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WBB: #3 Baylor (19-1, 9-0) vs. #23 OSU (15-3, 6-1) Preview & Game Thread

January 30, 2018
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#3 Baylor (19-1, 9-0) host #23 Oklahoma State (15-5, 6-3) on Wednesday January 31 at 6:30pm CST.  The game is televised on FSN and also available on the FoxSports2Go App.  Here is a look at the match-up:

Coaches

Oklahoma State: Jim Littell, 141-74 in his 7th season at Oklahoma State

Baylor: Kim Mulkey, 525-96 in her 18th season at Baylor

Overall

 

Oklahoma State averages 83.4 points, 40.1 rebounds, 15.8 assists, 9.7 steals and 2.9 blocks per contest

Baylor averages 88.0 points, 49.8 rebounds, 21.1 assists, 7.1 steals, and 6.8 blocks per contest

Oklahoma State Starting Lineup 

32 · LORYN GOODWIN G · 5-9 · Sr. Cypress, TX 21.4/6.2/5.2

23 · JADEN HOBBS G · 5-8 · Fr. Alva, OK 4.3/0.9/1.2

54 · KAYLEE JENSEN C · 6-4 · Sr. Genoa, NE 17.8/10.4/1.4

30 · MARIA CASTRO G · 6-0 · Jr. Guanajuato, Mexico 5.5/2.1/0.6

14 · BRAXTIN MILLER G · 5-10 · Fr. Centerville, OH 11.5/3.4/2.2

Oklahoma State Bench

3 · MANDY COLEMAN F · 6-3 · Sr. Stockton, CA 8.3/5.9/1.8

13 · JENTRY HOLT F · 6-3 · Jr. Elgin, OK 4.4/2.1/0.4

20 · LATASHIA JONES F · 6-2 · Jr. Leavenworth, KS 2.7/2.9/0.6

10 · SHAKILA SMALL G · 6-3 · Sr. Brooklyn, NY 2.3/1.1/0.1

24 · KARLI WHEELER G · 5-8 · Jr. Plainview, TX 1.9/0.8/0.7

2 · KATARINA ADAMOVIC G · 5-8 · Sr. Cacak, Serbia 0.0/0.0/0.0

25 · ABBIE WINCHESTER F · 6-1 · Fr. Oklahoma City, OK 0.9/1.7/0.3

21 · JA'MEE ASBERRY G · 5-5 · Fr. Tulsa, OK (has not played)

33 · CLITAN DE SOUZA G · 6-0 · Jr. Maputo, Mozambique (has not played) 

11 · AREANNA COMBS G · 5-10 · So. Oklahoma City, OK 8.5/2.1/2.6 (injured)

Lady Bears Starters

21 · KALANI BROWN C · 6-7 · Jr. Slidell, LA 21.3/9.6/1.9

15 · LAUREN COX F · 6-4 · So. Flower Mound, TX 14.7/10.2/3.4

4 · KRISTY WALLACE G · 5-11 · Sr. Loganholme, Queensland, Australia 12.2/4.9/4.8

1 · DEKEIYA COHEN F · 6-2 · Sr. Charleston, SC 10.0/6.6/2.0

24 · NATALIE CHOU F · 6-1 · So. Plano, TX 8.6/4.1/2.8

Lady Bears Bench

2 · DIDI RICHARDS G · 6-1 · Fr. Cypress, TX 5.4/3.9/1.7

11 · ALEXIS MORRIS G · 5-6 · Fr. Beaumont, TX 9.2/2.4/2.9

12 · MOON URSIN G · 5-7 · Fr. Destrehan, LA 2.9/2.1/0.9

20 · JUICY LANDRUM G · 5-9 · So. Waco, TX 5.3/3.4/1.1

3 · TRINITY OLIVER G · 5-11 · Fr. Euless, TX 3.3/2.1/0.7 (Injured)

