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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">#2/1 BAYLOR LADY BEARS (14-1, 3-0)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Waco, Texas <br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Conference:</span></strong> Big 12<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Head Coach: </span></strong><dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1464">Kim Mulkey</a></span></dfn> (La. Tech, 1984)<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">#2/1 BAYLOR</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt"> (14-1, 3-0)
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">VS WEST VIRGINIA</span></strong> (13-2, 2-1)</span><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">January, 18, 2020 | 7 PM</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Waco, Texas | Ferrell Center (10,284)</span></strong><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">RADIO: </span></strong>1660 AM/92.3 FM<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">WATCH:</span></strong> FS1<br>
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Talent:</span></i></strong> Ron Thulin (PBP), Brenda Vanlengen (Analyst)<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">LISTEN:</span></strong> <a href="https://listen.tunein.com/baylorwbbschedule" target="_blank">
Tune In</a><br>
Talent: Bruce Gietzen (PBP), Maggie Davis-Stinnett (Color)<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">#17/18 WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINEERS (13-2, 2-1)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Morgantown, W. Va.<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Conference:</span></strong> Big 12<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Head Coach: </span></strong>Mike Carey<br>
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<a href="https://wvusports.com/sports/womens-basketball/stats" target="_blank">Stats</a> |
<a href="https://baylorbears.com/documents/2020/1/17/at_Baylor_1_18.pdf?id=15329" target="_blank">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue;text-decoration:none">Game Notes</span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">SATURDAY BRINGS TOP 25 CLASH, HONORING OF NINA DAVIS</span></strong><br>
Baylor will take on No. 17/18 West Virginia before a nationally-televised audience Saturday at 7 p.m. on FS1. The Lady Bears lead the series 15-3 and are 15-2 under Mulkey vs. the Mountaineers. The last matchup was the Big 12 regular-season finale in March
where Baylor cemented its perfect 18-0 record in league play, but not without a fight, squeaking out a 63-57 win in Morgantown, W. Va., March 4.<br>
Baylor is 75-47 all-time when playing a Top 25 opponent at the Ferrell Center and 70-17 (.804) under
<dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1464">Kim Mulkey</a></span></dfn>. Since the 2010-11 season, Baylor is 40-3 vs. Top 25 opponents at the Ferrell Center.<br>
Former Lady Bear Nina Davis will have her No. 13 jersey retired in a pregame ceremony Saturday. Davis was one of six Baylor players to have 2,000 career points and 1,000 career rebounds. She ranks fifth all-time in both scoring and rebounding and earned
All-America status in all four seasons with the team by various entities.<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">LADY BEARS PICK UP SIGNATURE WIN AT NO. 1 UCONN</span></strong><br>
Prior to last year's meeting with UConn at home, Baylor was 0-11 in the NCAA era vs. No. 1-ranked opponents. However, after a 67-58 win over the top-ranked Huskies in Waco Jan. 3, 2019 and a 74-58 win at No. 1 UConn Thursday, Baylor now has two-straight
wins over No. 1s. Both Baylor head coach <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1464">Kim Mulkey</a></span></dfn> and UConn head coach Geno Auriema downplayed the impact of game and the result pregame
and postgame, respectively. However, for Baylor it gives their non-conference resume some punch after falling to No. 5/6 South Carolina (74-59) in St. Thomas, USVI Nov. 30.<br>
The Lady Bears moved to 3-1 vs. ranked opponents in 2019-20 and improved to 60-15 vs. Top 25 programs away from Waco since the 2010-11 school year.<br>
Baylor is now 4-4 all-time vs. UConn, and the Lady Bears have stopped two impressive streaks in the last two victories over the Huskies. Baylor snapped UConn's 126 regular-season game win streak in 2019 before ending the Huskies' 98-game home win streak
Thursday. It also marked UConn's worst home loss since Dec. 5, 2005 when North Carolina beat the Huskies by 23.<br>
For the second-straight season, Baylor held UConn to below 30 percent shooting from the floor. The Huskies managed just a .294 shooting mark in Waco before holding UConn to a .290 effort Thursday on 20-69 shooting.<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">STREAKS CONTINUE TO BE ON THE LINE FOR BAYLOR</span></strong><br>
Baylor has tied the Big 12 and BU record with 44-straight Big 12 wins in the regular season after Wednesday's win at Kansas. Forty-four-straight conference wins in the regular season is tied for the 12th best conference win streak in NCAA history. Baylor
can take sole possession of the Big 12 and Baylor record with a win over West Virginia Saturday and sole possession of 12<sup>th</sup> place all-time.<br>
Baylor's home win streak of 48 games is the longest active streak in the NCAA after the Lady Bears ended UConn's 98-game home win streak Jan. 9. Forty-eight straight wins at the Ferrell Center is tied for the 18<sup>th</sup>-best home win streak in NCAA
