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Nov. 25, 2002
WACO, Texas -
THIS WEEK
Baylor vs. Texas Southern
Tues., Nov. 26 - 7 pm
Ferrell Center - Waco, Texas
GranTree Thanksgiving Classic
Hosted by Montana State
Worthington Arena - Bozeman, Mont.
Nov. 29 & 30
Fri., Nov 29 - Baylor vs. San Jose State - 6 pm (CST)
Sat., Nov. 30 - Baylor vs. Montana State - 8 pm (CST)
COMING UP...
The Lady Bears will play four games in the next seven days. After hosting Texas Southern on Tues., Nov. 26, they will hit the road for a seven-day road trip. They leave Wednesday for Bozeman, Montana and will travel from Bozeman to Hammond, La., on Sunday. They will play Southeastern Louisiana on Mon., Dec. 2 before returning to Waco on Tuesday.
SPECIAL STUFF...
Prior to the start of Tuesday night's game, Baylor's 2002 NCAA banner will be unfurled. Also, the first 2,000 fans will receive complimentary Lady Bear Basketball schedule magnets.
THE LADY BEARS...
By winning the four-team Women's Sports Foundation Tournament the Lady Bears are a perfect 4-for-4 in tournaments under head coach Kim Mulkey-Robertson.
Steffanie Blackmon (Dallas/Rowlett HS), Chelsea Whitaker (Dallas/Skyline HS) and Sophia Young (St. Vincent, West Indies/Evangel Academy/Shreveport, La.) each earned all-tournament team honors. Blackmon was named the tournament's MVP. In victories over Princeton and Alcorn State, Blackmon, a 6-2 sophomore post, averaged 21.0 points and 6.5 rebounds. Young, a 6-1 freshman forward, averaged a double-double with 10.5 points and 10.5 rebounds a game. Whitaker, a 5-9 sophomore guard, came in to spark the Lady Bears and registered 9.5 points and 5.5 assists a game. In addition, junior guard Jessika Stratton (Colorado Springs, Colo./Coronado HS) averaged 13.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists for the two games. Rounding out double-digit scoring for the Lady Bears for the weekend was 6-5 sophomore post Melanie Hamerly (Orange/Little Cypress-Mauriceville HS) with 10.5 points. She also averaged 5.5 rebounds and 4.5 blocks in the two games.
TEN PLAYERS AVAILABLE...
The Lady Bears have only 10 players available for this week's games. Junior Chanelle Fox (Houston/Westfield HS) and freshman Abiola Wabara (Parma, Italy) are sidelined with injuries and junior Dionne Brown (Georgetown/Texas Tech) will not be able to play until Dec. 10th.
Fox underwent ACL reconstruction on April 1 of last season and had further arthroscopic surgery in October and is still listed as day-to-day. Wabara underwent arthroscopic surgery on her right knee on November 1 and will be sidelined until at least January.
CAREER HIGHS...
Two returning Lady Bears posted career highs over the weekend. Steffanie Blackmon scored a career-high 25 points against Alcorn State. Melanie Hamerly tallied career-highs in points, rebounds and blocks with 15, 9 and 5, respectively, against Princeton. In addition, Chelsea Whitaker dished out a career-high 9 assists against Alcorn State.
