Baylor, Syracuse Postgame Notes
12/19/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Friday, December 19, 2014
Warden Arena (Winter Park, Fla.)
Attendance: 889
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
? Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey coached her 500th game. Mulkey sports a 413-87 record in 15 seasons as a head coach.
? Baylor now leads the series with Syracuse 2-0, both under Kim Mulkey
? Baylor is now 1-1 vs. ranked teams this season.
? Baylor has extended its win streak to eight games.
? In her 15 years at Baylor, Kim Mulkey is 107-64 vs. ranked opponents
? Baylor has 76 straight games with at least one 3-point field goal made dating back to Nov. 13, 2012, when BU was 0-for-3 from long range.
? Baylor is 149-11 over the last five seasons, and 131 of those wins have been by 10 points or more-only nine times has Baylor's winning margin been five points or fewer.
? Baylor is 115-8 over the past four seasons.
? In Baylor's last 300 games, only one opponent (Stanford, .509) has shot 50% or above. Nov. 16, 2012, the Cardinal broke BU's streak of 218 games of holding opponents to under 50 percent shooting.
? Under Mulkey, BU has held its foes under 50% shooting in 487 of 500 games with only five of those efforts coming in the last 13 years.
TEAM NOTES
? Baylor trailed at halftime for the first time this season, the Lady Bears trailed Syracuse 29-26 at the half.
? Baylor out-scored Syracuse 30-22 in the paint.
? The last time BU defeated a ranked opponent was vs. No. 24 Cal, 75-56, on March 24, 2014.
? Baylor is 335-15 under Mulkey when scoring 70 or more points, including a 200-6 mark when totaling 80 or more - BU is 129-2 over the last five seasons when scoring 70 or more points.
? Baylor is 85-3 in December games under Mulkey.
? Baylor is 383-17 when outshooting its opponent under Mulkey and 7-1 this season.
? Baylor is 345-34 when outrebounding its opponent under Mulkey and 8-1 this season.
? Baylor hauled down 50 rebounds or more for the fifth time this season
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
? Nina Davis finished with 26 points; she's reached double figures in all 10 of Baylor's games this season, it was the 40th time in her career to have at least 10 points in a game.
? Davis, with 26 points and a career-high-tying 17 rebounds, recorded her 15th career double-double and third of the season.
? Imani Wright recorded her seventh double-digit scoring effort of the season with 12 points. It was her 13th career double-digit scoring effort.
? Khadijiah Cave, with 13 second-half points, finished in double figures for the seventh time this season and 16th time of her career.
? Niya Johnson collected 10 assists, giving her double-digits in that category for the fourth time in the last five games. Johnson has 60 assists in the last six games averaging 10 in those contests after tallying just 15 for the first three games of the season.
? Johnson moves to No. 5 on BU's career assist chart with 420 career assists. She passed Gaye Pack's (1979-82) 414.
? Johnson blocked a career-high three shots.
