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Game 26:
#10/10 Baylor (20-5, 10-4) vs. Kansas State (17-8, 7-7)
Feb. 25, 2006 • 2 p.m. (CST)
Bramlage Coliseum (13,340) - Manhattan, Kan.
BAYLOR VS. KANSAS STATE...
The reigning NCAA champion Baylor Lady Bears, currently ranked No. 10 in both the AP listing and the coaches poll, enter the game versus the Kansas State Wildcats with a 20-5 overall record and a 10-4 Big 12 mark. Baylor currently sits in a tie with Missouri for second place in the conference. Kansas State, 17-8 on the season and 7-7 in Big 12 action, is tied for sixth in the league standings with Texas and Nebraska. Baylor, winners of 55 of its last 64 games, will finish league play with two road games, traveling to Kansas State and Texas (March 1). 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'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 9.5 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 Angela Tisdale ranks second on the squad in scoring at 12.7 an outing. Junior forward Abiola Wabara and senior guard Chameka Scott each rank second among Lady Bears in rebounding at 5.9 a game and both are third in scoring at 8.8 points an outing.
The Kansas State Wildcats come into the game after suffering a home loss to No. 9 Oklahoma (78-64) last Tuesday. Junior guard Claire Coggins (5-11) leads the Wildcats in scoring at 12.6 points a game while Twiggy McIntyre, a 5-5 junior guard, is the team's second-leading scorer at 10.7 a contest. Freshman guard (5-9) Shalee Lehning leads the squad in rebounding at 6.2 an outing while another freshman, Marlies Gipson (6-0), hauls down 6.1 a game.
Sophia Young CLAIMS BIG 12 CAREER MARKS, CLOSING IN ON ANOTHER...
Sophia Young needed just two rebounds to claim the Big 12's all-time rebounding record and she got them against Colorado to pass former Texas standout Stacy Stephens for the top spot, Young now has 1,224 career boards. Now, she needs 64 points to become the Big 12's all-time scoring leader. Young needs 64 points to pass Kansas State's Kendra Wecker's (2002-05) all-time total of 2,333. She recently broke the league's career double-double mark of 54 and now sits atop the chart with 56. In addition, Young ranks No. 4 all-time in steals (298) and No. 9 in blocked shots (127).
CHALKED UP ANOTHER 20-WIN SEASON...
After posting 20-win seasons in each of her first five seasons, Kim Mulkey-Robertson and the Lady Bears, made it six straight as they pushed their season record to 20-5 with an 86-40 triumph over Colorado. Prior to Mulkey-Robertson's arrival, the program had posted six 20-plus win seasons in 26 years and five of those were during pre-NCAA competition when there were no game limits. Since the NCAA began sponsoring women's basketball in the 1981-82 season Baylor had posted only one 20-win season (1997-98, 20-11) prior to Mulkey-Robertson assuming the reins of the Lady Bear program.
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 38.2 percent (68-178). At the free throw line, the squad shot .656 (187-285) in non-conference play but is 200-of-267 (.749) 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 2,270 points, 1,224 rebounds, 287 assists and 298 steals.
• Young needs 64 points to become the Big 12's all-time scorer.
• Young now owns the Big 12 career rebounding (1,224) and double-double (56) records.
• Young is now the No. 2 scorer in Baylor history with 2,270 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 (77-83, .928). 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 82-11 (.882) 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 118-12 (.908) under Mulkey-Robertson when scoring 70 or more points, including 75-3 (.962) when putting 80 or more on the scoreboard.
• Since coming to BU, Mulkey-Robertson has posted the highest win total (151) and winning percentage (.778) among Big 12 Conference programs.
• Young has produced double-digit scoring in 122 of 131 career games and 71 consecutive.
• Young has a Big 12 record 56 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 109 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 37.1 percent from 3-point range in its wins compared to 18.9 percent in its losses. Offensively, the Lady Bears average 78.7 points in wins versus 65.4 points in losses. At the defensive end of the floor, Baylor yields 55.8 percent in its 20 victories compared to 74.0 ppg in its setbacks.
• In the last eight games Baylor is 130-of-164 (.793) from the free throw line, including a school record 20-of-20 versus Texas Tech, the second-best effort by a Big 12 team.
• Over the past five games, BU is shooting .482 (150-311) from the floor, .778 (91-117) from the charity stripe and averaging 15.0 steals.
• Freshmen Rachel Allison and Jessica Morrow were a combined 14-of-18 (.777) from the floor against Texas Tech, as both registered career-highs in scoring with 16 for Allison and 15 for Morrow.
• Baylor is 15-1 on the season and 40-4 over the past two years when at least three Lady Bears record double-digit scoring efforts. The Lady Bears, who placed a season-high six players in double figures en route to victories over Kansas and Nebraska earlier this season, are 23-1 over the past two years when four or more players reach double figures, including 10-1 this season.
THE COACHES...
Baylor coach Kim Mulkey-Robertson is in her sixth season and owns a 151-43 head coaching record which equates to a .778 winning percentage. She has produced 20-win seasons in each of her six 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 4-4 versus Kansas State, 0-2 in Manhattan.
