Lady Bear Hoops Host Texas Tech
2/17/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 17, 2006
WACO, Texas -
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Game 24:
#12/11 Baylor (18-5, 8-4) vs. Texas Tech (12-11, 7-5)
Feb. 19, 2006 • 2 p.m. (CST)
Ferrell Center (10,284) - Waco, Texas
RADIO
Baylor/ISP Sports Network
KRZI/ESPN 1660 AM - Waco
WBAP 820 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
TELEVISION
FSN
Bill Land - play-by-play
Brenda VanLengen - color analyst
Live FSN Broadcast Regions: Arizona, Bay Area, Chicago, Detroit, Florida, Midwest, New England, New York, Northwest, Ohio, Pittsburgh, Rocky Mountain, Southwest, West
Delay FSN Broadcasts (12 a.m.): North (Minnesota, Wisconsin)
TODAY'S GAME SPONSOR...
Central National Bank is Sunday's game sponsor.
TELEVISION BROADCAST...
Fox Sports Network (FSN) will broadcast the Baylor-Texas Tech game. The game can be seen in 63.5 million homes throughout the United States, airing live in 14 FSN regions (Arizona, Bay Area, Chicago, Detroit, Florida, Midwest, New England, New York, Northwest, Ohio, Pittsburgh, Rocky Mountain, Southwest, West) and on a delayed basis in the North (Minnesota, Wisconsin) region.
Veteran Bill Land will describe the play-by-play while Brenda VanLengen provides color analysis.
BAYLOR VS. TEXAS TECH...
The reigning NCAA champion Baylor Lady Bears, currently ranked No. 12 in the AP listing and No. 11 in the Coaches poll, enter the game versus the Texas Tech Lady Raiders with an 18-5 overall record and an 8-4 Big 12 mark. Baylor currently sits in a tie with Texas A&M and Missouri for second place in the conference. Texas Tech, 12-11 on the season and 7-5 in Big 12 action, is tied for third in the league standings with Kansas State, a game behind the second-place trio. Baylor, winners of 53 of its last 62 games, plays two straight home games (Colorado, Feb. 22) before finishing league play with two road games (Kansas State, Texas). BU's four Big 12 losses have been by a combined total of 12 points, three of which came on the road (Missouri, Texas Tech, Oklahoma).
Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey-Robertson will be going for her 150th career victory when the Lady Bears tangle with the Lady Raiders. After suffering four straight losses to the Lady Bears, Texas Tech won the first game between the two teams this season, 64-62, in Lubbock on Jan. 15.
This game matches up two of the league's best forwards (Sophia Young and LaToya Davis) and point guards (Angela Tisdale and Erin Grant). BU's Young ranks No. 2 in the league in scoring (21.0) and No. 3 in rebounding (9.7) while Tech's Davis is No. 4 in scoring (18.9) and No. 2 in rebounding (11.0). Tisdale ranks No. 17 in the conference in points (13.2) and No. 3 in assists (6.05) while Grant is No. 21 in scoring (12.3) and No. 2 in assists (6.17).
Baylor's 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 9.7 rebounds a game. The Kodak All-American is No. 2 in the Big 12 in scoring (No. 1 in league games only) and ranks No. 3 in rebounding. Sophomore point guard Tisdale ranks second on the squad in scoring at 13.2 an outing. Junior forward Abiola Wabara ranks second among Lady Bears in rebounding at 6.1 a game and averages 9.2 points and senior guard Chameka Scott manages 5-9 boards and 8.9 points an outing.
The Texas Tech Lady Raiders, 12-11 overall and 7-5 in league action, come into the game after suffering a loss at Iowa State (69-65) last Tuesday. Senior forward Davis (6-1) leads the Lady Raiders in scoring and rebounding at 18.9 points and 11.0 rebounds a game. Senior point guard Grant ranks second on the squad in scoring at 12.3 points a game and dishes 6.2 assists a game. Alesha Robertson, a 6-0 junior forward, completes Texas Tech's double-digit scoring with 12.7 a game.
BAYLOR QUICK HITS...
• Baylor's 30-game win streak equaled the 10th longest in NCAA Division I women's basketball history. BU is 53-9 over its last 62 games.
• Baylor's four Big 12 losses have come by a combined total of 12 points (at Missouri-3, at Texas Tech-2, vs. Oklahoma-3, at Oklahoma-4).
• In non-conference games, Baylor maintained a .298 (.48-161) shooting percentage from 3-point range but in Big 12 action it is shooting 38.0 (60-158) percent. In free throws, the squad shot .656 (187-285) in non-conference play but is 167-of-226 (.739) in league action.
• 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 2,228 points, 1,211 rebounds, 281 assists and 291 steals.
• Young needs 106 points and 13 rebounds to become the Big 12's all-time scorer and rebounder.
• Young is now the No. 2 scorer in Baylor history with 2,228 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 (76-82, .927). 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 80-11 (.879) 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 116-12 (.906) under Mulkey-Robertson when scoring 70 or more points, including 74-3 (.961) when putting 80 or more on the scoreboard.
• Since coming to BU, Mulkey-Robertson has posted the highest win total (149) and winning percentage (.776) among Big 12 Conference programs.
• Young has produced double-digit scoring in 120 of 129 career games and 69 consecutive.
• Young has a Big 12 record 55 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). Young posted a 4.0 mark.
• Baylor's 50-point win over Kansas was its largest ever in a Big 12 game and its biggest since a 53-point win over Sam Houston State in 2003-04.
• Sophia Young has produced 20 double-doubles in 39 career games against ranked (AP) teams.
• Baylor hasn't lost back-to-back games in the same season since the 2002-03 campaign (Kansas State, at Oklahoma), a span of 107 games.
• Baylor's 25-point win at No. 21 Texas A&M (84-59) was the Lady Bears' largest margin of victory over a ranked opponent.
• Baylor has shot 36.8 percent from 3-point range in its wins compared to 18.9 percent in its losses. Offensively, the Lady Bears average 78.6 points in wins versus 65.4 points in losses. At the defensive end of the floor, Baylor yields 56.5 percent in its 18 victories compared to 74.0 ppg in its setbacks.
THE COACHES...
Baylor coach Kim Mulkey-Robertson is in her sixth season and owns a 149-43 head coaching record which equates to a .776 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 7-7 versus Texas Tech, 3-2 in Waco.
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 - 18-5 (Highest preseason ranking in school history No. 6 AP)
Mulkey-Robertson is the second winningest coach in school history and needs 20 wins to surpass No. 1 Pam Bowers, who achieved theat record in 15 years (1980-1994).
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.
Texas Tech head coach Marsha Sharp is 569-186 in her 24th year at the helm of the Lady Raiders. She has led the Lady Raiders to 18 NCAA Tournament appearances, including 16 consecutive, and 11 NCAA Sweet 16 and four Elite Eight appearances and the 1993 NCAA national championship. Sharp led the Lady Raiders to three-straight Big 12 Conference regular-season titles (1998-2000) and two tournament crowns (1998, 1999). A 1974 graduate of Wayland Baptist University, Sharp was named the National Coach of the Year in 1993 and 1994.
THE SERIES...
Baylor and Texas Tech will meet for the 62nd time when the two teams square off on Sunday afternoon. Texas Tech leads the series 46-15, however, BU has triumphed in four of the last five meetings and seven of the last 11 contests.
Fox Sports Network seems to like the BU-TT matchup, as it has televised seven of the last eight (including today's game) between the two squads and eight of the last 11 games.
