Baylor-Oklahoma Women's Basketball Notes
2/19/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 19, 2001
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#24/RV Baylor Lady Bears (18-6, 7-6)
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#8/#8 Oklahoma (21-4, 12-1)
Wed., Feb. 21, 7:00 p.m. (CST)
Lloyd Noble Center - Norman, Okla.
Radio - KLRK - FM 92.9 - Rick May (play-by-play) and Lori Scott-Fogleman (color analysis)
Internet - www.GoBaylorBears.com
THE TEAMS...
After a two week absence, the Lady Bears moved back into the top 25, checking in at #24. It is the fourth time the Baylor squad has been ranked this season, their highest being #20. The Lady Bears, 18-6 overall and 7-6 in Big 12 play, come into Wednesday's game with three straight wins under their belt, defeating Texas A&M, 80-55, in the Ferrell Center and beating Texas, 80-75, in Austin and a home game against Missouri, 97-81. The Lady Bears are 11-2 overall and 5-2 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 7-4 on the road, 2-4 on the road in Big 12 games.
Baylor is led by three players scoring in double figures. Sheila Lambert, a junior guard, leads the team with 23.0 a game, while right behind her is junior forward Danielle Crockrom's 21.8. Senior post Monica Arnold checks in at 10.6 a contest. Crockrom leads the Big 12 Conference in rebounding with 12.2 a game.
The Oklahoma Sooners, ranked #8 in both polls, are 21-4 on the season and 12-1 in Big 12 play and have won 12 straight games. They are sitting in the drivers seat of the Big 12 lead with a two-game lead over Iowa State, Texas Tech and Colorado. Three Sooners manage double-digit scoring averages. Junior guard LaNeishea Caufield averages a team leading 17.2 points, junior guard Stacey Dales scores 16.7 and sophomore forward Caton Hill averages 13.0 points and a team-leading 9.1 rebounds a game.
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 18-6 record. A tremendous improvement over Baylor's 7-20 record of last season.
The Sooners' Sherri Coale is in her 5th season at Oklahoma. She possesses a career record of 74-67. Coale was 13-41 in her first two seasons at Oklahoma but has gone 61-26 since then.
SERIES RECORD...
Oklahoma leads the series 8-4 which includes a five game winning streak over the Lady Bears. Since the beginning of the Big 12 Conference, the Sooners hold a 5-4 series lead. In Norman, the Sooners lead 4-2.
EARLIER THIS YEAR...
On Jan. 13 the Sooners posted a 90-87 victory over Baylor in the Ferrell Center. The Sooners shot 53.6% from the floor, including seven three-pointers, and outrebounded Baylor 39-32 to eek out the victory. Stacey Dales led Oklahoma with 28 points and eight assists while Caton Hill scored 18, LaNeishea Caufield 11 and Jen Cunningham 10. For Baylor, Sheila Lambert scored 30 point and dished out six assists while Danielle Crockrom scored 28 and Monica Arnold 12. Freshman Jessika Stratton dished out a career-high nine assists for Baylor.
NATIONAL ATTENDANCE STATISTICS...
Once again the Lady Bear program is among the top programs in the nation for home attendance. With an average of 3,850 a game so far this season the Lady Bears rank #20 in the nation. Figures show that at this point in the season, the Lady Bears are averaging 2,107 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 10 crowds above that figure this season.
The Lady Bears' game against Texas produced the third largest home crowd and largest regular-season home crowd in Lady Bear history with 6,693 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.
