No. 5/6 WBB Featured in Gulf Coast Showcase Championship
11/27/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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| Baylor vs. Ohio State Nov. 27, 2016 | 6:30 p.m. CT Estero, Fla. | Germain Arena TV: None |
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| MEDIA INFORMATION | |
| Date | Sunday, November 27 | 6:30 p.m. CT |
| Location | Estero, Fla. | Germain Arena |
| TV | None (Watch Online) |
| Radio | Baylor Sports Network - IMG College (1660AM) |
| Radio Talent | Rick May (pxp), Lori Fogleman (color) |
| Live Stats | Live Stats |
| Notes | Baylor Notes |
| @BaylorWBB | |
| 5/6 BAYLOR LADY BEARS | |
| Record | 6-1 |
| Ranking | 5/6 (AP/ESPN) |
| Head Coach | Kim Mulkey |
| Career: 479-93 (17th season) | |
| BU Record: 479-93 (17th season) | |
| 8/8 OHIO STATE BUCKEYES | |
| Record | 5-1 |
| Ranking | 8/8 (AP/ESPN) |
| Head Coach | Kevin McGuff |
| Career: 327-138 (15th season) | |
| OSU Record: 72-38 (4th season) | |
TOP 10 TITLE GAME...
The No. 5/6 Baylor Lady Bears and the No. 8/8 Ohio State Buckeyes face off in the Gulf Coast Showcase Championship game at 6:30 p.m. (CT) on Sunday, Nov. 27. Both teams advance to the finale with back-to-back wins in two days. It is the third game for Baylor against a Top 10 opponent this season.
FOLLOW ALONG...
Fans can watch the Lady Bears in action for free on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/bdglobalsportsnetwork. Audio of the games is also available on the Baylor Sports Network, IMG College and ESPN 1660 AM. Rick May (play-by-play) and Lori Fogelman (color) are on the call.
BREAKING IT DOWN...
- Baylor and Ohio State will play for the first time Sunday night for the Gulf Coast Showcase Championship.
- Against the Gulf Coast Showcase field, the Lady Bears are 6-1 all-time.
- Under head coach Kim Mulkey, Baylor is 63-4 in regular season tournaments.
- The Lady Bears are 130-70 all-time in regular season tournament action.
- Baylor has won 22 consecutive regular season tournament contests. The last loss came against No. 4/4 Stanford, 71-69, at the Rainbow Wahine Classic inside the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Nov. 16, 2012.
HIGH OCTANE OFFENSE...
- Baylor has had four 100-point scoring performances so far the season to lead NCAA Division I women's basketball. Maryland and Washington each follow with three 100-point games.
- The Lady Bears have only had four 100-point games in the first seven games of the season one other time in 1977-78 (vs. Texas State -- 116, vs. Navarro JC -- 107; vs. Tarleton State -- 106; vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor -- 105).
- The Lady Bears are the only team in the country to net more than 100 points against a ranked opponent (104 vs. No. 18/17 DePaul).
- Averaging 94.4 points per game, Baylor is second nationally in scoring behind Northern Illinois (97.0 points per game).
- The Lady Bears opened the season with a 118-point performance against Houston Baptist on Nov. 11, 2016, which is the second highest scoring effort recorded by a NCAA Division I team this year (126 -- Oakland).
- Against Mississippi Valley State on Sunday, Nov. 20, Baylor netted 101 points for its second 100+ point performance in four games.
- It was the sixth time in program history and the fourth time under head coach Kim Mulkey that the Lady Bears have recorded two 100+ point performances in the first four games of the season.
- Pouring in 109 points against Southeastern Louisiana on Tuesday, Nov. 22, Baylor posted its third 100-point effort in the first five games of the year.
- The only other time the Lady Bears tallied three 100-point games in the first five games of the season occurred in 1977-78 (Game 1 vs. Texas State, 116-64; Game 3 vs. Navarro Community College, 107-62; Game 5 vs. Tarleton State, 106-72).
SHARING IS CARING...
