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WBB: B12 Championship Preview & Game Thread

March 6, 2017
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Baylor (30-2; 17-1) faces West Virginia (22-10; 8-10) in the finals of the Big12 tournament tonight March 6th at 8pm in Oklahoma City.  The game will be televised on FS1.  Here's a look at the match-up. 
Coaches

Baylor:  Kim Mulkey (503-94)

  • 2 National Titles
  • 15 NCAAs; 3 Final 4s; 7 Elite 8s; 11 Sweet 16s

West Virginia:  Mike Carey (631-283)

  • 9 NCAAs

West Virginia Starters

Center:  Lanay Montgomery 6-5 SR:  11 ppg; 9 reb; 3 blks; 68% FG; 72% FT

Forward:  Teana Muldrow 6-1 JR:  15 ppg; 9 reb; 3 asst; 48% FG; 38% 3pt; 79% FT

Guard:  Chania Ray 5-8 JR:  9 ppg; 6 asst; 2 st; 34% FG; 29% 3pt; 84% FT

Guard:  Katrina Pardee 5-9 SO:  7 ppg; 38% FG; 38% 3pt; 84% FT

Guard:  Tynice Martin 5-10 SO:  18 ppg; 4 reb; 2 steals; 41% FG; 36% 3pt; 81% FT

West Virginia Bench

Guard:  Alexis Brewer 5-9 SO:  7 ppg; 2 asst; 39% FG; 44% 3pt; 70% FT

Forward:  Anja Martin 5-11 SO:  1 ppg; 50% FG; 35% FT

Forward:  Kristina King 6-3 JR: 7 ppg; 5 reb;  53% FG; 52% FT

Baylor Starters

Center:  Kalani Brown 6-7 SO:  15 ppg; 8 reb; 2 blks; 67% FG; 74% FT

Forward:  Nina Davis 5-11 SR:  12 ppg; 6 reb; 2 asst; 54% FG; 70% FT

Forward:  Alexis Prince 6-2 SR:  12 ppg; 6 reb; 2 asst; 47% FG; 43% 3pt; 65% FT

Guard:  Dekeiya Cohen 6-2 JR:  4 ppg; 4 reb; 41% FG; 62% FT

Guard:  Kristy Wallace 5-11 JR:  7 ppg; 4 reb; 6 asst; 41% FG; 38% 3pt; 68% FT

Baylor Bench

Center:  Beatrice Mompremier 6-4 SO:  8 ppg; 6 reb; 1.5 blks; 54% FG; 60% FT

Forward:  Lauren Cox 6-4 FR:  8 ppg; 4 reb; 1.5 blks; 44% FG; 75% FT

Forward:  Khadijiah Cave 6-3 SR:  7 ppg; 4 reb; 64% FG; 67% FT

Guard:  Natalie Chou 6-1 FR:  5 ppg; 37% FG; 44% 3pt; 61% FT

**Guard:  Alexis Jones 5-9 SR:  14 ppg; 5 reb; 5 asst; 43% FG; 42% 3pt; 72% FT

** injured should be available for NCAA tourney

WBB: B12 Championship Preview & Game Thread

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9:37p, 3/6/17
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Wallace steals the inbounds and is fouled on the layup

Misses the 1st
Makes the 2nd

54-68

Baylor steals the ball, but is tied up, ball to WVU

Davis stuffs a 3pt shot, shot clock violation

Brown fouled on the entry pass

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Davis drives and bucket

56-68

WVU misses a 3

Brown fouled on the entry pass

Bonus

Makes 1st 57-68
Makes 2nd 58-68

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Chou called for a foul on a reach in

Martin jumper for WVU

58-70

Davis drives and is fouled

Misses 1st (too many misses)
Makes 2nd

59-70

Lady Bears get the steal, fight over the ball and one rips it out to WVU

WVU misses a 3, WVU player gets the position on Prince and fouls her

3:07 to go as WVU travels
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Brown gets the ball down low, bucket

61-70

WVU misses

Brown turnaround

63-70

Brown rejection, but it goes out of bounds
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9:45p, 3/6/17
WVU is traveling on half their possessions and only called once.
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9:45p, 3/6/17
No one his more energy or passion than Kristy Wallace.
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9:45p, 3/6/17
Wallace Tee'd up
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WVU misses from 3 so badly it goes out to the 3pt line

