Jan. 6, 2006
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Game 12:
#4/4 Baylor (10-1, 0-1) vs. #23/23 Texas (6-5, 0-1)
Jan. 7, 2006 • 3 p.m.
Ferrell Center (10,284) • Waco, Texas
RADIO
Baylor/ISP Sports Network
KRZI/ESPN-1660 AM
KESN-FM - 103.0 FM - 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
Video (All-Access) - live video stream at BaylorBears.com
TELEVISION
FSN
Kevin Eschenfelder - play-by-play
Brenda VanLengen - color analyst
Live FSN Broadcast Regions: Chicago, Detroit, Florida, Midwest, New England, New York, North (Minnesota & Wisconsin), Pittsburgh, Rocky Mountain, South, Southwest, West
Delay FSN Broadcasts (2 a.m.): Arizona, Bay Area
PROMOTIONS...
Bevo Burgers on sale for $1 while supplies last. Halftime enter- tainment will feature the Amazing Mr. Christopher. State Farm is Saturday's game sponsor.
TELEVISION BROADCAST...
Fox Sports Network (FSN) will broadcast the Baylor-Texas game. The game can be seen in 65,805 million homes throughout the United States, airing live in 12 FSN regions (Chicago, Detroit, Florida, Midwest, New England, New York, North [Minnesota & Wisconsin], Pittsburgh, Rocky Mountain, South, Southwest, West) and on a delayed basis in the Arizona and Bay Area regions.
Veteran Kevin Eschenfelder will describe the play-by-play while Brenda VanLengen will provide color analysis.
BAYLOR VS. TEXAS...
The Baylor Lady Bears, currently ranked No. 4 in both the AP and Coaches polls, enter the contest versus the Texas Longhorns with a 10-1 overall record and an 0-1 Big 12 mark. Missouri snapped Baylor's NCAA Division I-best and school record 30-game win streak with a 64-61 triumph in Columbia on Wednesday night, but the Lady Bears have won 45 of their last 50 games. Baylor comes into Saturday's game sporting a 22-game home win streak, as its last Ferrell Center loss came on Feb. 8, 2004 to Texas Tech (62-59). The Lady Bears reeled off three home wins after the Lady Raider loss, were 14-0 last season and are 5-0 so far in 2005-06.
Senior forward Sophia Young, national player of the year candidate, leads Baylor in both scoring and rebounding at 21.9 points and 10.3 rebounds a game. The Kodak All-American poured in a career-high 31 points and hauled down 11 rebounds to record her 51st career double-double in the losing effort at Missouri on Wednesday . Sophomore point guard Angela Tisdale ranks second on the squad in scoring at 14.6 an outing. Junior forward Abiola Wabara completes BU's double-digit season scoring trio at 11.1 a contest and she ranks second among Lady Bears in rebounding at 6.5 a game.
The Texas Longhorns, 6-5 overall and 0-1 in league action, are coming off a Tuesday night loss at Kansas (70-61). Senior forward Tiffany Jackson leads the Longhorns in scoring and rebounding at 14.3 points and 7.3 boards a game while freshman guard Erika Arriaran completes Texas' double-digit scorers at 11.4 a contest.
BAYLOR QUICK HITS...
• Baylor's 30-game win streak equaled 10th longest in NCAA Division I women's basketball history. BU is 45-5 over its last 50 games.
• 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 1,985 points, 1,100 rebounds, 259 assists, 262 steals.
• Young needs 349 points and 124 rebounds to become the Big 12's all-time scorer and rebounder.
• Young is now the No. 3 scorer in Baylor history with 1,985 points, she needs only 15 points to reach 2,000 points and needs 43 to move into the No. 2 position.
• Jordan Davis has missed only five free throws throughout her career (71-76, .934), she has drained 23 consecutive free throws, including all 12 this year.
• Kim Mulkey-Robertson's teams are 75-10 (.882) in the Ferrell Center.
• The Lady Bears have won 22 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 111-10 under Mulkey-Robertson when scoring 70 or more points, including 70-3 when putting 80 or more on the scoreboard. • Since coming to BU, Mulkey-Robertson has posted the highest win total (141) and winning percentage (.783) among Big 12 Conference programs.
• Young has produced double-digit scoring in 108 of 117 games and 57 consecutive.
• Young has 51 career double-doubles to her credit.
THE SERIES RECORDS...
Baylor and Texas will meet for the 68th time when the two teams square off on Saturday afternoon. Texas leads the series 52-15. The two teams split the series last season, Baylor won in Waco (63-60) while the Longhorns triumphed in Austin (69-55).
THE COACHES...
Baylor coach Kim Mulkey-Robertson is in her sixth season and owns a 141-39 head coaching record which equates to a .783 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 finals of the 2003 WNIT. In 2005, the Lady Bears claimed Baylor's and the Big 12's first NCAA basketball championship. Mulkey-Robertson is 6-5 versus Texas, 4-1 in Waco.
Texas head coach Jody Conradt is in her 30th season as the Longhorns' head coach and 37th year as a head coach overall. Conradt, a 1963 Baylor graduate, is 758-221 in her 30 seasons at Texas and 875-283 in 37 campaigns all-told along the sidelines. She is 52-12 all-time versus her alma mater, having coached the Horns in 64 of the 67 BU-UT games.
BAYLOR IN BIG 12 GAMES...
The 2005-06 season marks the 10th year of competition for women's basketball in the Big 12 Conference. Baylor has a record of 80-65 in regular season Big 12 games. However, in Kim Mulkey-Robertson's five years, Baylor is 53-28 in Big 12 play and has never posted a losing conference record. In 2004-05 the Lady Bears claimed their first-ever Big 12 Conference championship, winning both the regular season and tournament titles.
2000-01 - 9-7
2001-02 - 12-4
2002-03 - 8-8
2003-04 - 10-6
2004-05 - 14-2
2005-06 - 0-1
BAYLOR'S ALL-TIME BIG 12 RECORD...
Home - 51-21
Away - 29-44
Baylor's Big 12 record under Mulkey-Robertson:
Home - 32-8
Away - 21-20
THE LAST MEETING...
The two teams split the series last season, Baylor won in Waco (63-60) while the Longhorns triumphed in Austin (69-55).
COMMON OPPONENTS THIS SEASON...
At this point of the season the two teams have only one common opponent, Sam Houston State, and both Texas and Baylor posted convincing victories. The Longhorns defeated the Ladykats 83-33 while the Lady Bears won 82-42.
