Baylor
East Texas A&M
11/14/2026 11:26:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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RV/RV BAYLOR BEARS (4-0, 0-0 Big 12) Location: Waco, Texas Conference/Affiliation: Big 12 Head Coach: Nicki Collen (Marquette, 1998) Roster | Stats | Game Notes (PDF) |
RV/RV BAYLOR (4-0, 0-0 Big 12) vs EAST TEXAS A&M (2-2, 0-0 SLC) Nov. 15, 2026 • 2 p.m. CT Waco, Texas • Foster Pavilion (7,500) LIVE STATS: Stat Broadcast WATCH: ESPN+ Talent: Mike Leslie (PxP), Jordan Lewis (Analyst), Faith Lynch (Sideline) LISTEN: Baylor Sports Media Network via FOX Sports Radio 93.9FM in Central Texas and worldwide at youtube.com/BaylorAthletics or centexsportsfan.com. Talent: Derek Smith (PxP), Lori Fogleman (Analyst) |
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EAST TEXAS A&M LIONS (2-2, 0-0 SLC) Location: Commerce, Texas Conference/Affiliation: Southland Head Coach: Valerie King (Cincinnati, 2004) Roster | Stats | Game Notes (PDF) |
STARTING FIVE
• Baylor closes its five-game season-opening homestand against East Texas A&M at 2 p.m. CT Sunday at Foster Pavilion. The game will air on ESPN+ and the Baylor Sports Media Network.
• Baylor and East Texas A&M have met once before, a 104-55 Bears win in 2024-25. Darianna Littlepage-Buggs had 22 points and 11 rebounds, and Aaronette Vonleh added 18 points and 11 rebounds.
• The Bears return six players and add six newcomers from last year's 25-9 team. Kyla Abraham, in her fifth year, and Ella Brow, in her second, were chosen team captains for the program's 53rd roster.
• Baylor is receiving votes in both the AP and USA Today coaches polls. It would rank No. 26 in both the AP poll and the coaches poll.
• Baylor's four wins helped the Big 12 reach 48 wins in its first 50 games of the season, the best start through 50 games in league history.
HOW THEY'RE STACKING UP
• Baylor ranks in the national top 25 in 12 team categories through Nov. 12 and leads the Big 12 in 10 of them. The Bears are first nationally in winning percentage (100%) and second in defensive rebounds per game (35.8).
• Baylor is fifth nationally in bench points per game (41.8) and field goal percentage (54.3%), sixth in rebound margin (21.3), and eighth in scoring margin (49.8) and 3-point percentage (43.3%). The Bears are also ninth in scoring offense (98.0 points per game), 10th in assists per game (22.5), 13th in rebounds per game (49.0), 21st in 3-pointers per game (9.8) and 22nd in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.61).
• Taliah Scott is first nationally and in the Big 12 in free throw percentage at 100%.
• Trinity Turner leads the nation in assists (38) and assists per game (9.5), and she is first in the Big 12 in both. She is also 18th nationally and third in the Big 12 in assist-to-turnover ratio (6.33).
• Kate Koval is fourth nationally and first in the Big 12 with two double-doubles. She is 21st nationally and second in the league with 38 rebounds.
• Tianna Thompson is seventh nationally and first in the Big 12 in 3-point percentage (90.0%). She is eighth nationally in 3-pointers made (14) and 18th in 3-pointers per game (3.50), and she is second in the Big 12 in both.
• Kayla Nelms is 22nd nationally and second in the Big 12 in field goal percentage (67.7%).
OCHO
• Kayla Nelms, who entered the season with one of coach Nicki Collen's best offseason progressions, has hit the paint running in 2026.
• The third-year Bear had four double-digit scoring games coming into the year and has reached double figures in three of Baylor's first four games, including a 25-point performance against Prairie View A&M in which she shot 10-of-11 from the field.
• Through four games, the Florida native has matched or exceeded her career highs in points, rebounds, blocks, field goals made, field goals attempted, 3-pointers made and minutes.
NUMBERS TO WATCH
• Kyla Abraham is 9 blocks away from 100 career blocks.Â
• Lorena Awou is 1 rebound away from 100 career rebounds.Â
• Skylar Jones is 92 points away from 1,000 career points.Â
• Kate Koval is 92 rebounds away from 500 career rebounds.
SHOTS FELL AGAINST THE LADY PANTHERS
• Baylor beat Prairie View A&M 121-43 Thursday at Foster Pavilion, opening the game with a 13-0 run. Kayla Nelms led all scorers with a career-high 25 points on 10-of-11 shooting.
• The Bears shot 65.7% from the field, the best mark of the Nicki Collen era, and assisted on 31 of 44 made baskets. The 121 points were the second most in the Collen tenure, and the 78-point margin was the second largest in her six seasons.
• Baylor won back-to-back games by 70-plus points for the first time since December 2020, following the 72-point win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi with Thursday's 78-point margin. That December, the Bears beat Northwestern State and McNeese by 93 points each.
• BU had 68 bench points, 60 points in the paint and a 54-12 rebounding advantage, all season highs.
• It was a career night for much of the team. Along with her high point mark, Nelms set a career high with three 3-pointers. Kyla Abraham set a career high in scoring and matched her best in assists, Reese Ross had a career-high five steals and Ines Goryanova set a career high in assists.