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 - 20-5 (Sixth straight 20-win season)
Mulkey-Robertson is the second winningest coach in school history and needs 18 wins to surpass No. 1 Pam Bowers, who achieved that 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.
Kansas State head coach Deb Patterson, in her first and only head coaching position, is in her 10th season as the Wildcats' head coach and sports a 192-111 mark career record. Patterson is 7-6 versus Baylor, 4-0 in Manhattan.
THE SERIES...
Baylor and Kansas State will meet for the 15th time when the two teams square off on Saturday afternoon in Manhattan. Kansas State leads the series 8-6. Baylor won both meetings between the two teams last season, a 72-62 triumph in Waco, and a 68-55 win in Kansas City, Mo., which clinched the program's first-ever Big 12 Tournament title. Baylor is winless (0-4) in KSU's Bramlage Coliseum; the only Big 12 venue where the Lady Bears have not posted a victory.
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 90-68 in regular season Big 12 games. However, in Kim Mulkey-Robertson's six seasons, Baylor is 63-31 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.
BAYLOR'S BIG 12 RECORD BY YEAR...
2000-01 - 9-7
2001-02 - 12-4
2002-03 - 8-8
2003-04 - 10-6
2004-05 - 14-2
2005-06 - 10-4
BAYLOR'S ALL-TIME BIG 12 RECORD...
Home - 58-22
Away - 32-46
Baylor's Big 12 record under Mulkey-Robertson:
Home - 39-9
Away - 24-22
BETTER IN BIG 12 GAMES...
The Lady Bears have improved their three-point and free throw shooting since beginning Big 12 play. In non-conference games, Baylor maintained a .298 (.48-161) shooting percentage from 3-point range but in Big 12 action it is shooting 38.2 percent (68-178) from behind the arc. In free throws, the squad shot .656 (187-285) in non-conference play but is 200-of-267 (.749) in league action. In fact in BU's last eight games, including the LSU contest, Baylor is 130-of-164 from the charity stripe for a sizzling 79.3 percent.
BY THE NARROWEST OF MARGINS...
All four of Baylor's Big 12 losses this season have come by a combined total of 12 points. It dropped a three-point decision at Missouri (64-61), lost by two (64-62) at Texas Tech, lost to Oklahoma by three, 73-70, in Waco and by four (81-77 in OT) in Norman.
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.
- When Baylor held Texas A&M to 49 points in Waco, it matched the Aggies' low in the series. BU also held the Aggies to 49 points in 2002-03.
-BU held Texas to 48 points, fewest Baylor has ever allowed the Lady Longhorns in the 68-game series.
-During a two-game stretch (Texas A&M & Oklahoma) Baylor blocked 18 shots including seven by Abiola Wabara and six by Sophia Young.
-Baylor is 12-0 on season when holding its foe to 59 or fewer points and has won 88 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 82-0 all-told when holding their opponent to 59 or fewer points.
-BU ranks No. 1 in Big 12 in scoring margin and No. 2 in field goal percentage defense, 3-point field goal percentage defense and scoring defense.
-Over the last four seasons BU has held the opponent to under .500 from the field in 127 of 130 games. In fact, in Coach Mulkey-Robertson's 194-game tenure, Baylor has allowed a team to shoot .500 from the field in just nine games. LSU shot 51.7 (30-58) percent against Baylor in the 2004-05 season opener, since then, Baylor held opponents to under .500 shooting in 53 straight games before the Lady Tigers shot .500 (34-68) on Jan. 30. Texas Tech became the second team this season to shoot above .500 with a 52.2 percent mark on Feb. 19.
BAYLOR, YOUNG, TISDALE AMONG NCAA LEADERS...
According to the most recent NCAA statistics (through games of Feb. 20) Baylor ranks among the nation's top 25 teams in seven areas including scoring margin (No. 9), blocks (No. 11), scoring offense (No. 13), steals (No. 22), turnovers (No. 23), won-lost pct. (No. 23), assists (No. 24) and field goal pct. (No. 24).
Sophia Young ranks No. 8 in scoring, No. 18 in field goal percentage and No. 30 in rebounding while Angela Tisdale is No. 11 in assists.
YOUNG MOVING UP BIG 12 CHARTS...
Sophia Young is steadily moving up the Big 12 Conference's career charts.
Double-Doubles - 56
No. 1 - 56 - Sophia Young (Baylor, 2002-06)
Rebounding - 1,224
No. 1 - 1,224 - Sophia Young (Baylor, 2002-06)
Scoring - 2,270, currently ranks No. 3 (needs 64 to claim sole possession of No. 1)
No. 1 - 2,333 - Kendra Wecker (Kansas State, 2002-05)
Steals - 298, currently ranks No. 4
No. 3 - 402 - LaNeishea Caufield (Oklahoma, 1999-02)
Blocks - 127, currently ranks No. 9
No. 8 - 129 - Tracy Cook (Texas, 1999-02)
