No. 2/3 WBB Faces Oklahoma on the Road Sunday on FSN

Sunday, January 27

Norman, Okla.

2 p.m.

Baylor

Oklahoma

No. 2/3 WBB Faces Oklahoma on the Road Sunday on FSN

1/26/2019 7:16:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Lady Bears looking for 30th consecutive win vs. a Big 12 opponent on the road



	^#2/3 BAYLOR LADY BEARS (16-1, 6-0) Location: Waco, Texas Conference: Big 12 Head Coach: Kim Mulkey (La. Tech, 1984) Roster \| Stats \| Game Notes	^#2/3 BAYLOR (16-1, 6-0) at OKLAHOMA (5-12, 1-5) Jan. 27, 2019 • 2 p.m. Norman, Okla. • Lloyd Noble Center (11,562) LIVE STATS: StatBroadcast WATCH: Fox Sports Southwest / Fox Sports Go Talent: Ron Thulin (PBP), Brenda VanLengen (Color) LISTEN: BaylorBears.com/1660 AM/92.3 FM Talent: Bruce Gietzen (PBP), Maggie Davis-Stinnett (Color) Baylor Social Media: Channel Lineup: DISH: 416 DIRECTV: 676 UVERSE: 753/1753 GRANDE: 27

	OKLAHOMA SOONERS (5-12, 1-5) Location: Norman, Okla. Conference: Big 12 Head Coach: Sherri Coale (Oklahoma Christian, 1987) Roster \| Stats \| Game Notes

BAYLOR UPS BIG 12 STREAK TO 29 GAMES WITH WIN OVER NO. 20/22 IOWA STATE; LADY BEARS 6-0
   All five starters scored in double figures and it was near impossible to select the best individual performance of the night. Lauren Cox led the team in both points and rebounds with 22 and seven, respectively while dishing out a career-high seven assists. Then, you had Chloe Jackson who gave Baylor its first double-double of the points/assists variety since 2016 with 11 points and 11 assists. Juicy Landrum filled up the stat sheet with 16 points, eight boards, six assists and a career-high five steals. DiDi Richards had a career-high 15 points, and oh 8-time All-America Kalani Brown just had 18 points eight rebounds and three blocks. The win gave Baylor its 29^th consecutive Big 12 victory and 31^st straight win at the Ferrell Center.

THE BLOCK HEARD ROUND THE SOCIAL WORLD: COX'S FIRST-QUARTER BLOCK DRAWS PLENTY OF ATTENTION
   In the first quarter, Lauren Cox blocked a 3-point attempt from Iowa State's Madison Wise on the baseline sending it into the seats at the Ferrell Center. The block drew crowd attention initially, and moderate in-game social media interaction. However, following the game and Thursday the combination of Cox's block which was caught in a photo and video highlight combined to receive 221 retweets, 2,332 likes on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook and nearly 7,000 video views. The NCAA tweeted the photo and ESPN's LaChina Robinson interacted about the play multiple times on her personal twitter feed and posts received hundreds of comments from fans.

OU IN SHORT
   The Sooners enter the contest tied for eighth in the standings at 1-5, and Oklahoma is 5-12 overall. OU is coached by Sherri Coale in her 23^rd season with the program, she has a career win percentage of 66 percent and is nearing 500 career coaching victories. Taylor Robertson, one of the Big 12's strongest deep threats, leads the team averaging 15.9 points per contest while shooting 44.4 percent from long range with 63 3-pointers made. The Sooners' only Big 12 win came in the opener vs. Texas Tech at home Jan. 2.

TOUGH ON THE ROAD: LADY BEARS ON RECORD-SETTING CONFERENCE STREAK
   Baylor's win at Jan. 16 gave the Lady Bears 29 consecutive Big 12 road wins in the regular season, a league record passing its own mark of 22 set from Feb. 27, 2011-Jan. 8, 2014. In fact, since 1999-2000, Baylor's 29-straight road wins in league play is the second-best active streak and fifth-best all-time. UConn's current streak of 47-straight road wins in the AAC dates back to Jan. 1, 2014, and Stanford holds the all-time record with 48 consecutive Pac-12 wins from Jan. 22, 2009 to Feb. 7, 2014.

LIMITING TURNOVERS
   Through the first 10 games of the season Baylor compiled 154 turnovers, averaging 15.4 points per contest. With No. 1 UConn coming to town Jan. 3, the team set a goal to have single-digit turnovers vs. the Huskies, a team known for among many things, taking care of the ball. In the 12-point win over UConn, the Lady Bears limited themselves to just five turnovers. And, other than a hiccup at Texas Tech where BU suffered 16, Baylor has averaged 9.6 over the last seven contests. The Lady Bears are also leading the nation in assists-to-turnover ratio at 1.81:1.

