GAME CENTER: GAME 26
MEDIA INFORMATION
Date: Sat., Feb. 20, 2010
Tip-Off: 7 p.m. CST
Location: Waco, Texas
Arena: Ferrell Center (10,284)
Television: None
Radio: Baylor ISP Sports Network; ESPN 1660 AM €ˆ(Waco)
Talent: Rick May (pxp), Lori Fogleman (color)
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BAYLOR LADY BEARS
2009-10 Record: 18-7, 5-6
Ranking (AP/ESPN): 18/19
Last Game: W, 65-48, Texas Tech
Head Coach: Kim Mulkey
Career Record: 255-73 (10th season)
Record at Baylor: same
Mulkey vs. Oklahoma State: 15-5
OKLAHOMA STATE COWGIRLS
2009-10 Record: 18-7, 6-5
Ranking (AP/ESPN): 17/17
Last Game: L, 69-52, Texas A&M
Head Coach: Kurt Budke
Career Record: 168-80 (8th season)
Record at OSU: 88-64 (8th season)
OSU vs. Baylor: Baylor leads 21-20
STORY LINES
• Baylor's game on Saturday against Oklahoma State will be its annual Pink Zone game. Fans are encouraged to wear pink in support of Breast Cancer Awareness. In addition, 2,000 pink t-shirts will be distributed to fans.
• No. 18 Baylor, 18-7 on the season and 5-6 in league play, will play its second straight home game when it hosts No. 17 Oklahoma State on Sat., Feb. 20 at 7 p.m.
• Wednesday's game against Texas Tech marked the first of three games in a six-day span for the Lady Bears. After games Wednesday and Saturday, Baylor will travel to No. 15 Texas A&M for an ESPN2 Big Monday game on Feb. 22.
• The Cowgirls are 18-7 overall and 6-5 in Big 12 action. Oklahoma State enters the contest riding a four-game losing streak after dropping a road game at Nebraska and home contests to Oklahoma, Texas Tech and Texas A&M.
• Former Lady Bear point guard, Chelsea Whitaker, will be honored as a "B" Association Legend on Saturday. During her three-year career (2002-05), Whitaker, a Dallas native, guided the Lady Bears to the 2005 NCAA national championship and currently ranks No. 2 all-time in assists with 457.
• Baylor needs 4,065 fans a game in its three remaining home games to surpass the 100,000 fan mark for the fifth consecutive season. Overall, 95,935 fans have attended Lady €ˆBear games this season.
• As a team, Baylor ranks No. 1 nationally in blocks per game (7.5); No. 2 in field goal percentage defense (32.4); No. 3 in field goal percentage (.475); No. 8 in rebound margin (9.8); No. 10 in scoring margin (18.3) and 3-point field goal percentage defense (27.2); No. 20 in scoring defense (55.4) and No. 25 in scoring offense (73.7).
• In 10 seasons under head coach Kim Mulkey, Baylor is 255-73 (.777), 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.
• Brittney Griner blocks more shots per game (6.0) than 328 of the 332 NCAA €ˆDivision I schools and only seven teams beside Baylor have blocked more shots than Griner. She ranks No. 2 nationally in blocks (149) and in just 21 games, broke Courtney Paris' Big 12 single-season record of 119 set during the Sooners' 36-game 2005-06 campaign.
• Griner, with 149 blocks, needs just 11 blocks to move into No. 2 on Baylor's all-time shot block list. Former standout Steffanie Blackmon currently holds that spot with 159 while BU's all-time leading shot blocker, Danielle Wilson, accumulated 249 in three seasons.
• The Lady Bears remain the Big 12 leader in field goal percentage (.475), field goal percentage defense (.324), rebounding offense (44.2) and blocked shots (7.5). In conference games only, BU remains No. 1 in field goal percentage defense (.347), blocked shots (6.5) and rebounding offense (41.1) and No. 2 in scoring defense (58.4).
• Missing MJ - Baylor's record with Melissa Jones in the lineup, 15-2, without MJ, 3-5.
PINK ZONE GAME
Baylor's game on Saturday against Oklahoma State will be its annual Pink Zone game. Fans are encouraged to wear pink in support of Breast Cancer Awareness. In addition, 2,000 pink t-shirts will be distributed to fans.
The Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Pink Zone initiative is a global, unified effort for the WBCA's nation of coaches to assist in raising breast cancer awareness on the court, across campuses, in communities and beyond. The window set aside for this year's initiative is February 12-21. The WBCA's charity of choice is the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund ®, in partnership with The V Foundation.
The Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund ® is a 501 c(3) charitable organization committed to being a part of finding an answer in the fight against women's cancers through raising money for scientific research, assisting the underserved and unifying people for a common cause.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
The Oklahoma State Cowgirls are 18-7 overall and 6-5 in Big 12 action. Oklahoma State enters the contest riding a four-game losing streak after dropping a road game at Nebraska and home contests to Oklahoma, Texas Tech and Texas A&M.
Head coach Kurt Budke is in his fifth season along the Oklahoma State sideline and owns an 88-64 record mark. He is 168-80 in eight seasons as an NCAA €ˆDivision 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 24.7 points a game. Riley also leads the league in assists with 171 on the season which averages out to 6.8 a contest. Senior forward Tegan Cunningham completes OSU's double-digit scorers with 16.7 a contest and, at 7.0 a game, ranks second on the squad in rebounding. Junior transfer Precious Robinson leads the team in rebounding at 8.0 an outing.
SERIES RECORD
Baylor leads the series 21-10 while BU head coach Kim Mulkey is 15-5 versus the Cowgirls, 8-1 in Waco.
