Baylor Brew 11/20: Seventh Heaven

Bears Take Down Harvard, Make It 7-0 Start for BU Hoops

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November 20, 2023

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🐻 The Official Daily Newsletter For Baylor Athletics

Good Morning Bears. No, we’re not talking about the late 90s sitcom.

We’re talking about the start of the BU Hoops seasons as the Bears moved to a 7-0 combined start on the hardwood.

Not too shabby, not too shabby at all.

We’ve got all the action and much more to kick off your week!

What all do we have stirrin’ in today’s Brew? Check it out!

🏀 Five For Fighting
🧹 Saturday Sweep
🎥 Baylor+: Face-To-Face With Kevin Rogers
🐻 And much, much more!

🎥 BAYLOR+: THE FOLLOW

What A Night!

Re-live Baylor Women's Basketball's dominant performance in their win over No. 4 Utah, and go behind-the-scenes with Nicki Collen, Dre Edwards, and the rest of the team in practice, meetings, game day locker rooms and sideline huddles. 

🎙 INSIDE BAYLOR SPORTS

Nov. 20th Episode: 
Recapping The Bears’ Weekend

On today’s show, Justin Hoff and Jerry Hill recap Saturday’s football game at TCU.

We hear from Baylor head football coach Dave Aranda following the loss plus we take a look around Baylor Athletics with our two Baylor Basketball teams, Baylor Equestrian and Baylor Volleyball…

📈 STOCK UP

🔺 Five For Fighting. Sunday marked a first for Coach Collen at Baylor.

It was the first time during her tenure that all five starters reached double-figures in scoring. And BU needed every one of them as the Crimson of Harvard would not go away as the Green & Gold did just enough to come away with an 81-71 win.

The women’s squad improved to 3-0 on the year and made it a perfect combined record of 7-0 for BU hoops.

Leading the balanced scoring attack was Aijha Blackwell, who poured in 16 points on 5-of-8 shooting. Darianna Littlepage-Buggs finished a rebound shy of a double-double, turning in a season-best 13 points for her first double-digit scoring performance of the season.

Newcomer Jada Walker put on a season-best performance, finishing with 13 points and eight assists.

🔺 Saturday Sweepin’. Nothing like doing some weekend cleaning.

The 23rd-ranked BU volleyball squad did some sweeping around the Ferrell Center on Saturday with a clean 3-0 victory over visiting West Virginia.

It marked the 17th straight win over the Mountaineers for the Bears, who limited WVU to just a .097 hitting percentage, the second-lowest of any opponent all season.

BU was led by Elise McGhee with 13 kills, followed by Kendal Murphy's season-high 9 kill effort. Averi Carlson added 31 assists to her season total and Lauren Briseño secured 8 digs.

The Bears wrap up their regular season slate with one more home match as they host Houston on Wednesday at 6 p.m.

🔺 Tough Road. In the 119th meeting of the Bluebonnet Battle, it was TCU who came out on top.

The Bears made the short trip to take on the Horned Frogs on Saturday, and with 20 minutes left in the game, BU was neck-and-neck with their state rivals.

TCU used a late outburst to pull away and take the victory, 42-17.

🏆 AWARD WINNING

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🎥 BAYLOR+: FACE-TO-FACE

As we close out the final season of hoops inside the Ferrell Center, it’s great to catch up with some of the greats who created so many memories there.

This summer, Kevin Rogers, a true fan favorite over the years sat down for a Face-to-Face to catch up on what he’s been up to and the memories he has from his time at BU.

🤔 SIC ’EM TRIVIA

In Sunday’s win over Harvard, Dre’Una Edwards chipped in 14 points to make it five straight games in double figures dating back to the end of the 2021-22 season at Kentucky.

How many times has she scored in double-figures in her collegiate career?

Got a guess?

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

🎥 BAYLOR+: THE FOLLOW

This week, the Baylor men hit the road to NYC to play in the NIT Season Tip-Off at the Barclays Center.

What better way to prepare then going inside the last road trip, a season-opener to South Dakota and a huge win over perennial SEC power Auburn.

Baylor+ takes you behind closed doors, on the road and in the locker room as the Bears prepared for and battled through the season-opener.

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🗓 ON THE DOCKET

Wednesday, November 22
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Oregon State @ 6pm (Barclays Center - Brooklyn, N.Y.)
🏐 Volleyball vs. Houston @ 6pm | Live Coverage

Friday, November 24
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Pitt/Florida @ TBD (Barclays Center - Brooklyn, N.Y.)
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. McNeese @ 2pm

Saturday, November 25
🏈 Football vs. West Virginia @ 6pm

Sunday, November 26
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Alcorn State @ 2pm

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 56.

Edwards arrived in Waco with 53 double-digit scoring performances during her time at UK.

And now she’s a perfect 3-for-3 in that area for the Green & Gold.

🐻 Let’s Get This Week Started!

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