Littlepage-Buggs scores 25 to help No. 12 Baylor women beat Incarnate Word 85-33
Baylor Bears vs. Incarnate Word Cardinals - Game Highlights
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WACO, Texas -- — Darianna Littlepage-Buggs scored 23 points on 10-of-17 shooting and Aaronette Vonleh added 16 points Thursday night to help No. 12 Baylor beat Incarnate Word 85-33.
Jana Van Gytenbeek added 10 points and five assists for Baylor (1-0). Jada Walker had 10 assists to go with six points and Bella Fontleroy grabbed 14 rebounds and scored nine points.
Littlepage-Buggs made a layup that gave Baylor the lead for good amid a 12-3 run to close the first quarter and make it 17-10. The Bears outscored Incarnate Word (0-2) 21-9 in the second quarter and hit three 3-pointers in a 15-0 third-quarter run before taking a 64-28 lead into the fourth.
Brynn Lusby led Incarnate Word with 10 points.
Baylor had 14 steals and scored 30 points off 24 Cardinals turnovers. The Bears outrebounded Incarnate Word 47-22, including 15-4 offensive, and outscored the Cardinals 13-0 in second-chance points.
Baylor returned 80% of its scoring from last-season's team and added Vonleh, a Colorado transfer and all-Pac-12 selection last season.
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Game Information
- Referees:
- Scott Yarbrough
- Maj Forsberg
- Tommi Paris
2024-25 Southland Conference Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
SE Louisiana | 2-0 | - | 8-3 |
Incarnate Word | 2-0 | - | 6-4 |
Lamar | 1-0 | 0.5 | 6-4 |
Houston Christian | 1-0 | 0.5 | 4-6 |
Stephen F. Austin | 1-1 | 1 | 10-2 |
UT Rio Grande Valley | 1-1 | 1 | 6-6 |
New Orleans | 0-0 | 1 | 0-9 |
Nicholls | 0-1 | 1.5 | 7-3 |
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | 0-1 | 1.5 | 7-4 |
McNeese | 0-1 | 1.5 | 5-7 |
Northwestern State | 0-1 | 1.5 | 3-7 |
East Texas A&M | 0-2 | 2 | 3-8 |
2024-25 Big 12 Conference Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
Kansas State | 1-0 | - | 13-1 |
TCU | 1-0 | - | 12-1 |
Oklahoma State | 1-0 | - | 11-1 |
Baylor | 1-0 | - | 11-2 |
Colorado | 1-0 | - | 10-2 |
Utah | 1-0 | - | 10-2 |
Arizona | 1-0 | - | 10-4 |
Texas Tech | 0-0 | 0.5 | 11-2 |
Houston | 0-0 | 0.5 | 4-7 |
Kansas | 0-1 | 1 | 10-2 |
West Virginia | 0-1 | 1 | 10-2 |
BYU | 0-1 | 1 | 9-3 |
Cincinnati | 0-1 | 1 | 8-3 |
Iowa State | 0-1 | 1 | 9-5 |
UCF | 0-1 | 1 | 7-4 |
Arizona State | 0-1 | 1 | 5-7 |