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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">No. 19/18 Baylor (26-8) 70, No. 3/3 USC (28-6) 74<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Portland, Ore. (Moda Center)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Saturday, March 30, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The five-seeded Baylor women’s basketball team fell to top-seeded USC, 74-70, at the Moda Center in the Sweet 16 round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament on Saturday.<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The Bears’ appearance in the Big Dance marked the 20th-straight for BU which is the fourth-longest active streak in the country.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Baylor’s trip to the Sweet 16 marked the 13th in the last 15 seasons and 16th in program history.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The Bears are 57-19 all-time in the NCAA Tournament.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">BU’s appearance in the Sweet 16 as a five seed marked the first for the Bears in program history. The only other time Baylor was a five seed (2007), the Bears lost in the second round.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Senior <b>Sarah Andrews</b> led the Bears offensively with 17 points, going a season-high 5-for-13 from 3-point range.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Andrews has connected from behind the arc in 31 of 34 games this season and hit three-or-more from range 14 times.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Andrews’ five treys are tied for the second-most in an NCAA Tournament game in program history and just the third time a BU player has hit five 3-pointers in at least the round of 16.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">With her eighth point of the game,
<b>Jada Walker</b> reached 1,000 for her career as the junior finished with 15 on the night. She added team-high seven assists and finished with three rebounds in 35 minutes of action.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">A pair of Bears finished in double figures on the glass led by
<b>Dre’Una Edwards</b>’ 12 rebounds.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Darianna Littlepage-Buggs</b> added 11 rebounds to 12 points, finishing with her fifth double-double of the season and 19th in her career.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Littlepage-Buggs scored eight of her 12 points in the third quarter.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Baylor bested USC on the boards, outrebounding the Trojans, 44-41. It marked the 23rd time this season that the Bears grabbed more rebounds than their opponent.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The Bears shot 34.6% from 3-point range, marking the highest in the NCAA Tournament game for BU this year.
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