Baylor, Northwestern State Postgame Notes
12/4/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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Friday, Dec. 4, 2015
Ferrell Center (Waco, Texas)
Attendance: 6,317
BAYLOR POSTGAME NOTES
MISCELLANEOUS
- Baylor is 445-90 all-time under Kim Mulkey.
- Baylor is 838-488 all-time in its 43rd season.
- Baylor leads the series with Northwestern State, 5-1, including going 3-0 in the Mulkey era.
- 155 of Baylor's 180 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 181-14 over the past five seasons.
- With a crowd of 6,317, Baylor had the second-highest crowd of the season in the Ferrell Center.
- Baylor's starting lineup featured Niya Johnson, Kristy Wallace, Nina Davis, Khadijiah Cave and Kristina Higgins -- the second consecutive game that starting five has been utilized this season.
- Baylor has won 156 straight home games vs. non-ranked opponents, dating back to a loss to Auburn on April 4, 2003, in the WNIT finals.
- Baylor is 140-4 (.972) vs. non-conference opponents under Mulkey at home, including a 128-2 (.985) mark in regular-season non-league games.
- Baylor is 246-21 in home games under Mulkey, including a 102-2 mark since 2010-11.
TEAM NOTES
- Baylor went into the half up 45-27, the most first-half points scored by the Bears this season.
- Baylor is 8-0 for the fifth time in the Mulkey era and first since 2011-12, when the team would go on to a 40-0 finish.
- Baylor is 89-3 in December games under Mulkey.
- Baylor is 393-26 when leading at half under Mulkey.
- Baylor is 421-19 when outshooting its opponent under Mulkey.
- Baylor is 373-35 when outrebounding its opponent under Mulkey.
- Baylor has out rebounded its opponent in all eight games this season.
- Baylor has held its opponent at or below 50 percent shooting in 522 of 535 games under Mulkey with only five of those 13 efforts coming in the last 13 years.
- Baylor is 355-16 under Mulkey when scoring 70 or more points, including a 213-6 record when scoring 80 or more.
- Baylor has now led all eight of its opponents in points in the paint, including a 60-20 advantage vs. Northwestern State.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
- Freshman Kalani Brown posted a new career-high in points, dropping 16 points and shooting 4-5 from the stripe.
- Brown tallied double-figure scoring for the sixth time this season.
- Senior Kristina Higgins recorded a season-high scoring effort, adding 13 points on 5-5 shooting from the floor.
- Higgins' previous season-high was eight, a mark she recorded three times.
- Senior Niya Johnson (12 assists) hit double-figures in assists for the fourth time this season.
- Junior Nina Davis matched a career-high in assists (7), equaling her passing effort against TCU on 1/11/14.
- Davis (11 points) has scored in double-figures in all eight games this season and 74 times in her career.
- Freshman Justis Szczepanski added 12 minutes off the bench, recording two steals in her second game playing in a Baylor uniform.
- Freshman Beatrice Mompremier (12 points) recorded a career-high in points, previous high was nine against Southern Miss on 11/16/15.
- Junior Alexis Jones scored (15) in double figures for the sixth time this season.
