Women's Hoops Game Notes vs. Texas
1/26/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Jan. 26, 2001
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Baylor Lady Bears (14-3, 3-3)
vs.
#17/#17 Texas (15-5, 3-3)
Sat., Jan. 27 - 7:00 p.m. (CST)
Ferrell Center - Waco, Texas
Radio - KLRK - FM, 92.9
Internet - GoBaylorBears.com
Baylor ticket information - 254-710-1000 or 1-800-BAYLOR U
In hosting the Texas Longhorns this Saturday, the Lady Bears will play their fourth-ranked team in five games. In fact, over a seven game span that began with Texas Tech, Baylor will play five-ranked teams in seven games.
The Lady Bears come into the game after posting the program's first-ever victory over a top 10 team, defeating #7 Iowa State, 79-74, on Wednesday in the Ferrell Center.
The Longhorns come into the game well rested, their last game was on Sat., Jan. 20 when they defeated Nebraska in Austin, 62-48.
ANOTHER FIRST...
The Lady Bears added another `first' to their achievements of the season. The victory over #7 Iowa State was Baylor's first win over a Top 10 team.
ONLY BAYLOR...
In NCAA Division I statistics posted Jan. 22, Baylor is the only school to have two players ranked in the top 10 in scoring. In fact, you have to go down to #23 before you get a duplicate.
Baylor's junior guard Sheila Lambert ranks #3 nationally at 24.7, while junior forward Danielle Crockrom ranks #7 with 22.7.
LAMBERT ON THE LOOSE...
Sheila Lambert is showing why she's a serious contender for Big 12 Player of the Year honors. The 5-7 junior guard is averaging 26.2 points, 4.2 rebounds, 8.17 assists and 2.67 steals in Big 12 games. On the season she ranks #1 in the Big 12 in scoring at 23.9 points a game and the speedster is among the league's top three in assists and steals.
Lambert has scored in double figures in every game this season and has produced four 30-point performances. She has four double-doubles to her credit, three with points/assists and one with points/rebounds.
CROCKROM CRANKING IT UP...
Junior post Danielle Crockrom put together the best performance of her career when she scored 41 points and grabbed 22 rebounds against Texas A&M. Crockrom's 41 points were the fourth highest in school history, while her 22 boards ranks as the second highest behind her 23-rebound performance earlier this season against USC. Her 41 points beat out teammate Sheila Lambert's 37-point performance against Kansas as the most points scored in a game by a Big 12 player this season. She also owns the top two rebounding performances in the Big 12 this season.
Also the 41-point effort is the fourth best in NCAA Division I this season.
Crockrom ranks #7 in the nation in scoring and #3 in rebounding.
NATIONAL ATTENDANCE STATISTICS...
Once again the Lady Bear program is among the top programs in the nation for home attendance. With an average of 3,111 a game so far this season the Lady Bears rank #25 in the nation. Figures show that at this point in the season, the Lady Bears are averaging 1,458 more fans a game than they were at this time last season. Also, last season's biggest home crowd was 2,485 (Texas Tech) while they've already had five crowds above that figure this season.
The Lady Bears' game against Iowa State produced the third largest home crowd in Lady Bear history with 5,377 fans. The only two larger crowds were the 10,057 for the championship of the 1998 WNIT against Penn State and the semi-final game of the 1998 WNIT when 7,116 witnessed Baylor beat LSU.
MILLION FAN MARCH...
The Big 12 Conference is sponsoring a Million Fan March this season with the goal of becoming the first women's basketball conference to reach 1,000,000 in attendance. The Baylor Lady Bears are doing their part. With an average of 3,111 a game so far this season the Lady Bears rank #25 in the nation. Figures show that at this point in the season the Lady Bears are averaging 1,458 more fans a game than they were at this time last year.
FRESHMAN DUO MAKING THEIR MARK, STEPPING IT UP IN BIG 12 PLAY...
Two freshmen guards, Chanelle Fox and Jessika Stratton, are making their presence felt on the basketball floor. Fox, a 5-11 freshman from Houston, has started eight games and averaged 13.0 minutes a game in non-conference games, but since Big 12 play began, the Westfield High alum, has averaged 23.3 minutes a game. In fact, her rebounding (4.0/2.1) average is higher in Big 12 play than against non-conference competition. Fox's career highs include: 12 pts. (Bethune Cookman), 12 rebounds (Kansas), four assists (Oklahoma State) and six steals (Oklahoma).
Stratton, a 5-9 guard, is usually the first player off the bench at the guard position. She has seen action at the point and #2 spot and can also play at the #3 position. Since the start of conference action, she has averaged 22.2 minutes a game, as opposed to 17.1 minutes in non-conference action. The Colorado Springs, Colo. native owns career highs of 15 points (Miami), six rebounds (Miami, Oklahoma, Texas A&M), nine assists (Oklahoma) and five steals (Iowa State).
ON THE NATIONAL SCENE...
The Lady Bears rank among NCAA Division I leaders both in individual and team categories through Jan. 22.
Team:
#2 Rebounding margin - 13.1 #10 Scoring Margin - 18.9 #7 Scoring offense - 83.0
Individual:
Sheila Lambert - #3 Scoring (24.7) #17 assists (6.3), #10 steals (3.6). Danielle Crockrom - #4 Rebounding (12.8), #7 Scoring (22.7), #13 Field Goal Pct. (.595).
