Baylor, Utah State Postgame Notes
11/28/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Friday, Nov. 28, 2014
Ferrell Center (Waco, Texas)
Attendance: 5,754
BAYLOR POSTGAME NOTES
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
? Baylor became the NCAA's 30th-ever Division I program to earn 800 all-time wins (800-485 | .623) in BU's 41-year history and 1,285th game, 406 of which have come in the last 14-plus seasons under Kim Mulkey - prior to Mulkey's arrival, BU's 21-year record was 394-398 (.498) as she has accounted for 50.8 percent of the program's all-time wins.
? Baylor has won a nation-best 136 straight home games vs. non-ranked opponents, dating back to an April 4, 2003, loss to Auburn in the WNIT finals.
? Tonight's game was the first all-time meeting between Baylor and Utah State.
? Baylor is 119-3 since the start of the 2009-10 season when allowing 60 or fewer points, including a 2-0 mark this season - BU has won 79 straight games when holding its foe to 60 points or less since a 58-46 loss to eventual national champion Texas A&M, March 29, 2011, in Dallas.
? Baylor has 69 straight games with at least one 3-point field goal made dating back to Nov. 13, 2012, when BU was 0-for-3 from long range.
? Baylor is now 142-11 over the last five seasons, and 125 of those wins have been by 10 points or more-only eight times has Baylor's winning margin been five points or fewer.
? Baylor is now 108-8 over the past four seasons.
? In Baylor's last 293 games, only one opponent (Stanford, .509) has shot 50% or above. Last season, the Cardinal broke BU's streak of 218 games of holding opponents to under 50 percent shooting.
? Under Mulkey, BU has held its foes under 50% shooting in 480 of 493 games with only five of those efforts coming in the last 13 years.
? Baylor started Niya Johnson, Imani Wright, Nina Davis, Khadijiah Cave and Kristina Higgins - the team's second starting combination of the season.
TEAM NOTES
? Baylor began the game's first 4:39 on a 15-3 run to take control and never looked back.
? Baylor is 328-15 under Mulkey when scoring 70 or more points, including a 196-6 mark when totaling 80 or more - BU is 124-2 over the last five seasons when scoring 70 or more points.
? Baylor is now 80-8 in November games under Mulkey.
? Baylor is 223-21 at home under Mulkey, 2-0 this season and has won three straight dating back to last season.
? Baylor is 357-25 when leading at half under Mulkey, and 2-1 this season.
? Baylor is 376-17 when outshooting its opponent under Mulkey and 2-1 this season.
? Baylor is 240-39 when outshooting its opponent at the free throw line under Mulkey and 1-0 this season.
? Baylor is 339-34 when outrebounding its opponent under Mulkey and 2-1 this season.
? Baylor is 278-32 when having fewer turnovers than its opponent under Mulkey and 2-0 this season.
? Baylor is 160-3 in games decided by 25 or more points under Mulkey and 2-0 this season.
? The last time Baylor had two players with double-doubles (Khadijiah Cave, Kristina Higgins) was Nov. 21, 2013, vs. Savannah State (Kristina Higgins, Odyssey Sims).
? Baylor had never had seven players score in double figures before tonight (Khadijiah Cave, Dekeiya Cohen, Nina Davis, Kristina Higgins, Ieshia Small, Imani Wright).
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
? Nina Davis scored 11 points for her 34th career game with at least 10 points and third straight to start the season.
? Imani Wright scored 12 points to give her three straight games in double figures to start the season (ninth career).
? Wright also tallied a career-high six assists.
? Khadijah Cave made the first start of her career and scored 18 points for her 13th career double-figure scoring game and third straight to start the season.
? Cave added a career-high-tying 11 rebounds for her third double-figure rebounding game of her career, first this season, and earned her second career double-double.
? Cave also tied a career high with two blocks.
? Ieshia Small made her season debut after recovering from a preseason ankle injury and scored a career-high 12 points.
? Dekeiya Cohen scored a career-high 12 points, handed out her first career assist and tied a season-high with five rebounds.
? Chardonae Fuqua' scored two points for her first points of the season.
? Kristina Higgins scored a career-high 16 points for first double-figure scoring game of the season and fourth of her career.
? Higgins totaled 10 rebounds for her first double-digit rebounding game of the season and second of her career, marking her second career double-double.
? Alexis Prince scored a season-high 14 points and had a career-high-tying five rebounds.
? Sune Agbuke totaled a career-high four assists.