Chou blocks the shot but turns it over on a pass to Wallace

Wallace fouls on a steal attempt and throws the ball off the scorers table in frustration gets a Tech

Ball don't lie on the first attempt
Makes 2nd

63-71

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WVU calls a timeout

1:10 to go in the game
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9:47p, 3/6/17
Baylor has fouls to give I think.
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9:48p, 3/6/17
I was wrong
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9:49p, 3/6/17
OK, I'll concede the loss now
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WVU misses and Davis fouls on the rebound on the backside

Misses 1st FT
Misses 2nd

Prince misses a 3 badly, WVU board

35.9 to go, Martin (MVP of tournament) fouled and hits 1

63-72

Wallace 3

66-72

28.2 to go

Timeout BU
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WVU throws it away and Brown and the WVU center chase it down and Martin grabs the loose ball and is fouled.

Makes 1

66-73

Prince misses the 3

Lady Bears foul

66-74 on 1st FT
66-75 on 2nd FT

14.3 to go
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WVU is on fire, hope they carry it into the NCAAs
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9:53p, 3/6/17
Boo.
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9:54p, 3/6/17
WV was really good tonight shooting, especially from 3. We pushed them, but got a little out of control when we had a chance to really close the gap in the last 3 minutes. They earned it tonight.
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Prince airballs a 3, fouls WVU with 6.9 to go

66-76
66-77

FINAL
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In reply to BU Bears Fan • 9:55p, 3/6/17
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WV was really good tonight shooting, especially from 3. We pushed them, but got a little out of control when we had a chance to really close the gap in the last 3 minutes. They earned it tonight.


Gotta hand it to them. Great game by WVU.
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Alexis Jones to be back for the 1st round of the NCAAs.
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9:56p, 3/6/17
Turnovers BU 15 WVU 7 - too much to overcome. BU comes back in 4Q but 21 points just too much. Cohen / Mompremier need to not be such offensively liabilities. would have liked to see more Lauren Cox shooting from the high post as well. Kim's switch to the zone worked well, just too little too late.

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Maybe a good wake-up call for Lady Bears.
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9:58p, 3/6/17
So many tournament championships are about who gets hot at the right time.
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In reply to KatyBear88 • 10:00p, 3/6/17
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KatyBear88 said:
Turnovers BU 15 WVU 7 - too much to overcome. BU comes back in 4Q but 21 points just too much. Cohen / Mompremier need to not be such offensively liabilities. would have liked to see more Lauren Cox shooting from the high post as well. Kim's switch to the zone worked well, just too little too late.
Agreed, would have liked to see Cox at the FT line on the high/low, but just didn't work out tonight.

8 more turnovers, a tech, 10 of 15 from the line, and gave up 11 3s, 14 offensive boards, and 8 extra FTs.

Just not their night.
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10:03p, 3/6/17
ZERO points from our bench: Cohen, Mompremier, Cox & Cave were all AWFUL tonight unfortunately.

Match that with an amazing performance from their shooting guard and some luck and we went down.
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In reply to mlb60 • 10:04p, 3/6/17
mlb60 said:
Maybe a good wake-up call for Lady Bears.


Just called my mom and told her the same thing

Hope she gets some sleep now
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Florda_mike said:
mlb60 said:
Maybe a good wake-up call for Lady Bears.


Just called my mom and told her the same thing

Hope she gets some sleep now
Mama said there would be days like this
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10:39p, 3/6/17
Cox was terrible in the tourney, and not much good before that. Looked like she was starting to come into her own midway through conference, then she seemed to lose confidence and regressed. Not sure what to think about her.
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In reply to Brian Ethridge • 10:39p, 3/6/17
Brian Ethridge said:
Florda_mike said:
mlb60 said:
Maybe a good wake-up call for Lady Bears.


