Gameday Thread: #4 Baylor WBB (25-5, 15-3) vs. Oklahoma State (9-19, 3-15)

BAYLOR (25-5, 15-3) vs. OKLAHOMA STATE (9-19, 3-15)
March 11, 2022 • 1:30 p.m. CT
Waco, Texas • Ferrell Center

LIVE STATS: Stat Broadcast
WATCH: ESPNU
Talent: Andrea Lloyd and Chuckie Kempf
LISTEN: ESPN Central Texas, BaylorBears.com 
Talent: Derek Smith (pxp), Sophia Young-Malcolm (Analyst)

TWELVE IN A ROW
• Baylor clinched a share of the regular-season Big 12 title with a 25-point win on the road at No. 8 Iowa State in front of a record crowd at Hilton Coliseum. 
• BU's streak of 12 regular-season titles in a row is the longest active streak in the country in men's AND women's hoops.
• The streak ties for fourth all-time in WBB behind Green Bay 20 (1999-2018), Louisiana Tech 15 (2003-17), Stanford 14 (2001-14) and Old Dominion 12 (1993-2004).
• With 24 combined conference championships, Baylor ties Stanford for the most among Power 5 schools since 2004-05.
• With a win over Texas Tech on Sunday or an Iowa State loss on Saturday, Baylor would clinch the championship outright.
• Baylor became the first school since Texas Tech in 2000 to start league play 0-2 and end up winning the conference title.

BIG 12 AWARDS ROLLING IN
• Baylor was well represented in the All-Big 12 awards that were announced Monday evening as each member of BU's starting five was honored.
• NaLyssa Smith became the first player to receive Player of the Year accolades in back-to-back seasons since BU's Brittney Griner did so from 2011-13. Courtney Paris (Oklahoma, 2007-09), Nicole Ohlde (Kansas State, 2003-04) and Stacey Dales (Oklahoma, 2001-02) are the only other Big 12 players to accomplish the feat.
• Jordan Lewis was named the Newcomer of the Year. Since the graduate transfer rule has been implemented, Baylor has had one such player win the Newcomer of the Year Award in the Big 12 in four-straight seasons – Lewis (2022), DiJonai Carrington (2021), Te'a Cooper (2020) and Chloe Jackson (2019). 
• Smith and Lewis were All-Big 12 first teamers, while Sarah Andrews landed on the second team. Ja'Mee Asberry and Queen Egbo were honorable mention.
• Smith also received Big 12 All-Defensive Team honors.

WALKING DOUBLE-DOUBLE
• NaLyssa Smith is fifth in the country with 21 double-doubles on the season. That mark puts her at second all-time in Baylor history.
• Smith is tied for third in program history with 49 career double-doubles alongside Maggie Davis-Stinnett (1986-89, 1990-91)
• The senior is averaging 22.3 points and 11.7 rebounds per game which both rank No. 8 in the country. She is the only player in the country who is averaging 22+ points and 11+ rebounds per game.

LET IT FLY
• Baylor's program record for triples made came on Dec. 18, 2019 against Arkansas State when Juicy Landrum caught fire and set an NCAA record with 14 triples. Besides that record-setting performance, BU hadn't drained more than a dozen shots from deep since 2011.
• BU's record for 3-point attempts in a season came in 2013-14 when the Bears attempted 596 3s. 
• From that season to 2020-21, Baylor made 10 or more 3-pointers in a game only five times across a total of 281 games (1.78 percent). BU has done so five times this season. 
• At Kansas, Baylor nearly set a record with a 14-for-29 display from the perimeter. BU's 14 treys marked the second most in program history.
• Prior to this year, only 14 Bears had made six or more 3s in a game. Two of them had done it multiple times (Makenzie Robertson, 2012, 2014) and Jennifer King (1990, 1991, 1993).
• Sarah Andrews and Ja'Mee Asberry have already joined that elite club this season. Andrews went 6-for-8 against Morehead State and from deep and Asberry fired off 6-of-8 against Alcorn State. Asberry then went 6-for-11 at Kansas, and Andrews set a career-high with a 7-for-10 mark.
• Andrews' seven 3s tied for third in program history. She is now one of six Bears in program history to hit a minimum of seven triples in a game.
• Jordan Lewis joined the club with her 6-of-7 performance against Iowa State.
• Baylor - with 204 3s on the season - has the second-highest 3pointer total for a single season in program history. 
• Asberry is fourth in program history with 69 3s made this season.