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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">15/16 BAYLOR BEARS (12-4, 2-2)</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Waco,Texas <br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Conference/Affiliation:</span></strong> Big 12<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Head Coach: </span></strong><a href="https://baylorbears.com/staff.aspx?staff=662"><span style="color:#154734">Nicki Collen</span></a> (Marquette, 1998)<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">BAYLOR</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"> (12-4, 2-2) vs. <b>IOWA STATE</b> (16-2, 5-1)<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">January 23, 2022 • 2 p.m. CT</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Waco, Texas • Ferrell Center</span></strong><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">LIVE STATS: </span></strong><a href="http://baylorstats.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#154734">Stat Broadcast</span></a><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">WATCH:</span></strong> ESPN2<br>
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Talent: </span></i></strong><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Beth Mowins (pxp), Deb Antonelli (analyst)</span></em><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">LISTEN: </span></strong>ESPN 1660AM, 92.3FM, <a href="https://baylorbears.com/watch/?Live=64" target="_blank"><span style="color:#154734">BaylorBears.com</span></a> <br>
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Talent: </span></i></strong><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Derek Smith (pxp), <a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/coaches/sophia-young-malcolm/1726"><span style="color:#154734">Sophia
Young-Malcolm</span></a> (Analyst)</span></em><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">7/7 IOWA STATE CYCLONES (16-2, 5-1)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Ames, Iowa<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Conference/Affiliation: </span></strong>Big 12<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Head Coach: </span></strong>Bill Fennelly (William Penn, 1979)<br>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">WELCOME HOME</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><br>
• Baylor played its first home game in three weeks on Wednesday and picked up an 18-point victory over the visiting Cowgirls.<br>
• <dfn><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10005"><span style="color:#154734">Queen Egbo</span></a></span></b></dfn> led the way with 19 points as she became the 39th member of Baylor's 1,000-career
point club. <br>
• <dfn><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10009"><span style="color:#154734">NaLyssa Smith</span></a></span></b></dfn> put up a double-double with 16 points and 13 rebounds.<br>
• After a 3-point barrage at Kansas, the Bears showed they wouldn't live or die by the 3. Instead, they took what the defense gave them as BU scored nearly half of its points in the paint (32).<br>
• <dfn><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10723"><span style="color:#154734">Jordan Lewis</span></a></span></b></dfn> took over in the second half, attacking the rim off ball screens. The senior
put up 13 points to go with seven assists.<br>
• <dfn><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10724"><span style="color:#154734">Ja'Mee Asberry</span></a></span></b></dfn>, who transferred from Oklahoma State, was honored prior to tipoff on Wednesday
for joining the 1,000-point club.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">TIL THE CLOCK HITS ZERO</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><br>
• Twenty seconds were left on the clock, and Kansas had a four-point lead inside Allen Fieldhouse. <dfn><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10723"><span style="color:#154734">Jordan Lewis</span></a></span></b></dfn> missed
a runner, but <dfn><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10014"><span style="color:#154734">Sarah Andrews</span></a></span></b></dfn> corralled the offensive board and threw it to a wide open <dfn><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10724"><span style="color:#154734">Ja'Mee
Asberry</span></a></span></b></dfn> on the perimeter who drained a 3-pointer to cut the KU lead to one with 12 seconds to go.<br>
• <b>Lewis</b> then tipped KU's inbounds pass. <b>Asberry</b> intercepted it and was fouled. The junior didn't flinch at the line, hitting nothing but nylon to give the Bears a one-point lead with eight seconds left.<br>
• <b>Andrews</b> took over on the defensive end and forced a miss by a Jayhawk. <dfn><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10009"><span style="color:#154734">NaLyssa Smith</span></a></span></b></dfn> went
up and got the defensive board and threw it to <b>Andrews</b> who was fouled. The sophomore then went 2-for-2 at the charity stripe which gave BU a three-point lead.<br>
• In Baylor's first Big 12 win of the season, the Bears assisted on 24 of 29 buckets - led by <b>Lewis</b> with 8 and <b>Andrews</b> with 6 - and scored 18 second-chance points off 17 offensive rebounds.<br>
• But it was the 14-for-29 display from the perimeter that stole the show. Baylor's 14 treys marked the second most in program history. <b>Andrews</b> and <b>Asberry</b> became the first BU teammates ever in program history to hit a minimum of six 3s each in
