2021–22 Baylor Bears women's basketball team

2021–22 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
	† 2022 Big 12 Tournament winner ; As of =; Rankings from AP Poll

2021–22 Baylor Bears women's basketball
2021–22 Baylor Bears women's basketball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 5
2021–22 record	9–1 (0–0 Big 12)
Head coach	Nicki Collen (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Tari Cummings (1st season); Tony Greene (1st season); Chloe Pavlech (1st season);
Home arena	Ferrell Center

The 2021–22 Baylor Bears women's basketball team will represent Baylor University in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bears, members of the Big 12 Conference, will play their home games at the Ferrell Center in Waco, Texas. They will be led by first-year head coach Nicki Collen.

This is the first season in which the terms "men's" and "women's" are needed to distinguish Baylor's basketball teams. Before this season, Baylor women's basketball had used the nickname "Lady Bears", but on September 3, 2021, the school announced that basketball, soccer, and volleyball, the last three Baylor women's sports still using "Lady", would use only "Bears" from that point forward.[1][2]

Previous season

The Lady Bears finished the 2020–21 season with a record of 28–3, 17–1 in Big 12 to win the Big 12 regular season title. They won the Big 12 Women's Tournament after defeating TCU, Texas, and West Virginia. In the NCAA Tournament, they defeated Jackson State in the first round, Virginia Tech in the second round, and Michigan in the Sweet Sixteen, before falling to UConn in the Elite Eight.

Offseason

On April 25, it was announced that Kim Mulkey had been hired as the new head coach at LSU, after serving in the position at Baylor for 21 years.[3] On May 3, Atlanta Dream head coach Nicki Collen was announced as Mulkey's replacement.[4]

Departures

Baylor Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
DiDi Richards	2	G	6'1"	Senior	Converse, TX	Graduated, declared for WNBA draft
Trinity Oliver	3	G	5'9"	Junior	Euless, TX	Transferred to Washington
Jordyn Oliver	11	F	5'10"	Sophomore	Prosper, TX	Transferred to Duke
Moon Ursin	12	G	5'6"	Senior	Destrehan, LA	Graduated, Transferred to Tulane
Hannah Gusters	20	C	6'5"	Freshman	Dallas, TX	Transferred to LSU
DiJonai Carrington	21	G	5'11"	Graduate	San Diego, CA	Graduated, declared for WNBA draft

Roster

2021–22 Baylor Bears women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	1	NaLyssa Smith	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	East Central HS	Converse, TX
G	3	Jordan Lewis	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	GS	Alabama	Windermere, FL
C	4	Queen Egbo	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Travis HS	Houston, TX
G	10	Jaden Owens	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	UCLA	Plano, TX
G	21	Ja'Mee Asberry	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Sr	Oklahoma State	Tulsa, OK
G	22	Kamaria McDaniel	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	GS	Penn State	Inkster, MI
G	24	Sarah Andrews	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	So	MacArthur HS	Irving, TX
F	25	Kendra Gillispie	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Harding Charter Prep HS	Norman, OK
F	51	Caitlin Bickle	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Cactus Shadows HS	Cave Creek, AZ

Head coach

Nicki Collen (Marquette)

Assistant coach(es)

