No. 4/4 WBB Takes on Northwestern State
12/3/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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| Baylor vs. Northwestern State Dec. 4, 2015 | 7 p.m. CT Waco, Texas | Ferrell Center (10,284) TV: None |
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No. 4/4 Baylor Takes on Northwestern State...
After returning home from a Thanksgiving trip to the Bahamas and hosting the Rice Owls, the No. 4/4 Baylor Lady Bears will take on Northwestern State in the second of a five-game homestand. The contest also marks the second of three games within a five-day span. After downing Rice on Wednesday, 89-38, the Lady Bears will host Northwestern State on Friday, Dec. 4 (7 p.m.) and Grambling State on Sunday, Dec. 6 (2 p.m.).
Sixteenth-year head coach Kim Mulkey's Lady Bear squad is led on the season by All-American junior forward Nina Davis and junior guard Alexis Jones with 16.6 and 12.9 points per game, respectively. Senior point guard Niya Johnson averages 8.1 points, 8.4 assists and 5.4 rebounds a contest. Freshman post Kalani Brown is averaging 9.1 points a game and also ranks No. 2 on the team in rebounding with 5.4 an outing. Senior Kristina Higgins leads the Lady Bears on the boards, hauling down 5.6 per game.
As a team, Baylor is shooting a Big 12-leading .501 (211-421). However, BU's five posts, Nina Davis, Kalani Brown, Khadijiah Cave, Kristina Higgins and Beatrice Mompremier, are shooting a combined .631 (128-203) from the floor. Cave (.659), Davis (.657) and Brown (.610) rank among the Big 12's top six in field goal percentage. Cave, who had her first double-double of the season with 19 points and 10 rebounds vs. Rice, ranks No. 3 while Davis checks in at No. 4 and Brown is No. 6.
Northwestern State, under fourth-year co-head coaches Brooke and Scott Stoehr, enters the contest at 3-4 on the season. The Lady Demons are led by junior guard Beatrice Attura's 18.3 points while Janelle Perez, a senior guard, scores 10.4 a contest. Junior guard Shahd Abboud leads the team in rebounding with 6.6 a game.
Care Bear Drive on Friday...
The Baylor women's basketball team will have its 10th annual "Care Bear" drive on Friday, Dec. 4, when it hosts Northwestern State at 7 p.m. Whataburger, in its first year as the event sponsor, will provide a $5 admission to the game and a coupon for a free Whataburger (while supplies last) to each fan who donates a new bear.
All bears donated will be delivered by team members to children and patients at Waco's Baylor Scott & White Hospital.
Coming up on Sunday...
Postgame autograph session and "Break from the Books" - Free Clif Bars/Hydrives for Baylor students.
Quick Hits...
- Through seven games, Baylor is maintaining a league-leading .501 (211-421) shooting percentage. which ranks No. 6 nationally.
- Baylor is averaging 6.0 blocks per game which ranks No. 3 in the Big 12. BU is led by freshman post Kalani Brown's 1.6 a contest and senior post Kristina Higgins' 1.3.
- BU ranks No. 3 nationally and leads the Big 12 in field goal percentage defense at .300 (124-414).
- The Lady Bears are averaging a league-leading 10.3 steals per game.
- BU seeks its fifth 8-0 start in the Mulkey era and first since 2011-12 (finished 40-0).
- Niya Johnson is averaging 8.4 assists a game which ranks No. 2 nationally and No. 1 in the Big 12.
- The Lady Bears have 251 AP Top 25 poll appearances in the 2000s, all of which have come under head coach Kim Mulkey, to rank No. 7 on the wire service's active all-time list.
- All told, BU has been ranked in 268 AP polls which ranks No. 22 on the all-time list.
- BU has been ranked in a school-record 226 straight AP polls dating back to week nine of the 2003-04 listing when it broke in at No. 24.
Baylor 2nd Winningest Program...
- Baylor is the nation's second-winningest program over the last six years (2010-11 to 2015-16) based on percentage -- UConn (185-12, .939), Baylor is 178-14 (.927), Notre Dame (181-18, .910) and Stanford (163-23, .876).
Northwestern State...
- Located in Natchitoches, La., the Northwestern State Lady Demons, members of the Southland Conference, bring a 3-4 season record into the contest. The Lady Demons are making their third trip to Texas as they played at SMU (L, 74-36) and at Texas (L, 86-33).
- The Demons are led by junior guard Beatrice Attura's 18.3 points while Janelle Perez, a senior guard, scores 10.4 a contest. Junior guard Shahd Abboud leads the team in rebounding with 6.6 a game.
- Northwestern State is coached by co-head coaches Brooke (Louisiana Tech, 2002) and Scott Stoehr (Nebraska Wesleyan, 1997). The Stoehr's are in their fourth season as head coaches and are 55-50 (.524).
- Prior to arriving at Northwestern State, Brooke Stoehr was an assistant at Texas Tech. She played collegiately at Louisiana Tech from 1998-2002 where she served as a two-year captain and starting point guard as a junior and senior.
- Stoehr was recruited to Louisiana Tech by current BU head coach Kim Mulkey and played two season for her.
