Nov. 26, 2000
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Lafayette, LA - Four Lady Bear starters, led by Sheila Lambert, scored 77 of Baylor's points in their 101-56 victory over the University of Louisiana-Lafayette on the Ragin' Cajuns home court Sunday afternoon.
The victory gives the Lady Bears a record of 3-0 while UL-Lafayette, suffering their first loss of the season, moves to 3-1. The 45 point margin of victory is Baylor's largest since the 1998-99 season when the Lady Bears defeated Southwest Texas by 59 points, 98-39.
Lambert, a 5-7 junior guard, led all scorers with 28 points while junior Danielle Crockrom and senior Monica Arnold each posted a double-double and sophomore Hilary Akromis added 13. Crockrom narrowly missed her career highs of 25 points and 15 rebounds when she tallied 24 points and 13 rebounds on the afternoon, including 18 points and 11 rebounds in the first half. Arnold, a 6-2 post, ended the game with 12 points and 10 boards. Nine of Akromis' 13 points came from three-point range. The first three minutes of the game saw the two squads trading baskets before the Ragin' Cajuns took a six-point lead 10-4 at the 15:35 mark. That six point spread would prove to be their biggest lead of the game as the Lady Bears began to whittle away at the margin and eventually took the lead for good on a layup by Lambert with 13:23 remaining in the first half. Crockrom, Lambert and Akromis took control and combined for 45 of Baylor's 50 first half points as Crockrom scored 18, Lambert 16 and Akromis 11. The Lady Bears led by as much as 24 before taking a 50-31 lead into the dressing room. Baylor outscored the Ragin' Cajuns 51-25 in the second half to seal the victory.
The Baylor squad dominated on the boards all afternoon, hauling down 59 to UL-Lafayette's 25. Baylor shot an impressive 48.4 percent from the floor including 57.1 percent from three-point range. Both marks were season highs for the squad. For the second straight game every Lady Bears saw action, playing at least five minutes.
Only two Ragin' Cajuns scored in double figures. Forward Billie Popovska tallied 13 and Becca McKeithen came in off the bench to score 10. After opening the season on the road for three games, the Lady Bears will play their home opener on Tuesday, Nov. 28 when they host Bethune-Cookman College at 7:00 p.m. in the Ferrell Center.
