GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Baylor 79, Houston Christian 35
Associated Press
WACO, Texas - Freshman guard Bella Fontleroy came off the bench to score 17 points and grab 11 rebounds and No. 21 Baylor romped to a 79-35 victory over Houston Christian.
Fontleroy sank 6 of 10 shots with three 3-pointers for the Lady Bears (6-2) and notched her first double-double. Jaden Owens added 14 points and six assists. Kendra Gillispie scored 10 on 5-of-6 shooting.
Marilyn Nzoiwu was the lone bright spot for the Huskies (3-4). She finished with 13 points and five rebounds, sinking 6 of 9 shots from the floor. Her teammates made 8 of 40 shots, including 2 of 15 from beyond the arc.
Baylor shot 45.2% in the first half and missed 9 of 11 shots from 3-point range but still took a 36-13 lead into intermission.
Owens scored nine points in the third quarter as Baylor opened up a 57-22 lead.
The Lady Bears played a fifth straight game without injured leading scorer Aijha Blackwell.
Baylor has been in the AP Top 25 for 358 straight weeks, second only to Connecticut's 547-week run.
The Lady Bears are 4-0 all time against Houston Christian - formerly known as Houston Baptist. All four wins have come on Baylor's home floor.
December 4, 2022
| Houston Christian | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| N. Collins | F | 25 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| A. Sutherland | C | 34 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| M. Nzoiwu | C | 33 | 6-9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| K. Wilson | G | 22 | 0-5 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| L. Mapusua | G | 14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| E. Matadi | 21 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| E. Maguire | 18 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Q. Erickson | 12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| A. Cotton | 9 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| J. Oly | 8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| C. Hursh | 3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 199 | 14-49 (.286) |
5-8 (.625) |
2-15 (.133) |
9-29 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 35 | |
| Baylor | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| C. Bickle | F | 26 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 1-2 | 2-5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| K. Gillispie | F | 18 | 5-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| D. Littlepage-Buggs | G | 31 | 3-11 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| J. Owens | G | 28 | 6-12 | 1-1 | 1-4 | 0-4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| J. Asberry | G | 26 | 3-9 | 3-3 | 0-5 | 0-1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| B. Fontleroy | 24 | 6-10 | 2-4 | 3-6 | 2-11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | |
| J. Van Gytenbeek | 22 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| E. Porter | 18 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| K. Abraham | 8 | 3-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Totals | 201 | 30-62 (.484) |
13-25 (.520) |
6-19 (.316) |
16-44 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 79 | |
Officials: Jesse Dickerson, Ify Seales, Chaney Muench
Attendance: 3,935
