Gameday Thread: No. 21 Baylor WBB Hosts Oklahoma State
WACO, Texas – The No. 21 Baylor women’s basketball team closes the regular season on Sunday when it hosts Oklahoma State.
Tip-off is set for 11 a.m. CT and airs nationally on ESPN 2 with Brenda VanLengen and Andrea Lloyd on the call. 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.
The program’s seniors will be recognized in a pregame ceremony and fans are encouraged to be in their seats by 10:30 a.m.
STARTING FIVE
Sunday’s nationally televised broadcast marks the eighth time the Bears will be featured on the big screen this season. The Bears are 5-2 in nationally televised games in 2023-24.
In Baylor’s win at Cincinnati on Tuesday, the Bears shot over 40% from the field for the fourth-straight game. Baylor is 10-1 in league play, and 19-1 overall, when shooting at least 40% from the floor.
The Bears have held their opponent to below 20% shooting from behind the 3-point arc for three-straight games. Baylor ranks eighth in the country, and first in the Big 12, in three-point percentage defense (25.7).
In her first 46 games as a Bear, Jana Van Gytenbeek turned in just three double-figure scoring performances, and in her last seven games, she has finished in double figures five times, including three-straight headed into Sunday.
A win over Oklahoma State on Sunday grants Baylor the No. 5 seed in the upcoming Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship in Kansas City. Iowa State earns the four seed after a win at home against Cincinnati on Saturday as the Cyclones have the head-to-head advantage over the Bears.
SCOUTING THE SERIES WITH OKLAHOMA STATE
Baylor leads the all-time series against the Cowgirls, 49-13, and the Bears are 26-2 in Waco. Sunday’s meeting marks the fifth and final two-game series for the Bears this season. Baylor swept the series against Houston and West Virginia while splitting with Kansas and Texas.
Oklahoma State swept the two-game series last season, putting up 70-plus points in both contests. Prior to the pair of losses last season, Baylor won 13-straight games against the Cowgirls. The Bears have won 28 of the last 30 dating back to the 2009-10 campaign.