Baylor Game Notes 
GAME CENTER: GAME 3
MEDIA INFORMATION
Date: Tue., Nov. 24, 2009
Tip-Off: 7 p.m. CST
Location: Waco, Texas
Arena: Ferrell Center (10,284)
Television: None
Radio: KLRK 92.9 FM (Waco)
Talent: Rick May (pxp), Lori Fogleman (color)
Live Stats:
Audio Web Stream:
STORY LINES
• Baylor will play four games in the next six days as it hosts Jacksonville State on Tuesday and the World Vision Classic on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
• Three Lady Bears are averaging double-digit scoring. Junior guard Melissa Jones leads the team with 15.0 points a game while freshman post Brittney Griner tallies 13.3 and freshman Shanay Washington is averaging 10.3 points.
• 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 239-67 (.781), 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.
• Shanay Washington was named Big 12 Freshman of the Week for her performances from Nov. 16-22.
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
Three of the team's five freshmen are averaging 9.7 or more points a game. Brittney Griner leads the rookies with 13.3 a contest, Shanay Washington averages 10.3 and Jordan Madden scores 9.7 an outing.
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-AMERICAN
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 239 victories on her resume, Mulkey is 11 wins shy of reaching 250 victories as Baylor's head coach. She was the sixth-fastest NCAA Division I coach to reach 200 victories.
UP NEXT
After hosting Jacksonville State, Baylor will be home for the Thanksgiving holidays when it hosts the World Vision Classic. Idaho, Lamar and Louisiana-Lafayette join the Lady Bears in the Ferrell Center on Nov. 27, 28, 29.