history, and the Lady Bears are 393-97 (.802) all-time in Waco.<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">WRAPPING UP A NINE-YEAR RUN OF DOMINANCE FOR BAYLOR'S LADY BEARS</span></strong><br>
Baylor closed 2019 with a 335-23 record between Jan. 2, 2010 and Dec. 30, 2019 for a .936 winning percentage. Last decade produced two national championships (2012, 2019), three Final Fours (2010, 2012, 2019), 10 Sweet 16s, 10 NCAA Tournament appearances,
nine Big 12 regular season championships, and eight Big 12 Tournament titles. It also saw 11 players receive WBCA First-Team All-America honors, seven earned Associated Press All-Americans, eight were named USBWA First-Team All-Americans,
<dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1464">Kim Mulkey</a></span></dfn> earned seven different National Coach of the Year honors and six Big 12 Coach of the Year awards. Six players were named Big
12 Player of the Year and 22 players earned First-Team All-Big 12.<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">LADY BEARS ON THE RUN</span></strong><br>
Through 15 games the Lady Bears have 28 double-digit runs this season, including a season-high 37-0 run to begin the game vs. New Hampshire Nov. 5 and a Big-12 best 29-0 run at Oklahoma Jan. 4. In addition to the transition game on offense, Baylor's defense
has allowed just 61 fast-break points on the season. Baylor is outscoring teams on the break by an average of 18.6-4.1.<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">LADY BEARS PIQUING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL THROUGH FIRST 15 GAMES
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The 13-1 Lady Bears rank in the top 10 nationally in 14 categories through games played through Jan 12. Baylor ranks tops in the nation in assists per game (23.2), field goal percentage (.515), scoring margin (38.6), scoring offense (87.4) and field goal
percentage defense (.296). Baylor also ranks in the top five in the nation in assists-to-turnover ratio (2nd, 1.72:1), blocked shots per game (5th, 6.5) assists (3rd, 325), rebound margin (14.6), three-point field goal percentage (4th, .399) and scoring defense
(2nd, 48.8).<br>
<dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9535">DiDi Richards</a></span></dfn> ranks fourth nationally in assists-to-turnover ratio (3.35:1) while
<dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9533">Juicy Landrum</a></span></dfn> ranks 17th (2.60:1) and
<dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9539">Jordyn Oliver</a></span></dfn> checks in at 24th (2.41:1); the trio ranks first through third, respectively in that category in the Big 12 rankings.
<dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9537">NaLyssa Smith</a></span></dfn> ranks 14th in the nation and second in the Big 12 at 60.5 shooting from the floor while
<dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9532">Queen Egbo</a></span></dfn> is 20th and third, respectively with a .592 mark.
<dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9533">Juicy Landrum</a></span></dfn> is shooting .468 from beyond the 3-point arc, which ranks her eighth in the nation and second in the Big 12.<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT: LADY BEARS INK TWO TOP-10 RECRUITS FOR 2020</span></strong><br>
Baylor head coach <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1464">Kim Mulkey</a></span></dfn> announced the signing of two of the top 10 players in the country Wednesday, with Irving MacArthur
standouts Sarah Andrews and Hannah Gusters signing national letters of intent to join the Lady Bears in 2020.<br>
Gusters was the first to verbally commit to Baylor in May. The 6-4 post player is the No. 9 overall ranked player in the 2020 class and the No. 2 center by espnW's Hoopgurlz. The Dan Olson Collegiate Basketball Report ranks her ninth and second, respectively
as well. After helping Duncanville High School win a state championship as a freshman, Gusters averaged 14.5 points per game as a sophomore in leading the Pantherettes to a 39-2 record and the Class 6A region finals. Gusters played AAU ball for Nike ProSkills,
and her maternal grandfather, Dewey Turner, played football for the University of Texas.<br>
Andrews verbally committed to Baylor on social media Nov. 2 during an official visit. The 5-7 point guard is ranked No. 7 overall and the No. 2 point guard by espnW's HoopGurlz recruiting rankings and carries the same ranking from the Dan Olson Collegiate
Basketball Report. Among Andrews' honors as a point guard for Irving MacArthur High School, she was a two-time TGCA 6A All-State selection in 2018 and 2019. USA Today named Andrews to the second-team All-Texas team in 2019 as well. The Dallas Morning-News
named Andrews the top recruit in Texas. As a junior, she was the District 6-6A MVP after averaging 15.1 points, 7.0 assists, 5.6 rebounds and 2.9 steals for a MacArthur team that went 29-9. Andrews played AAU ball for Nike ProSkills.<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">SCORING IS TOUGH VS. THE LADY BEARS</span></strong><br>
Baylor ranked tops in the nation in 2018-19 in the following categories: Assists (850), Assists Per Game (22.4), Blocked Shots (274), Blocked Shots Per Game (7.2), Defensive Rebounds Per Game (32.0), Rebound Margin (+17.0), Rebounds (1,790), and won-lost
percentage (97.4). But perhaps the most consistent category the Lady Bears led the nation in, was field goal percentage defense, holding opponents to a .318 clip. That marked the third-straight year to lead the nation in that category while also ranking in
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