March 10, 2012
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#1/1 BAYLOR 73, #22/14 TEXAS A&M 50
MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM • KANSAS CITY, MO.
MARCH 10, 2012 • ATTENDANCE: 4,235
Miscellaneous Notes
• Baylor has won three of the last four Big 12 Championship titles, all three have come against Texas A&M.
• Baylor won its fourth Big 12 Championship since 2005 and fourth overall.
• Baylor is the all-time winningest team in Big 12 Championship history with 23 victories.
• Baylor 23-point winning margin is the largest in Big 12 Championship title games.
• The 34-0 record is the best in program history, and keeps Baylor as the only undefeated team in NCAA Division I.
• With today's Lady Bear victory, Kim Mulkey's career record now stands at 332-79.
• The Lady Bears own the longest active win streak (34) in NCAA Division I women's basketball.
• Baylor is 72-4 over its last 76 games.
• The win is Baylor's 11th over Texas A&M in the last 12 contests, the Lady Bears are now 50-36 vs. the Aggies, 4-0 in Kansas City and 25-5 under Kim Mulkey.
• Baylor wins its second straight and fourth overall Big 12 Championship crown for the sixth time in program history and second straight; 2011, '09, '05.
• Brittney Griner's selection as the tournament's Most Outstanding Player makes it back-to-back for the 6-8 post. It marks the fourth time a Lady Bears has been so honored: 2005-Sophia Young, 2009-Jessica Morrow, 2011 Griner.
• The selection of three players (Griner, Odyssey Sims, Destiny Williams) to the All-Tournament team, marks the second time a BU trio has been honored: Jessica Morrow, Jhasmin Player and Morghan Medlock earned all-tournament honors in 2009.
Team Notes
• Baylor is now 9-0 vs. ranked opponents this season.
• Baylor hasn't allowed an opponent to shoot 50 percent in 209 straight games, dating back to March 25, 2006 against Maryland.
• Baylor's 34 wins matches last season's program record victories.
• Baylor has now won 108 straight games when scoring 70 or more points.
Individual Notes
• Brittney Griner (10 pts.) has scored in double-figures in 74 straight games and in 104 of 106 in her career.
• Griner has 2,288 career points, which ranks No. 5 on the Big 12 career scoring chart.
• Griner's six blocks marks the 59th time in her career she's blocked five or more shots in a game.
• Griner broke her own Big 12 Championship record with 18, she held the previous mark of 14, set in 2011. Her 42 career tournament blocks is also a Big 12 Championship record breaking OU's Courtney Paris' 40 (2006-09).
• Destiny Williams (12 points/11 rebounds) delivered her 12th double-double of the season and 14th of her career.
• Destiny Williams has scored in double figures in 18 games this season, 26 in career and hauled down double-digit rebounds in a team-high 16 games this season, 21 in her career.
• Jordan Madden scored a 10 points, marking her fifth double-digit scoring effort of the season, 12th of her career.
• Odyssey Sims (26 points) recorded her 24th double-digit scoring effort of the season and the 46th of her career.
• Sims tallied her eighth 20-plus scoring effort of the season and 15th of her career.
• Sims is averaging 20.8 points per game vs. Baylor's nine ranked opponents.
• Sims' 26 points were a season high, bettering her two 25-point efforts vs. Notre Dame and Texas A&M.
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