- The Lady Bears, who are second nationally in points per game (94.4), have had four or more players score in double figures in all seven games this season.
- Six netted double figures against Houston Baptist in the season opener, five reached double figures against Mississippi Valley State and No. 18/17 DePaul, and four scored double figures against No. 9/9 UCLA, at UConn, Southeastern Louisiana and Kent State.
- Five Lady Bears average double figure scoring on the season, including senior Alexis Jones (15.9), sophomore Kalani Brown (14.6), sophomore Beatrice Mompremier (11.3), senior Alexis Prince (11.1) and senior Nina Davis (10.6).
DIVY IT OUT VS DEPAUL...
- Junior Kristy Wallace had her top day of distribution, dishing out a career-high 15 assists against No. 18/17 DePaul.
- It is the sixth highest single game assist total in program history. Niya Johnson holds the school record with 19 assists against McNeese State on Dec. 13, 2015.
- Wallace's previous career high in assists also came against DePaul. She distributed nine against the Blue Demons on Nov. 22, 2015.
COMING ALIVE...
- Forward Nina Davis came alive in the second half of the Lady Bears' semifinal win over No. 18/17 DePaul, 104-72.
- The senior gained momentum at the 6:53 mark in the third quarter, recording six points, two steals and one rebound in a span of 17 seconds.
- Davis posted 10 points in the third quarter alone, and added six more in the fourth quarter.
- The two-time consensus All-American closed the contest with 16 points, four boards and three steals.
DOUBLE-DOUBLE BREAKDOWN...
- Three Lady Bears have notched double-doubles this season through seven games, two against ranked teams.
- Senior Alexis Jones recorded her seventh career double-double against No. 18/17 DePaul with 15 points and 10 rebounds. She was just shy of a triple double with eight assists.
- Sophomore Beatrice Mompremier posted the fifth double-double of her career with 11 points and 15 rebounds against Mississippi Valley State.
- Sophomore Kalani Brown tallied her second career double-double against No. 9/9 UCLA with 25 points and 19 rebounds. Both were career-highs, and 19 rebounds tied for 10th-most in a single game.
OFF THE BENCH CONTRIBUTIONS...
- Depth has been a strength for the Lady Bears so far this season with 276 of their 661 overall points (41.8 percent) coming from the reserves.
- Sophomore Kalani Brown has been a force off the bench, averaging 14.6 points and 9.1 rebounds per game. She is also third on the team in blocks, posting 1.4 stuffs per game.
- Freshman Lauren Cox is averaging 8.3 points and 4.1 boards off the bench in 11.6 minutes per contest.
- Freshman Natalie Chou is averaging 4.0 points, 1.7 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.1 steals per game.
- All 13 players on Baylor's roster have logged minutes in two of the last four games played.
BIG 12 LEADERS...
- Baylor leads the Big 12 in six categories, including scoring (94.4 points per game), margin of victory (+41.1), field goal percentage (.571), rebounding margin (+26.6), assists (23.6 per game) and blocks (7.7 per game).
- The Lady Bears are in second three-point field goal percentage (.410) and assist to turnover ratio (1.6).
- Sophomore post Kalani Brown leads all Big 12 players in field goal percentage (.788). She is also fifth in rebounding (9.1 per game), eighth in free throw percentage (.800), blocks (1.4 per game) and 11th in scoring (14.6 points per game).
- Senior point guard Alexis Jones is second in the conference in three-point field goal percentage (.500), third in three-point field goals made per game (3.0), fourth in assists per game (4.6), eighth in points per game (15.9) and 10th in assist to turnover ratio (1.6).
- Sophomore post Beatrice Mompremier is seventh in field goal percentage (.660), eighth in blocks per game (1.7), 12th in rebounds per game (7.3) and 23rd in points per game (11.3).
- Senior Alexis Prince checks in at seventh in three-point field goal percentage (.480), 11th in field goal percentage (.554), 15th in three-point field goals made per game (1.7) and 24th in points per game (11.1).
2,000 POINTS & COUNTING...
