The Lady Bears walked onto the court Wednesday night wearing No. 5 T-shirts in warmups; they walked off with shirts that read, “Big 12 Champions.” Even without senior Melissa Jones on the court, her presence in the Ferrell Center was all Baylor needed as it went on to soundly defeat Missouri, 84-52.

Baylor’s squad battled the rest of the conference at the Big 12 Championships on Feb. 25-26 in Lincoln, Neb. Starting the weekend with a victory was sophomore Gavyn Nero, as he led a Baylor comeback to win the men’s distance medley relay title.

The February calendar ended in the first loss of the season for the Lady Bears, but as it turned to March, the team wasted no time getting back into the win column. In fact, they did it convincingly, beating Prairie View A&M 6-1 in the first of a double header on Tuesday afternoon.

Even though the Lady Bears softball team seemed to lack focus in the second game of their doubleheader against Prairie View A&M on Tuesday, Baylor run-ruled the Lady Panthers 8-0 in the fifth inning.

Baylor’s path to the NCAA tournament became exponentially more difficult after falling 71-60 to Oklahoma State on Tuesday night in Stillwater, Okla.

It was a long night for Baylor pitching as Texas State smacked 16 hits off of seven different Bears pitchers to defeat Baylor, 13-2, Tuesday at Baylor Ballpark.

Baylor’s NCAA tournament hopes are hanging by a thread. It’s just a thread, but after Saturday, the Bears are still alive.

After 14 straight wins by the Baylor Lady Bears, the streak was snapped in a pitchers’ dual Sunday against the University of Houston Cougars, falling 1-0.