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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Oct. 25, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<h1 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">Baylor WBB to Play Host to Langston for Exhibition Tilt Friday<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Lady Bears & Lions to square off at the Ferrell Center at 7 p.m.</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kyle Robarts, 254-405-9492,
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="mailto:Kyle_Robarts@baylor.edu">Kyle_Robarts@baylor.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">WACO, Texas –
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Baylor women’s basketball team will play host to Langston in the first of two exhibitions Friday night at 7 p.m. at the Ferrell Center ahead of the season opener Nov.
6 vs. Nicholls State.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Lady Bears are coming off a 33-2 overall season last year under 19<sup>th</sup>-year head coach Kim Mulkey where Baylor won the
Big 12 regular season and Big 12 Championship title and advanced to its 10<sup>th</sup> NCAA Sweet 16.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Langston, an NAIA program out of Langston, Okla., is coming off a 12-16 season and is under the direction of third-year head coach Elaine
Powell. The Lions return three starters from last season including Tennia Hill who averaged 13.0 points per contest last season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor returns a nucleus of six players mixed with five freshmen and a graduate transfer. Kalani Brown and Lauren Cox headline the returners
for the Lady Bears. Both players landed on the Preseason All-Big 12 Team and have earned numerous national preseason accolades.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Fans can watch a free video/audio broadcast on Facebook Live by visiting Facebook.com/BaylorWBB or by paid subscription on BaylorBears.com/Watch.
New radio duo Bruce Gietzen and Baylor Athletics Hall of Famer Maggie Davis-Stinnett will debut as the new voices of the Lady Bears with Friday night’s broadcast.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Single-game, Bear-Claw Mini-Plans and season ticket packages are still available by visiting BaylorBears.com/Tickets or calling
</span><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">(254) 710-6446.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Follow Baylor Lady Bears basketball on social media all season long by following the handle @BaylorWBB on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">STORY LINES<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> October 26 and Nov. 1 the Lady Bears will play host to Langston and Texas A&M-Commerce, respectively in exhibition contests at the Ferrell Center with
both matchups tipping at 7 p.m. Langston is an NAIA school out of Oklahoma, and Texas A&M-Commerce competes in the NCAA Division II’s Lone Star Conference<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">THREE NATIONAL TOP-FIVE NODS & BIG 12 REPEAT PREDICTED</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> After a 33-2 season, a 10th consecutive trip to the NCAA Sweet 16, a Big 12 regular season and championship title, the return of an All-American duo
in <b>Kalani Brown </b>and <b>Lauren Cox </b>has the national media and Big 12 head coaches expecting another
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successful season for the Lady Bears.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i>Athlon Sports College Basketball Preview</i>, <i>Street & Smith’s Basketball Yearbook
</i>and <i>Lindy’s College Basketball </i>have the Lady Bears selected as a preseason No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5 pick, respectively.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 18-time Big 12 champion Baylor earned eight of 10 first-place votes in the 2018-19 Preseason Big 12 Women’s Basketball Poll. The Lady Bears have won
nine regular season and nine Big 12 Championship titles in the program’s history, including eight-straight regular season titles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">TWIN TOWERS ACCOLADES POUR IN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Senior
<b>Kalani Brown</b> and junior <b>Lauren Cox</b> have been tabbed by many as the best post combo in the nation, and the pair has combined for five preseason All-America honors with Brown taking home three and Cox a pair. Brown was a first-team selection by
<i>Athlon</i>, <i>Street & Smith’s</i> and <i>Lindy’s Sports</i> while Cox earned second-team nods from
<i>Athlon</i> and <i>Street & Smith’s</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Both players were selected to the Preseason All-Big 12 team and Brown was selected to repeat as Big 12 Player of the Year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Brown has combined for eight all-America honors between her sophomore and junior seasons while Cox was honored twice after a successful sophomore season
last year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BACK FOR MORE: FOUR VETERANS BACK IN SUPPORT OF BROWN & COX</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Junior
<b>Juicy Landrum</b>, sophomores <b>DiDi Richards</b>, <b>Moon Ursin </b>and redshirt freshman
<b>Trinity Oliver </b>all bring back experience as well for the Lady Bears in 2018-19. Landrum and Richards should see time early in the starting lineup, but other than Brown and Cox, just 16 starts are shared among the four returning players with Landrum taking
