Former Lady Bear Brittney Griner had her jersey retired before Baylor’s conference game against Texas Tech on Sunday in the Foster Pavilion.
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Brittney Griner, who’s in her 10th season with the Phoenix Mercury, will make her first return to Baylor’s campus on Feb. 18.
The No. 1 Lady Bears basketball team returns to the hardwood with what it lacked most last season: experience.
The shot clock was irrelevant as the Lady Bears picked the pockets of Western State and ran the court for easy layups, bringing the No. 1 Baylor squad a 94-24 victory.
The Baylor Bears volleyball team swept the competition at the Fairfield Inn North Baylor Classic at the Ferrell Center last weekend.
Baylor women’s basketball standout Melissa Jones has hung up her basketball shoes but stepped back on the Ferrell Center court in volleyball shoes.
The green scoreboards with “hustle stats” stamped boldly across them in white letters that hung from the Ferrell Center ceiling may have come down when Baylor’s basketball arena got a makeover this last winter.
They may not be the most nutritious breakfasts ever, but the Lady Bears’ strength coach and nutritionist sat pleased as long as the team’s off-season breakfasts at Penland came with a dash of health-consideration and plenty of good times.
The fourth time was a charm for No. 2 seed Texas A&M as the No. 1 seed Lady Bears fell to the Aggies 58-46 in the Elite Eight round of the NCAA tournament at American Airlines Center in Dallas Tuesday night in the final matchup between the Big 12’s two best teams.
It may be the Lady Bears’ third consecutive year advancing to the third round of the NCAA Tourney, but head coach Kim Mulkey believes this year’s Sweet 16 venture against Wisconsin-Green Bay Sunday at 8 p.m. at the American Airlines Arena in Dallas tastes just as sweet.
The No. 1 seed Lady Bears fought off a persistent West Virginia squad Tuesday night, closing out an 82-68 win to advance to Dallas for the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament.
As a No. 1 seed for the first time in program history, the Lady Bears will enjoy the comfort of playing the first round of the NCAA Tournament in the friendly confines of the Ferrell Center at 6:40 p.m. Sunday when they take on Prairie View A&M.
While nobody at the Ferrell Center was surprised on Monday, the Lady Bears’ basketball team still joined those in attendance in a burst of celebration upon seeing Baylor’s No. 1 seed for this year’s NCAA tournament announced on ESPN.
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.
The Lady Bears had no problem beating Kansas for the second time this season, physically dominating the Jayhawks in an 86-51 rout. Destiny Williams scored 21 points to lead Mulkey’s team, who advanced to the Big 12 tournament semifinals with the win.
The Lady Bears, Big 12 conference champions, are headed to Boulder, Colo., to take on the Buffaloes in their last conference game at 3 p.m. Saturday, before heading to the Big 12 Tournament.
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.
The No. 1 team in the country seemed to get even better with another double-double outing by Brittney Griner as Baylor ended Texas’ 4-game streak while extending its own to 20 games with a 96-68 win in the Ferrell Center Saturday afternoon.
The Lady Bears look to extend their nation-leading winning streak of 18 games as they take on the defending Big 12 champions, Nebraska, at 7:05 p.m. today in Lincoln, Neb.
If any ghosts exist from the Lady Bears’ struggles in Stillwater , Okla., the last couple years, they did not show up Sunday as Baylor overpowered Oklahoma State 84-57 on their home floor.
The Lady Bears showed why they sit at No. 1 in the country Sunday afternoon, overcoming a No. 5/6 Texas A&M squad 63-60 in front of a record Reed Arena crowd who could not have asked for much more from two of the country’s best teams.
The Lady Bears showed why they sit at No. 1 in the country Sunday afternoon, overcoming a No. 5/6 Texas A&M squad 63-60 in front of a record crowd who could not have asked for much more from two of the country’s best teams.
It was anything but pretty, but the No. 1 Lady Bears outlasted Texas Tech 64-51 Saturday night in a battle fought and won in the paint and on the boards.
It was anything but pretty, but the No. 1 Lady Bears outlasted Texas Tech 64-51 Saturday night in a battle fought and won in the paint and on the boards.