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WBB: #3 Baylor (19-1, 9-0) Hosts # Oklahoma State (15-3, 6-1) Preview And Game Thread

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8:11p, 1/31/18
Hasta la vista La Gorda!
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8:12p, 1/31/18
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OSU misses

Chou calling for it from the corner.... Cox drives and is fouled by Jensen (5th)

Cox makes 1st 72-59
Makes 2nd 73-59

Cohen fouls Miller and 1

73-61

makes FT

73-62

3:30 to go
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8:13p, 1/31/18
Good Kalani
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8:14p, 1/31/18
What!!!!!!
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8:14p, 1/31/18
The ref with the long hair may be the worst official I have seen all year.
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Cox goes baseline and misses the reverse, but Brown cleans it up

75-62

Airball OSU, Cox might have gotten it

Lady Bear turnover

OSU misses a 3, offensive board, OSU misses, Wallace called for a foul on the rebound...

Brown rejects OSU

1:30 to go

Cox jumper rims out and Cox comes in and gets her hands on the board, but is called for a foul as she falls on top of Miller...



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8:16p, 1/31/18
haller has lost it
"four block from oklahom state... cox has two, brown two"

dekeiya goodwin

OSU has a road win over UCLA... that was in Stillwater
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OSU misses, ball off OSU to BU

OSU with pressure

Ball out of bounds off OSU

Running clock

Wallace drive and bucket

77-62

OSU drive misses, tips in

77-64

Wallace runs out the clock

77-64

FINAL
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8:18p, 1/31/18
Nail in the coffin. I'm tired. Lolololololol
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8:18p, 1/31/18
Goodwin didn't look very interested in Kristy's high five right there.
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HoustonBear15 said:
Goodwin didn't look very interested in Kristy's high five right there.
Big 12 leading scorer held to 3 of 15 shooting...
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In reply to HoustonBear15 • 8:21p, 1/31/18
Lolol
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Great defense tonight holding OSU below their average of 83 points.
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8:25p, 1/31/18
What a sorry, gory, dis-jointed, slop-fest of a game. Not much fun to watch really. Why is it when two teams get so sloppy as both these teams did tonight there is always a set of refs on the floor that don't know a Buffalo Chip from a shiny door? That pony tailed ref must have just hatched out of the shell. I have never seen her any where not even on TV. She seemed rather unsure of her own calls at times and felt compelled to give a long winded explanation to the coaches. Not a good habit for a ref to get into whether right or wrong. BUT IT'S A W !!
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In reply to Brian Ethridge • 8:27p, 1/31/18
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Lady Bears shooting 37.5%, 100% from 3 (1-1)
OSU shooting 29.7%, 29.4% from 3 (5-17)
ugh... this has been a tough run of games in the past 7 days

Glad for the win
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In reply to Brian Ethridge • 8:34p, 1/31/18
Brian Ethridge said:
HoustonBear15 said:
Goodwin didn't look very interested in Kristy's high five right there.
Big 12 leading scorer held to 3 of 15 shooting...
4 of 19
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8:38p, 1/31/18
PaleRider. Where are you???? Missed seeing you post.
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In reply to Brian Ethridge • 8:39p, 1/31/18
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HoustonBear15 said:
Goodwin didn't look very interested in Kristy's high five right there.
Big 12 leading scorer held to 3 of 15 shooting...
That helped! Thought Cohen had some big plays and those were big threes from Chou!
Glad this game is over, and thankful for a W.
Really hoping for some good news about Didi and Kalani
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In reply to Heart • 9:03p, 1/31/18
Heart said:
Brian Ethridge said:
HoustonBear15 said:
Goodwin didn't look very interested in Kristy's high five right there.
Big 12 leading scorer held to 3 of 15 shooting...
That helped! Thought Cohen had some big plays and those were big threes from Chou!
Glad this game is over, and thankful for a W.
Really hoping for some good news about Didi and Kalani


Kim said Kalani landed hard on her knees and those were sleeves, not braces. No structural damage. Kim wasn't aware of Didi having a problem.
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10:36p, 1/31/18
I'm still a little nervous about this team. Well, in all actuality, it's the Elite Eight that makes me anxious.

