Baylor, South Florida Postgame Notes
11/19/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015
Ferrell Center (Waco, Texas)
Attendance: 5,717
BAYLOR POSTGAME NOTES
MISCELLANEOUS
- Tonight's game marked the semifinals of the 16-team Preseason WNIT produced by Triple Crown Sports.
- Baylor will now face DePaul in the championship of the Preseason WNIT Nov. 22 in Waco, marking the program's third trip to the event's title game in its four appearances.
- Baylor is making its fourth appearance in the Preseason WNIT and first since 2011 ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" BU has hosted every Preseason WNIT game it has played in, posting a 11-2 record, and has won the event one time (2011).
- Baylor is 440-90 all-time under Kim Mulkey.
- Baylor is 834-488 all-time in its 43rd season.
- Baylor is 2-0 all-time against South Florida and 1-0 under Mulkey as the teams met for the first time since 1998.
- Baylor has won 155 straight home games vs. non-conference opponents, dating back to a loss to Auburn on April 4, 2003, in the WNIT finals.
- 152 of Baylor's 176 wins since 2010-11 have been by 10 points or more, and only 12 times in that span has its winning margin been five points or fewer.
- Baylor is 176-14 over the past five seasons.
- Under Mulkey, Baylor is 113-65 against ranked opponents, including a 38-8 mark since 2011-12.
- Baylor's starting lineup featured Niya Johnson, Alexis Jones, Kristy Wallace, Nina Davis and Kristina Higgins ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" the group is 1-0 on the season as a starting unit and each player scored at least six points.
- Baylor, Michigan State, Notre Dame and Oklahoma are the nation's only schools ranked in the AP in football and men's and women's basketball.
TEAM NOTES
- Baylor used an 11-0 run from the 7:53 mark to the 5:28 mark of the first quarter to take control of the contest, up 14-3.
- Prior to tonight's game, South Florida had yet to lose a game and had won each game by at least 15 points.
- Baylor has held its opponent at or below 50 percent shooting in 517 of 530 games under Mulkey with only five of those efforts coming in the last 13 years.
- Baylor is 243-21 in home games under Mulkey, including a 99-2 mark since 2010-11.
- Baylor is 388-26 when leading at half under Mulkey.
- Baylor is 85-8 in November games under Mulkey.
- Baylor is 409-19 when outshooting its opponent under Mulkey.
- Baylor is 368-35 when outrebounding its opponent under Mulkey.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
- Senior Niya Johnson (13 assists) had her first game with 10 or more assists this season and 23rd of her career.
- Johnson (10 points) scored in double figures for the second time this season and in a row for 23rd career 10-plus-point game.
- Johnson recorded her first double-double of the season and sixth of her career.
- Junior Nina Davis (15 points) has scored in double figures in all three games this season and 69 times in her career.
- Senior Kristina Higgins tied a career high with two steals.
- Higgins set a career high with three blocks, giving her six blocks in her first three games this season.
- Higgins (10 rebounds) recorded her first double figure rebounding game of the season and fourth of her career.
- Freshman Kalani Brown (11 points) set a career high in points scored and has scored double figures in each of her last two games after debuting with seven points in Baylor's season opener.
