Baylor in the Big 12 Championship In Big 12 Championship contests, Baylor is 5-3 in first round games, 9-5 in quarterfinal contests, 6-2 in semifinal games and 4-2 in the finals.
The Lady Bears are 24-12 (.667) all-told in Big 12 Championship games, including 23-8 (.742) under head coach Kim Mulkey. BU has won its first Big 12 Championship game in 12 of Mulkey’s 13 seasons and played in five of the last eight title games.
Quick Hits...
In her 13 seasons at the program's helm, Kim Mulkey has posted an impressive 368-81 (.821) record which ranks her No. 2 nationally in winning percentage among active coaches, behind UConn’s Geno Auriemma (.863).
Baylor’s speed is apparent on offense as it has outscored its opponent 216-64 in fast break points, 136-57 in Big 12 play.
Points in the paint - Baylor 1,517 (48.9 ppg)/Opponent 554 (17.9 ppg); Big 12 play - BU 873 (48.5 ppg)/Opponent 306 (17.0 ppg).
Baylor owns the nation’s longest win streak in 2012-13 with 28 straight victories.
Through three-plus years, fourth-year players Brittney Griner, Kimetria Hayden and Jordan Madden are 131-14 (.904) overall and 60-8 (.882) in regular season Big 12 games. This group has five Big 12 titles, three NCAA Tournament trips, an NCAA Championship and two Final Four appearances to their credit.
Brittney Griner has scored in double figures in 111 straight games and in 141 of 143 career games.
Griner has blocked at least one shot in 139 of her 143-game career, including 81 straight outings. The four games in which she did not block a shot all came in her freshman and sophomore seasons (Fr: at Oklahoma State; So: vs. FIU, vs. Clemson, vs. Kansas State).
Baylor is 104-4 (.963) over the past three seasons, 34-3 in 2010-11, 40-0 last season and 30-1 in 2012-13. In that same span, BU is 58-1 in Big 12 play (51-1 in regular season and 7-0 in Big 12 Tournament).
BU is 70-1 over the past two seasons.
Baylor has won eight Big 12 titles, four regular season (2005, ‘11, ‘12, ‘13) and four postseason (2005, ‘09, ‘11, ‘12).
Big 12 Action...
Baylor is a league-best 187-89 (.678) in 17 seasons of Big 12 Conference regular season play.
Kim Mulkey is 160-52 (.755) in regular-season league play, including 141-50 (.738) vs. current Big 12 teams. Baylor was 27-37 (.422) in league play prior to Mulkey’s arrival.
Series Record vs. OSU...
BU leads the series 28-10 and has won seven straight and 10 of the last 11 games.
OSU’s last victory over BU came on Jan. 9, 2010, in Stillwater, 78-65.
BU leads the series 2-0 on neutral courts, both games came in Big 12 Championship contests.