- Senior forward Nina Davis became the sixth Lady Bear to surpass the 2,000 career points mark on Sunday, Nov. 20, against Mississippi Valley State.
- The Memphis, Tenn., native, netted a jumper in the paint at the 4:42 mark in the fourth quarter to accomplish the feat. Davis ended the game with 15 points.
- Through seven games, Davis has scored 2,027 in her career.
HOME SWEET HOME WIN STREAKS...
- Baylor has won 171 consecutive home games vs. non-ranked opponents, dating back to an April 4, 2003, homecourt loss to Auburn in the WNIT finals. BU is 159-4 (.975) in non-league home games under Kim Mulkey.
- Baylor owns a 45-game home win streak dating back to March 2, 2014, when it lost to 11th-ranked West Virginia, 71-70.
IN THE POLLS...
- Baylor checks in at No. 5 in the Associated Press Top 25 and is No. 6 in the USA Today Coaches Poll in week three of the season.
- Baylor has been included in the USA Today's Top 10 for 41-consecutive releases, including 31 Top 5 rankings, and in the AP's Top 5 for 12-straight polls. The Lady Bears have been ranked in the Top 5 in the final release of the AP poll in each of the last six seasons.
- All told, Baylor has been ranked in 285 AP polls which ranks No. 21 on the all-time list.
- Baylor has been ranked in a school-record 244 straight AP polls dating back to week nine of the 2003-04 listing when it broke in at No. 24.
APPROACHING MILESTONES...
- Senior Nina Davis is tied for fifth on Baylor's all-time scoring list with 2,027 in her career with Maggie Davis-Stinnett (1986-89, 1990-91). Sophia Young (2002-06) is fourth in scoring with 2,480 points.
- Davis is also 106 rebounds from recording 1,000 in her career with 894. Only five other Baylor women's basketball players have compiled 1,000 or more career rebounds.
- If Davis reaches both milestones, she will become the sixth Lady Bear to compile 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds.
- With 894 career rebounds, Davis is eighth on Baylor's all-time list. She is 42 boards from moving in to seventh (Steffanie Blackmon - 936).
- Seventeenth-year head coach Kim Mulkey is 21 wins from tallying her 500th victory. She has guided the Lady Bears to 479 wins.
- Senior Khadijiah Cave is 184 points from reaching the 1,000-point club. She has scored 816 career points, averaging 261 points per season.
- Senior Alexis Prince is 262 points from scoring 1,000 points in her career with 738. She is averaging 11.1 points per game this season, the best average of her career.
- Redshirt senior Alexis Jones is 319 points from netting 1,000 points at Baylor with 691. After scoring 586 career points in 2015-16, she has the potential to become the seventh player in Baylor women's basketball history to reach the 1,000 career points mark in just two seasons played.
- Including her numbers from Duke, Jones has compiled 1,389 points and 463 rebounds in her career.
PRODUCTION IN THE PAINT...
- Through seven games, Baylor has recorded 45.7 percent (311-681) of its offense in the paint.
- The Lady Bears are outrebounding their opponents by an average of 26.6 boards per game (359-172). BU outperformed Houston Baptist, 62-27, No. 9/9 UCLA, 52-25, No. 3/2 Connecticut, 39-29, Mississippi Valley State, 59-30, Southeastern Louisiana, 43-14, Kent State, 49-23, and No. 18/17 DePaul, 55-24, on the glass.
THE MULKEY FILE...
- In her 17th season, Kim Mulkey has posted an impressive 479-93 (.837) record which ranks her No. 2 nationally in winning percentage among active coaches behind Connecticut's Geno Auriemma (.877).
- Kim Mulkey's 34 seasons as a player and coach have resulted in 34 postseason trips, including 33 to NCAA/AIAW Tournaments.
- In 560 of 572 games under Kim Mulkey, the Lady Bears have held their opponent at or below 50 percent field goal shooting with only five of those efforts coming in the last 14 years.
SUSTAINED SUCCESS...