ON THE SEASON...
Baylor's leader, 17 games into the season, is Sheila Lambert. The Seattle native is averaging 23.9 points, 5.6 rebounds, 3.41 steals and 6.41 assists a game. She ranks #3 or above in the Big 12 in points (#1), steals (#3) and assists (#3). In addition, she's among the nation's leaders in scoring (#3), steals (#10) and assists (#17).
Danielle Crockrom reached the double-digit mark in season scoring and rebounding in the fourth week of the season and has not dropped below a double-double average since. Crockrom, a 6-2 forward, checks in at 22.8 points and a team and league leading 12.7 rebounds. Crockrom, like Lambert, rates among the nation's leaders checking in at #3 in rebounding and #7 in scoring. Monica Arnold (Austin/Johnston HS), a 6-2 post, tallies 10.9 points and 6.6 boards.
LAMBERT DOUBLES...
In Baylor's 17 games this season, Sheila Lambert has scored in double figures in every game. Her lowest point output in a game is 11, which she tallied against Iowa State. She scored 15 against UMKC, she's scored 19 points three times, has had seven 20-point performances and five 30-point games.
CROCKROM'S 23...
Crockrom's 23 rebound performance against against the University of Southern California ranks as the third best rebounding effort in the nation so far this season. Howard's Andrea Garnder pulled down 27 against Stony Brook to lead the nation.
MULKEY-ROBERTSON ON THE NATIONAL SCENE...
First-year head coach Kim Mulkey-Robertson is among the nation's leaders for first year coaches at 14-3. She has turned around a program that was 7-20 last season. The Lady Bears earned their first national ranking in 23 years when they broke into the top 25 at #23 on Jan. 8.
IN THE RANKINGS...
With a No. 23 ranking on Jan. 8 in the Associated Press Poll, the Lady Bears broke into the national rankings for the first time in 23 years.
Since the beginning of NCAA competition in women's basketball (1981-82), Baylor had never been ranked in the top 25, but had received votes during the 1997-98 campaign and at the beginning of the 1998-99 season.
Jan. 8 - No. 23 AP
Jan. 15 - Tie for #25 AP
IN THE BIG 12...
As individuals and as a team, Baylor ranks at the top of the Big 12 in several categories:
Team: #1 in rebounding (47.8), #1 in rebounding margin (+12.3), #2 in scoring (82.8), #2 in scoring margin (+18.1), #2 in steals (14.41) and #3 in turnover margin (+6.59).
Sheila Lambert: #1 in scoring (23.9), #3 in steals (3.41) and #3 in assists (6.41). Danielle Crockrom: #1 in offensive rebounds (5.53), #1 in rebounding (12.7), #2 in defen- sive rebounds (7.18), #3 in scoring (22.8), #2 in field goal percentage (.605) and #11 in steals (2.12). Monica Arnold: #6 in blocked shots (1.29), #16 in rebounding (6.6) and #27 in scoring (10.9).
TOUGH STRETCH...
Starting with Baylor's game with Texas Tech the Lady Bears will play five ranked teams in the next seven games. Texas Tech (#11), Oklahoma (#17), Texas A&M, Iowa State (#7), Texas (#17), Oklahoma State and Colorado (#25).
OPPOSITION...
Texas Longhorns (15-5, 3-3)
The No. 17 ranked Texas Longhorns, 15-5 on the year overall and 3-3 to start Big 12 action are 13-4 in their last 17 games. Prior to Big 12 action, they had lost only two games (#4 Purdue and #2 Tennessee). In conference play, the Longhorns have defeated Texas A&M, Oklahoma State and Nebraska and lost to Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas State. The Longhorns are 0-3 on the road in Big 12 games and 1-4 on the season on the road. They have played four games on neutral courts and are 4-0 in those games.
The Longhorns are led by 6-1 freshman forward Stacy Stephens' 11.4 points and 9.3 rebounds a game. Three other Longhorns average in double figures with Tai Dillard scoring 10.7, JoRuth Woods and Tracy Cook each averaging 10.0.
Texas is coached by Baylor graduate Jody Conradt. Conradt is in her 32nd year as a head coach, she has 1001 games to her credit. She is the winningest coach in college women's basketball history with a 761-240 record. In her 25 seasons at Texas, Conradt has compiled a record of 644-178.
SERIES RECORD...
Texas leads the series 47-9. The Longhorns have won three straight games over Baylor. Since the beginning of the Big 12 Conference, the Longhorns hold a 6-2 series lead. Baylor's two victories have come in the Ferrell Center, one in 1998 and one in 1999.
LAST YEAR...
Texas won both games last season, 83-61 in Waco and 97-58 in Austin. In Waco, only two Baylor players scored in double figures: Monica Arnold 12 and Danielle Crockrom 11. Of players on Texas' roster this season, Alisha Sare scored 18, Carla Littleton and JoRuth Woods each scored 10. In Austin, Arnold was the only Lady Bear in double figures with 17 points. She also pulled down a career-high 12 rebounds. Littleton, Sare and Woods again scored in double-digits with 14, 13 and 10, respectively.
BIG 12 RECORD...
Since the inception of the Big 12, the Lady Bears have posted a 30-40 record. The Longhorns are 43-27 in four-plus years of Big 12 action.
