Baylor News
The Bears will host the Cougars at 9 p.m. Saturday after dropping the first matchup 76-65.
After falling in a winner-take-all regular-season finale, No. 2 Baylor women’s basketball is set on claiming the Phillips 66 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Championship. Earning a double bye, the Bears will start the journey in the quarterfinals against No. 7 Iowa State at 5:30 p.m. Friday at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo.
After sweeping a doubleheader last weekend, No. 14 Baylor men’s tennis looks to continue its hot stretch in another doubleheader Sunday at noon against Cornell and at 6 p.m. versus Lehigh at the Hurd Tennis Center.
Completing the long road of their nonconference schedule, the Bears look to bounce back against Kansas after being shut down in their last two games.
Waco News
Covid-19
“Since July 1st, Baylor’s campus has had nine positives out of 48 tests,” Stern said. “And in the last month alone, we have had seven positives out of 29 tests, which is almost a 25% positivity rate.”
State News
Texas voters turned out in historic numbers Tuesday, delivering victories for State Rep. James Talarico and forcing a runoff between Attorney General Ken Paxton and incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the state’s U.S. Senate contest that claimed national attention. The total early-voting turnout of more than 2.5 million marks the highest ever for a midterm primary election. The results also kicked off the 2026 midterm cycle.
