Baylor Game Notes 
GAME CENTER: GAME 3
MEDIA INFORMATION
Date: Sun., Nov. 22, 2009
Tip-Off: 4 p.m. CST
Location: Berkeley, Calif.
Arena: Haas Pavilion (11,877)
Television: FOX Sports Net
Talent: Jimmy Watson (pxp), Mary Murphy (color)
Radio: KLRK 92.9 FM (Waco)
Talent: Rick May (pxp), Lori Fogleman (color)
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STORY LINES
• Baylor meets its second ranked opponent in three games when it takes on the No. 17/11 California Golden Bears on Sunday. The Lady Bears dropped a 74-65 decision at No. 8/9 Tennessee in the season opener.
• This contest marks the second of a program-record 10 regular-season national television appearances and the first of four FSN family of network telecasts for the Lady Bears.
• Baylor is 2-1 versus the California Golden Bears. This contest was originally scheduled for last season but Baylor was unable to make it to Berkeley due to heavy snow in Portland, Ore. Baylor had played at Oregon and got snowed/iced in.
• Four Lady Bears are averaging double-digit scoring. Junior guard Melissa Jones leads the team with 15.0 points a game while freshman guard Jordan Madden averages 13.5, freshman post Brittney Griner tallies 12.5 and the team's lone senior, Morghan Medlock, is averaging a double-double with 11.5 points and 11.5 rebounds.
• Only two Baylor players, juniors Melissa Jones and Kelli Griffin, have two or more years in the Lady Bear system. Morghan Medlock, a senior, transferred last season from Southern California and junior Whitney Zachariason has half a season in the system after transferring from Arkansas. All the rest of the squad are freshmen and sophomores.
• BU freshman post Brittney Griner seeks to become just the seventh female to dunk in a regular-season NCAA contest. She is also a defensive threat as a shot blocker with her 88" wing span.
• In 10 seasons under head coach Kim Mulkey, Baylor is 238-67 (.780), which ranks her No. 4 nationally in winning percentage. In addition, the Lady Bear program ranks No. 6 among the NCAA Division I's winningest teams over that span.
• The two squads combine for 11 freshmen, Baylor has five rookies while the Cal Bears' roster lists six active freshmen.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
The California Golden Bears enter the contest hosting their third straight home game when they take on the Lady Bears. The Golden Bears have posted victories over Idaho State (100-43) and Saint Mary's, 68-65. Against Saint Mary's, freshman Layshia Clarendon hit a go-ahead jumper with 48 seconds left and a free throw with seven seconds remaining to earn the Cal victory.
Head coach Joanne Boyle is in her fifth season along the Cal sideline and sports a 97-35 record. She is in her eighth season as a head coach with a career record of 164-64.
A glance at the Cal roster reveals six freshmen, one junior and four seniors while its starting lineup features three seniors and two freshmen.
Senior guard Natasha Vital leads the Golden Bears in scoring with 16.5 a contest while freshman center DeNesha Stallworth follows at 13.5 and senior Alexis Gray-Lawson manages 12.5 a contest. Three Bears average 8.5 or more rebounds a game, freshmen center Talia Caldwell and forward Gennifer Brandon share the team lead at 8.5 a contest each, while Stallworth manages 8.0 an outing.
NO. 1 RECRUITING CLASS
Baylor's incoming 2009 recruiting class was ranked as the nation's consensus No. 1 class according to USA Today. The publication compiled the rankings of the top recruiting services, Collegiate Girls Basketball Report (BU #1), ESPNU's HoopGurlz (BU #1) and Blue Star Basketball (BU #2) to determine the nation's best recruiting class.
Led by the nation's top prep player, 6-8 post Brittney Griner, the Lady Bears also inked 6-2 forward Mariah Chandler, 5-11 guard Kimetria "Nae-Nae" Hayden, 6-0 guard Jordan Madden and 6-1 guard Shanay Washington.
The Women's Basketball Coaches Association named Griner the 2009 State Farm/WBCA High School Player of the Year after averaging 27 points, 13 rebounds and 11 blocks a game. Also, Griner was named a 2009 McDonald's All-American. In addition, Chandler and Griner were two of 20 prep players selected to play in the WBCA High School All-America Game.
FRESHMEN PRODUCING
Against Tennessee Tech, Baylor's freshman class produced encouraging results. Brittney Griner narrowly missed a triple-double with 10 points, 11 rebounds and eight blocks, while guards Jordan Madden, Shanay Washington and Kimetria "Nae-Nae" Hayden had 21, 10 and seven points, respectively. As a group, including 6-2 forward Mariah Chandler, the freshmen combined for 50 points, 24 rebounds, nine blocks, nine assists and eight steals.
MCDONALD'S ALL-AMERICANS
Baylor's 2009-10 roster features three McDonald's All-Americans while one more (Brooklyn Pope, 2008), will sit out this season to satisfy NCAA transfer requirements.
Senior Morghan Medlock was a 2006 selection and freshmen Brittney Griner and Mariah Chandler were honored in 2009.
NEARING 250 VICTORIES
Head coach Kim Mulkey entered the 2009-10 season with 237 wins to her credit at the helm of the Lady Bear basketball program. Mulkey is the winningest coach in school history.
With 238 victories on her resume, Mulkey is 12 wins shy of reaching 250 victories as Baylor's head coach. She was the sixth-fastest NCAA Division I coach to reach 200 victories.
