Postgame Notes
NOTES VS. UCONN
- Baylor women’s basketball erased an 18-point deficit on Saturday night in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament at Gampel Pavilion, topping Alabama, 78-74.
- The comeback was tied for the third-largest deficit overcome in NCAA Tournament history.
- The victory signified the Bears’ 20th win of the season marking the 23rd-consecutive 20-plus win season for Baylor. It is the second-longest active streak among Division I programs behind UConn, who leads the way with 30-straight seasons.
- BU moved to 55-17 all-time in the Big Dance.
- Alabama became the first SEC women’s basketball team to lose in the 2022-23 postseason in both the NCAA Tournament and WNIT.
- The Bears set a team NCAA Tournament game record with 14-made 3-pointers.
- Ja’Mee Asberry led the way with a season-high 26 points and a career-high seven-made 3-pointers. The guard’s seven triples were an individual game record for a Bear in an NCAA Tournament game, surpassing Alexis Jones, Odyssey Sims and Emily Niemann who all recorded five in respective games.
- Caitlin Bickle, Sarah Andrews and Bella Fontleroy joined Asberry in double figures. Both Bickle and Andrews finished with 14 points after being held scoreless in the opening half.
- Andrews finished with a career-high four blocks, while Jaden Owens led the team for the 21st time this year in assists, dishing out eight.
- Bickle and Darianna Littlepage-Buggsgrabbed a team-high seven rebounds apiece.
NOTES VS. UCONN
- Monday will be the 10th meeting all-time between the Bears and the Huskies and second meeting in the postseason between the two programs.
- UConn holds the slim 5-4 advantage in the all-time series.
- Baylor and UConn last met in the Elite Eight round of the 2021 NCAA Tournament. The Huskies outlasted the Bears, 69-67, in San Antonio. Caitlin Bickle and Sarah Andrewsare the only two on the current roster that were on that team.
- The Bears have won two of the last three matchups with the Huskies.
- Monday’s contest will be just the second meeting between the two programs in Storrs.
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