Washington-Baylor Postgame Notes
December 15, 2004 | Women's Basketball
Dec. 15, 2004
Washington suffered separate scoring droughts of 4:35 and 8:45 in the second half, the latter coming after Cameo Hicks cut Baylor's lead to five, at 61-56, with 9:52 to play. The Huskies would not score again, however, until Erica Schelly's fall-away jumper with 1:07 to play, by which time the Bears had built a 72-56 lead.
Washington was held to less than 60 points for the fourth time in its last five games.
The Huskies built a lead as large as 11 points twice in the first half, largely on the strength of 44.7 percent first-half shooting (17-38), including eight three-pointers in 17 first-half attempts (47.1 percent). Washington, however, managed just six field goals on 29 attempts after halftime (20.7 percent), and were 0-for-5 from three-point range.
Washington put three players into double figures Wednesday, marking the first team the Huskies had as many as two double-figure scorers since the fourth game of the season, an 86-75 win over Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
After scoring as many as 12 points just once in the season's first five games, junior Kayla Burt has averaged 14.8 points per game over the past four contests, including consecutive games of 18, 11, 16 and 14 points. Burt scored 11 of her 14 points in tonight's game in the first 7:17 minutes of play, staking the Huskies to a 20-10 lead at the time.
More on Burt: the junior matched her previous career-high for three-point field goals made (3) in the opening 5:14 of the game, connecting on all of her first three attempts. Burt would connect on another three later in the half to give her a career-high four three-pointers made in the game.
After falling behind 2-0 in the opening minute, Washington mounted a 10-0 run over the next 2:20, holding Baylor without a field goal for nearly three minutes of play. In addition to hitting their first four three-point field goals, Washington grabbed seven of the game's first eight rebounds, and held the Bears to just one rebound in the first five and half minutes of play.
Washington needed just 5 minutes, 14 seconds in the first half to score 18 points, but could manage just 16 in the entire second period.
For the game, Washington shot 34.3 percent, hitting 23 of 67 shots from the field. The Huskies have not shot better than 40 percent all season, having hit the number on the button once, in an 86-75 win over Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
The first half featured just three personal fouls, with neither team attempting a single free throw.
Washington held its own on the boards, with Baylor's plus-3 rebounding edge below its season average of plus-6.5 per game, but the Bears dominated in the paint, outscoring the Huskies 36-14 inside.
For just the second time in eight games this season, Washington committed at least as many turnovers (16) as its opponent (16). Baylor was quick to capitalize, scoring 20 points off turnovers, opposite just four such points for the Huskies.
