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WBB Hosts OU for Big Monday, Play 4Kay Game

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Oklahoma [RV/RV (15-6, 7-3)] vs. Baylor [#1/1 (23-0, 10-0)]
Monday, Feb. 6, 2012 | 8 p.m. CT
Waco, Texas | Ferrell Center (10,284)

TV: ESPN2
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MEDIA INFORMATION
Date Monday, Feb. 6 | 8 p.m. CT
Location Waco, Texas | Ferrell Center (10,284)
TV ESPN2
Tickets Purchase Tickets
Online Video ESPN3.com
Radio ESPN Central Texas | Listen Online
Live Stats BaylorBears.com
Gameday Info Gameday Central
Game Notes Baylor Notes Get Acrobat Reader | Oklahoma Notes Get Acrobat Reader
Blog None
Twitter @BaylorWBB
BAYLOR-OKLAHOMA SERIES
Series Oklahoma leads, 24-14
In Waco Oklahoma leads, 9-7
In Norman
Oklahoma leads, 11-7
Neutral Oklahoma leads, 4-0
Mulkey
10-17 vs. Oklahoma
#1/1 BAYLOR LADY BEARS
Record 23-0, 10-0 Big 12
Ranking 1 (AP), 1 (Coaches)
Last Game W, 70-41 at Kansas State
Head Coach Kim Mulkey
Career: 321-79 (12th season)
BU Record: same
RV/RV OKLAHOMA SOONERS
Record 15-6, 7-3 Big 12
Ranking RV (AP), RV (Coaches)
Last Game W, 80-71 vs. Oklahoma State
Head Coach Sherri Coale
Career: 351-162 (16th season)
Oklahoma Record: same

THE RUNDOWN
The top-ranked Lady Bears complete a tough six-day stretch when they host the Oklahoma Sooners in an ESPN Big Monday/Rivalry Week game on Feb. 6 on ESPN2 and espn3.com, with Pam Ward and Rebecca Lobo calling the action. After posting two road wins, one at Missouri (71-41) and one at Kansas State (70-41), Baylor is playing its third game in a six-day period for the second time in three weeks when it hosts the Sooners.

The ESPN telecast marks Baylor's first of two Big Monday appearances this season as the Lady Bears will play at Texas A&M on Monday, Feb. 27, at 6 p.m. (Central). Monday's game marks Baylor's fourth appearance on the ESPN family of networks this season.

In addition, the game has been designated as Baylor's Play 4Kay game and fans are encouraged to wear pink to show support for breast cancer awareness. Numerous autographed items will be auctioned online beginning on Tuesday, Feb. 7, to raise money for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.

Baylor, a school-record 23-0 overall and 10-0 in league play, and sporting a 35-game home win streak, is led by a trio of double-digit scorers on the season. Junior post Brittney Griner, National Player of the Year candidate, leads the Big 12 with 22.8 points per game while sophomore guard Odyssey Sims, an All-America candidate, manages 15.3 a contest and junior forward/post Destiny Williams adds 10.2 an outing. Griner, Williams and junior forward/post Brooklyn Popeare the team's top rebounders at 9.7, 9.0 and 6.1 boards per game, respectively. Sims is also averaging 5.2 assists and 3.4 steals per contest while Griner manages a nation's best 5.2 blocks per game.

The Oklahoma Sooners bring their 15-6 season record, 7-3 Big 12 mark and three-game win streak to the Ferrell Center when they play the Lady Bears on Monday night. The Sooners, tied for second place in the league with Texas A&M, have won five of their last six games, their only loss during that span being an 89-58 defeat vs. Baylor in Norman, Okla., on Jan. 26.

Sophomore Aaryn Ellenberg, a 5-7 guard, leads a trio of Sooner double-digit scorers at 16.1 points per game. Junior guard Whitney Hand follows with 12.0 points and Morgan Hook, a sophomore guard, manages 10.9 an outing. Joanna McFarland, a junior forward, is the team's top rebounder at 8.1 a contest but has been sidelined with a fractured jaw which required surgery. Hand follows with 6.7 boards an outing.

QUICK HITS
Brittney Griner has registered a Big 12 record 513 career blocked shots, and ranks No. 2 on the NCAA Division I Career Top 10 list, she trails record-holder Louella Tomlinson's 663 by 150. At her current pace, 5.2 bpg, Griner will need 29 games to break the record.
• With 28 points at Kansas State, Brittney Griner has now scored 2,020 career points, becoming the first player in NCAA Division I women's basketball history to record 2,000 points and 500 blocks.
Brittney Griner ranks No. 1 nationally in blocks per game (5.2) and field goal percentage (.627).
• The Lady Bears own NCAA Division I women's basketball's longest active win streak at 23 games. Green Bay ranks No. 2 with 20, as its last loss was to Baylor in the 2011 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 at Dallas.
• Baylor's 35-game home win streak ranks No. 4 nationally behind UConn's 98, Stanford's 74 and Miami's (Fla.) 37. BU's last home loss came vs. Texas on March 7, 2010, 70-54.
• Baylor's 23-0 start is the second-best in Big 12 history behind Nebraska's 30-0 mark to begin the 2009-10 campaign.
Brittney Griner ranks No. 4 on BU's career scoring chart with 2,020 points, and needs seven more to move into the No. 3 spot. In addition, she ranks No. 12 on the Big 12's career list and needs 13 to move to No. 11.
• Griner needed nine points vs. Kansas State to reach the 2,000-point mark, she scored 29 (2,020) to become just the fourth BU player to reach the plateau behind Suzie Snider Eppers (3,861), Sophia Young (2,480) and Maggie Davis Stinnett (2,027).
• The Lady Bears have shot above 41.7% or better in 22 of 23 games this season (.380 at Iowa State).

A WIN WOULD...
• Be its fourth straight over Oklahoma.
• Improve its record to 15-24 all-time vs. Oklahoma, including 8-9 in Waco.
• Improve its Big 12 era record to 15-21 vs. Oklahoma.
• Improve Kim Mulkey's career record to 12-17 against Oklahoma.
• Extend its program-best start to 24-0.
• Be its 26th Big 12 regular-season win in its last 27 games and 14th straight, 15-1 last season, last loss was Feb. 19, 2011, at Texas Tech.
• Give Baylor just its second 11-0 conference start in the Big 12 era, matching last year's 11-0 start.
• Be Kim Mulkey's 322nd as Baylor's head coach.
• Extend its school-record Big 12 regular-season win streak to 14 straight (previous best was 11, twice).

LAST MEETING
Baylor and Oklahoma last met on Jan. 26, in Norman, BU posted an 89-58 win.

Baylor shot .493 from the floor and registered a season-high 53.8% (7-13) from three-point range in the victory.

Baylor dominated the boards, out-rebounding the Sooners, 45-30.

Six Lady Bears tallied double-digit scoring with Brittney Griner leading the way with 18, Odyssey Sims and Terran Condrey each tallied 14, Destiny Williams scored 13 and Kimetria Hayden and Brooklyn Popeaccounted for 10 apiece.

Whitney Hand led the Sooners with 19 points while Sharane Campbell added 12 and Aaryn Ellenberg scored 11.


 

 

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