Just called my mom and told her the same thing

Hope she gets some sleep now
Mama said there would be days like this


After all the winning this last weekend, this was due, I guess, huh?
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10:40p, 3/6/17
Lady Bears are not invincible. They are plenty good to make the final four and get to the final game. UCONN, however, appears to be invincible.
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The version of the Lady Bears that we saw tonight was the team that lost to Texas in Waco. They are vulnerable to teams that have enough size to prevent their domination of the boards and all the second chance points that they normally get. These teams concede the midrange shot and pack it in to stop Brown in the deep paint.
We could not hit the mid range shots and that is where we missed Alexis Jones, because she is a fine scorer from fifteen to eighteen feet, and that shot was there all evening.

WVU was especially hot from the arc in the first half, and our offense just did not function well enough to offset their shooting. The third quarter was a disaster, as Mulkey went to her bench and they gave it up. Kristy was very good for much of the game, but got out of control a few times in her effort to drive and finish, something that should be a strength for her but seemingly has been troublesome for her this season. She is above average but not a knock down free throw shooter, an area that she can improve on next year.

I was disappointed in Cohen tonight. She was tentative and indecisive, and not as effective at either end as we are used to seeing. I give WVU credit for playing exceptionally well, but Baylor did not come out of the dressing room ready to play at a high level, and playing from behind is something that is hard for a team that tends to turn the ball over as much as they do and does not shoot the three point shot well under pressure. They will be better in the NCAA Tournament, but I am less confident now as I was prior to this game that the Lady Bears will make the Final Four. Jones may be the difference when she returns, but we will have to wait and see as to that.
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In reply to Steely Dan • 3:37p, 3/7/17
Steely Dan said:
Cox was terrible in the tourney, and not much good before that. Looked like she was starting to come into her own midway through conference, then she seemed to lose confidence and regressed. Not sure what to think about her.
My mom and I were saying the same thing this weekend. Cox needs to get back to midseason form. Right now, too many fouls, too many missed shots. And too many lapses on defense.

She's a freshman, I'll give her a pass. Her midseason play was promising.
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In reply to ilcunl • 4:00p, 3/7/17
ilcunl said:
Steely Dan said:
Cox was terrible in the tourney, and not much good before that. Looked like she was starting to come into her own midway through conference, then she seemed to lose confidence and regressed. Not sure what to think about her.
My mom and I were saying the same thing this weekend. Cox needs to get back to midseason form. Right now, too many fouls, too many missed shots. And too many lapses on defense.

She's a freshman, I'll give her a pass. Her midseason play was promising.


I agree, I don't have as high an expectation on freshmen, especially bigs. If she improves like Brown this year over last, she'll be fine.
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In reply to mlb60 • 7:26p, 3/7/17
mlb60 said:
ilcunl said:
Steely Dan said:
Cox was terrible in the tourney, and not much good before that. Looked like she was starting to come into her own midway through conference, then she seemed to lose confidence and regressed. Not sure what to think about her.
My mom and I were saying the same thing this weekend. Cox needs to get back to midseason form. Right now, too many fouls, too many missed shots. And too many lapses on defense.

She's a freshman, I'll give her a pass. Her midseason play was promising.


I agree, I don't have as high an expectation on freshmen, especially bigs. If she improves like Brown this year over last, she'll be fine.


... yep and she most liked will improve plus she's got a nice outside shot

Just needs consistent confidence
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In reply to Florda_mike • 10:26p, 3/7/17
Florda_mike said:
mlb60 said:
ilcunl said:
Steely Dan said:
Cox was terrible in the tourney, and not much good before that. Looked like she was starting to come into her own midway through conference, then she seemed to lose confidence and regressed. Not sure what to think about her.
My mom and I were saying the same thing this weekend. Cox needs to get back to midseason form. Right now, too many fouls, too many missed shots. And too many lapses on defense.

She's a freshman, I'll give her a pass. Her midseason play was promising.


I agree, I don't have as high an expectation on freshmen, especially bigs. If she improves like Brown this year over last, she'll be fine.


... yep and she most liked will improve plus she's got a nice outside shot

Just needs consistent confidence


As she matures I believe you'll find that she can play almost any position on the court. With bigs, it's my observation that the more experienced players typically own the young players in the paint. Brittany Griner v Tina Charles in the NCAA tournament a great case in point.
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