Dec. 11, 2011
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No. 1/1 Baylor 73, St. John's 59
Madison Square Garden - New York, N.Y.
December 11, 2011 - Att. 5,486
Miscellaneous Notes
• With today's Lady Bear victory, Kim Mulkey's career record now stands at 308-79.
• Baylor is now 10-0 while St. John's falls to 5-5.
• Baylor now leads the St. John's series, 3-0.
• Baylor is 2-0 in Maggie Dixon Classic games, they defeated Boston College in 2009.
• Baylor's regular season non-conference record under coach Mulkey is 137-9.
• This marks Baylor's first 10-0 start since the 2005-06 season and just the fifth such opening in school history.
• Baylor is 48-4 over their last 52 games.
• With the win, Baylor extends is regular season, non-conference win streak to 20 games. It's last such loss came at UConn last season.
Team Notes
• Baylor hasn't allowed an opponent to shoot 50 percent in 184 straight games, dating back to March 25, 2006 against Maryland.
• Baylor has now won 87 consecutive games when scoring 70 or more points, dating back to a 78-72 overtime loss to North Carolina State in the 2007 NCAA Tournament in Raleigh, N.C.
Individual Notes
• Brittney Griner (1,724 points) moved to No. 6 on BU career scoring chart, passing LaNita Luckey's (1988-92) 1,721.
• With her six blocks tonight, Griner has 442 career blocks, she needs just five more to break the Big 12's career blocks mark of 446 held by Oklahoma's Courtney Paris.
• Griner (17 pts.) has scored in double-figures in 50 straight games and in 80 of 82 in her career.
• Griner produced her 32nd career double-double and sixth of the season.
• Brooklyn Pope scored a season-high 19 points to notch the 13th double-digit scoring performance of her career and fifth of the season.
• Jordan Madden (11 points) scored in double-figures for the third time this season and 10 time in her career. She also played a career-high 40 minutes.
• Kimetria Hayden's 12 points marked her 17th career double-figure scoring game and fourth of the season.
