Women's Basketball Game Notes vs. Missouri
2/16/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 16, 2001
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Baylor Lady Bears (17-6, 6-6)
hosts
Missouri Tigers(16-7, 7-5)
Sat., Feb. 17, 3:00 p.m. (CST)
Waco, Texas - Ferrell Center
FOX Sports Network - Live
FOX Sports Network - Dan McLaughlin (play-by-play) and Elissa Walker-Campbell (color analysis)
Radio - KLRK - FM 92.9 - Rick May (play-by-play) and Lori Scott-Fogleman (color analysis)
Internet - www.GoBaylorBears..com
THE TEAMS...
The Lady Bears, 17-6 overall and 6-6 in Big 12 play, come into Saturday's game with two straight wins under their belt, defeating Texas A&M 80-55 in the Ferrell Center and beating Texas, 80-75, in Austin. It was Baylor's first victory in Austin since the 1975 season. It also marked a first-ever sweep of the Longhorns. The Lady Bears are 10-2 overall and 4-2 in conference play in the Ferrell Center, their only losses coming at the hands of Oklahoma (87-90) and Texas Tech (56-67).
Baylor is led by three players scoring in double figures. Sheila Lambert, a junior guard, leads the team with 22.7 a game, while right behind her is junior forward Danielle Crockrom's 21.2. Senior post Monica Arnold checks in at 10.8 a contest. Crockrom leads the Big 12 Conference in rebounding with 12.3 a game.
The Missouri Tigers are 16-7 on the season and 7-5 in Big 12 play. They have won three straight games (Kansas State, Kansas and Nebraska) and currently sit one game ahead of the Lady Bears in the conference race. Three Tigers manage double-digit scoring averages. Senior forward Amanda Lassiter averages a team leading 20.3 points, senior forward Marlena Williams scores 12.0 and Tracy Franklin, a senior guard, averages 10.1. Evan Unrau, a freshman forward, is the team's top rebounder with 7.4 a contest.
THE COACHES...
Baylor's Kim Mulkey-Robertson, in her first year as a head coach after 15 years as an assistant at Louisiana Tech, has guided the Lady Bears to a 17-6 record. A tremendous improvement over Baylor's 7-20 record of last season.
Missouri's Cindy Stein is in her 6th season as a head coach and 3rd year at Missouri. She possesses a career record of 112-59 and is 47-34 at Missouri.
RECORD...
Baylor leads the series 4-3. Since the beginning of the Big 12 Conference, the Lady Bears hold a 3-2 series lead, but Missouri has won two straight.
LAST YEAR...
The Tigers posted a 78-44 victory over Baylor last season in Columbia. Hilary Akromis posted her only double-double to date when she led the Lady Bears against Missouri last season with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Nicole Collins was the only other Lady Bear in double figures with 11 points. Amanda Lassiter's 14 points led four Tigers in double figures.
LAMBERT ON ELITE LIST...
Guard Sheila Lambert has been seleted as one of 10 finalists for the Nancy Lieberman-Cline Step Up Award. The award, honors the nation's top collegiate point guard in women's Division I basketball. The finalists were selected by the AP Sportswriters from across the country...Joining Lambert are: Sue Bird (Connecticut), Stacey Dales (Oklahoma), Niele Ivey (Notre Dame), Kara Lawson (Tennessee), Brandi McCain (Florida), Kelly Miller (Georgia), Tasha Pointer (Rutgers), Georgia Schweitzer (Duke) and Jackie Stiles (Southwest Missouri State).
BIGGEST TURNAROUNDS...
In researching the women's NCAA Division I programs with big turnarounds from last season to this, it is believed that Baylor has the biggest. The Lady Bears posted a 7-20 record last season, but under first-year head coach Kim Mulkey-Robertson are 17-6 so far this season. Programs (as of Feb. 12) with big turnarounds include:
Baylor - 7-20 (.259)/17-6 (.739) = +.480
Washington - 8-22 (.267)/15-6 (.714) = +.447
Stetson - 10-18 (.357)/17-5 (.773) = +.416
San Jose State - 3-24 (.111)/12-11 (.522) = +.411
Houston - 7-21 (.250)/15-9 (.625) = +.375
Army - 9-19 (.321)/16-8 (.667) = +.346
College of Charleston - 4-23 (.148)/11-13 (.458) = +.310
