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Game 17:
#9/8 Baylor (13-3, 3-3) vs. RV Iowa State (12-4, 3-2)
Jan. 25, 2006 • 7 p.m.
Hilton Coliseum (14,092) - Ames, Iowa
RADIO
Baylor/ISP Sports Network
KLRK -92.9 FM (change from normal)
KMKI- 620 AM - Dallas
Rick May - play-by-play
Lori Fogleman - color analyst
Broadcast begins 30 minutes prior to tip.
INTERNET FEEDS
Audio - live broadcast stream at BaylorBears.com
BAYLOR VS. IOWA STATE...
The Baylor Lady Bears, currently ranked No. 9 in the latest AP listing and No. 8 the Coaches poll and reigning NCAA and Big 12 Conference champions, have a busy week ahead of them. The Lady Bears will play three games, including two on national television, in six days beginning with their Wednesday contest at Iowa State. After traveling to Ames, Iowa, Baylor will return home for a Saturday afternoon (3 p.m.) game with Kansas and then leave Sunday for a Monday night ESPN2 contest at Baton Rouge, La., versus LSU. Baylor's game with Kansas will be televised by College Sports Television (CSTV).
Baylor enters the game versus the Iowa State Cyclones with a 13-3 overall record and a 3-3 Big 12 mark. Baylor has won of 48 of its last 55 games and is looking to avoid back-to-back regular-season losses for the first time since the 2002-03 campaign, a span of 84 games. BU's three 2005-06 losses have been by a combined total of eight points.
Iowa State enters the contest with a 12-4 season record, a league mark of 3-2 and sporting a two-game win streak after defeating Nebraska and Colorado last week. The Cyclones are 7-1 this season at Hilton Coliseum with Their lone loss at the hands of Oklahoma, 87-67.
Wednesday's game matches the league's top two defensive teams, the Cyclones rank No. 1 in field goal percentage defense (.348) while the Lady Bears check in at No. 2 (.363). Baylor also stands No. 2 in scoring defense (58.2 ppg) with Iowa State standing No. 5 at 59.9 ppg. In addition, two of the league's top point guard go against each other. ISU's Lyndsey Medders leads the league in assists (8.81) and averages 16.1 points per game while BU's Angela Tisdale ranks No. 2 in the Big 12 in assists at 6.69 and scores 13.5 a contest.
Baylor's Sophia Young, national player of the year candidate and Preseason Big 12 Player of the Year, leads Baylor in both scoring and rebounding at 21.0 points and 10.1 rebounds a game. The Kodak All-American, is No. 1 in the Big 12 in scoring and ranks No. 3 in rebounding. Sophomore point guard Angela Tisdale ranks second on the squad in scoring at 13.5 an outing. Junior forward Abiola Wabara completes BU's double-digit season scoring trio at 10.2 a contest and she ranks second among Lady Bears in rebounding at 6.3 a game.
Iowa State, whose starting lineup consists of a senior, two juniors, a sophomore and a freshman, is led by Medders' 16.1 points a game. Redshirt senior Brittany Wilkins averages 14.8 points a game and hauls down a team-leading 9.3 rebounds and freshman guard Heather Ezell manages 12.0 an outing. Two other players, Nicky Wieben and Megan Ronhovde, are just shy of double-digit scoring averages with 9.6 and 9.1 points, respectively.
BAYLOR QUICK HITS...
• Baylor's 30-game win streak equaled the 10th longest in NCAA Division I women's basketball history. BU is 48-7 over its last 55 games.
• Baylor's three losses have come by a combined total of eight points (at Missouri-3, at Texas Tech-2, vs. Oklahoma-3).
• Sophia Young is on track to join an elite group who have tallied 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds, 300 assists and 300 steals in their NCAA Division I career, as she currently has 2,080 points, 1,149 rebounds, 266 assists and 275 steals.
• Young needs 254 points and 75 rebounds to become the Big 12's all-time scorer and rebounder.
• Young is now the No. 2 scorer in Baylor history with 2,080 points, the highest point total since the sport came under NCAA sponsorship in 1981-82.
• Jordan Davis has missed only six free throws throughout her career (72-78, .923). Prior to missing her first free throw of the season at Texas Tech, she had drained 23 consecutive free throws.
• Kim Mulkey-Robertson's teams are 78-11 (.876) in the Ferrell Center.
• Prior to BU's Jan. 21 loss to Oklahoma, the Lady Bears had won 25 straight home games.
• In non-conference games, Baylor sports a 17-game home win streak and is 43-2 (.956) in the Ferrell Center under Mulkey-Robertson's tutelage. Baylor has registered 42 straight wins in regular-season non-conference home games.
