Junior forward Darianna Littlepage-Buggs racked up a game-high 21 points and 20 rebounds, while senior center Aaronette Vonleh added 20 points as Baylor women’s basketball knocked off UNLV, 71-63, Sunday afternoon at Foster Pavilion.
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While school was out of session for students to enjoy Thanksgiving with their families, Baylor Athletics continued trucking as it feasted. Across four different sports, the Bears combined to go 8-1 during the weeklong vacation. Here’s everything you may have missed in Baylor Athletics over Thanksgiving break.
Baylor women’s basketball sealed third place in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament, scoring 40 points in the paint and shooting 58.7% from the floor to knockout Villanova, 73-62, Monday afternoon at Atlantis’ Imperial Arena in Paradise Island, Bahamas.
No. 18 Baylor women’s basketball’s trip to paradise took a sour turn Sunday afternoon as the Bears allowed a 17-point Indiana run in the first quarter that was too much to overcome, eventually falling to the Hoosiers, 73-65, in the Battle 4 Atlantis semifinal at Atlantis’ Imperial Arena in Paradise Island, Bahamas.
Behind its best shooting day of the season, No. 18 Baylor women’s basketball shot 57.4% from the floor to blitz past Southern Miss, 101-55, in the Battle 4 Atlantis quarterfinals on Saturday afternoon at Atlantis’ Imperial Arena in Nassau, Bahamas.
The Bears (3-1) honed in on the defensive side of the ball, where junior forward Bella Fontleroy had a career-high five blocks. Head coach Nicki Collen’s team finished with 23 points off turnovers after forcing 11 steals and swatting away nine shots.
Just three games into the season, junior forward Darianna Littlepage-Buggs is having a career year as the team’s leader in points and rebounds. Littlepage-Buggs led all players with 22 points and 11 rebounds as No. 17 Baylor women’s basketball dropped East Texas A&M, 104-55, Thursday night at the Foster Pavilion.
Despite a 17-2 run in the fourth quarter, No. 12 Baylor women’s basketball couldn’t find its footing until too late as the Bears’ comeback effort came up short. Senior guard Jada Walker inspired the charge with a game-leading 24 points as the green and gold fell to Oregon, 76-74, on Sunday night at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene.
Junior forward Bella Fontleroy brought down a career-high 14 rebounds, senior guard Jada Walker tied a career-high with 10 assists and junior forward Darianna Littlepage-Buggs knocked down her first two career 3-pointers as No. 12 Baylor women’s basketball rocketed past Incarnate Word, 85-33, on Thursday night at the Foster Pavilion.
A point guard duo who finished March Madness stronger than Jada Walker and Jana Van Gytenbeek would be hard to find.
Some people play with their food, but for a team as hungry as No. 12 Baylor women’s basketball, an exhibition match was a perfect time to feast. Bolting out of the gates with the first 11 points of the game, the Bears never looked back and steamrolled Langston, 100-39, in an exhibition match on Sunday afternoon at the Foster Pavilion.
The graduate student point guard is on pace to become one of the program’s top-10 all-time scorers.
The duo was thrown into the fire as freshmen, as they played pivotal roles for a team seeking its 13th-straight Big 12 regular season title. They didn’t expect to have to play so much as underclassmen, but Fontleroy said the 2022-23 season accelerated their progression.
Former Lady Bear Brittney Griner had her jersey retired before Baylor’s conference game against Texas Tech on Sunday in the Foster Pavilion.
The Bears shot a season-worst 34.8% from the field in a 12-point loss to the Cougars on Wednesday night in the Marriott Center in Provo, Utah.
Six Bears scored in double figures on Sunday, the most in a Big 12 game this season for the program.
“It’s always good to get in the win column,” Baylor head coach Nicki Collen said. “I think sometimes you just need the mojo back.”
Looking at the games played so far this year, head coach Nicki Collen and the No. 12-ranked Bears have been a dominant force. On both sides of the ball, the Bears have been able to outperform their competition in nearly all statistical categories.
The Bears utilized a 49-point first half to keep the Hurricanes at bay on Saturday in the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio.
The Bears are 7-0, matching their best start since 2019-20 when they won their first seven games of the year.
The Bears’ upset of No. 4 Utah signals a return to the program’s Big-12-championship-winning ways.
In front of a record-breaking student crowd, No. 21 Baylor women’s basketball upset No. 4 Utah 84-77.
When Baylor women’s basketball took the floor Monday for its first practice of the fall, it did so with several fresh faces. After falling short of a Big 12 title for the first time since 2009-10, head coach Nicki Collen reloaded the Bears’ roster with a plethora of transfers. Collen said the team intentionally brought in players who have produced in previous places.
The Bears overcame an 18-point deficit to defeat the Crimson Tide, 78-74, in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, in Gampel Pavilion, in Storrs, Conn.
The Bears head to Storrs, Conn., for an NCAA Tournament first-round matchup against the Crimson Tide in the Gampel Pavilion.
Baylor basketball was represented well by its freshmen this season, as the Big 12 Conference named freshman guard Keyonte George and freshman forward Darianna Littlepage-Buggs the Big 12 Freshman of the Year for their respective sides.
Whether or not Baylor women’s basketball is winning or losing, junior guard Sarah Andrews keeps a smile on her face at all times.
Sixth-seeded Baylor women’s basketball failed to score in the final four minutes of the game and lost to third-seeded Iowa State University, 74-63, in the quarterfinals of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Championship Friday night in the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo.
The Bears couldn’t salvage the Senior Day for Baylor basketball as a whole on Saturday, as both the men and the women fell in their respective contests.
The Bears split the season series with the Longhorns following a 63-54 victory Monday night in the Moody Center in Austin.