I think Oklahoma State played much better than their ranking tonight. I also think that they are better than that ranking.

That being said, we are going to see at least one close ballgame on the road, I believe. The fact that we were able to take West Virginia's best shot in Morgantown and still win by double-figures is indeed encouraging. And, even though we are allowed at least one mulligan at this point in the season, I would rather see us run through conference without a blemish on our record.

It will be interesting to see what happens when we turn some of these games around and play in Austin, Stillwater and Fort Worth. Texas is the only team that comes close to matching us in overall strength and talent. That being said, if we let our guard down, we can be upset. We are not invincible. We still have our issues, and I am sure that's fine with Kim because Kim loves any excuse to get better.

I guess I just feel if I can see this team play with consistent intensity and the ability to overcome the best shot from conference opponents, then I will feel more confident in getting over the hump and back into the Final Four.

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11:26p, 1/31/18
The guard play was generally lackluster tonight. I felt like Kristy was trying to do too much at times, leading to her low shooting percentage. While we are generally good in transition, we need to do a better job of recognizing when we don't have numbers in our favor. Several times today we charged into a 4 on 1 scenario offensively, leading to a wild shot. If you can get a clean layup or three pointer in transition, then go get it. Otherwise, we are better off slowing down, letting the bigs get down and running our offense. Pulling up for a mid range jumper in transition negates our biggest strengths, our post play and offensive rebounding. I just hate to see wasted possessions where Lauren and Kalani aren't even given an opportunity to do their work.

Kim was apparently not pleased with the defensive effort, but I didn't see too much to be concerned about. They are a free shooting team. It felt like they were making lots of shots, but the stat sheet shows they had a really poor shooting day. The thing that kept the game close in my opinion was not finishing at the rim and generally poor shot selection, especially in the first half. I attribute that to fatigue from playing 3 very competitive games in a short timespan, without a ton of recovery time. Fortunately we have Tech up next, which should give us an opportunity to rest some starters and get the bench involved more. It really is remarkable that we have won the last two games by double digits, when we clearly did not play our best games.
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11:43p, 1/31/18
Oklahoma State lost by 3 at now #2 Mississippi State.
Oklahoma State's Goodwin missed a 3 point jumper that would have tied the game with 12 seconds left at Texas.

Baylor didn't play their best game, but never trailed.

Like Kim Mulkey said, give Oklahoma State some credit. They can be pretty good..
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PaleRider. Where are you???? Missed seeing you post.
Thank you. Finally got on here. I did get to watch the game. Very pleased with the win. These Ladies have had a tough three games. Kristy looked tired tonight. But so proud to see Natalie get those threes.

I was a bit worried about Kalani's knees but I assume she is ok.

They need some rest before Lubbock; and hopefully the bench gets to play a lot up there.

All the best 77. Blessings.
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The thing that kept the game close in my opinion was not finishing at the rim and generally poor shot selection, especially in the first half. I attribute that to fatigue from playing 3 very competitive games in a short timespan, without a ton of recovery time. Fortunately we have Tech up next, which should give us an opportunity to rest some starters and get the bench involved more. It really is remarkable that we have won the last two games by double digits, when we clearly did not play our best games.
This part of Bearbone's post is quite accurate.
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In reply to geewago • 12:35a, 2/1/18
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That pony tailed ref must have just hatched out of the shell. I have never seen her any where not even on TV. She seemed rather unsure of her own calls at times and felt compelled to give a long winded explanation to the coaches. Not a good habit for a ref to get into whether right or wrong.
Tiffany Bird. We have seen her several times in Arlington as a ref for WNBA Dallas Wings games.
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1:45a, 2/1/18
Jet Lag from the trip to and from Wva... long trip with a hour bus ride as well , both ways...

