Baylor, Texas Southern Postgame Notes
3/18/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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Saturday, March 18, 2017
Ferrell Center (Waco, Texas)
Attendance: 4,169
BAYLOR POSTGAME NOTES
NCAA TOURNAMENT NOTES
- No. 1 seed Baylor opened its 14th consecutive NCAA Tournament with a first round victory, 119-30, over No. 16 seed Texas Southern.
- Baylor set NCAA Tournament records for points in a game (119 ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" regulation games only, not overtime), margin of victory (89 points), rebound margin (+41) and lowest opponent field goal percentage (13.8 percent).
- Baylor's 61 first half points equal the highest scoring half for the program in NCAA Tournament action. The Lady Bears also scored the most amount of points in a quarter in NCAA Tournament play with 34 in the first quarter.
- The Lady Bears are 40-13 (.755) all-time in the NCAA Tournament. Every NCAA Tournament game has come under the direction of head coach Kim Mulkey.
- Baylor is 15-3 (.833) against the NCAA Tournament field this season.
- The Lady Bears are 12-1 (.923) in NCAA Tournament contests played in Waco.
- Baylor is 15-1 (.938) all-time in first round NCAA Tournament games.
- The Lady Bears have advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the 14th-straight season.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
- Baylor leads Texas Southern, 8-2, all-time.
- The Lady Bears have won eight consecutive games against the Tigers.
- In games against Texas Southern played in Waco, Baylor is a perfect 7-0.
- Baylor's starting lineup featured Nina Davis, Kristy Wallace, Alexis Prince, Kalani Brown, and Dekeiya Cohen -- the group is 4-1 on the season as a starting unit.
- In 585 of 598 games under Mulkey, the Lady Bears have held their opponent at or below 50 percent field goal shooting, with only six of those efforts coming in the last 13 years.
- In Baylor's last 398 games, only three opponents (Stanford, .509, West Virginia, .500 and Texas, .516) have shot 50 percent or above. In the 2013 season, the Cardinal broke BU's 217-game streak of holding opponents below 50 percent or less shooting from the floor.
- Baylor is 504-95 all-time under Mulkey.
- Baylor is 898-493 all-time in its 43rd season.
- Baylor is 240-19 over the past six seasons and 137-8 in Big 12 play during the span -- 117-7 in regular season conference play and 20-1 in Big 12 tournament play.
TEAM NOTES
- Six Lady Bears scored in double figures, including Beatrice Mompremier (22), Kalani Brown (21), Lauren Cox (17), Nina Davis (13), Kristy Wallace (12) and Natalie Chou (12).
- Baylor recorded its seventh 100-point scoring performance of the season.
- Baylor outscored Texas Southern, 74-6, in the paint and outrebounded the Tigers, 60-19.
- The Lady Bears' bench scored 63 points, while Texas Southern's bench was held scoreless.
- Baylor played 12 players and all logged a minimum of 12 minutes in the victory.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
- Beatrice Mompremier recorded her fifth double-double of the season and ninth of her career (career-high 22 points, 11 rebounds). It is the first 20-point performance of her career and her 10 made field goals is a new career-high).
- Kalani Brown recorded her seventh 20-point game of the season and the eighth of her career (21 points).
- Lauren Cox netted a career-high three three-pointers on a career-high four attempts.
