Baylor Brew 3/13: Diamond Dandy

Bears Go 3-For-3 On The Diamond

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Baylor Brew Crew
March 13, 2024

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🐻 The Official Daily Newsletter For Baylor Athletics

Good Morning Baylor Fam. On Tuesdays, some people enjoy tacos.

For the BU softball and baseball squads, they enjoy some Ws.

We’ll recap all of Tuesday’s action for you and prepare you for the week ahead in KC! Check it all out below!

🥎 2-For-Tuesdays
⚾️ They Got Jacked Up
🏆 RyLee on A Roll
🐻 And much, much more!

🏀 TOURNEY TIME

There’s simply nothing like March.

The thrills. The agony. The excitement.

The third-seeded BU men’s hoops team is set to kick off action in the 2024 Big 12 Tournament this week at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City. The Bears will await a second round winner that could be Kansas, Cincinnati or West Virginia.

Follow along with all the action at Big 12 Championship Central.

🎙 SIC ‘EM POD: SHAYLON GOVAN

Ever since she started playing softball at 8 years old, Shaylon Govan has always been an underdog. 

After major success at her previous school, Govan came to play for Coach Moore at Baylor, and the experience has changed her life. 

Now, with a roster full of returners, and a hot start to the season, Shaylon and her team have their goals set high.

📈 STOCK UP

🔺 2-For-Tuesday. Mid-week, weekend, home, away, it doesn’t matter, the dominance in the circle is there for the BU softball squad.

The Bears got two gems from Kaci West and Lexi Warncke to propel them to a Tuesday sweep of visiting Lamar, 5-1 and 6-1.

Over the past 10 games, BU hurlers have allowed just 11 runs and struck out 68 opponents.

Offensively, Shaylon Govan had a monster day, finishing 5-for-6 with two RBIs and a run scored.

🔺 They Got Jacked Up. It may not be July 4th, but there were plenty of fireworks at Baylor Ballpark last night.

The BU offense exploded for 17 runs and 17 hits en route to a 17-4 domination of visiting Stephen F. Austin on Tuesday evening. The 17 runs is the most scored by the Bears since 2022.

Senior Harrison Caley was the star of the night with a career-high four hits, including two HRs and seven RBIs, which marked time since 2019 that a BU player drove in seven or more runs.

🔺 Rylee’s Rollin’. The circle has been dominant for the 14th-ranked BU softball squad.

Leading the stable of arms is sophomore RyLee Crandall, who is a perfect 7-0 this spring.

Her performance last week turned heads and earned her Big 12 Pitcher of the Week honors for the second time in her career.

Crandall made three appearances in the circle last week, with a 0.64 ERA. She helped the Bears pick up a midweek win over Sam Houston, pitching 3.0 scoreless innings and only allowing two hits.

 

The streak is on the line.
Two of the top-five teams in the country.
Senior Night.
The last chance to catch the champs in action this year!

What more could you ask for?

This is one you don’t want to miss!

5 pm. Saturday night. The Ferrell Center. Be there!

This is one that no Baylor fan will want to miss.

We’ve got an exclusive inside look at the ongoings of Baylor Athletics
from the man himself, Director of Athletics, Mack Rhoades, as he
sits down with Sic ‘Em 365’s Colt Barber.

 The pair goes in depth to catch up on facility updates, NIL,
Baylor football & basketball, conference realignment, and so much more.

Available now for FREE on Baylor+.

🤔 SIC ’EM TRIVIA

On Tuesday, veteran guard RayJ Dennis of the BU men’s hoops squad earned a spot on the AP All Big-12 Second Team.

It marked a fifth straight season a Bear had earned such recognition.

With 686 career assists between Toledo and Baylor, where does Dennis rank nationally among active players in that category?

Got a guess?

Scroll on down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

🎙 INSIDE BAYLOR SPORTS

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March 13th Edition:
Previewing The Path

On today’s show we preview the Big 12 Men’s Basketball
tournament in Kansas City.

We’ll preview Baylor's possible quarterfinal matchup and tell you what it will take for Baylor to win their first Big 12 Tournament title. Plus, Scott Drew shares his thoughts on the upcoming tournament as well.

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🗓 ON THE DOCKET

Wednesday, March 13
🎾 Women’s Tennis at Nebraska @ 3pm

Thursday, March 14
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. TBD @ 8:30pm (Big 12 Tournament - Kansas City)

Friday, March 15
⛳️ Women’s Golf at Florida State Matchup (Tallahassee, Fla.)
🎾 Women’s Tennis at Kansas State @ 4pm
🥎 Softball at Kansas @ 5pm
⚾️ Baseball vs. Texas Tech @ 6:30pm
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. TBD @ 8:30pm (Big 12 Tournament - Kansas City)

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Ninth.

With 140 starts in 160 games in his college career, Dennis ranks 11th among active players in games played and tied for ninth among active players in career assists (686).

His 208 assists and his 6.7 assists per game rank as the fifth-most in a single season in program history.

🐻 Have a great one, y’all!

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