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Game 32 - NCAA Tournament - Second Round
#10/10 Baylor (25-6) vs. #24/24 New Mexico (22-9)
March 20, 2006 • 6:17 p.m. (CST)
McKale Memorial Arena (14,545 ) - Tucson, Ariz.
RADIO
Baylor/ISP Sports Network
KRZI/ESPN 1660 AM
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 - ESPN2
Ron Franklin - play-by-play
Fran Franschilla - color analyst
Alex Flanagan - sideline
ALBUQUERQUE REGIONAL, TUCSON MATCHUP...
Saturday, March 18
First Round
No. 3 seed Baylor def. No. 14 seed Northern Arizona, 74-56
No. 11 seed New Mexico def. No. 6 seed Florida, 83-59
Monday, March 20
Second Round
6 p.m. (CST) - Baylor vs. New Mexico
All games will be shown on ESPN2
BAYLOR VS. NEW MEXICO...
The reigning NCAA champion Baylor Lady Bears, currently ranked No. 10 in both the AP listing and the coaches poll, enter the second round of the NCAA Tournament with a 25-6 overall record and winners of 60 of their last 70 games. The Lady Bears are playing in their third straight NCAA Tournament and fifth in the past six seasons. All NCAA appearances have come since head coach Kim Mulkey-Robertson assumed the program's helm. The contest versus 24th-ranked New Mexico is BU's ninth against a ranked opponent this season, the Lady Bears are 4-4 when matched against rated opponents and have won 14 of their last 18 versus ranked teams.
The New Mexico Lobos, an 11 seed, advanced to the NCAA Tournament's second round with a resounding 83-59 victory oversixth-seeded Florida on Saturday night. The Lobos come into the contest with a 22-9 record.
Baylor's Sophia Young, national player of the year candidate and Big 12 Player of the Year, leads Baylor in both scoring and rebounding at 22.2 points and 9.9 rebounds a game. The Kodak All-American is No. 1 in the Big 12 in scoring and No. 3 in rebounding. Sophomore point guard Angela Tisdale ranks second on the squad in scoring at 12.0 an outing. Senior guard Chameka Scott ranks third on the team in scoring (8.8) and No. 2 in rebounding at 6.3 a game while Abiola Wabara, a junior post, manages 8.7 points and 5.8 boards.
New Mexico is led by 6-1 sophomore forward Dionnne Marsh's (Flower Mound, Texas) 15.6 points a game. Also joining Marsh in double-digit scoring are junior guard (5-10) Katie Montgomery at 11.1 and 6-1 senior guard Abbie Letz with 10.2 a game. Letz also leads the squad in rebounding at 7.6 a contest.
BAYLOR IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT...
Baylor is competing in its third straight and fifth all-time NCAA Tournament, as all five appearances have come since head coach Kim Mulkey-Robertson assumed the program's helm. BU is 10-3 in NCAA Tournament games including 4-1 in first round games, 2-1 in second round games, 1-1 in the Sweet 16, 1-0 in the Elite Eight, 1-0 in the semifinals and 1-0 in championship games.
BU ONE OF NINE SCHOOLS IN NCAA TOURNAMENT WITH PERFECT GRAD RATE...
Nine women's schools in the NCAA Tournament graduated 100 percent of their athletes over the period studied: Baylor, Duke, Florida, Notre Dame, Purdue, Sacred Heart, Temple, Tennessee and Vanderbilt.
BAYLOR VERSUS POSTSEASON TEAMS...
Baylor went 14-5 versus teams participating in the 2006 postseason including an 8-5 mark against this year's NCAA field and 6-0 when matched up against 2006 WNIT entrants.
- Five of Baylor's six losses this season were to teams that earned NCAA invitations (Oklahoma three times, LSU and Missouri).
- BU versus the NCAA field ... 3-0 vs. Texas A&M, 1-0 vs. UCLA, 1-0 vs. Army, 1-0 vs. Cal, 1-0 vs. Georgia, 1-0 vs. Washington; 0-1 vs. LSU; 0-1 vs. Missouri, 0-3 vs. Oklahoma.
-BU against WNIT field ... 2-0 vs. Kansas State, 1-0 vs. Nebraska, 1-0 vs. Kansas, 1-0 vs. Iowa State and 1-0 vs. Indiana.
Sophia Young CLAIMS BIG 12 CAREER MARKS...
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 1,294 career boards. Young became the Big 12's all-time scoring leader against quarterfinal opponent Kansas State, passing Kansas State's Kendra Wecker's (2002-05) all-time total of 2,333, Young now sits at 2,433 points. She recently broke the league's career double-double mark of 54 and now sits atop the chart with 60. In addition, Young ranks No. 2 in games played (137), No. 4 all-time in steals (311) and tied for No. 9 in blocked shots (129).
