March Madness 2025
Here’s your one-stop-shop for everything that happened with Baylor Athletics over the weekend.
The Bears cruised to their first double-digit win of conference play so far this season.
The Bears are looking to get back in the win column after their three-game winning streak was snapped on Saturday.
Head coach Scott Drew and the Bears (17-6, 6-4 Big 12) endured their lowest-scoring game of the season while forfeiting a season-high 21 turnovers, and they knocked down just 19 shots. All four losses for Baylor in Big 12 play have come by four points or less, for a combined margin of 12 points.
With a three-game winning streak on the line, No. 13 Baylor men’s basketball will take on its third-straight AP Top 25 opponent in No. 4 Kansas at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kan. The Phog is also the site of ESPN College Gameday, and the marquee matchup is set to tipoff at 5 p.m. on Saturday.
The Bears got a huge fourth quarter out of freshman forward Bella Fontleroy, who scored nine of her 14 points in the period to help push the team past the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs, 67-57, Wednesday night in the Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth.
With all the sports that went on over the weekend, here is everything you may have missed.
The Bears ran out of gas in their 81-77 double-overtime loss to the Cyclones Saturday evening in the Ferrell Center.
Griner, who was a free agent, re-signed with the Mercury on a one-year contract according to a person familiar with the deal. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity on Saturday because no announcement has been made.
Baylor women’s basketball head coach Nicki Collen said she cherishes having fifth-year senior forward Caitlin Bickle out there on the court in her final year of eligibility.