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March 13, 2002
NCAA Tournament
First & Second Rounds - March 15 & 17
Ferrell Center (10,284)- Waco, Texas
First Round
Friday, March 15
6 p.m. - No. 7 seed Drake (23-7) vs. No. 10 seed Syracuse (18-12)
8:30 p.m. - No. 2 seed #7/#7 Baylor Lady Bears (26-5) vs. No. 15 seed Bucknell (21-9)
Second Round
Sunday, March 17 - 6:30 p.m.
First round winners
COMING UP...
The Lady Bears, currently 26-5 have won 13 of their last 15 games which includes recent victories over #15 Texas Tech, Texas A&M, #18 Texas, #11 Colorado, Oklahoma State and #11 Iowa State (twice) and #17 Texas Tech. Both of their losses in that 15 game stretch were to No. 2 Oklahoma.
* Baylor went to the NCAA Tournament last season for the first time in the program's history. They were a No. 8 seed and lost to Arkansas, the No. 9 seed, 68-59. That subregional was hosted by Duke (West Region).
* The No. 2 seed is Baylor's highest seed in the NCAA Tournament.
* All four of Baylor's losses have come at the hands of teams currently ranked No. 17 or higher: No. 2 Oklahoma (three times), No. 11 Kansas State and No. 17 Texas Tech.
* The Lady Bears have won 18 consecutive non-conference games in the Ferrell Center. Their last home non-conference loss came on Dec. 2, 1999, 80-69, at the hands of the Arkansas LadyBacks.LadyBacks.
* Baylor is 25-3 under Coach Mulkey-Robertson in the Ferrell Center.
* Danielle Crockrom needs only 18 rebounds to reach the 1,000 rebound mark for her career.
* Baylor is 13-2 since Nicole Collins moved back into the starting lineup.
* In just two seasons, Sheila Lambert ranks No. 3 on Baylor's career assist list with 378.
* Lambert broke her single season assist record of 182 against Iowa State, she now has 196.
* Danielle Crockrom moved into No. 3 in career scoring at Baylor. She has 1,761 points.
THE OPPOSITION...
Bucknell Bison (21-9)
The Bucknell Bison, located in Lewisburg, Pa., qualified for its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance by winning the school's first women's basketball Patriot League Championship. The second-seeded Bison defeated top-seeded Holy Cross, 88-74, to earn the Patriot League's automatic berth. The Bison are winners of nine of their last 10 games.
Four Bison are averaging in double figures. Junior guard Molly Creamer leads the team at 22.6 points a game, senior forward VIcki Quimby scores 12.3 a game, junior forward Kate Franks manages 10.7 and sophomore foarward Desire Almind averages 10.3. Quimby hauls down 6.9 rebounds a game and senior forward Monique LeBlanc hauls down 6.4.
THE COACHES...
Baylor's Kim Mulkey-Robertson is in her second year as a head coach after guiding the Lady Bears to a 21-9 record and the program's first-ever NCAA Tournament in her inaugural season. The Lady Bears enjoyed tremendous improvement last season over Baylor's 7-20 record of 1999-2000. Her career record is 47-14 (.771).
Bucknell is coached by Kathy Fedorjaka. She is in her fifth season as the Bison's head coach. Fedorjaka is 148-98 (.500) overall as a head coach and is 81-60 (.575) in her five seasons at Bucknell.
