Baylor Hosts WBCA Pink Zone Game
2/13/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 13, 2009
#7/6 Baylor (20-3, 8-2) vs. Missouri (11-11, 2-7)
Saturday, Feb. 14 - 12:30 p.m. (CT)
Ferrell Center (10,284) Waco, Texas
BAYLOR HOSTS MISSOURI IN WBCA PINK ZONE GAME
No. 7/6 Baylor, 20-3 overall, 8-2 in the Big 12 and alone in second place in the league standings, will host Missouri on Saturday, Feb. 14, 12:30 p.m. (CT) in Baylor's annual WBCA Pink Zone game which raises awareness for breast cancer.
Junior post Danielle Wilson leads the team in both scoring and rebounding at 15.0 points and 9.4 boards a game while senior guard Jessica Morrow ranks second on the team in scoring at 11.3 a contest. Senior forward/post Rachel Allison completes Baylor's double-digit scoring trio at 10.0 a contest while Player isn't far behind at 9.9 a game.
The Missouri Tigers, 11-11 on the season and 2-7 in conference action, enter the game well rested, coming off a Feb. 7 home victory over Kansas, 74-60. The victory snapped the Tigers' five-game losing streak. Missouri's other league triumph came over Nebraska. The Tigers are 0-4 on the league road games.
All fans are encouraged to wear pink and help bring an awareness to the fight against breast cancer.
In addition to the fans wearing pink, the Lady Bears will be wearing pink uniforms to support the cause.
- $5 admission with a ticket to the BU-Texas A&M men's game or a BU-OU men's stub (ticket office opens at 9:30 a.m. on Feb. 14).
- Pink "Rally Towels" to the first 1,000 fans
- 5,500 pink beads to fans
- Zeta Tau Alpha volunteers providing pink ribbons to fans in the concourse
- Pink Lady Bears t-shirts will be thrown to the fans during the game
The WBCA Pink ZoneTM initiative, in its third season, is a global, unified effort for the Women's Basketball Coaches Association's (WBCA) nation of coaches to assist in raising breast cancer awareness on the court, across campuses, in communities and beyond.
OVER THE AIRWAVES
TV: None
Webcast: BaylorBears.com
Live audio (free) and video (pay)
Live in-game blog (free)
Radio: ISP Sports Network
1660 AM-KRZI/ESPN
www.baylorbears.com
Radio Talent:
Rick May (Play-by-play)
Lori Fogleman (Color analyst)
BAYLOR LEGEND
On Saturday, Baylor Athletics' "B" Association will honor former women's basketball player Babette Metcalf Eikenberg as a Baylor Legend. Eikenberg is a member of Baylor's 1,000 Point Club, ranking No. 16 on the list with 1,314 points from 1975-78. In 2005 she was inducted into the Baylor Athletic Hall of Fame.
LADY BEAR LEADERS
With 23 games under its belt, Baylor continues to rank among the Big 12 Conference in rebounding and is No. 2 nationally in rebounding margin (+11.5). Four players haul down 5.3 or more rebounds a contest, junior post Danielle Wilson leads the way with 9.4, senior post Rachel Allison follows with 6.2, while sophomore guard Melissa Jones manages 5.8 a contest and senior guard Jhasmin Player hauls in 5.3 an outing. The Lady Bears average 44.9 rebounds a contest while limiting their opponents to just 33.8.
Wilson leads the team in both scoring and rebounding at 15.0 points and 9.4 boards a game while senior guard Jessica Morrow ranks second on the team in scoring at 11.3 a contest. Allison completes Baylor's double-digit scoring trio at 10.0 a contest while Player isn't far behind at 9.9 a game.
BAYLOR LADY BEARS
IN THE POLLS
7 - Associated Press
6 - USA Today/ESPN Coaches
PROBABLE STARTERS (based on previous game)
21 Kelli Griffin-So., G, 5-8 - 6.6 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 3.6 apg
15 Jhasmin Player-Sr., G, 5-10 - 9.2 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 2.7 apg
3 Jessica Morrow-Sr., G, 6-0 - 12.1 ppg, 3.5 rpg
14 Rachel Allison-Sr., F, 6-1 - 7.3 ppg, 5.4 rpg
11 Danielle Wilson-Jr., P, 6-3 -16.6 ppg, 10.2 rpg, 3.5 bpg
TOP RESERVES
5 Melissa Jones-So., G, 5-10 - 6.8 ppg, 5.2 rpg
55 Morghan Medlock-Jr., F, 6-2 - 6.1 ppg, 3.6 rpg
24 Ashley Field-Fr., P, 6-2 - 3.4 ppg, 1.9 rpg
SCOUTING THE TIGERS
The Missouri Tigers, 11-11 on the season and 2-7 in conference action, enter the game well rested, coming off a Feb. 7 home victory over Kansas, 74-60. The victory snapped the Tigers' five-game losing streak. Missouri's other league triumph came over Nebraska. The Tigers are 0-4 on the road in league games.