BAYLOR QUICK HITS...
• Sophia Young has averaged 27.2 points and 11.7 rebounds in last six games, while scoring 20 or more points in seven of the last eight games.
• Young has tallied 689 points on season, 28 more than she recorded in 36 games a year ago and the sixth-best single-season effort in school history and best total of NCAA era.
• In 10 career NCAA Tournament games, Sophia Young averages 22.1 points 8.6 rebounds, 2.9 steals and 2.8 assists a contest.
• In NCAA Division I statistics, Sophia Young ranks No. 2 in scoring (22.2), No. 23 in field goal percentage (.555) and No. 26 in rebounds (10.0) while Angela Tisdale is No. 14 in assists (5.9).
• Baylor's four regular season Big 12 losses were by a combined total of 12 points (at Missouri-3, at Texas Tech-2, vs. Oklahoma-3, at Oklahoma-4).
• Angela Tisdale has shot 91.1 percent (41-of-45) at the free throw line in last eight games with 14 consecutive makes entering the New Mexico game.
• In regular season non-conference games this season, Baylor maintains a .279 (56-201) shooting percentage from 3-point range but in Big 12 regular season action it shot 37.3 percent (76-204). At the free throw line, the squad shoots .670 (236-352) in non-conference play but was 251-of-335 (.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 2,433 points, 1,294 rebounds, 298 assists and 311 steals.
• Young now owns the Big 12 career scoring (2,433), rebounding (1,294) and double-double (60) records.
• Young is now the No. 2 scorer in Baylor history with 2,433 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 (79-85, .929). Prior to missing her first free throw of the season at Texas Tech, she had drained 23 consecutive free throws.
• BU players hold down three of the top five spots in steals among league players. Sophia Young is No. 2 (2.23), Angela Tisdale ranks fourth (1.85) and Chameka Scott checks in at No. 5 (1.83).
• Baylor is 122-12 (.910) 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 (156) and winning percentage (.780) among Big 12 Conference programs.
• Young has produced double-digit scoring in 128 of 137 career games and 77 consecutive. The 128-game mark places her tied for first atop the NCAA double-digit scoring chart with LSU's Seimone Augustus.
• Young has a Big 12 record 60 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) to earn a place on the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll. Young posted a 4.0 mark.
• Sophia Young has produced 21 double-doubles in 41 career games against ranked (AP) teams.
• Baylor has shot 35.1 percent (119-339) from 3-point range in its wins compared to 18.4 percent (14-76) in its losses. Offensively, the Lady Bears average 77.2 points in wins versus 64.7 points in losses. At the defensive end of the floor, Baylor yields 57.3 percent in its 25 victories compared to 73.7 ppg in its setbacks.
• Baylor is 19-2 on the season and 44-5 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 26-1 over the past two years when four or more players reach double figures, including 13-1 this season.
THE COACHES...
Baylor coach Kim Mulkey-Robertson is in her sixth season and owns a 156-44 head coaching record which equates to a .780 winning percentage. She has produced 20-win seasons in each of her six years as a head coach averaging 26 wins per year, and has taken the Lady Bears to postseason competition every year, five 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 10-3 in NCAA Tournament games, 4-1 in first round games, 2-1 in second round games, 1-1 in the Sweet 16, 1-0 in the Elite Eight, 1-0 in the semifinals and 1-0 in championship games.
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 - 25-6 (Sixth straight 20-win season, third consecutive NCAA trip)
Mulkey-Robertson is the second winningest coach in school history and needs 13 victories 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.
New Mexico head coach Don Flanagan is in his 11th season as the Lobos' head coach. He has posted a 239-103 record while on the New Mexico campus, his entire collegiate head coaching career has come at New Mexico.
THE SERIES...
Baylor and New Mexico will meet for the third time when the two teams square off on Monday evening, the first matchup on a neutral court. Baylor leads the series 2-1 after posting an 81-56 victory over the Lobos in Albuquerque on Dec. 9, 1993 and 103-54 in Waco on Jan. 4, 1995. The Lobos' lone victory came on Nov. 24, 1978 in Albuquerque, 80-61.
COMMON OPPONENTS...
Baylor and New Mexico have played four common opponents (California, Texas, Oklahoma State, Oklahoma) this season. Baylor is 4-3 against the teams while New Mexico is 3-2.
California (BU, 75-58; New Mexico won 55-46 in Albuquerque)
Texas (BU, 61-48, 72-64; New Mexico won 76-68 in Albuquerque)
Oklahoma State (BU,57-26, 81-54; New Mexico won 56-52 in Austin)
Oklahoma (BU lost: 73-70, 81-77 OT, 72-61); New Mexico lost 74-63, 83-70 (both in Albuquerque)
