GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
West Virginia 74, Baylor 65
Associated Press
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Madisen Smith and Ja'Naiya Quinerly scored 17 points apiece, Jayla Hemingway added 15 points and 14 rebounds and West Virginia's defense forced seven fourth-quarter turnovers as the Mountaineers beat No. 18 Baylor 74-65.
Dawn Plitzuweit, in her first season as head coach at West Virginia, led South Dakota to a No. 10 seed in the 2022 NCAA Tournament and beat Baylor in the first round before the Mountaineers were eliminated by Michigan in the second round.
West Virginia (12-4, 3-2 Big 12) has won three consecutive games following consecutive 20-plus point losses to No. 19 Oklahoma and at No. 15 Iowa State, and improved to 4-22 all-time against Baylor, 1-9 at home.
Sarah Andrews hit four 3-pointers and finished with 24 points, Darianna Littlepage-Buggs added 14 points and 15 rebounds and Caitlin Bickle scored 10 points for Baylor (12-4, 3-1).
The Bears were coming off a 70-65 loss at Oklahoma State that snapped a four-game win streak.
Baylor closed the first half with a 16-1 run to take a one-point halftime lead. Andrews scored seven points and Littlepage-Buggs added four more in an 11-2 run that gave Baylor a 10-point lead about 3 minutes into the third quarter. The Mountaineers scored 19 of the next 27 points to take a one-point lead when Smith hit a 3 with 1:33 left in the period. There were three more lead changes and three ties before Smith hit a jumper, Kylee Blacksten followed with a layup and a 3-pointer and Kyah Watson scored in the lane to cap a 9-0 run and West Virginia led thereon.
The Bears shot 3 of 16 (18.8%) from the field - 0 for 6 from 3-point range - and scored just eight points in the fourth quarter.
January 15, 2023
| Baylor | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| C. Bickle | F | 32 | 4-7 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 2-5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| S. Andrews | G | 34 | 10-23 | 0-0 | 4-10 | 1-2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 24 |
| J. Asberry | G | 30 | 1-12 | 0-0 | 1-9 | 0-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| D. Littlepage-Buggs | G | 30 | 5-7 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 5-15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| J. Owens | G | 29 | 1-6 | 2-2 | 0-3 | 1-5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| B. Fontleroy | 18 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 3-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| A. Blackwell | 11 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| C. Ferreira | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| J. Van Gytenbeek | 6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| E. Porter | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 24-66 (.364) |
10-12 (.833) |
7-29 (.241) |
15-46 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 19 | 65 | |
| West Virginia | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| K. Blacksten | F | 32 | 7-14 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| M. Smith | G | 37 | 5-13 | 4-6 | 3-8 | 0-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| K. Watson | G | 35 | 1-3 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| J. Hemingway | G | 30 | 6-10 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 1-14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| J. Quinerly | G | 24 | 7-17 | 1-3 | 2-3 | 3-6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| S. Samuel | 18 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| D. Nichols | 13 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| T. Diggs | 8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| S. Bates | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 26-63 (.413) |
13-20 (.650) |
9-23 (.391) |
9-37 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 74 | |
Officials: Tim Daley, Doug Knight, Missy Brooks
Attendance: 2,702
