Gameday Thread: #5 Baylor WBB (24-5, 14-3) hosts Texas Tech (11-17, 4-13)

BAYLOR (24-5, 14-3) vs. TEXAS TECH (11-17, 4-13)
March 6, 2022 • 2 p.m. CT
Waco, Texas • Ferrell Center

LIVE STATS: Stat Broadcast
WATCH: Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Talent: Pete Sousa (pxp), Jim Haller (analyst), Brooke Bednarz (reporter)
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.

DOMINANT PERFORMANCE
• The stakes were high and the lights were bright as No. 5 Baylor walked into a raucous Hilton Coliseum to take on No. 8 Iowa State with a Big 12 championship on the line. 
• The first 14 minutes featured six lead changes and a three-point ISU lead but the rest of the game was dominated by the Bears.
• For the second time this season, BU scored the most points that ISU allowed all year (87). 
• Baylor shot 51.5 percent from the floor, a season high allowed by the Cyclones.
• Defensively, BU held Iowa State to a season-low 18.2 percent from the 3-point line. Entering Monday night's game, ISU led the country with a 39.4 3-point percentage.
• Only two opponents have pulled down 20+ rebounds against Iowa State this season: Queen Egbo with 21 (1/23) and NaLyssa Smith with 20 (2/28).

WALKING DOUBLE-DOUBLE
• NaLyssa Smith is fifth in the country with 20 double-doubles on the season. That mark ties her for second in BU history for double-doubles in a single season alongside Maggie Davis-Stinnett (1987-88).
• Smith is fourth in program history with 48 career double-doubles. She's one away from tying Davis-Stinnett (1986-89, 1990-91)
• The senior is averaging 21.8 points and 11.7 rebounds per game which ranks No. 9 and No. 9 in the country, respectively. She is one of two players in the country who is averaging 21+ 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 196 3s on the season - has the third-highest 3pointer total for a single season in program history. 
• Asberry is fourth in program history with 67 3s made this season.