IRVING, Texas - Baylor senior forward/post Rachel Allison was named Phillips 66 Big 12 Conference Player of the Week, the league office announced Monday. The 6-1 Jonesboro, Ark., native was honored for the second time in her career. Texas A&M's Tyra White was named the league's Freshman of the Week.
Allison averaged 21.5 points and 10.5 rebounds in leading Baylor to wins over No. 2 Stanford and Florida Atlantic. She produced a double-double with 18 points and 13 rebounds against
WACO, Texas - The Baylor Lady Bears moved up to No. 10 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll after defeating then-second-ranked Stanford, 81-65, on Sunday, Nov. 16.
Baylor, 2-0 on the season, moved up nine spots with the win over the Cardinal, they were previously ranked No. 19 in the AP preseason poll. Stanford dropped to No. 8 in the poll.
Baylor has been ranked in a school-record 93 straight AP polls dating back to week nine of the 2003-04 listing when it broke in at No. 24. Baylor spent 11 weeks ranked in the top 10 last season achieving a high of No. 5 on Feb. 4.
Baylor will host Stephen F. Austin on Friday, Nov. 21 at 7 p.m., before making its first road trip of the season, a Sunday, Nov. 23 contest at Rice (2 p.m.).
WACO, Texas (AP) - Rachel Allison scored 20 of her 25 points in the first half and Jhasmin Player added 14 to help No. 19 Baylor beat No. 2 Stanford 81-65 on Sunday.
Baylor (2-0), which lost to Stanford by 24 last season, has never beaten an opponent ranked this high in the regular season.
Allison hit 7-of-9 shots in the first half and finished three points short of her career-high.
Player scored 12 points after halftime, Kelli Griffin scored 13, Danielle Wilson had 12 and Melissa Jones chipped in with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
Jeanette Pohlen scored 14 points for Stanford (1-1), which lost in the title game last season to Tennessee.
Stanford center Jayne Appel was held to seven points on 3-of-11 shooting. She played only 10 minutes in the first half because of foul trouble and picked up her third 26 seconds after halftime.
Wilson sparked a 7-0 run with a jumper and then finished it off with
WACO, Texas - Senior Rachel Allison recorded her 11th career double-double with 18 points and 13 rebounds as she led the No. 19 Lady Bears (1-0 overall) to a 90-45 victory over Florida Atlantic (0-1 overall) Friday night. The win marked the fourth-straight season-opening victory for the Lady Bears.
"I thought we were very patient defensively," head coach Kim Mulkey said. "This game allowed me to rest players with such a quick turnaround against Stanford on Sunday."
Junior Morghan Medlock added a double-double of her own in her Baylor debut, registering 14 points and 16 boards. Junior Danielle Wilson chipped-in 12 points, while freshman Ashley Field added 11 and senior Jessica Morrow scored 10.
Baylor dominated the glass with a 70-33 advantage. The Lady Bears' 70 boards set a school record for most rebounds versus an NCAA opponent, breaking the old mark of 69 set on Nov. 28, 2000 against Bethune-Cookman.
The Lady Bears took a 45-21 lead into the break, as Allison already recorded a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Baylor dominated the first half boards, out-rebounding the Owls 39-13 in the opening stanza.
Baylor held Florida Atlantic to just 27 percent shooting
WACO, Texas - The Baylor Lady Bear basketball program signed five players to National Letters of Intent (NLI), head coach Kim Mulkey announced today. Inking with Baylor in the early signing period, which began today, were guards Shanay Washington (Austin, Texas), Jordan Madden (Lepanto, Ark.) and Kimetria "NaeNae" Hayden (Dallas, Texas), forward Mariah Chandler (Atlanta, Ga.) and post Brittney Griner (Houston, Texas).
The quintet is definitely the program's top-ranked recruiting class and will contend for the nation's top recruiting class. All of the signees are ranked among the top 60 nationally.
"The fact that four of these five signees committed to our program long ago speaks volumes about these student-athletes and their families; they upheld their commitment and never wavered. I believe this recruiting class will be ranked quite high and that brings great recognition to our program. The future of Lady Bear Basketball is very exciting," said Mulkey. "All of these players are athletically gifted and will make an immediate impact in our program."
Mariah Chandler - 6-2, Forward, Atlanta, Ga. (Southwest Atlanta Christian)
Chandler is a left-hander who can play both inside and outside and runs the floor well. The 6-2 forward sat out the 2007-08 season rehabilitating a knee injury (ACL) but averaged 16.0 points, 12.0 rebounds and 4.0 steals per game as a sophomore. She is a two-time first-team all-state Class A (2006, '07) selection by the Georgia Sports Writers Association, was named an all-star at the 2007 Junior Phenoms Camp and attended the adidas Top Ten Camp in 2006. Despite not playing last season, Chandler ranks No. 16 by both ESPNU's HoopGurlz and Allstar Girls Report and No. 29 by the Collegiate Girls Report. Prior to her injury, Chandler had been ranked among the nation's top 10 on every ranking list.
Brittney Griner - 6-8, Post, Houston, Texas (Nimitz, HS)
Griner, at 6-8, is the nation's most dominating prep player and ranks No. 1 by virtually every major national rating service. The athletic post can elevate at the rim and dunk with ease, create off the dribble, post up, and, with her 86-inch wingspan, be an intimidator on defense. Griner helped the 2007-08 Nimitz HS team to a 27-8 record and finished the season averaging 24.6 points, 12.3 rebounds, 5.9 blocks and shot 64 percent from the field. She recorded four triple doubles and 30 double-doubles as a junior. Griner was a 2007-08 first-team all-state and all-region Class 5A selection by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches as well as a first-team all-Greater Houston pick by the Houston Chronicle. In the first game of her