Tari Cummings (Oklahoma State)
Tony Greene (Langston)
Chloe Pavlech (Maryland)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 27, 2021* 7:00 p.m.	No. 7	Texas A&M–Commerce	W 88–52		27 – Smith	15 – Smith	6 – Lewis	Ferrell Center (4,052) Waco, TX
November 3, 2021* 7:00 p.m.	No. 7	West Texas A&M	W 92–37		34 – Smith	8 – Smith	6 – Bickle	Ferrell Center (3,971) Waco, TX
Regular Season
November 9, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 7	Texas State	W 77–70	1–0	23 – Smith	11 – Egbo	7 – Lewis	Ferrell Center (4,180) Waco, TX
November 11, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 7	at UT Arlington	W 81–54	2–0	21 – Smith	16 – Smith	4 – Lewis	College Park Center (2,182) Arlington, TX
November 15, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 6	New Orleans	W 78–39	3–0	22 – Egbo	11 – Egbo	6 – Andrews	Ferrell Center (4,109) Waco, TX
November 21, 2021* 12:00 p.m., BTN	No. 6	at No. 3 Maryland	L 76–79	3–1	30 – Smith	15 – Smith	15 – Andrews	Xfinity Center (8,395) College Park, MD
November 25, 2021* 10:00 a.m., FloSports	No. 6	vs. Fordham Cancún Challenge	W 68–45	4–1	19 – Smith	15 – Smith	6 – Lewis	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (103) Puerto Aventuras, Mexico
November 26, 2021* 10:00 a.m., FloSports	No. 6	vs. Arizona State Cancún Challenge	W 62–52	5–1	17 – Smith	12 – Smith	5 – Lewis	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (155) Puerto Aventuras, Mexico
November 27, 2021* 12:30 p.m., FloSports	No. 6	vs. Houston Cancún Challenge	W 74–58	6–1	21 – Smith	19 – Smith	9 – Andrews	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (129) Puerto Aventuras, Mexico
November 30, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 5	Morehead State	W 73–28	7–1	20 – Andrews	16 – Egbo	4 – Tied	Ferrell Center (3,939) Waco, TX
December 4, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 5	Missouri Big 12/SEC Challenge	W 70–68	8–1	25 – Smith	17 – Smith	7 – Lewis	Ferrell Center (4,160) Waco, TX
December 8, 2021* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	No. 5	Alcorn State	W 94–40	9–1	25 – Smith	10 – Smith	6 – Bickle	Ferrell Center (5,838) Waco, TX
December 19, 2021* 12:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 5	vs. No. 13 Michigan Naismith Women's Challenge						Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT
December 29, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Houston Baptist						Ferrell Center Waco, TX
January 2, 2022 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Kansas State						Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS
January 5, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		TCU						Ferrell Center Waco, TX
January 9, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN		Texas						Ferrell Center Waco, TX
January 12, 2022 6:00 p.m., BSOK		at Oklahoma						Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
January 16, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Kansas						Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 19, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Oklahoma State						Ferrell Center Waco, TX
January 23, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN2		Iowa State						Ferrell Center Waco, TX
January 26, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Texas Tech						United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX
January 29, 2022 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at West Virginia						WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
February 2, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Oklahoma						Ferrell Center Waco, TX
February 6, 2022 3:00 p.m., ESPN2		at Texas						Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX
February 12, 2022 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		West Virginia						Ferrell Center Waco, TX
February 16, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Kansas State						Ferrell Center Waco, TX
February 19, 2022 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at TCU						Schollmaier Arena Fort Worth, TX
February 23, 2022 6:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Oklahoma State						Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
February 26, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Kansas						Ferrell Center Waco, TX
February 28, 2022 6:00 p.m., ESPN2		at Iowa State						Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
March 6, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Texas Tech						Ferrell Center Waco, TX
Big 12 Tournament (0-0)
March 9-10, 2022		vs. TBD First round/Quarterfinals						Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	7	6	6
Coaches	8	8*	8

*Coaches did not release a week 1 poll.

References

Quillen, Kurtis (September 3, 2021). "Baylor University to drop 'Lady Bears' nickname from women's teams". Temple, TX: KCEN-TV. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
Voepel, Mechelle (September 4, 2021). "Baylor women's hoops drops 'Lady' from team name, to be known as Bears". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
Mather, Victor (2021-04-26). "Kim Mulkey Leaves Baylor for L.S.U." The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
"Baylor names WNBA's Collen to replace Mulkey for Lady Bears". AP NEWS. 2021-05-03. Retrieved 2021-09-15.

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[1] Quillen, Kurtis (September 3, 2021). "Baylor University to drop 'Lady Bears' nickname from women's teams". Temple, TX: KCEN-TV. Retrieved September 4, 2021.

[2] Voepel, Mechelle (September 4, 2021). "Baylor women's hoops drops 'Lady' from team name, to be known as Bears". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 4, 2021.

[3] Mather, Victor (2021-04-26). "Kim Mulkey Leaves Baylor for L.S.U." The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-09-15.

[4] "Baylor names WNBA's Collen to replace Mulkey for Lady Bears". AP NEWS. 2021-05-03. Retrieved 2021-09-15.

Baylor Bears women's basketball
Venues	Heart O' Texas Fair Coliseum (1974–1988) Ferrell Center (1988–present)
Culture & lore	History
People	Head coaches
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