rest of the season has 4 road conference games, lubbock and STill water are there,

and closer to home Austin and Ft. Worth.. so we can catch up on rest and be ready...


then the first round has two games here as well
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In reply to slimecap • 6:28a, 2/1/18
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geewago said:
That pony tailed ref must have just hatched out of the shell. I have never seen her any where not even on TV. She seemed rather unsure of her own calls at times and felt compelled to give a long winded explanation to the coaches. Not a good habit for a ref to get into whether right or wrong.
Tiffany Bird. We have seen her several times in Arlington as a ref for WNBA Dallas Wings games.
Well I extend my sympathy to the WNBA.
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In reply to geewago • 6:48a, 2/1/18
geewago said:
slimecap said:
geewago said:
That pony tailed ref must have just hatched out of the shell. I have never seen her any where not even on TV. She seemed rather unsure of her own calls at times and felt compelled to give a long winded explanation to the coaches. Not a good habit for a ref to get into whether right or wrong.
Tiffany Bird. We have seen her several times in Arlington as a ref for WNBA Dallas Wings games.
Well I extend my sympathy to the WNBA.

< chuckle > geewago, I agree.
WNBA fans shout their frustration when she refs a game. The excessive amount of time she spends at the monitor to review a play disrupts the quick flow and spontaneity of the game.

It feels like you have enough time to finish off a plateful





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In reply to geewago • 9:30p, 2/1/18
geewago said:
slimecap said:
geewago said:
That pony tailed ref must have just hatched out of the shell. I have never seen her any where not even on TV. She seemed rather unsure of her own calls at times and felt compelled to give a long winded explanation to the coaches. Not a good habit for a ref to get into whether right or wrong.
Tiffany Bird. We have seen her several times in Arlington as a ref for WNBA Dallas Wings games.
Well I extend my sympathy to the WNBA.


WNBA? Is that still a thing?
Your ideas are intriguing to me, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
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In reply to GrowlTowel • 9:40p, 2/1/18
GrowlTowel said:
geewago said:
slimecap said:
geewago said:
That pony tailed ref must have just hatched out of the shell. I have never seen her any where not even on TV. She seemed rather unsure of her own calls at times and felt compelled to give a long winded explanation to the coaches. Not a good habit for a ref to get into whether right or wrong.
Tiffany Bird. We have seen her several times in Arlington as a ref for WNBA Dallas Wings games.
Well I extend my sympathy to the WNBA.


WNBA? Is that still a thing?
It's wonderful !!
Alexis Jones won a championship ring this year.
Odyssey was in the National Championship series & doing great things in Los Angeles.
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10:00p, 2/1/18
Next year, we will have a first rounder. Saw a projected first two rounds and quite a few conference mates were listed. Two from UT, two from OSU, and one (maybe 2) from WV. No Cohen or Wallace. Anyone know if Kristy is interested in playing in the WNBA?
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In reply to slimecap • 11:14p, 2/1/18
slimecap said:
GrowlTowel said:
geewago said:
slimecap said:
geewago said:
That pony tailed ref must have just hatched out of the shell. I have never seen her any where not even on TV. She seemed rather unsure of her own calls at times and felt compelled to give a long winded explanation to the coaches. Not a good habit for a ref to get into whether right or wrong.
Tiffany Bird. We have seen her several times in Arlington as a ref for WNBA Dallas Wings games.
Well I extend my sympathy to the WNBA.


WNBA? Is that still a thing?
It's wonderful !!
Alexis Jones won a championship ring this year.
Odyssey was in the National Championship series & doing great things in Los Angeles.


Great to hear. I had no idea the league still played. There hasn't been a team in Houston in years. Further; I haven't seen one of those annoying "we got next" commercials in years.
Your ideas are intriguing to me, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
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