Missouri head coach Cindy Stein is in her 11th season as the Tigers' head coach and 14th year as a head coach overall. Stein is 171-153 in her 11 seasons at Missouri and 236-178 in 14 campaigns all-told along the sidelines.
Missouri is led in scoring by 5-11 senior guard Alyssa Hollins' 13.3 points an outing. Off the bench, junior Jessra Johnson, a 6-1 forward, is the team's second-leading scorer and top rebounder with 12.5 points and 6.4 rebounds a contest. Shakara Jones, a 6-2 sophomore forward, completes the Tigers' double-digit scoring with 10.7 a contest.
MISSOURI'S PROBABLE STARTERS (based on previous game)
1 Bekah Mills - Fr., G, 5-9 - 6.5 ppg, 3.3 rpg
12 Alyssa Hollins - Sr., G, 5-11 - 13.38 ppg, 3.5 rpg
23 RaeShara Brown - So., G, 5-8 - 6.0 ppg, 6.2 rpg
32 Marissa Scott - Jr., F, 6-2 - 2.6 ppg, 1.9 rpg
44 Shakara Jones - So., F, 6-2 - 10.7 ppg, 4.4 rpg
SERIES RECORD
Baylor and Missouri will meet for the 17th time when the two teams square off on Saturday afternoon. Baylor leads the series 12-4 and has won eight of the last nine games. Baylor holds a 6-1 lead in games played in Waco. Missouri's lone Ferrell Center victory came on Jan. 2, 1990, 68-56. The Tigers have not won in Waco since the formation of the Big 12 Conference.
Head coach Kim Mulkey is 8-1 record against Missouri, including a 6-0 mark in Waco. Mulkey's lone loss to the Tigers came on Jan. 4, 2006, when Missouri broke Baylor's school-record 30-game win streak with a 64-61 triumph at Columbia.
ALL-AMERICAN CANDIDATE WILSON ON A ROLL
Baylor's Danielle Wilson, an All-American candidate, has been on a roll since the Lady Bears played Wisconsin. Over the past 17 games, the junior post has produced 13 double-doubles, led the team in scoring on 11 occasions and rebounding in 13 contests. In addition, against Texas State, she poured in a career-high 26 points and at Texas Tech she hauled down a career-high 17 rebounds.
Over the 17 games she has averaged a team-leading 16.6 points, 10.2 rebounds and 3.5 blocks.
Wilson has raised her season averages to 15.0 points and 9.4 rebounds a game, both of which lead the team. She has blocked a team-leading 72 shots which ranks her No. 2 in the Big 12. Wilson has hauled down 216 rebounds, 107 (49.3 percent) of which are off the offensive glass.
As of games through Feb. 9, Wilson ranks No. 7 nationally in blocked shots (3.1).
In addition, with 953 career points, Wilson needs to score 47 points to become the third Lady Bear to achieve the 1,000 milestone this season and the 27th overall.
LED ME GUARD HER COACH
When deciding which player to assign to defend the opponent's top perimeter player, coach Mulkey often hears from 6-0 senior guard Jessica Morrow, "let me guard her coach." Morrow's long arms and lanky frame make her a daunting defender and she has often held her assigned player to well below her scoring average this season.
In addition, Morrow has stepped up her offensive production since the start of Big 12 play. Prior to entering league action, the 6-0 guard averaged 9.7 points a game and to rank fourth on the squad in scoring. She has raised her season scoring average to 11.3 ppg which ranks No. 2 on the team. In Baylor's 10 league games, Morrow has averaged 13.4 points a game and shot 43.2 percent (57-132) from the floor.
20 WINS AGAIN
Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey kept her 20-win streak intact. With the victory at Oklahoma State on Wednesday, Baylor notched its ninth straight 20-win season and the program's 15th overall. The Lady Bears have recorded 20-wins in each on Mulkey's seasons at the helm.
