Sam Houston State vs. Baylor

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SCOUTING THE BEARKATS

The Sam Houston State Bearkats, currently 3-3 on the season, have been idle since Nov. 27. First-year Bearkat head coach and former Sam Houston State player Brenda Welch-Nichols came to the Huntsville, Texas, campus from Mercer University after serving as its head coach. The Bearkats' victories have come against Texas Southern (81-65), LSU-Shreveport (65-56) and Wiley (97-76), all three contests were home games. They have suffered road defeats to SMU (84-50), Texas (84-56) and Rice (91-48).

Sam Houston State is led by senior forward Erica Parker and freshman forward Whitney Smith, both of whom average 10.0 points a game, while junior forward Britney Harris follows closely with 9.5 an outing. Parker is also the squad's top rebounder at 5.2 a game while junior center Adah Wells hauls down 4.3 a contest.

http://baylorbears.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/120306aaa.htmlSic'Em, Lady Bears!

[Scamp]

Baylor 59, SHSU 26 at the half. :)

The Lady Bears are 8-of-12 from the three-point line (Morrow and Tisdale both hit 3). Mosby was in for just 8 minutes.

Coach Kim's outfit, for those who didn't pay for All-Access: black leather pants and vest, lavender shirt. :cool:

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Baylor 117, Sam Houston 50 (BU's NCAA all-time high game) :)

All Lady Bears scored (first buckets for Oberg and Abbe), six in double figures. The only weak point was free throws: just 8-of-17. :confused:

LaToya Wyatt had a great game, as she guided four "babies" (freshmen): 13 points, 4 assists, 3 steals, 2 rebounds. :cool:

In her postgame interview, Kim said they'd played a 2-3 zone in the second half by design. She told them just play, don't pay attention to the score.

[BearLady]

Coach Kim's outfit, for those who didn't pay for All-Access: black leather pants and vest, lavender shirt. :cool:


Doesn't that really belong under the Off-Topic thread? Doesn't have anything to do with the game.

[spooky]

It's hard to tell a whole lot from a mismatch like this, but I think this game was great in many ways for the girls tonight. The starters got to rest their legs a bit (they only played an average of 18 minutes each) got to work on some zone defense that they don't usually get to do in a game situation, and hopefully gained some shooting confidence. Their numbers as a starting group are pretty amazing. 26-34 from the field, 6-7 from BTA, and 17 assists.

As important, the bench players got valuable time together and kept their focus and intensity throughout the game, which is hard to do in a blowout, and hasn't exactly always been one of our strong points.

Overall a good way to finish of a busy stretch of games and move into the layoff for final exams.

[tx4OU]

Doesn't that really belong under the Off-Topic thread? Doesn't have anything to do with the game.

Actually, I like reading other aspects of the game that would be considered color commentary. If you don't get to see it yourself, you learn more than just the scores.

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Baylor women scorch Bearkats

After playing 10 games in 25 days, the 12th-ranked Baylor Lady Bears may very well need a break.

But they didn’t show even a hint of fatigue Monday night, hitting their first seven shots from the field and taking a 36-point lead in the opening 11 minutes of a 117-50 rout of helpless Sam Houston State.

“That’s a good way to go into the break,” said Baylor coach Kim Mulkey, whose team is 9-1 heading into a nine-day break for semester final exams. “They ought to all feel good about themselves, and they ought to all come out making straight A’s on their finals.” ...

http://www.wacotrib.com/sports/content/sports/college/2006/12/05/12052006wacladybears.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17Hit the books as well as you hit the shots last night, Lady Bears, and you will have straight A's on your exams. :)