With nothing to lose, No. 25 Baylor women’s basketball put No. 1 UCLA on the ropes early, but dominant post-play by the Bruins kept them undefeated, taking down the Bears, 72-57, in the inaugural Coretta Scott King Classic Monday afternoon at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.

Being a college athlete is incredibly mentally challenging but what most people don’t realize is what all goes into being great and making it within the ecosystem of student athletes.

The Bears hosted NCAA singles and doubles individual championships, separate from team championships for the first time, in November.

Adversity can oftentimes rattle and break the morale of teams. This is not the case, though, head coach Michael Woodson and Baylor men’s tennis. They have learned from their first-round postseason exit against San Diego last year and are hungry to take on the 2025 season after a dominant fall.

The Bears have been without their full lineup for much of the season.

Head coach Scott Drew looked on as No. 25 Baylor men’s basketball scored six points in four seconds to tie the game. With six seconds on the clock, TCU senior guard Brendan Wenzel swished a corner 3-pointer to give the Horned Frogs a 74-71 lead.

The Bears went 1-for-6 on fourth downs in a game littered with mistakes.

Redshirt junior quarterback Sawyer Robertson threw for a career-high 445 yards on 30-of-51 passes, but a handful of self-inflicted wounds ate away at Baylor football’s chances to knock off LSU as they fell to the Tigers in the Kinder’s Texas Bowl, 44-31, Tuesday afternoon at NRG Stadium.