Gameday Thread: No. 4 Baylor at Kansas

WACO, Texas – The No. 4 Baylor women’s basketball team begins a two-game road swing at Kansas on Wednesday. Tip-off between the Bears and the Jayhawks is set for 6:30 p.m. at Allen Fieldhouse. 

The game is available for streaming via Big 12 Now on ESPN+. A live radio broadcast will be available on ESPN Central Texas (1660 AM/92.3 FM), and live in-game updates will be provided via Twitter and live stats. 

STARTING FIVE

The Bears are off to their best start (14-0) in program history outside of the perfect 40-0 season by the 2012 national championship team. 

Baylor joins No. 1 South Carolina and No. 2 UCLA as the final three undefeated teams in Division I women’s basketball.

With the final point in Saturday’s 87-58 win over Houston, Yaya Felder became the fifth player on the active roster to reach 1,000-career points. Baylor is the only program in the country with five 1,000-point scorers on its current team.

Aijha Blackwell recorded her third double-double of the season on Saturday with a team-high 15 points and 10 rebounds. The graduate senior now has a team-best 37 double-doubles in her career and the most double-figure scoring games (77) and double-digit rebounding performances (47) of any Bear.

The Bears shot a season-high 57.1% from the floor against Houston and moved to 265-2 all-time when shooting 50% or better from the field.

THE FINAL THREE

Baylor is one of three undefeated teams left in Division I women’s basketball along with No. 1 South Carolina and No. 2 UCLA.

Of the three teams, Baylor is tied with South Carolina with 10 20-plus point victories this season while UCLA has seven. 

Baylor and South Carolina are the only two undefeated programs in the country with at least one 20-plus point win over an AP Top 25 opponent. The Bears used a 21-point victory to take down No. 23 TCU on Jan. 3, while the Gamecocks have a 29-point win over then-No. 10 Notre Dame and a 38-point victory over then-No. 14 Maryland on their record.

SCOUTING THE SERIES WITH KANSAS

Baylor is 39-8 all-time against Kansas and 15-5 in Lawrence. The Bears have won the last 19 meetings between the two programs, and Wednesday’s contest is the first of two meetings this season. Baylor’s last loss in Lawrence was Jan. 19, 2014.

LAST TIME OUT VS. KANSAS

Last season saw the Bears sweep the two-game series with Kansas, picking up a ranked win over the Jayhawks in Lawrence (75-62) and 77-73 victory in Waco. In the series-opening win on the road, Sarah Andrews dropped a team-high 27 points in a full 40 minutes of action while adding four assists and pair of steals. At the Ferrell Center, Andrews turned in another 20-point performance, finishing with 23 and a team-leading eight assists.