Lady Bear Hoops Game Preview
12/12/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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Dec. 12, 2002
WACO, Texas -
UP NEXT...
Baylor vs. Grambling State University
Sat., Dec. 14 - 2 p.m.
Ferrell Center
Waco, Texas
Baylor vs. UT-Pan American
Mon., Dec. 16 - 7 p.m. Ferrell Center
Waco, Texas
TWO FOR ONE...
After watching the women's 2 p.m. game against Grambling, just present your women's game ticket stub at the Ferrell Center ticket office and receive a free ticket to the men's 7 p.m. game versus Montana State.
COMING UP...
After taking a break to prepare for final exams, the Lady Bears will play three games within a six day span. They host Grambling State and UT-Pan American on Sat., Dec. 14 and Mon. Dec. 16, respectively. They will then travel to southern California to play UCLA on Thurs., Dec. 19.
Grambling will play a game against Nicholls State on Thurs., Dec. 12 before traveling to Waco to take on the Lady Bears.
THE LADY BEARS...
The Lady Bears bring a 6-1 record into the game against Grambling after dominating Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Thurs., Dec. 5 in Waco. Six Lady Bears scored in double figures in the 104-38 victory.
Sophomore Steffanie Blackmon (Dallas/Rowlett HS) leads the Lady Bears in scoring with 20.9 points a game. Three others are averaging in double-digits as well. Sophomore post Melanie Hamerly (Orange, Texas/Little Cypress/Mauriceville HS) averages 11.4 a game. Freshman Sophia Young (St. Vincent, West Indies/Evangel Academy, Shreveport, La.) follows closely with 10.4 an outing and junior guard Jessika Stratton (Colorado Springs, Colo./Coronado HS) scores 10.7 a contest.
Young, a 6-0 freshman, is the Lady Bears' leading rebounder grabbing 8.7 a game. Steffanie Blackmon is close behind with 7.9 an outing.
Chelsea Whitaker (Dallas/Skyline HS) leads the squad in assists with 6.86 a game. Stratton ranks in second with 4.71 a contest.
Steffanie Blackmon scored a career-high 30 points against Southeastern Louisiana. She is the first Baylor player this season to hit the 30-point mark. In addition, Chelsea Whitaker hauled down a career-high and team-high eight rebounds against Southeastern Louisiana. She narrowly missed a triple-double against the Lady Lions with eight points, eight rebounds and eight assists.
A YOUNG BUNCH...
The Lady Bears are an extremely young team. After losing four senior starters last season and Chanelle Fox not able to return to the court until last week, Baylor had no returning starters. This week Coach Mulkey is starting a senior (Stasha Richards), a junior (Jessika Stratton), two sophomores (Steffanie Blackmon and Chelsea Whitaker) and a freshman (Sophia Young).
Of Baylor's four players that average in double figures in scoring, Stratton is the only upperclassman. Two sophomores, Steffanie Blackmon and Melanie Hamerly, rank No. 1 and 2, Sophia Young, a freshman, is No. 3 and Stratton, a junior, is No. 4.
The roster sports one senior (Stasha Richards), three juniors (Dionne Brown, Chanellle Fox, Stratton), five sophomores (Steffanie & Tiffanie Blackmon, Jordan Davis, Melanie Hamerly, Chelsea Whitaker) and four freshmen (Ebony Jackson, Chameka Scott, Abiola Wabara, Sophia Young).
THE OPPONENT...
GRAMBLING STATE LADY TIGERS
The Grambling State Lady Tigers are 2-2 on the season after posting a victories over Tougaloo College (81-50) and Arkansas State (69-64). They have lost to Nebraska (63-40) and Clemson (77-52). They will play Nicholls State on Thurs., Dec. 12 before traveling to Waco.
Shrieka Evans and Chovanique Kibble each score in double digits. Evans, a 5-10 senior guard, scores 12.3 a game and Kibble, a 6-0 senior, manages 12.0 a game. Kibble is also their leading rebounder with 7.8 a game. Center LaRuan Lindsey, a 6-3 junior, hauls down 7.3 boards a game to rank second on the team.
