeded Baylor women’s basketball team fell to top-seeded USC, 74-70, at the Moda Center in the Sweet 16 round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament on Saturday.
  *   The Bears’ appearance in the Big Dance marked the 20th-straight for BU which is the fourth-longest active streak in the country.
  *   Baylor’s trip to the Sweet 16 marked the 13th in the last 15 seasons and 16th in program history.
  *   The Bears are 57-19 all-time in the NCAA Tournament.
  *   BU’s appearance in the Sweet 16 as a five seed marked the first for the Bears in program history. The only other time Baylor was a five seed (2007), the Bears lost in the second round.
  *   Senior Sarah Andrews led the Bears offensively with 17 points, going a season-high 5-for-13 from 3-point range.
  *   Andrews has connected from behind the arc in 31 of 34 games this season and hit three-or-more from range 14 times.
  *   Andrews’ five treys are tied for the second-most in an NCAA Tournament game in program history and just the third time a BU player has hit five 3-pointers in at least the round of 16.
  *   With her eighth point of the game, Jada Walker reached 1,000 for her career as the junior finished with 15 on the night. She added team-high seven assists and finished with three rebounds in 35 minutes of action.
  *   A pair of Bears finished in double figures on the glass led by Dre’Una Edwards’ 12 rebounds.
  *   Darianna Littlepage-Buggs added 11 rebounds to 12 points, finishing with her fifth double-double of the season and 19th in her career.
  *   Littlepage-Buggs scored eight of her 12 points in the third quarter.
  *   Baylor bested USC on the boards, outrebounding the Trojans, 44-41. It marked the 23rd time this season that the Bears grabbed more rebounds than their opponent.
  *   The Bears shot 34.6% from 3-point range, marking the highest in the NCAA Tournament game for BU this 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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