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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Waco, Texas <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Head Coach: </span></strong><a href="https://baylorbears.com/staff.aspx?staff=662"><span style="color:black">Nicki Collen</span></a> (Marquette, 1998)<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">October 27, 2021 • 7 p.m. CT</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Waco, Texas • The Ferrell Center (10,284) - EXHIBITION</span></strong><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">LIVE STATS: </span></strong><a href="http://baylorstats.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">Stat Broadcast</span></a><br>
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Talent: Derek Smith (PBP), <a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/coaches/sophia-young-malcolm/1726"><span style="color:black">Sophia Young-Malcolm</span></a> (Analyst)<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Commerce, Texas <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Head Coach: </span></strong>Jason Burton (Austin College, 2007)<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">By </span></strong><dfn><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/staff.aspx?staff=54"><span style="color:black">Jerry Hill</span></a></span></b></dfn><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">Baylor Bear Insider</span></strong><br>
<span style="background:white"> While the regular-season opener is still two weeks away, the <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/staff.aspx?staff=662"><span style="color:black">Nicki Collen</span></a></span></dfn> era
of Baylor women's basketball begins Wednesday night with an exhibition game against Division II Texas A&M-Commerce that will tip at 7 p.m. at the Ferrell Center.</span><br>
<span style="background:white"> The WNBA Coach of the Year in 2018 with the Atlanta Dream, Collen was hired in May to replace Hall of Fame coach Kim Mulkey.</span><br>
<span style="background:white"> Led by returning first-team All-American forward <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10721"><span style="color:black">NaLyssa Smith</span></a></span></dfn>,
the Bears are picked to win their 12</span></span><sup><span style="color:black;background:white">th</span></sup><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">-straight Big 12 title and are ranked seventh in the Associated Press preseason poll
that was released last week.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><br>
<span style="background:white"> Also named to the AP preseason All-America team, the 6-2 Smith averaged 18.0 points and 8.9 rebounds per game last season while shooting a team-best 56.1 percent from the floor. She is the reigning Big 12 Player of
the Year after leading Baylor to a 28-3 record, winning the regular-season and conference tournament championships and advancing to the Elite Eight.</span><br>
<span style="background:white"> <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10718"><span style="color:black">Queen Egbo</span></a></span></dfn>, a 6-3 senior center, averaged a career-high
11.1 points, 8.6 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game last season and is the team's only other returning starter.</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Senior forward <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10717"><span style="color:black">Caitlin Bickle</span></a></span></dfn>, junior guard <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10720"><span style="color:black">Jaden
Owens</span></a></span></dfn> and sophomore guard <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10716"><span style="color:black">Sarah Andrews</span></a></span></dfn> are returning letterwinners, while
former All-Big Ten guard <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10719"><span style="color:black">Kamaria McDaniel</span></a></span></dfn> redshirted last season after transferring from Penn State.</span><br>
<span style="background:white"> Grad transfer <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10723"><span style="color:black">Jordan Lewis</span></a></span></dfn>, a second-team All-SEC pick
last year at Alabama, was named Big 12 Preseason Newcomer of the Year after averaging a career-high 17.0 points and 4.2 assists. The Bears also added 5-5 guard <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10724"><span style="color:black">Ja'Mee
Asberry</span></a></span></dfn>, a transfer from Oklahoma State who earned second-team All-Big 12 honors, 6-2 freshman forward <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10725"><span style="color:black">Kendra
Gillispie</span></a></span></dfn> from Oklahoma City and 5-10 freshman guard <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=11097"><span style="color:black">Andrea Katramados</span></a></span></dfn> from
Montgomery, N.J.</span><br>
<span style="background:white"> A&M-Commerce, which finished 14-4 last season under head coach Jason Burton, returns a pair of WBCA honorable mention All-Americans in 6-0 sophomore forward DesiRay Kernal and 5-7 sophomore guard Dyani Robinson. Two
years ago, the Lions were 28-3 and ranked in the top 20 nationally in the NCAA Division II coaches' poll when the season was cut short by COVID-19.</span><br>
<span style="background:white"> Baylor will wrap up exhibition play with a game at 7 p.m. next Wednesday, Nov. 3, before opening the regular season on Nov. 9 with another 7 p.m. tipoff time versus Texas State.</span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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