WACO, Texas – Baylor women's basketball coach Kim Mulkey announced Tuesday the Lady Bears' non-conference schedule for the 2019-20 season, which includes 10 home events, a Thanksgiving Tournament at St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands and a trip to face UConn Jan. 9.
 
The Lady Bears, coming off their third NCAA national championship, will open the schedule with seven-straight home contests, including two exhibitions vs. Langston (Oct. 25) and Lubbock Christian (Oct. 30).
 
To begin the regular season, Baylor will host New Hampshire Nov. 5 at the Ferrell Center before playing Grambling (Nov. 8), Houston Baptist (Nov. 14), South Florida (Nov. 19) and Lamar Nov. 21.
 
For Thanksgiving, Baylor will travel to St. Thomas for the Paradise Jam Shootout where they'll face Washington State (Nov. 28), Indiana (Nov. 29) and South Carolina (Nov. 30). The Hoosiers and Gamecocks were each NCAA Tournament teams last season with Indiana reaching the second round and SC reaching the Sweet 16 where Baylor defeated the Gamecocks to advance.
 
Dec. 4 will feature the first game of the Big 12/SEC Challenge where the Lady Bears will host Georgia. After home contests vs. Arkansas State (Dec. 18) and Morehead State (Dec. 30), Baylor returns to Hartford, Conn. to face UConn, a team that joined Baylor in the Final Four last season.
 
Baylor defeated UConn Jan. 3, 2018, 68-57, but the Huskies lead the all-time series 4-3.
 
From there, Baylor will head into its 18-game Big 12 schedule in search of its 10^th-straight – 11^th overall- regular season title.
 
Game times and television broadcasts are tentative and will be released at a later date.
 
Baylor returns 10 players from last year's national championship team while adding a true freshman in Jordyn Oliver and graduate transfers in Te'a Cooper & Erin DeGrate. All players are returning except for Kalani Brown and Chloe Jackson who are playing in the WNBA.

Oct. 25, 2019      Friday             Langston University (EXHIBITION)         Waco, Texas
Oct. 30, 2019      Wednesday          LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (EXHIBITION)           Waco, Texas
Nov. 5, 2019       Tuesday            NEW HAMPSHIRE                            Waco, Texas
Nov. 8, 2019       Friday             GRAMBLING                                Waco, Texas
Nov. 14, 2019      Thursday           HOUSTON BAPTIST                          Waco, Texas
Nov. 19, 2019      Tuesday            SOUTH FLORIDA                            Waco, Texas
Nov. 21, 2019      Thursday           LAMAR                                    Waco, Texas
Nov. 28, 2019      Thursday           vs. Washington State                     St. Thomas-USVI
Nov. 29, 2019      Friday             vs. Indiana                              St. Thomas-USVI
Nov. 30, 2019      Saturday           vs. South Carolina                       St. Thomas-USVI
Dec. 4, 2019       Wednesday          GEORGIA                                  Waco, Texas
Dec. 18, 2019      Wednesday          ARKANSAS STATE                           Waco, Texas
Dec. 30, 2019      Monday             MOREHEAD STATE                           Waco, Texas
Jan. 9, 2020       Thursday           at UCONN                                 Hartford, Conn.