• Baylor is 111-11 (.910) under Mulkey-Robertson when scoring 70 or more points, including 70-3 (.959) when putting 80 or more on the scoreboard.
• Since coming to BU, Mulkey-Robertson has posted the highest win total (144) and winning percentage (.778) among Big 12 Conference programs.
• Young has produced double-digit scoring in 113 of 122 games and 62 consecutive.
• Young has 52 career double-doubles to her credit.
• Five players, including all four lady Bear freshmen, earned grade point averages of 3.0 or above for the fall semester (Sophia Young, Tricia Abbott, Rachel Allison, Jessica Morrow, Jhasmin Player).
THE COACHES...
Baylor coach Kim Mulkey-Robertson is in her sixth season and owns a 144-41 head coaching record which equates to a .778 winning percentage. She has produced 20-win seasons in each of her first five years as a head coach and has taken the Lady Bears to postseason competition every year, four times to the NCAA Tournament and to the 2003 WNIT finals. In 2005, the Lady Bears claimed Baylor's and the Big 12's first NCAA basketball championship. Mulkey-Robertson is 5-2 versus Iowa State, 1-1 in Ames.
Baylor year-by-year under Mulkey-Robertson:
2000-01 - 21-9 - NCAA, lost in first round (Arkansas)
2001-02 - 27-6 - NCAA, lost in second round (Drake)
2002-03 - 24-11 - WNIT, lost in finals (Auburn)
2003-04 - 26-9 - NCAA, lost in Sweet 16 (Tennessee)
2004-05 - 33-3 - NCAA Champions
2005-06 - 13-3
Mulkey-Robertson was named Baylor's fourth head coach on April 4, 2000. She was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame that same year. She was inducted into the CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame in June of 2003.
Bill Fennelly is 227-101 in his 11th year as the Iowa State Cyclones' head coach, he possesses a 393-154 record in his 18 seasons as a head coach. Coach Fennelly is 5-6 versus Baylor throughout his coaching career at Iowa State, 3-1 in Ames.
THE SERIES RECORDS...
Baylor and Iowa State will meet for the 12th time when the two teams square off on Wednesday evening. Baylor leads the series, 6-5, and has won four of the last five contests between the two schools. However, the Lady Bears haven't fared well in Ames, losing three of the four games played there including the last one, an 81-72 decision on Feb. 14, 2004. The winning team over the first 11 meetings has scored 70 or more points every time, 80 or more eight times (including each of the last five contests).
COMMON OPPONENTS THIS SEASON...
Baylor and Iowa State have faced three common opponents this season. Both squads posted victories over Oklahoma State (BU, 57-26; ISU, 71-62) and both lost home games to Oklahoma (BU, 73-70; ISU 87-67) . Baylor defeated Texas in Waco (61-48) while Iowa State lost in Austin (80-50).
BY THE NARROWEST OF MARGINS...
Baylor's three losses this season have come by a combined total of eight points. It dropped a three-point decision at Missouri (64-61), lost by two (64-62) at Texas Tech and lost to Oklahoma by three, 73-70, in Waco.
STELLAR BAYLOR DEFENSE...
Baylor has continued to play stellar defense this season as evidenced by the following:
-Lady Bears held Oklahoma State to 26 points, fewest ever in any Big 12 Conference game.
-Oklahoma State's 26 points are the fewest by a current Division I program against Baylor since TCU tallied 25 in 1975-76.
-BU held Texas to 48 points, fewest Baylor has ever allowed the Lady Longhorns in the 68-game series.
-BU has held three of its last five opponents to 49 or fewer points, the first time Baylor has ever held foes to 49 or fewer points in conference play (Big 12).
-Over the last two games (Texas A&M & Oklahoma) Baylor has blocked 18 shots including seven by Abiola Wabara and six by Sophia Young. They jumped from No. 4 to No. 1 in the conference statistics this week.
-Baylor is 7-0 on season when holding its foe to 59 or fewer points and has won 83 straight games when holding its opponent to 59 or fewer since a 58-56 loss to Oklahoma State in Waco during the 1998-99 season. Mulkey-Robertson's teams are 77-0 all-told when holding their opponent to 59 or fewer points.
-BU ranks No. 2 in Big 12 in scoring and field goal percentage defense as well as scoring margin.
-Opponents are hitting just .363 from field versus Baylor this season, 36.0 percent in Big 12 play.
-Over the last three seasons BU has held the opponent to under .500 from the field in 120 of 121 games. In fact, in Coach Mulkey-Robertson's 184-game tenure, Baylor has allowed a team to shoot .500 from the field in just seven games. LSU shot 51.7 (30-58) percent against Baylor in the 2004-05 season opener, since then, Baylor has held opponents to under .500 shooting in 51 straight games.
