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#5/5 Baylor (13-1) vs. #23/RV Oklahoma State (12-2) Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010 | 2:30 p.m. CST Stillwater, Okla.| Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611) TV: Cowboy Sports Network

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GAME CENTER: GAME 15
MEDIA INFORMATION
Date: Sat., Jan. 9, 2010
Tip-Off: 2:30 p.m. CST
Location: Stillwater, Okla.
Arena: Gallager-Iba Arena (13,611)
Television: Cowboy Sports Network (Waco's Grande: Ch. 20 / Waco's Time Warner Cable: Ch. 15 (digital tier)
Radio: Star 92.9 FM (Waco)
Talent: Rick May (pxp), Lori Fogleman (color)
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STORY LINES
• Baylor will put its 13-game win streak on the line when it opens Big 12 Conference play at Oklahoma State on Sat., Jan. 9, at 2:30 p.m. Five of BU's first six league games are against teams currently ranked in the AP Top 25.
• Three Lady Bears are averaging double-digit scoring. Freshman post Brittney Griner leads the team with 19.6 points a game while senior Morghan Medlock tallies 12.7 and junior guard Melissa Jones is averaging 11.6.
• BU freshman post Brittney Griner became just the seventh female to dunk in a regular-season NCAA contest when she threw one down against Jacksonville State, Nov. 24. She is also a defensive threat as a shot blocker and alterer with her 88" wing span. Griner added two more dunks to her total against Texas State.
• As a team, Baylor ranks No. 1 nationally in field goal percentage defense (30.6) and blocks per game (8.4), No. 2 in scoring margin (31.2) and field goal percentage (.52.8), No. 3 in rebound margin (+14.5) and No. 5 in 3-point field goal percentage defense (23.4).
• In 10 seasons under head coach Kim Mulkey, Baylor is 250-67 (.788), 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.
• Baylor's five starters, Kelli Griffin, Shanay Washington, Melissa Jones, Morghan Medlock and Brittney Griner are shooting a combined 53.9 percent (299-555) from the floor.
• With her dramatic improvement since the beginning of the season, Brittney Griner has become a National Player of the Year and Big 12 Player of the Year candidate.
• Brittney Griner blocks more shots per game than 324 of the 332 NCAA Division I schools and only four teams beside Baylor (St. Mary's, Appalachian State, Michigan State and West Virginia) have blocked more shots than Griner.
• Griner recorded the program's first-ever triple-double with her 34 points, 13 rebounds and 11 blocked shots against Oral Roberts.
• No. 23 Oklahoma State is Baylor's fourth ranked opponent this season and marks the beginning of a six-game stretch with five rated foes: No. 14 Oklahoma (Jan. 13), No. 12 Nebraska (Jan. 17), at Missouri (Jan. 23), No. 10 Texas A&M (Jan 27) and at No. 15 Texas (Jan. 31).

OKLAHOMA STATE COWGIRLS
The 23rd-ranked Oklahoma State Cowgirls enter the contest with a 12-2 mark.

Head coach Kurt Budke is in his fifth season along the Oklahoma State sideline and owns an 82-59 record mark. He is 162- 75 in eight seasons as an NCAA Division I head coach. Budke spent three season as Louisiana Tech's head coach prior to accepting the OSU position.

The Cowgirls are led by the league's top scorer, senior point guard Andrea Riley's 23.6 points a game. Riley also leads the league in assists with 112 on the season which averages out to 8.0 a contest. Senior forward Tegan Cunningham completes OSU's double-digit scorers with 17.9 a contest. Cunningham, at 7.6 a game, shares team rebounding honors with junior transfer Precious Robinson while freshman Toni Young manages 6.4 an outing.

SERIES RECORD
Baylor leads the series 21-9 while BU head coach Kim Mulkey is 15-4 versus the Cowgirls, 6-2 in Stillwater.

COMMON OPPONENTS
Baylor and OSU have both posted victories over Oral Roberts and UT-Pan American this season. BU downed ORU, 101-76, while the Cowgirls posted a 90-65 victory. BU closed out 2009 with a 100-46 win over the UT-Pan American while OSU opened 2010 with an 84-31 win over the Lady Broncs.

GRINER BLOCKS MORE THAN MOST TEAMS
In NCAA Division I statistics of games through Jan. 3, Brittney Griner blocks more shots per game (6.4) than 324 of the 332 NCAA Division I teams ranked.

In addition, only four NCAA Division I teams (excluding Baylor) have blocked more shots than Griner's 88. St. Mary's (Calif.) has blocked 118 on the season, Michigan State has rejected 111, West Virginia has registered 101 and Appalachian State totals 94.

ANOTHER ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS
The Lady Bears' .692 shooting percentage (36-52) against Texas State on Jan. 2, marked the best shooting percentage in school history. The previous record was 67.2 percent (39-58) against Oklahoma on Feb. 1, 1998.

In addition, the .692 shooting percentage ranks as the top mark in NCAA Division 1 this season.

FRESHMEN PRODUCING
All five of the team's freshmen are averaging 3.5 or more points a game. Brittney Griner leads the rookies with 19.6 a contest, Shanay Washington averages 6.8 points, Jordan Madden manages 6.7 a game, Kimetria Hayden scores 4.7 an outing and Mariah Chandler follows with 3.5 a contest.

All five average 9.2 or more minutes an outing, and two, Griner and Washington, are in the starting lineup.