14.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Landrum could see time at the point guard position and the shooting guard spot; she shot .415 beyond the arc last season on 44 made 3-point field goals
and is second among returners with 77 assists last season. Richards played in 33 of 35 games last season averaging 18 minutes per contest and 5.1 points per game; she’s expected to be a go-to lockdown defender for the Lady Bears. Ursin averaged 10.5 minutes
per contest last season in 28 games and will look to increase productivity her second season. Oliver missed all but seven games due to an ACL tear and was awarded a medical redshirt after a brief rookie campaign.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">POINT GUARD BY COMMITTEE: COMBO GUARDS WILL HAVE TO STEP UP IN 2018-19</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Head Coach
<b>Kim Mulkey </b>said at the Big 12 Women’s Basketball Tipoff Oct. 16 that she had never entered a season without knowing who her point guard would be. Well, in season No. 19, Mulkey and the Lady Bears will shuffle four players at the position after the dismissal
of <b>Alexis Morris </b>in early September. <b><i>(continued on page 2)</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Morris averaged just under double figures at 9.4 points per contest as
<b>Kristy Wallace’s </b>spell last season and was expected to take over the reins before a violation of team rules ended her tenure.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> LSU transfer
<b>Chloe Jackson</b>, Richards, Landrum and freshman <b>Honesty Scott-Grayson </b>
have all worked out at the point guard position in the <br>
preseason. Jackson transferred with the intent of getting more experience at the point guard position, but hasn’t played the 1 in college to this point.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Scott-Grayson is a true two but did play some point guard in high school while Richards and Landrum offer experience and leadership that has Mulkey considering
the pair for playing time at the point.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NEWCOMER, JACKSON HONORED FOR POSSIBLE TRANSITION TO POINT</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Chloe Jackson </b>was a Second-Team All-SEC selection for the LSU Tigers last season after averaging 18.1 points per contest, she’s just 49 points shy of 1,000 career points as a collegian, but she transferred to Baylor with the intention of learning the
point guard position from Mulkey, one of the best point guards to ever play the college game.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Jackson’s reputation at shooting guard, however, had the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the WBCA tab Jackson as one of 20 players to the
watch list for the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award, which recognizes the top shooting guard in women’s college basketball.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">FIERCE FIVE: FISH EAGER TO MAKE MARK AFTER SELECTION AS NO. 1 RECRUITING CLASS</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> For the second time in program history, the Baylor women’s basketball team signed the nation’s top recruiting class and the “Fierce Five” freshmen are
ready to lace them up for 2018-19. <b>Caitlin Bickle</b>, <b>Aquira DeCosta</b>,
<b>Queen Egbo</b>, <b>Honesty Scott-Grayson </b>and <b>NaLyssa Smith </b>all signed with the Lady Bears and all were ranked in the Top 30 overall by ESPN Hoopgurlz and boasted a five-star rating.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NEW WAVE: Gietzen, Stinnett take over Baylor Lady Bears Radio Crew</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> After 22 years of the same play-by-play voice and 20 years of the same color analyst, the Baylor Lady Bears radio waves will bring two new voices to
the air after <b>Rick May </b>(PBP) and <b>Lori Fogleman </b>(Color) retired following the 2017-18 season.
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Former Houston Astros radio color analyst
<b>Bruce Gietzen </b>and Baylor Athletics Hall of Famer <b>Maggie Davis-Stinnett </b>
join the program as play-by-play and analyst, respectively beginning with the 2018-19 season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Gietzen is the Director of Student Publications at Baylor while teaching in the journalism department and has more than three decades of media experience
between print and broadcast. In addition to his three seasons with the Astros, Gietzen has been a contributing reporter to Fox, ESPN, CNN, ABC, MLB and the NBA.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Davis-Stinnett was a 2001 Baylor Athletics Hall of Fame inductee, a 2017 Southwest Conference (SWC) Hall of Famer and was one of the most decorated Lady
Bears in program history. She amassed 2,027 points and 1,011 rebounds from 1986-1991 and was a three-time All-SWC performer in addition to the only player in league history with 2,000+ points and 1,000+ rebounds.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#006132">Kyle Robarts</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#006132"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">| Associate Director, Athletics Communications (WBB, WTEN)</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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