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March 25, 2003
WACO, Texas -
UP NEXT...
2003 Women's NIT
Baylor (22-10) vs. Fresno State (21-12)
Quarterfinals
March 26, 2003 - 7 p.m.
Ferrell Center (10,284) - Waco, Texas
GET YOUR TICKETS...
Tickets are on sale now and are available through Wednesday at the Floyd Casey Stadium ticket office between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Tickets will go on sale at the Ferrell Center beginning Wednesday at 1 p.m.
Prices are set at $16 for center court/courtside, $10 for adult reserved and $7 for college student and under reserved seats.
Women's NIT ...
Quarterfinals
Tuesday, March 25
Creighton (23-8) at Iowa (18-14) - 7 pm (CST)
Wednesday, March 26
Richmond (21-10) at Auburn (20-11) - 7 pm (EST)
Fresno State (21-12) at Baylor(22-10) - 7 pm (CST)
Thursday, March 27
Missouri (17-13) at Colorado State (20-12) - 7 pm (MST)
The 32-team Women's NIT is a single elimination tournament. All tournament games are played at participating schools.
Semifinals - March 29-31
Finals - April 2-4
BAYLOR AND FRESNO STATE...
Baylor comes into the game with a 22-10 record after finishing seventh in the Big 12 with an 8-8 record. The Fresno State Bulldogs are 21-12 on the season and finished third in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) behind Louisiana Tech and Rice with an 11-7 league record. This will be the third meeting between the two schools, Fresno State holds a 2-0 series lead. The two teams last met in the 1990 season.
Baylor has posted three straight 20-win seasons under Head Coach Kim Mulkey-Robertson. During her three years here, Mulkey-Robertson has posted a 70-25 record. The Lady Bears are 6-2 over their last eight games.
Fresno State comes into the game having won 12 of their last 15 contests. The 2003 WNIT is the Bulldogs' first postseason appearance since 1990 when they also appeared in the WNIT. They advanced to the quarterfinals of this year's WNIT with victories over Santa Clara (87-72) and Oregon State (58-57). Stacy Johnson-Klein is in her first season as the Bulldogs' head coach, coming to Fresno from Louisiana Tech where she served as an assistant coach for two seasons.
