Game Notes - Lady Bears vs. OSU
1/30/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Jan. 30, 2001
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#20/#22 Baylor Lady Bears (15-3, 4-3)
at
Oklahoma State Cowgirls (10-8, 2-5)
Thurs., Feb. 1 - 6:00 p.m. (CST)
Gallagher-Iba Arena - Stillwater, OK
Baylor Lady Bears
at
#23 Colorado Buffaloes (14-4, 5-2)
Sat., Feb. 3, 1:00 p.m. (CST)
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Boulder, CO - Coors Special Events Center
Radio - KLRK - FM 92.9
Internet - GoBaylorBears.com
The #20 Lady Bears come into Thursday's game after posting back-to-back wins over Top 25 teams. Baylor posted the program's first-ever victory over a top 10 team, defeating #7 Iowa State, 79-74, on Wednesday in the Ferrell Center then followed that performance by beating #17 Texas 73-51 on Saturday.
The Cowgirls are 10-8 on the season and 2-5 in Big 12 play. They are unranked but are receiving votes in the AP poll.
Because of the memorial service for the eight members of the OSU men's basketball program on Wednesday, the women's game has been moved to Thursday.
The Lady Bears will leave Stillwater after Thursday's game and fly directly to Boulder to prepare for their Saturday afternoon game with Colorado.
MORE FIRSTS...
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.
Another first was achieved by following the Iowa State win with a victory over Texas. It marked the first time in the program's history that BU posted back-to-back wins over ranked teams.
BACK IN...
The Lady Bears jumped back into the AP Top 25 at #20 after dropping out of last week's poll. Wins over #7 Iowa State and #17 Texas propelled Baylor back into the rankings. The Lady Bears had been ranked #23 and tied for #25 before losing three straight games.
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
Jan. 29 - No. 20 AP
ONLY BAYLOR...
In NCAA Division I statistics posted Jan. 29, Baylor is the only school to have two players among the nation's leaders in scoring. In fact, you have to go down to #20 before you get a duplicate. Baylor's junior forward Danielle Crockrom ranks #5 nationally at 23.3, while junior guard Sheila Lambert ranks #6 with 22.8.
THE OPPOSITION...
Oklahoma State Cowgirls (10-8, 2-5) The Oklahoma State Cowgirls are 10-8 on the year overall and 2-5 in Big 12 play. They are 3-2 at home this season and 2-2 in Gallagher-Iba in Big 12 games.
The Cowgirls are are a balanced squad with seven players scoring 6.3 points or more a game. They are led by 5-11 junior forward Kara Faulk's 9.8 points and 7.3 rebounds a game.
Oklahoma State is coached by Dick Halterman. Halterman is in his 17th year as the Cowgirls' head coach with a record of 311-211. Halterman's all-time coaching record is 560-245 in 27 seasons.
SERIES RECORD... Baylor leads the series 7-5. The Lady Bears have won the last two contests including an 81-69 victory earlier this season in Waco. However, Baylor is winless in Stillwater in four tries.
EARLIER THIS YEAR...
Baylor's Sheila Lambert led her team to an 81-69 victory over OSU in the Ferrell Center on Jan. 3 with a 32-point performance. Lambert also led the team in rebounding with six, had nine assists and seven steals. Monica Arnold and Danielle Crockrom also tallied in double figures with 19 and 16 points respectively. The Lady Bears set season highs in both shooting percentage (.429) and 3-pointers (7). Four Cowgirls scored in double figures with Kara Faulk leading the way with 16 points and eight rebounds. Also scoring in double figures were Jessica Spinner with 13 and Jessika Bates and Chatoya Hawkins with 10 each.
MULKEY-ROBERTSON ON THE NATIONAL SCENE...
First-year head coach Kim Mulkey-Robertson is among the nation's leaders for first year coaches at 15-3. 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.
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. In addition to the 40-point game, she has produced four 30-point outings and seven 20-point games. Also she has four 20-rebound efforts to her credit.
Crockrom ranks #5 in the nation in scoring and #2 in rebounding and #2 in scoring in the Big 12 and leads the league in rebounding.
Crockrom has posted 13 double-doubles in 18 games this season and has twice been honored as Big 12 Player of the Week.
1,000 AND COUNTING...
During the Texas game Danielle Crockrom surpassed the 1,000 point mark. She how has 1,001 career points. Crockrom needs 344 points to move into the No. 10 spot on Baylor's career scoring ladder. She joins 18 other Lady Bears in the 1,000 point club.
With 588 career rebounds, she's just 35 boards short of cracking Baylor's career top 10.
LAMBERT ON THE LOOSE...
Sheila Lambert is , a 5-7 junior guard, is averaging 22.8 points, 5.5 rebounds, 6.28 assists and 2.14 steals a game. On the season she ranks #2 in the Big 12 in scoring at 22.8 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 but one (Texas) and has produced four 30-point performances. She has four double-doubles to her credit, three with points/assists and one with points/rebounds.
