Baylor News
Sophomore Brittney Griner scored 31 points in the Lady Bears’ 61-58 win over Texas A&M.
Sophomore Brittney Griner scored 21 points, sophomore Destiny Williams added 18 and Baylor cruised to an 86-53 win over Kansas State in the Big 12 tournament quarterfinals today in Kansas City.
Six hours before Baylor’s first round Big 12 tournament game, it found out freshman Perry Jones was suspended by the NCAA for “a pre-enrollment amateurism violation/preferential treatment.”
Freshman Perry Jones III is suspended from tonight’s Big 12 tournament game between Baylor and Oklahoma for violations committed before enrollment at Baylor, an official Baylor release stated.
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.

