Nov. 7, 2001

Waco, Texas - Baylor Lady Bears vs. Houston Jaguars
Thursday, Nov. 8 - 7:00 p.m.

The Lady Bears will play the first of two exhibition games when they host the Houston Jaguars on Thursday, Nov. 8 at 7:00 p.m in the Ferrell Center.

THE TEAMS...
Baylor comes into the season ranked No. 14 by the Associated Press and No. 16 in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll ... The Lady Bears will be led by four seniors: Nicole Collins, Danielle Crockrom, Sheila Lambert and Brooke McCormack ... Four starters return off last season's 21-9 team which was selected for the NCAA Tournament for the first time in the program's history ... Returning starters include: Collins, a 5-3 point guard, Crockrom, a 6-3 All-American forward, Lambert, a 5-7 All-American guard, and Chanelle Fox, a 5-11 sophomore forward ... Crockrom and Lambert have been named preseason first-team All-Big 12 by both the Big 12 coaches and media ... In addition, they have been named to several preseason all-America teams and both are on the Naismith Award (top collegiate players) watch list.

The Houston Jaguars, comprised of former college players, have played four games and will play at Southwest Texas State on Wednedsay night ... Listed on their roster is former Lady Bear Tonia Harris Finley who played here from 1993 to 1997 ... Finley was a two year starter for the Lady Bears and led them in rebounding for two straight years and was the team's leading scorer one season ... LaCharlotte Smith, a 5-7 guard out of Mississippi State, leads the team in scoring at 18.5 while Tracey Bovgere (5-4, guard, Southeastern Oklahoma) puts in 12.8 a game ... The Jaguars have lost four games and won two:
L - Mississippi State (110-79)
W - Central Florida (68-65)
W - UT-Pan American (76-63)
L - University of Houston (80-73)
L - Tulane (89-65)