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Baylor Women's Basketball

Championship Game: Baylor vs. Notre Dame Preview & Game Thread

April 6, 2019
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The reason everyone plays the game arrives Sunday April 7 in Amalie Arena. The Baylor Lady Bears will face the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in a battle between two of the top programs over the past 15 years. Both have two national titles during that time and this will be a game of strength on strength in the paint and perimeter. Baylor is 36-1 and Notre Dame is 35-3 on the season with Baylor having a 28 game winning streak and Notre Dame with a 14 game winning streak on the line.


How To Watch:

Sunday, April 7, 5 p.m.

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Keys To The Game:

Make Arike Ogunbowale play both ends

Protect the ball

Keep Ogunbowale in front of the defender

Juicy and Chloe need to hit from outside to open up the lane

Make Mabry move off the 3pt line where over 57% of her shots are taken and over 40% made


TEAM PTS REB AST STL BLK FG% 3PT% FT% OPP FG%
BAYLOR 81.7 47.4 22.4 7.6 7.2 50.4 37.5 68.2 31.6
NOTRE DAME 88.8 44.3 20.7 8.8 5.1 51.2 36.2 74.4 37.2

Fun Facts:

The last time Baylor and Notre Dame met in the NCAA Championship was 2012.

5 of 7 ESPN Experts pick Notre Dame due to experience.

Little Ms. Muffet sat on her tuffet eating her curds and whey. Along came Mulkey that asked, “Why so sulky? We’re just better today.”


COMMON OPPONENT BAYLOR NOTRE DAME
CONNECTICUTT 68-57 (W) 71-89 (L), 81-76 (W)*
STANFORD 63-68 (L) 84-68 (W)*
IOWA 85-53 (W)* 105-71 (W)

*NCAA Tournament

 

 
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