the same game. Six makes for <b>Asberry</b> tied her career high, while <b>Andrews</b> set a new personal best with seven.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">WALKING DOUBLE-DOUBLE</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><br>
• <dfn><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10009"><span style="color:#154734">NaLyssa Smith</span></a></span></b></dfn> is second in the country with 13 double-doubles on the season. <br>
• <b>Smith</b> is fifth in program history with 41 career double-doubles.<br>
• The senior is averaging 20.4 points and 12.2 rebounds per game which ranks No. 16 and No. 4 in the country, respectively.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">LET IT FLY</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><br>
• Baylor's program record for triples made came on Dec. 18, 2019 against Arkansas State when Juicy Landrum caught fire and set an NCAA record with 14 triples. Besides that record-setting performance, BU hadn't drained more than a dozen shots from deep since
2011.<br>
• BU's record for 3-point attempts in a season came in 2013-14 when the Bears attempted 596 3s. <br>
• From that season to 2020-21, Baylor made 10 or more 3-pointers in a game only five times across a total of 281 games (1.78 percent). BU has done so three times this season.<br>
• Prior to this year, only 14 Bears had made six or more 3s in a game. Two of them had done it multiple times (Makenzie Robertson, 2012, 2014) and Jennifer King (1990, 1991, 1993).<br>
• <dfn><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10014"><span style="color:#154734">Sarah Andrews</span></a></span></b></dfn> and <dfn><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10724"><span style="color:#154734">Ja'Mee
Asberry</span></a></span></b></dfn> have already joined that elite club this season. <b>Andrews</b> went 6-for-8 against Morehead State and from deep and <b>Asberry</b> fired off 6-of-8 against Alcorn State. Asberry then went 6-for-11 at Kansas, and Andrews
set a career-high with a 7-for-10 mark.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">• Andrews' seven 3s tied for third in program history. She is now one of six Bears in program history to hit a minimum of seven triples in a game.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">QUICK HITS</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><br>
• With its win over Missouri on Saturday, Baylor is 5-1 in Big 12/SEC Challenge games.<br>
• For the first time since Dec. 19, 2020, Baylor held an opponent to under 30 total points (24, McNeese State) against Morehead State. It also marked the first time since that game that BU held an opponent to four single-digit scoring quarters.<br>
• <dfn><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10723"><span style="color:#154734">Jordan Lewis</span></a></span></b></dfn> and <dfn><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10009"><span style="color:#154734">NaLyssa
Smith</span></a></span></b></dfn>, along with 28 others, were named candidates for the 2021-22 Senior CLASS Award. The award recognizes a senior NCAA Division I player who demonstrates excellence in the community, the classroom, character and competition.<br>
• <b>Smith</b> was named the Big 12 Player of the Week after averaging 19 points and 15.3 points per game through three games in Mexico.<br>
• Baylor went 3-0 in the Cancun Challenge, playing three games in three days over Thanksgiving break. <b>Smith</b>, <b>Lewis </b>and Q<b>ueen Egbo </b>were named to the 2021 Cancun Challenge Mayan Division All-Tournament Team. <b>Smith</b> was also named the
Division's MVP.<br>
• No. 6 Baylor had a shot to send the game to overtime in the final seconds, but the 3-pointer from the left wing barely missed to give No. 3 Maryland the 79-76 win. The Terps led, 76-65, with 2:45 left in the game. <b>Lewis</b> answered with six-straight points,
and <b>Smith</b> added a bucket with 1:30 to play. Then it was <b>Lewis again</b> with 38 seconds remaining with a 3-pointer to cut Maryland's lead to three. Baylor's defense got the stop without fouling on the other end to set up the chance for the tie.<br>
• A second-half surge propelled the Bears to a 27-point win on the road over UT Arlington for BU's second game in three days to open the season. Baylor led the Lady Mavs by six at the half before holding the home team to a total of 22 points in the second half. <b>Smith</b> became
the first Big 12 player of the season to record a 20/10 performance that game, while <dfn><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10724"><span style="color:#154734">Ja'Mee Asberry</span></a></span></b></dfn> hit
five triples. <dfn><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10004"><span style="color:#154734">Caitlin Bickle</span></a></span></b></dfn> had an all-around game for Baylor as she finished with seven
points, eight rebounds, three assists, two blocks and a couple of charges.<br>
• BU opened the <dfn><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/staff.aspx?staff=662"><span style="color:#154734">Nicki Collen</span></a></span></b></dfn> era with a win over Texas State. <b>Collen</b> came to Baylor from
the WNBA's Atlanta franchise, where she spent the last three seasons at the helm for the Dream. Her first year in Atlanta resulted in a 23-11 season in 2018, where she earned WNBA Coach of the Year honors and helped the team to the WNBA Playoff Semifinals.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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