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Baylor [#1/1 (26-0, 13-0)] vs. Texas Tech [NR/NR (17-8, 5-8)]
Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012 | 7 p.m. CT
Waco, Texas | Ferrell Center (10,284)

TV: KCEN-TV (Baylor All-Access)
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MEDIA INFORMATION
Date Saturday, Feb. 18 | 7 p.m. CT
Location Waco, Texas | Ferrell Center (10,284)
Tickets SOLD OUT
TV KCEN-TV
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BAYLOR-TEXAS TECH SERIES
Series Texas Tech leads, 47-26
In Waco Texas Tech leads, 20-11
In Lubbock
Texas Tech leads, 25-8
Neutral Baylor leads, 7-2
Mulkey
18-8 vs. Texas Tech
#1/1 BAYLOR LADY BEARS
Record 26-0, 13-0 Big 12
Ranking 1 (AP), 1 (Coaches)
Last Game W, 83-52 at Oklahoma State
Head Coach Kim Mulkey
Career: 324-79 (12th season)
BU Record: same
NR/NR TEXAS TECH LADY RAIDERS
Record 17-8, 5-8 Big 12
Ranking NR (AP), NR (Coaches)
Last Game L, 63-54 at Texas
Head Coach Kristy Curry
Career: 284-132 (13th season)
Texas Tech Record: 105-81 (6th season)
THE RUNDOWN
The top-ranked Lady Bears, who hold a four-game lead in the conference standings over second-place 9-4 Texas A&M and Oklahoma, will host the Texas Tech Lady Raiders on Saturday, Feb. 18, at 7 p.m.

The NCAA Division I's lone undefeated team Baylor, a school-record 26-0 overall and 13-0 in league play, is led by a duo of double-digit scorers on the season. Junior post Brittney Griner, National Player of the Year candidate and 2012 U.S. Olympic Team finalist, leads the Big 12 with 23.1 points per game while sophomore guard Odyssey Sims, an All-America candidate, manages 15.0 a contest, while junior forward/post Destiny Williams adds 9.8 an outing and Kimetria Hayden manages 9.0 a game. Griner, Williams and junior forward/post Brooklyn Pope are the team's top rebounders at 9.6, 9.1 and 6.1 boards per game, respectively. Sims is also averaging 4.8 assists and 3.3 steals per contest while Griner manages a nation's best 5.4 blocks per game.

The Texas Tech Lady Raiders, led by head coach Kristy Curry, bring their 17-8 season record and 5-8 Big 12 mark to the court when they travel to Waco.

QUICK HITS
• All-American Sheila Lambert (2000-02) will be honored as a Baylor Legend by the `B" Association.
• Baylor is outscoring its opponents by 29.7 points per game on the season and by 26.4 points a game in Big 12 action.
• The Lady Bears own NCAA Division I women's basketball's longest active win streak at 26 games.
• At 26-0, Baylor is now the nation's only undefeated NCAA Division I team, men's or women's.
• Baylor, with a four-game lead in the league standings and five games remaining, needs a win on Saturday vs. Texas Tech to clinch a share of the conference crown and needs two wins to claim the title outright.
Brittney Griner ranks No. 1 nationally in blocks per game (5.4).
• Baylor has hauled down 50 or more rebounds in 11 of 26 games this season, including two Big 12 contests.
• The Lady Bears have shot above 41.7% or better in 25 of 26 games this season (.380 at Iowa State). BU is shooting a nation's leading 48.9% on the season.

A WIN WOULD...
• Clinch at least a share of its first back-to-back titles and its third all-time Big 12 regular season championship.
• Be its 16th in the last 18 games over Texas Tech.
• Improve its record to 27-47 all-time vs. Texas Tech, including 12-20 all-time in Waco.
• Improve its Big 12 era record to 19-16 vs. Texas Tech.
• Improve Kim Mulkey's career record to 19-8 against Texas Tech.
• Extend its program-best start to 27-0.
• Be its 29th Big 12 regular-season win in its last 30 games and 17th straight, as its last Big 12 loss was Feb. 19, 2011, at Texas Tech.
• Give Baylor its first 14-0 conference start in the Big 12 era, continuing to best last year's 11-0 start.
• Be Kim Mulkey's 325th as Baylor's head coach.
• Extend its school-record Big 12 regular-season win streak to 17 straight (previous best was 11, twice).

SCOUTING THE LADY RAIDERS
Located in Lubbock, Texas, the Texas Tech Lady Raiders bring their 17-8 season record and 5-8 Big 12 mark to the floor when they visit Waco on Saturday, Feb. 18. The Lady Raiders began the season at 14-0, but have lost eight Big 12 contests.

Senior Kierra Mallard, a 6-3 center, leads the team in both scoring and rebounding and is the only player averaging double-digit scoring. Mallard scores 11.7 points per game and hauls down 8.2 rebounds a contest.

The Lady Raiders are coached by 13th-year head coach Kristy Curry, a 1988 Northeast Louisiana graduate. Curry is 105-81 (.565) in her fifth season along the Texas Tech sideline and sports a career record of 284-132 (.683).

 

 

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