- The Lady Bears have made 13 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances and 15 overall. Those appearances have resulted in two national championships (2005, 2012), three Final Fours (2005, 2010, 2012), seven Elite Eights and 11 Sweet Sixteens.
- Baylor has won six consecutive Big 12 regular season and tournament titles. Overall the program has won seven regular season and eight tournament conference championships, most among all Big 12 programs.
- Baylor is 215-17 (.927) over the past six seasons, 34-3 in 2010-11, 40-0 in 2011-12, 34-2 in 2012-13, 32-5 in 2013-14, 33-4 in 2014-15, 36-2 in 2015-16, and 6-1 in 2016-17. In that same span, BU is 118-6 (.952) in Big 12 play -- 100-6 in the regular season and 18-0 in Big 12 Tournament play.
- 185 of Baylor's 215 wins since 2010-11 have been by 10 or more points, and only 13 times in that span has its winning margin been five or fewer points (most recently five, 69-64, vs. West Virginia, Jan. 12, 2016).
- In Baylor's last 372 games, only two opponents (Stanford, .509 & West Virginia, .500) have shot 50 percent or above. In the 2012-13 season, the Cardinal broke BU's 217-game streak of holding an opponent to 50 percent or less shooting from the floor. BU's current string is 87 straight games holding its foe to .500 or below from the field.
BIG 12 PRESEASON HONOR ROLL...
- For the second consecutive year and the seventh time in conference history (2006, `10, `11, `12, `13, `15, `16), Baylor is favored to win the Big 12 women's basketball regular season title according to a vote of league head coaches previewing the 2016-17 regular season.
- The squad has won or tied for seven regular season championships, including the last six in a row. Baylor has also hoisted the last six Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship trophies.
- The Lady Bears received nine of 10 first place votes in the poll (coaches are not allowed to vote for their own teams). Texas received one first place vote and was listed second followed by Oklahoma in third place.
- For the second-straight season, senior Nina Davis was selected as the conference's Preseason Player of the Year. It marks the seventh time a Baylor player has been named Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year (Nina Davis -- 2015-16, 2016-17; Odyssey Sims - 2013-14; Brittney Griner - 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13; Sophia Young - 2005-06).
- Freshman Lauren Cox, who is rated No. 1 in her class by ESPN Hoopgurlz and All Star Girls Report (ASGR), was tabbed Preseason Big 12 Freshman of the Year.
- Senior Nina Davis and redshirt senior Alexis Jones, the 2016 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year, received Preseason All-Big 12 Team distinction.
- Sophomore Kalani Brown, a Big 12 All-Freshman Team selection in 2016, was an Honorable Mention Big 12 selection.
JONES MAKES 2017 NANCY LIEBERMAN AWARD WATCH LIST...
- Redshirt senior Alexis Jones is one of 20 watch list candidates for the 2017 Nancy Lieberman Award. The award, now in its 17th year, recognizes the top point guard in women's NCAA Division I college basketball.
- Candidates exhibit the floor leadership, play-making and ball-handling skills of Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman.
- Jones is a Preseason All-Big 12 selection after collecting 2015-16 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year recognition as a junior.
- Jones started 34-of-38 games in her first season with the Lady Bears after transferring from Duke. She averaged 15 points and 4.2 rebounds per game and recorded 30 double-digit scoring performances en route to 2016 All-Big 12 First Team and Big 12 Championship Most Outstanding Player honors.
- A WBCA Honorable Mention All-American in 2016, Jones also earned All-Tournament Team recognition at the NCAA Dallas Regional, was named a Junkanoo Jam All-Star and collected WBCA All-Region honors.
- Prior to her arrival at Baylor, Jones earned All-ACC Second Team accolades in 2013 and 2014 and was named ACC Freshman of the Year in 2013.
- By mid-February, the watch list of 20 players for the 2017 Lieberman Award will be narrowed to just 10. Guards can play their way on or off the watch list throughout the year.
DAVIS EARNS SECOND PRESEASON AP ALL-AMERICAN RECOGNITION...
- Nina Davis earned Associated Press Preseason All-American recognition for the second consecutive season on Nov. 3.
