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Game 20:
#10/10 Baylor (15-4, 5-3) vs. Oklahoma State (6-14, 0-9)
Feb. 4, 2006 • 7 p.m. (CST)
Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611) - Stillwater, Okla.
RADIO
Baylor/ISP Sports Network
KLRK -92.9 FM (change from normal)
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. OKLAHOMA 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 Oklahoma State Cowgirls with a 15-4 record and a 5-3 Big 12 mark overall. Oklahoma State is 6-14 on the season and 0-9 in Big 12 action. Baylor, winners of 50 of its last 58 games, begins the second half of Big 12 action with its contest at OSU's Gallagher-Iba Arena. BU's three Big 12 losses have been by a combined total of eight points, two of which came on the road (Missouri & Texas Tech).
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 20.4 points and 9.8 rebounds a game. The Kodak All-American is No. 2 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 13.7 an outing. Junior forward Abiola Wabara ranks second among Lady Bears in rebounding at 6.3 a game and averages 9.2 points.
Oklahoma State junior center Whitney Pegram, a 6-4 transfer from Seward (Kan.) County CC, leads the Cowgirls in scoring at 15.4 points a game while freshman forward Shaunte' Smith completes OSU's double-digit scorers at 11.2 a contest. Destanie Sykes, a 6-0 junior forward, leads the Cowgirls in rebounding with 7.2 a contest while Smith checks in at 6.6 and Pegram manages 5.1.
BAYLOR QUICK HITS...
• Baylor's 30-game win streak equaled the 10th longest in NCAA Division I women's basketball history. BU is 50-8 over its last 58 games.
• All three of Baylor's Big 12 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 2,131 points, 1,173 rebounds, 272 assists and 281 steals.
• Young needs 203 points and 51 rebounds to become the Big 12's all-time scorer and rebounder.
• Young is now the No. 2 scorer in Baylor history with 2,131 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 79-11 (.878) 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 113-11 (.911) under Mulkey-Robertson when scoring 70 or more points, including 71-3 (.960) when putting 80 or more on the scoreboard.
• Since coming to BU, Mulkey-Robertson has posted the highest win total (146) and winning percentage (.777) among Big 12 Conference programs. • Young has produced double-digit scoring in 116 of 125 career games and 65 consecutive.
• Young has 53 career double-doubles to her credit, one shy of the Big 12 record.
• 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 19 double-doubles in 37 career games against ranked (AP) teams.
BAYLOR IN THE POLLS...
Baylor finished last season ranked No. 1 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll and No. 5 in the Associated Press (AP) poll. The Lady Bears, defending NCAA champions, are currently ranked No. 10 in the most recent coaches poll after debuting at No 7 in the preseason poll. The AP poll's Jan. 30 ranking lists Baylor at No. 10 dropping one spot after two victories. Baylor has now been ranked in a school-record 42 straight AP polls dating back to week nine of the 2003-04 listing when it broke in at No. 24. The Lady Bears have not been ranked lower than No. 10 in the AP poll since Nov. 30, 2004, a stretch of 29 consecutive polls.
BAYLOR IN THE NCAA RPI...
The Baylor Lady Bears rank No. 10 nationally in the most recent NCAA Women's Basketball RPI. After playing at LSU on Monday (Jan. 30), the Lady Bears moved up from No. 14 to No. 10. The rankings will be posted each Wednesday at noon (Eastern) on www.ncaasports.com.
Big 12 Conference RPI rankings:
6. Oklahoma
10. Baylor
11. Texas
39. Kansas State
45. Texas A&M
53. Texas Tech
59. Missouri
76. Iowa State
79. Kansas
86. Nebraska
177. Oklahoma State
185. Colorado
THE COACHES...
Baylor coach Kim Mulkey-Robertson is in her sixth season and owns a 146-42 head coaching record which equates to a .777 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 8-2 versus OSU, 3-2 in games played in Gallagher-Iba Arena.
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 - 15-4
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.
Kurt Budke was named the Oklahoma State Cowgirls' head coach on March 28, 2005, after successful stints at Allen County (Texas) CC and Trinity Valley (Texas) Community College. At TVCC he led the Lady Cardinal to four national titles. Budke made a move to the Division I level and a two-year stint as associate head coach at Louisiana Tech followed. Budke took over the Tech program prior to the 2002-03 season and led the Lady Techsters to a 31-3 record. In three seasons at Tech, he compiled a record of 80-16 while making NCAA Tournament appearances each season. Coach Budke's four-year NCAA Division I career record now stands at 86-30.
THE SERIES RECORDS...
Baylor and Oklahoma State will meet for the 23rd time when the two teams square off on Saturday evening. Baylor leads the series 15-7 and has triumphed in six straight meetings. BU has won 10 of the last 12 and eight of the last nine contests versus OSU. OSU holds a 6-3 series lead in games played in Stillwater. All three of Baylor's wins in Gallagher-Iba Arena have come under Mulkey-Robertson's reign. The Lady Bears posted a 62-61 win on Feb. 24, 2002 on Danielle Crockrom's last-second shot, defated OSU on March 3, 2004 (70-60) and were victorious last season when Steffanie Blackmon was fouled under the basket with 0.9 seconds remaining and made both shots from the foul line as Baylor won, 67-65.
EARLIER THIS SEASON...
Jessica Morrow scored 11 points and Sophia Young added 10 to lead Baylor to a 57-26 win over Oklahoma State.
The Lady Bears put together an 11-2 run to open the second half, extending their lead over the Cowgirls to 36-16 with 14 minutes left. Baylor stretched its lead to 30 points, 53-23, on Chameka Scott's 3-pointer with 6:04 remaining.
The Lady Bears held Oklahoma State to its lowest offensive output of the season, allowing only 12 second-half points. The Lady Bears held Oklahoma State to 26 points, fewest ever in any Big 12 Conference game.
The Cowgirls scored the first 10 points of the game, holding Baylor scoreless for more than six minutes. Shaunte Smith finished off the run with a jumper. But Morrow scored five points as Baylor responded with a 16-0 run over the next eight minutes.
The Lady Bears held Oklahoma State to four points the rest of the way to lead 25-14 at halftime.
