🐻 The Official Daily Newsletter For Baylor Athletics

Top Of The Morning To Ya. “This. This is what we came here for.”

A record-setting crowd gave BU even more juice than they already had going into Tuesday’s matchup with #4 Utah.

That juice came from inside the locker room as Coach Collen delivered the message and motivation prior to the big win and Baylor+ takes you behind closed doors to see all the action.

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

🎥 Baylor+ Access Takes You Inside the Locker Room
🏐 VB Update
🏀 In Good Company
🐻 And much, much more!

🎥 BAYLOR+: INSIDE ACCESS

This is what she came here for. This is what this program is all about.

Baylor+ takes you inside the locker room before the Bears pulled off the first top-five upset since 2020.

🎙 INSIDE BAYLOR SPORTS

Nov. 16th Episode: 
What does the win over Utah mean for Baylor Women’s Basketball?

On today’s show we are doing a full recap of Baylor Women’s Basketball’s 84-77 win over No. 4 Utah on Tuesday night.

We’ll hear the pregame speech from Coach Collen in the locker room before the game, players at the podium, and former Baylor Bear Caitlin Bickle joins the show to discuss the win.

📈 STOCK UP

🔺 In Good Company. Even before he dropped another 20-plus point outing, Ja’Kobe Walter was honored among the elite.

Prior to Tuesday’s late night showdown with Kansas City, Walter was one of 50 players named to the Wooden Award Preseason Watch List.
 
This Wooden Award distinction comes as the latest in a long line of accolades already accumulated by Baylor's fabulous freshman.
 
Walter is one of just three freshmen and seven Big 12 representatives on the list.
 
In just his first four games of the season, Walter has shown his ability as a three-level scorer, averaging a team-leading 18.0 points to go along with 4.5 rebounds, while shooting nearly 40-percent from long range.

📝: Learn More About Walker’s Early Recognition

🔺 Power Pair. Preach SA! Preach!

Sarah Andrews and company showed the nation what this team is all about on Tuesday night.

Before Andrews and her teammates took the court tho, the veteran guard and teammate Darianna Littlepage-Buggs were ranked among the country’s best.

The Baylor duo were named to the Women’s Preseason Top 50 Watch List for the John R. Wood Award.
 
Chosen by a preseason poll of national college basketball experts, the list is comprised of student-athletes who are the early front-runners for the most prestigious honors in college basketball, the Wooden Award All American Team™ and Most Outstanding Player Award.
 
With a spot on the Wooden Award watch list, Andrews is making her third appearance on a preseason list this year. The two-time All-Big 12 selection earned a WBCA All-America Honorable Mention after a successful junior season in 2022-23. In games against AP Top 25 teams last year, Andrews averaged 16.9 points per game in nearly 39 minutes of action.
 
Littlepage-Buggs is on her second preseason watch list with a selection to the Wooden Award Top 50. The unanimous 2023 Big 12 Freshman of the Year, Littlepage-Buggs enters her sophomore season coming off a record-setting true freshman campaign for the Bears.

📝: More about The Power Pair’s Honor

🔺 Time To Bear Down. Facing yet another top-25 opponent, the youthful BU volleyball team dropped a tough 3-0 road decision to #17 Kansas on Wednesday night.

The Bears were led by Elise McGhee and Allie Sczech with 12 kills apiece, Manuela Bibinbe just behind with 11. Averi Carlson had another double-double with a team-leading 13 digs and 36 assists.

📝: Looking at the trip to Lawrence
🔢: Inside the Boxscore

🏆 AWARD WINNING

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🎥 BAYLOR+: THE FILM ROOM

The late night Waco home crowd got a look at just what Jayden Nunn can do on Tuesday night.

The VCU transfer scored in bunches and at every level to help the Bears move to 4-0 on the year.

Baylor+ takes you inside the film room with the BU staff to look at what J-Nunn brings to the Green & Gold.

🤔 SIC ’EM TRIVIA

This weekend, the Bears will be playing in the 119th edition of the Bluebonnet Battle against TCU, the most-played rivalry in the state of Texas.

BU is looking for its first win in Fort Worth since a thrilling 29-23 triple OT win in 2019.

Which Bear scored the winning TD in that contest in 2019?

Got a guess?

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

🎥 BAYLOR+: THE FOLLOW

The 15th-ranked Baylor men’s hoops squad got the season started in a big way last week with a thrilling neutral court 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.

📬 STICK WITH US

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🗓 ON THE DOCKET

Friday, November 17
🐎 Equestrian at Delaware State @ 8am

Saturday, November 18
🐎 Equestrian vs. UT Martin (at Delaware State) @ 8am
🏐 Volleyball vs. West Virginia @ 2pm | Live Coverage
🏈 Football at TCU @ 2:30pm

Sunday, November 19
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Harvard @ 1pm

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

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Denzel Mims.

Mims had a huge back back in early November of 2019. The big WR had six catches for 57 yards and two TDs in the contest.

🐻 Let’s have a great Thursday, Bears!

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