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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Game book attached.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor (16-10, 7-7 Big 12) 77, No. 22 Iowa State (17-7, 9-5 Big 12) 81 – Final (2OT)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Waco, Texas (Ferrell Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In the league’s second double-overtime game of the day, the No. 22 Iowa State Cyclones squeaked past the Baylor women’s basketball team, 81-77, in front of the second-largest crowd at the Ferrell
Center this season in the team’s annual Play4Kay game.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.25in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The overtime outing marked the second time this season, and just the third time in the
<b>Nicki Collen</b> era, that a game needed more than 40 minutes. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.25in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The game marked Baylor’s 10th outing against an AP Top-25 opponent, which is tied with Michigan State for the second-most among Division I teams in the country. Only Nebraska has more showings against
top-25 foes, sitting at 11 on the year. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.25in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The dynamic rookie duo of
<b>Darianna Littlepage-Buggs</b> and <b>Bella Fontleroy</b> led the offensive charge for the Bears, finishing with 19 points apiece.
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Littlepage-Buggs logged a season-high six offensive rebounds in part of her 12-board outing for her team-leading 12th double-double of the year and eighth in conference play.
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">With her eighth double-doubles in Big 12 action, she is tied with Brittney Griner for the most in league games by a Baylor rookie dating back to the 2009-10 season.
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Fifth-year <b>Caitlin Bickle</b> fell a rebound shy of matching a career best in the category, finishing with 12, while adding 13 points with a perfect 6-for-6 showing at the charity stripe for her
sixth double-double of the season. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.25in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Fontleroy’s 11 rebounds gave the freshman her third double-double of her career.
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Littlepage-Buggs, Bickle and Fontleroy became the first BU trio since 2019 to finish in double figures on the glass.
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Senior <b>Jaden Owens</b> accounted for 10 of Baylor’s 16 assists, leading the Bears in the category for the 17th time this season. Additionally, she grabbed a career-high seven rebounds and tallied
a game-high four steals. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#385623">Shelby Hild</span></b><span style="color:#385623"> </span><span style="color:black">| Director of Communications (WBB, WTEN)</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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