Get in the passing lanes and make sure you have the right out there, your offside hand," Blackwell said of her career-high five assists. "It was just getting in passing lanes – and don't be hesitant to go steal the ball. Baylor went on a 9-0 run in pushing the lead to as many as 21 on a free throw by 6-7 freshman Lety Vasconcelos. But even midway through the fourth, the Ducks closed to within 62-50 on back-to-back buckets by Kyei and a driving layup by Gray, who finished with 10 points, three rebounds, one assist and four turnovers.īut over the last 4:23 of the game, Oregon missed four shots, turned it over twice and scored its only point on a Kyei free throw with 22.4 seconds left. Oregon trailed by 13 at the break, 37-24. We had a double-figure lead most of the game, but it just didn't feel like it." "And I think if we make one of those, we get the momentum, we bust it open and get really comfortable in it. "I just thought the next 3 was going to go, Jada's 3 was going to go, Aijha's 3 was going to go, Sarah (Andrews') 3 was going to go," Collen said. Just do me, and it'll all come."Īijha Blackwell had her first double-double of the season and 35 th of her career with 10 points, 12 rebounds and five steals, while Dre'Una Edwards had 14 points, seven rebounds and four steals.Īfter opening the season with six-straight games of 80-plus points, Baylor scored its fewest points and also had its lowest shooting percentage (39.4), hitting 28-of-71 overall and just 6-of-24 from 3-point range. "Nothing special to my game that I'm going to change. "I definitely plan on getting better and better," said Littlepage-Buggs, who had 24 points and 11 rebounds in Thursday's 85-61 road win at SMU. I'm proud of her to keep playing, because I thought she played well all night."Īfter six different players led the Bears in scoring through the first six games, Littlepage-Buggs was the scoring leader for the second-straight game, finishing with 18 points and six boards. "You saw her impact when ( Darianna Littlepage-Buggs) threw it over the backboard. And I thought at times, we didn't do a good enough job of playing inside out. "At one point, midway through the fourth quarter, I said, 'You guys know how many blocks Kyei has?' And I said, 'She has zero.' Sometimes, her sheer size makes you double-clutch, makes you throw it up there a little quicker. "I thought we blocked our own shot," Collen said. She recorded her fifth double-double of the season with 15 points and 12 rebounds, but only blocked one shot and had eight of Oregon's 20 turnovers. No, but they do have 6-8 junior center Phillipina Kyei, the tallest player in program history. There were no holdovers from that game playing on Sunday, but it's safe to say the Ducks don't have another Sabrina Ionescu or Satou Sabally still hanging around. This was a rematch of a classic 2019 national semifinal that Baylor won, 72-67, en route to its third national championship. I thought Jada Walker was incredible on Chance Gray all night, making her life miserable. "I really thought tonight was about our defense, our defensive game plan. "Tonight, we proved that when we're not making shots, we can get stops," said Baylor coach Nicki Collen, whose team matched its best start in four years. WACO, Texas – Held below 80 points for the first time this season, the 13 th-ranked Baylor Bears had to rely on their stifling defense on a night when "we just couldn't throw it in the ocean from 3."īaylor (7-0) scored 23 points off Oregon's 20 turnovers, dominated the boards against a frontline that went 6-8, 6-7, 6-3 at times and held the Ducks (4-3) to one point in the last four-plus minutes to remain unbeaten with a convincing 71-51 victory Sunday afternoon before a Ferrell Center crowd of 4,340.
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