Couldn't secure picture for tonight, so putting directly on the forum. Here's to a good basketball season!
WACO, Texas— The Baylor Lady Bears basketball team opened their season in the Ferrell Center for the final time with an 85-53 win over the Southern University Jaguars in a game that saw Baylor run away in the second half after leading by only eight at halftime.
Dre’Una Edwards led the Lady Bears in scoring with 20 total points in the game, with 10 of them coming in the first quarter alone. It is also notable that she did not see any floor time in the fourth quarter. The 6’0 Kentucky made her Baylor debut one to remember, for sure.
Baylor took the early lead to open the game, but Southern stayed right with them almost point-for-point. After one quarter of play, the Lady Bears led 21-14. Senior guard Sarah Andrews recorded four assists in the opening stanza of the match to make her own mark on the game early on.
It stayed just as close throughout the second quarter as the Jaguars’ Soniyah Reed scored 8 points, ironically to keep it at an eight point deficit for Southern heading into the break. Aside from Reed’s stat line in the quarter, it was a mostly defensive quarter for both teams, with the score standing at 37-29.
Out of the locker room, the Lady Bears came out ready to put the game to rest. Edwards and Andrews combined for 13 points in the frame, while Jada Walker added four more points of her own.
In the fourth and final quarter, the Jaguars just simply did not have enough. Reed was held to no points despite playing more than half of the frame. Madison Bartley, a transfer from Belmont, introduced herself to Baylor fans in the fourth with nine points, while Walker added five points and three assists of her own, bringing her game totals to 15 and 4 respectively. Walker also led the game defensively with 4 defensive rebounds, 3 steals and a block.
Baylor now gets over a week off before they take on Utah at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 14 at the Ferrell Center.
WACO, Texas— The Baylor Lady Bears basketball team opened their season in the Ferrell Center for the final time with an 85-53 win over the Southern University Jaguars in a game that saw Baylor run away in the second half after leading by only eight at halftime.
Dre’Una Edwards led the Lady Bears in scoring with 20 total points in the game, with 10 of them coming in the first quarter alone. It is also notable that she did not see any floor time in the fourth quarter. The 6’0 Kentucky made her Baylor debut one to remember, for sure.
Baylor took the early lead to open the game, but Southern stayed right with them almost point-for-point. After one quarter of play, the Lady Bears led 21-14. Senior guard Sarah Andrews recorded four assists in the opening stanza of the match to make her own mark on the game early on.
It stayed just as close throughout the second quarter as the Jaguars’ Soniyah Reed scored 8 points, ironically to keep it at an eight point deficit for Southern heading into the break. Aside from Reed’s stat line in the quarter, it was a mostly defensive quarter for both teams, with the score standing at 37-29.
Out of the locker room, the Lady Bears came out ready to put the game to rest. Edwards and Andrews combined for 13 points in the frame, while Jada Walker added four more points of her own.
In the fourth and final quarter, the Jaguars just simply did not have enough. Reed was held to no points despite playing more than half of the frame. Madison Bartley, a transfer from Belmont, introduced herself to Baylor fans in the fourth with nine points, while Walker added five points and three assists of her own, bringing her game totals to 15 and 4 respectively. Walker also led the game defensively with 4 defensive rebounds, 3 steals and a block.
Baylor now gets over a week off before they take on Utah at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 14 at the Ferrell Center.