POUND THE PAINT, CLEAN THE GLASS, D-UP: LADY BEARS AMONG NATION'S BEST IN REBOUNDING, SCORING
EFFICIENCY, DEFENSE
   In 12 statistical categories, the Lady Bears rank in the top 10 nationally. But, the Lady Bears (thru games Jan. 23) rank tops in the nation in defensive rebounds per game (34.1), rebound margin (+17.9) and field goal percentage defense (.310) while ranking fourth in field goal percentage (.516). Kalani Brown ranks 10th in the nation in field goal percentage at a .624 clip. In addition to the nation's best defensive field goal percentage, the Lady Bears rank tops in the nation in blocked shots per game (7.1), led by Lauren Cox's 2.5 per contest. Baylor's rebounding is a staple of the program, and the Lady Bears have out-rebounded all 17 opponents this season, Baylor won the rebounding battle in 34 of 35 contests last year, and in 86 of the last 89 contests, BU has had the upper hand on the boards.

LADY BEARS ON THE RUN
   Baylor has 16 runs this season of at least 10 unanswered points including one in four of the first six Big 12 contests. In 11 of 17 games this season, the Lady Bears have had at least one such run, and Baylor has also put together four runs of 20 or more points. Against TCU Jan. 12, Baylor held TCU without a field goal for 14:53 from near the end of the first quarter to early in the third quarter, outscoring the Horned Frogs 27-3 in that span, including a 21-0 run. In addition, Baylor is out-scoring opponents 186-52 on the fast break this season.

SHARING IS CARING: BAYLOR LEADS NATION IN ASSISTS PER GAME
   Baylor's 23.5 assists per contest ranks best in the nation led by Chloe Jackson's 6.7 assists per contest (ranks 7th nationally) while Lauren Cox's assists-to-turnover ratio of 3.00:1 ranks 11th nationally, Jackson (2.78:1) ranks 17th, Juicy Landrum is 23rd (2.65:1), and DiDi Richards (2.64:1) ranks 22nd. In fact, out of Baylor's 567 made field goals this season, the Lady Bears have assisted on 400 marking 70.5 percent of the team's buckets coming on an assist from a teammate.

50 IS THE MAGIC NUMBER: BAYLOR NEARLY UNBEATABLE WHEN HITTING HALF ITS SHOTS
   In just one occurrence since Kim Mulkey's arrival at Baylor in the 2000-01 season have the Lady Bears lost a game when shooting 50 percent or better. Baylor's record under Mulkey when shooting 50 percent or better is 210-1, and the Lady Bears are 34-0 when shooting 60 percent or better. The lone loss came in the 2017 NCAA Tournament when Baylor fell to Mississippi State in the Elite 8, 94-85 on March 26 despite shooting 53.3 percent from the floor.

JACKSON, LANDRUM THRIVING AT POINT GUARD OUT OF POSITION
   Head Coach Kim Mulkey said at the Big 12 Women's Basketball Tipoff Oct. 16 that she had never entered a season without knowing who her point guard would be. Despite that fact, Baylor has had no trouble distributing or sharing the ball through 17 games this season. Through Jan. 23, Baylor ranks tops in the nation in assists per game (23.5) and in assists-to-turnover ratio (1.80:1).
   Chloe Jackson and Juicy Landrum, true-two guards, are the Lady Bears' primary point guards this season and both have met the challenge thus far with success. Jackson ranks 7th in nation in assists per game (6.7) and 17th in assists-to-turnover ratio. (2.78:1). Landrum ranks 23rd in that category at 2.62:1 while ranking second on the team with 74 assists (4.4 p/g), and DiDi Richards ranks 22nd at a 2.65:1 and is third on the team in assists at 4.1 per contest. Add post player Lauren Cox's 3.00:1 assists-to-turnover ratio that leads the Big 12 and ranks 11th in the nation, Baylor has done well for itself without a true one.

BROWN AND COX NAMED TO WOODEN TROPHY AWARD MIDSEASON TOP 25 WATCH LIST
   Both Kalani Brown and Lauren Cox collected numerous postseason accolades after the 2017-18 season, which resulted in a multitude of 2018-19 preseason honors. Jan. 9, the post duo earned spots on the John Wooden Trophy Award Midseason Top 25 watch list. Last season, Brown was recognized as a top-five finalist for the award.

