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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: black; line-height: 13.8px;"><b>For more information contact:
</b>Colin Pirtle; 940-564-0351, </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: blue; line-height: 13.8px;"><u>colin_pirtle1@baylor.edu</u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>WACO, Texas –</b> No. 18 Baylor women’s basketball never trailed as they rolled past Kansas State, 80-54, powered by a dominant third-quarter performance
that featured seven 3-pointers. The Bears placed three in double figures, led by Taliah Scott’s 20, Bella Fontleroy’s 16 and Darianna Littlepage-Buggs’ 10 points on Monday night.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Scott and Kiersten Johnson got the Bears rolling, knocking down back-to-back triples to open the scoring. BU built on the early momentum with a layup from
Jana Van Gytenbeek, stretching the lead to 10-2.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Kansas State began to chip away at the early Baylor lead, but a Fontleroy layup kept the margin intact. After a brief scoring drought, Littlepage-Buggs halted
the lull with a jumper and an and-one to steady the Bears. BU locked in defensively down the stretch, forcing three turnovers and holding the Wildcats scoreless for 3:07 to close the first quarter with a 19-13 advantage.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Van Gytenbeek and Marcayla Johnson opened up the second in a similar fashion, hitting two from beyond the arc to jump-start the scoring. Marcayla Johnson
continued to make her impact off the bench, scoring a jumper to keep the lead at eight. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Yuting Deng extended the margin to double digits with a jumper, but it was quickly answered on the other end. Both teams then went cold for nearly three
minutes, each going 0-for-5 during the stretch, until Scott drained her second three of the game to snap the drought and send Baylor into the break with a 35-26 lead. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Littlepage-Buggs opened the second half by securing her 12th double-double of the season with a layup. Riding that momentum, Fontleroy knocked down a three
and Kiersten Johnson converted in the paint, pushing the BU lead to 42-28 early in the half. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Fontleroy stayed hot from beyond the arc, knocking down her second and third consecutive threes to spark an 11-0 Baylor run, highlighted by three Wildcat
turnovers. A KSU layup briefly halted the surge, but Scott responded in a hurry, drilling three triples in a minute and a half to bring her total to five on the night. The Bears’ seven threes of the quarter created a 60-40 BU advantage heading into the final
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Bears carried their second-half momentum into the fourth, opening the quarter on a 6-0 run before the teams traded baskets. Deng came off the bench and
buried Baylor’s 13th 3-pointer of the night. Kayla Nelms and Kiera Pemberton added points in the paint to cap the regular-season home slate with a dominant 80-54 victory.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Baylor wraps up regular season play in Fort Worth on Sunday, traveling up I-35 to face conference rival TCU at 3 p.m. The matchup will air live on ESPN and
the Baylor Sports Media Network, with ESPN’s College GameDay starting the day’s coverage at 10 a.m. CT.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Baylor women's basketball is presented by Central National Bank, a family-owned, independent bank headquartered in Waco, Texas, that provides uniquely personal
service while simultaneously embracing the latest developments in banking technology.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(7, 61, 30);"><b>Colin Pirtle</b> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;">| Associate Director of Athletics Communications
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