- The 5-11 senior forward is one of four Lady Bears named to the AP's elite preseason squad, including Sophia Young (2005-06), three-time honoree Brittney Griner (2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13) and two-time honoree Odyssey Sims (2012-13, 2013-14).
- Davis, a two-time consensus All-American, led the program in scoring as a junior, averaging 16.3 points per game, and shared the rebounding award with post Beatrice Mompremier, averaging 6.1 boards per contest.
- The Memphis, Tenn., native was picked 2017 Preseason Big 12 Player of the Year and was named to the Preseason All-Big 12 first team. In her career, Davis is a three-time All-Big 12 First Team selection.
2015-16 QUICK HITS...
- Baylor secured its sixth-straight 30-win season with its 74-48 victory over Texas in the 2015-16 regular season finale on Feb. 29. Overall, Baylor has recorded 11, 30-win seasons with seven, including six-straight, coming since head coach Kim Mulkey's arrival.
- Baylor's 36 wins last year is the second-most in program history behind the 40-0 season in 2011-12, which resulted in the program's second NCAA title.
- Consensus All-American Nina Davis and honorable mention All-American Alexis Jones accounted for 40 percent of Baylor's offense in 2015-16. The duo led the Lady Bears, averaging 16.3 and 15 points per game, respectively, to amass 1,189 of the team's 2,951 points.
- Logging minutes in all 38 games last year, freshmen posts Kalani Brown (352 points, 164 rebounds) and Beatrice Mompremier (273 points, 233 rebounds) recorded 22.9 percent of the team's rebounding and 21.2 percent of the squad's offensive production.
- Baylor's two losses in 2015-16 were by a total of 10 points and both came on the road -- at Oklahoma State, 52-45, and vs. Oregon State, 60-57, in Dallas.
- In 2015-16, Baylor's bench outscored its opponents by an average of 11.4 points per game, 973-539 (25.6-14.2).
- Last season, Baylor led the nation in rebounds (1,730), was second in assists (786), scoring margin (+24.1) and win-loss percentage (94.7), third in assists per game (20.7) and field goal percentage defense (33.1), fourth in rebounding margin (+13.9), rebounds per game (45.5), and free throws made (532), fifth in field goal percentage (48.4) and seventh in blocks per game (6.3) and assist to turnover ratio (1.37).
- Baylor outscored its opponents in the paint 1,630-794 in 2015-16. BU averaged a dominant 42.1 points per game in the paint, while limiting its opponent to 21.0 points per game.
- Baylor's bench outscored opponents by 11.4 points per game, 973-539, last season. The bench is even deeper in 2016-17, with every player healthy and available for action.
FRESHMEN PHENOMS...
- The Lady Bears welcomed in the nation's top recruiting class this fall, including No. 1 overall recruit Lauren Cox, No. 8 Natalie Chou and No. 40 Calveion Landrum.
- Cox collected 2016 WBCA High School Player of the Year recognition and was back-to-back Gatorade State Player of the Year (2015, `16). The Flower Mound, Texas, native was also a finalist for Naismith High School Player of the Year and McDonald's All-American Morgan Wootten Player of the Year. Cox was named USA Today Texas Player of the Year and to the USA Today All-Texas first team in 2015 and 2016. With USA Basketball, Cox won four gold medals, most recently earning Most Valuable Player honors at the 2016 FIBA Americas U18 Championship.
- Chou was a 2016 McDonald's and WBCA High School All-American. She joined Cox as a finalist for the Morgan Wootten Player of the Year award. Chou, a Jordan Brand Classic selection, also has experience playing for USA Basketball. The Plano, Texas, native won a gold medal in the 2014 FIBA U17 World Championship (with Baylor teammate Lauren Cox) and a silver medal at the 2015 FIBA 3x3 U18 World Championship.
- Landrum was a two-time Waco Tribune-Herald Super Centex Player of the Year honoree (2014, `16). The Waco, Texas, native was a four-time all-state selection and all-star game pick at nearby La Vega High School.
