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Lady Bears Play Texas in Big 12 Championships on Wednesday
March 10, 2008
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Complete Release in PDF Format
#8/#8 Baylor (24-5, 12-4) vs. Texas (19-11, 7-9) or Texas Tech (16-14, 4-12) Wednesday, March 12 - 6:00 p.m. (CT) OVER THE AIRWAVES TV: Fox Sports Net Internet Feeds Radio: KLRK - 92.9 FM - Waco Radio Talent: Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Championship Second round - March 12 (Wednesday) Semifinals - March 13 (Thursday) Championship - March 15 (Saturday) BAYLOR IN THE BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP The Lady Bears are 13-10 all-told in Big 12 Championship games, including 12-6 under head coach Kim Mulkey. BU has won its first Big 12 Championship game in each of Mulkey's seven seasons and has played in two of the last three title games. LADY BEAR SEEDS Baylor's Big 12 Championships History 1997 (1-1) 1998 (0-1) 1999 (0-1) 2000 (0-1) 2001 (1-1) 2002 (2-1) 2003 (1-1) 2004 (2-1) 2005 (3-0) 2006 (2-1) 2007 (1-1) BAYLOR HONORS IN THE BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP LADY BEAR LEADERS In addition to Allison's 8.6 boards, two other players haul down 5.2 or more rebounds an outing. Wilson manages 6.7 a game while freshman Melissa Jones averages 5.2. DEFENSE Among Big 12 defensive categories (all games), the Lady Bears are No. 1 in field goal percentage defense and blocks and No. 2 in 3-point field goal percentage defense and No. 3 in scoring defense. In league games only, Baylor ranks No. 1 in field goal percentage defense (.374); No. 2 in 3-point field goal percentage defense (.277) and blocks (5.56). TISDALE'S CLUTCH PLAY LEADS TO LADY BEAR SUCCESS - In Baylor's 59-56 win over No. 13 Texas A&M, Tisdale missed her first 10 3-point attempts, but made her only trey of the day with 38 seconds left to give the Bears a one-point lead in Baylor's 59-56 win. - On the road against No. 11 Oklahoma, an 84-73 victory, Tisdale scored a career-high 35 points and helped put some distance between the Lady Bears and Sooners when she scored seven points in an 8-1 run midway through the second half. After sinking a 3-pointer from the top of the key, she scored a basket in transition off Melissa Jones' steal and then hit two free throws that extended Baylor's lead to 66-59 with 8 minutes remaining. - In Baylor's one-point win over No. 25 Texas (61-60), Tisdale scored 19 points, including a game-winning 3-pointer with 19 seconds left. - On the road at Iowa State, Tisdale, saddled with four fouls, was reinserted into the game at the 9:20 mark and led the Bears to a four-point win. She scored nine of her 14 points during that time frame including a jumper from the top of the key for the winning margin. She also found Rachel Allison for an easy score inside to give Baylor a three-point lead with 1:07 to go. - Tisdale scored 30 points, including 17 on free throws, to lead No. 8 Baylor to a 76-62 victory over Colorado. In addition, she dished out six assists and committed no turnovers in 40 minutes of play. DOING MORE WITH LESS Mulkey began the season with 10 players, using an eight player rotation. Until the season-ending injury to guard Jhasmin Player (vs. Kansas State), all five Baylor starters were averaging double-digit scoring. Baylor was 20-1 overall and 8-0 in league games entering the Kansas State game. With just nine players available and now using a seven player rotation, the Lady Bears have continued to be successful. Baylor's strength this season, in addition to balanced scoring, has been its stingy defense, a trademark of Mulkey-coached teams. Baylor leads the Big 12 Conference in field goal percentage defense (.352) and blocked shots (6.34) and ranks second in 3-point field goal percentage defense (.270). TISDALE JOINS ELITE GROUP In addition, she is No. 3 on Baylor's career 3-point list with 156 makes. In Baylor's 84-73 victory at 11th-ranked Oklahoma, Tisdale poured in a career-high 35 points, 15 of which came from 3-point range. FOUR LADY BEARS CLAIM ALL-BIG 12 HONORS Tisdale and Allison were named to the 10-member first team while Morrow and Player were honorable mention selections. In addition, Allison was named to the five-player all-defensive team. TISDALE CLAIMS TOP SPOT ON BAYLOR ASSIST CHART Danielle Wilson BREAKS BAYLOR CAREER BLOCK RECORD She has blocked 75 shots which ranks No. 3 in the conference in block average at 2.7 a game, that mark also ranks her No. 15 nationally. In Baylor's 61-60 homecourt victory over Texas, the Longhorns had a chance at winning the game, but Kathleen Nash's shot with 3.4 seconds left was blocked by Wilson, her only rejection of the game. Last year in her rookie campaign, Wilson blocked a school-record 86 shots. She needs just 12 more this season to break that mark. SCOUTING THE LONGHORNS Texas head coach Gail Goestenkors is in her first season as the Longhorns' head coach and 16th year as a head coach overall. Goestenkors is 19-11 in her first season at Texas and 415-110 in 16 campaigns all-told along the sidelines. Texas is led in scoring by 6-0 sophomore guard Brittainey Raven's 15.5 points an outing. Junior Ashley Lindsey, a 6-4 forward, is the team's second-leading scorer and top rebounder with 11.1 points and 6.8 rebounds a contest. Kathleen Nash, a 6-2 freshman guard, comes off the bench to rank second on the team in rebounding with 6.6 a game. SCOUTING THE RED RAIDERS Head coach Kristy Curry is in her second season at Texas Tech after a highly successful head coaching stint at Purdue. Curry posted a 179-51 record in six seasons at Purdue. She is 210-81 in eight seasons as a head coach and 31-30 at Texas Tech. Curry and Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey were both assistant coaches at Louisiana Tech at the same time, Mulkey served there from 1985-2000 while Curry was there for three seasons (1996-99). Texas Tech is led in scoring by 5-10 junior forward Dominic Seals' 13.8 points and 8.4 rebounds. Senior center Erin Myrick ranks second on the team in rebounding, hauling down 5.6 boards an outing. SERIES RECORDS Texas Tech holds a 46-20 series lead over Baylor. However, the Lady Bears have won five straight and nine of the last 10 contests. Mulkey is 12-7 versus the Lady Raiders. Should the Lady Bears face Texas Tech, it will the fourth meeting between the two squads in the Big 12 Championships. Baylor has won all three contests, two of which were played in Kansas City's Municipal Auditorium.
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