Gameday Thread: No. 17 Baylor WBB opens the Big 12 tournament against the state of Iowa

Kansas City, Missouri -No. 17 Baylor Women’s Basketball (25-6, 15-3) will compete in the quarter-finals of the Big 12 tournament against the state of Iowa (22-10, 12-6). Tipoff from the T-Mobile Center is planned on Friday, March 7, for 5:30 p.m. CT and is streamed on ESPN+.

• Baylor Massey evaluation: No. 13
  • Baylor Net -Ranking: No. 16
• Iowa State Massey Rating: No. 29
  • Iowa State Net -Ranking: No. 34

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Baylor (Nicki Collen): 99-34 Record; 3 NCAA tournaments; Sweet 16

Iowa State (Bill Fennelly): 799-376 Record; 25 NCAA tournaments; 6 sweet 16s; 2 elite eight

Baylor -Starter

• Wache Jada Walker (5’7, Sr.): 10.9 ppg, 2.7 RPG, 5.6 APG, 42% FG, 39% 3 -pt, 75% FT
• Wache Sarah Andrews (5’6, Sr.): 10.8 ppg, 3.3 RPG, 4.9 APG, 36% FG, 37% 3 -pt, 56% FT
• Wache Yaya Felder (5’8, Sr.): 10.6 ppg, 3.3 RPG, 2.7 APG, 44% FG, 39% 3 -pt, 74% FT
• Striker Bella Fontleroy (6’0, Jr.): 9.5 ppg, 5.8 RPG, 39% FG, 33% 3 -pt, 55% FT
• Center Aaronette vonleh (6’3, sr.): 13.8 ppg, 5.5 RPG, 59% FG, 61% FT

Baylor bank

• Wache Aliyah Matharu (5’7, Sr.): 7.3 ppg, 2.7 RPG, 42% FG, 38% 3 -pt, 56% FT
• Wache Waiata Jennings (5’9, Jr.): 2.1 ppg, 40% FG, 36% 3 -pt, 100% FT
• Striker Kyla Abraham (6’3, Jr.): 2 ppg, 3 RPG, 46% FG, 36% ft
• Striker Kayla Nelms (6’1, Fr.): 2.5 ppg, 2.3 RPG, 44% FG, 21% 3-PT
• *Forward Darianna LittlePage-Buggs (6’1, Jr.): 14.3 ppg, 10.5 RPG, 2.3 APG, 54% FG, 73% FT

*Doubtful with injury*

Iowa State Starter

• Wache Arianna Jackson (5’9, Sun.): 5.4 ppg, 3 RPG, 36% FG, 80% FT, 37% 3-PT
• Wachmann Kelsey Joens (5’10, Sun.): 5.1 ppg, 2.9 RPG, 44% FG, 45% 3 -pt, 75% FT
• Wache Emily Ryan (5’11, Sr.): 9.8 ppg, 3.9 RPG, 6.2 APG, 45% FG, 40% 3 -pt, 93% FT
• Forward Addy Brown (6’2, Sun.): 14.7 ppg, 7.8 RPG, 5.2 APG, 49% FG, 34% 3 -pt, 74% FT
• Center Audi Crooks (6’3, Sun.): 23 ppg, 7.7 RPG, 60% FG, 68% FT

Iowa State Bank

• Wache Sydney Harris (6’1, Jr.): 7.7 ppg, 2.7 RPG, 49% FG, 77% FT, 48% 3-PT
• Wachmann Reagan Wilson (5’8, Fr.): 2 ppg, 33% FG, 33% 3 -pt, 73% ft

*Statistics last updated on March 5*

Opponents of the state Iowa

• Texas Tech (71-58 Sieg)
• Utah (75-67 loss)
• No. 20 West Virginia (82-68 loss)
• No. 11 Kansas State (87-79 loss)
• No. 9 TCU (82-69 loss)
• No. 19 Baylor (67-52 loss)
• No. 14 Kansas State (85-63 Sieg)

Top quotes

Head coach Nicki Collen when he may have received a hosting offer in the NCAA tournament:

• “You don’t want your Senior Day Memory or your last game in a place that was so good for you. From this perspective, everyone would like to get a victory in Foster to end the year, because if they receive a victory, we are with another sweet 16. You can’t think too much about it. That builds up again. We have to win one game. In reality we have no control. The network is a mystery anyway, so I think that it depends on the fact that you have to continue to set your resume Quad 1 victory, and I think that’s what the tournament is doing. If we make it into the championship, we will play three really good teams. “

Head coach Nicki Collen, who is without star striker Darianna LittlePage-Buggs (Jr.), which is expected to miss the Big 12 tournament, but will be back for the NCAA tournament:

• “The team showed resilience. You found out how we will win this game with these people. What are our advantages? … Suddenly we played TCU and came across a buzzsaw. That was the first game it was like: ‘Wow. We desperately miss buggs. ‘We missed this marginal layup and four offensive rebounds and the way it will create opportunities for other people. She does these little things. That was the first game and we always miss it because it is so important to us where the game itself was and how it was played (Buggs demanded). “

Wache Jada Walker (Sr.) in the team, which is prepared for the conference tournament:

• “We are really ready. We have a lot to work, but we are really striving to win. It’s victory or home. We have a lot of seniors, and this is our last conference tournament and NCAA tournament, and we want to go out strongly. “

Wache Jada Walker (Sr.) When playing Iowa State:

• “I just stay with the last time to do. We did a good job at Audi (Crooks). The limitation of 3-point attempts was a main goal. Our 3-point defense share was high in the last two (games), so this continues to get going. “