BAYLOR PLAYERS PAY FOR MULKEY'S 550-WINS TRIBUTE
   The Baylor players took it upon themselves to congratulate Kim Mulkey in a pre-game presentation Wednesday for her 550th career victory achieved Sunday at Texas Tech. Senior Kalani Brown took the PA microphone and addressed the crowd an Mulkey prior to the K-State game Jan. 9, and the Lady Bears chipped in their own money for three easels of roses shaped in the numbers 5-5-0. Mulkey was told postgame that CONTINUED ON PAGE 7 ... the players paid for the flowers and later in the postgame press conference said "My players bought those 550-numbered roses. [Out of their pocket] Wow. That's the kind of kids I get to coach. I didn't know that until the game was over, and I thought wow, my players are buying that."

ABOUT BAYLOR'S HISTORIC WIN OVER NO. 1 UCONN
   Two elite programs met in Waco Jan. 3, and for the first time in school history (previously 0-14) the Baylor Lady Bears knocked off a No. 1-ranked team with UConn falling 68-57 at a sold-out Ferrell Center on ESPN. Not only did Baylor win the game, the Lady Bears put an end to a long line of streaks set by the Huskies, who are the standard for women's basketball with 11 NCAA Championships. Baylor's victory ended a streak of 126 consecutive regular season games for the Huskies and a streak of 55 consecutive regular season road wins. UConn had won 209 straight games in regulation; it's last loss in regulation also came to No. 1 Baylor Dec. 18, 2011.
   The Lady Bears' 11-point win was the largest margin of victory for a team vs. UConn since Feb. 27, 2012 when UConn fell to Notre Dame 72-59. In addition, Baylor's defense held UConn to just a 29.4 shooting percentage, its lowest in any game the past 20 seasons.
   Baylor became the third Big 12 school to ever defeat a No. 1 team joining Texas Tech who accomplished the feat twice and Texas, and just the second time that a Big 12 team has beaten a No. 1 in a non-conference matchup.
   BU's big win kept an overall home win streak at the Ferrell Center alive at 28 games while extending its non-conference home win streak to 47 games.

BROWN PICKS UP ESPNW NATIONAL HONOR AFTER LEADING BAYLOR TO WIN OVER NO. 1 UCONN
   Kalani Brown didn't shy away from the spotlight when the lights came on Jan. 3 vs. No. 1 UConn. In front of a sold-out crowd at the Ferrell Center and nationally televised on ESPN, the senior post put up 22 points and a season-high 17 rebounds. She was 11-for-17 from the floor in 36 minutes of play. Her games that week also included performances vs. UTRGV and at Texas Tech, but ESPNW.com singled out her performance against the No. 1 Huskies and tabbed her National Player of the Week on Jan. 7.

BAYLOR SIGNS TOP-10 PROSPECT OLIVER AS LONE ADDITION TO 2019 SIGNING CLASS
   A year after signing five players and accepting a graduate transfer, Jordyn Oliver gets all the Lady Bears' attention this season as the No. 10-ranked national prospect (Collegiate Girls Basketball Report) signed with Baylor. Oliver, a Prosper, Texas native is a 3-time TABC All-State selection, and was also ranked No. 11 by ESPN Hoopgurlz.
   Jan. 24, Oliver was named a McDonald's All-American and will participate in the McDonald's All-American Games in March.

MULKEY'S MIDAS TOUCH: 1,100 WINS
   Everything head coach Kim Mulkey touches doesn't necessarily turn to gold, but if it has to do with college basketball, nearly everything she touches results in a win. Baylor's win vs. Nicholls (Nov. 6) gave Mulkey 1,100 wins combined as a collegiate player (130, La. Tech), assistant coach (430, La. Tech) & head coach (540, Baylor). In those capacities, Mulkey's teams are a combined 1,100-192 for an astounding .851 winning percentage.

FIERCE FIVE: FISH EAGER TO MAKE MARK AFTER SELECTION AS NO. 1 RECRUITING CLASS
   For the second time in program history, the Baylor women's basketball team signed the nation's top recruiting class and the "Fierce Five" freshmen are three games deep into 2018-19. Caitlin Bickle, Aquira DeCosta, Queen Egbo, Honesty Scott-Grayson and NaLyssa Smith all signed with the Lady Bears and all were ranked in the Top 30 overall by ESPN Hoopgurlz and boasted a five-star rating. Smith is shining brightest through the first 15 games averaging 11.1 points and 6.6 rebounds per contest, which ranks fourth and second, respectively on the team in both categories while picking up the Big 12 Co-Freshman of the Week award Nov 12.

CAPPING ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL NON-CONFERENCE SLATE
   The Lady Bears completed another successful, tough, non-conference schedule. Baylor went 10-1 with a 3-1 record vs. Top 25 teams, including the program's first-ever win over a No. 1 team when the Lady Bears beat UConn Jan. 3. Baylor is 147-3 all-time vs.non-conference opponents at the Ferrell Center, including 47-straight wins at home.