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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 19.933334px;"><b>No. 18 Baylor WBB Falls in Regular Season Finale to No. 11 TCU, 65-53</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, 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, 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, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>FORT WORTH, Texas –</b> No. 18 Baylor women’s basketball battled back, couldn’t fully erase an early hole in a 65-53 road loss to TCU on Sunday afternoon at Schollmaier
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Baylor (24-7, 13-5 Big 12) trailed for most of the day after a slow offensive start, shooting 24% in the first half as TCU (27-4, 15-3 Big 12) built a 26-15 lead at the break.
The Bears opened the game 2-for-9 in the first quarter and finished the half 6-for-25 from the floor.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Despite the early deficit, Baylor found its rhythm coming out of halftime. The Bears shot 7-for-14 in the third quarter and scored 19 points to keep pace, trimming a 19-point
TCU advantage down to 12 entering the fourth.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Marcayla Johnson provided a spark off the bench, scoring 11 points on 5-of-8 shooting. Taliah Scott led Baylor with 17 points and four assists, including 13 points in the
final period as the Bears continued to push. Kiersten Johnson added seven points, while Darianna Littlepage-Buggs grabbed a team-high eight rebounds to go with seven points.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Baylor twice cut the deficit to single digits in the fourth quarter. Scott’s 3-pointer with 4:29 remaining made it 55-47, but TCU answered on the next possession to halt the
momentum and kept the Bears from getting closing in.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">For the game, Baylor shot 34.5% from the floor and went 5-for-27 from beyond the arc. The Bears forced 18 turnovers and scored 15 points off those miscues, while also getting
14 points from the bench.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">TCU shot 39.6% overall and was paced by Marta Suárez’s 21 points and 11 rebounds and Olivia Miles’ 19 points. TCU also held a 38-31 edge on the glass and outscored Baylor
26-12 in the paint.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Bears have secured the No. 3 seed for the Phillips 66 Big 12 Tournament in Kansas City, facing the winner of Kansas/UCF and Colorado on Friday night at 8 p.m. CT on ESPN+
and the Baylor Sports Media Network. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, 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, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">To stay up to date, follow the team on its official Facebook, X and Instagram accounts: @BaylorWBB. </span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(7, 61, 30);"><b>Colin Pirtle</b> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">| Associate Director of Athletics Communications (WBB, Soccer, W. Tennis) </span></p>
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