导出博客文章WACO, Texas -- Baylor coach Kim Mulkey never paid attention to the scoreboard.
That was never going to be a concern for her second-ranked team against an
overmatched opponent.Instead, the Lady Bears worked on improving themselves
three days after their loss at third-ranked UConn.Beatrice Mompremier had 11
points and 15 rebounds while playing only 15 minutes and Baylor overwhelmed
Mississippi Valley State 101-36 on Sunday, when the Lady Bears worked on
conditioning by pressing throughout the game and got to play against a zone
defense like they will see throughout the season.Its very obvious that there are
going to be games in non-conference that were going to be better than. But youve
got to get better, Mulkey said. Were coming off of a very hard loss to swallow
after watching the film for three hours against UConn, and just saw glaring
things that we control and weve got to get better. Youve got to come into this
game and never look at the scoreboard.The Lady Bears (3-1) scored the first
seven points in the game and had a 17-point lead by the end of the first
quarter. They were up 49-19 at halftime.Nina Davis scored 15 points for the Lady
Bears, and the preseason AP All-American became only the sixth Baylor player to
surpass 2,000 career points. The senior forward now has 2,001.Its definitely a
blessing, of course, but it doesnt really mean much if I dont win a championship
this year or we dont get to the Final Four, said Davis, whose first three
seasons have all ended in the Elite Eight. Its a great milestone, but I want
more.Alexis Prince added 11 points for Baylor and freshmen Natalie Chou and
Juicy Landrum each had 10. Kalani Brown had 12 rebounds.Lauren Elliot had 11
points to lead Mississippi Valley State (1-2), which had 28 turnovers that led
to 35 Baylor points.Going from midway into the third and the entire fourth
quarter, all my upperclassmen fouled out, Devilettes coach Jessica Kern said.
So, I had five freshmen on the floor, and Im biting every nail I had left.
Please get it over halfcourt.BIG PICTUREMiss. Valley St.: Already overmatched,
Valley had two of its starters foul out of the game. The Devilettes shot only 24
percent from the field (14 of 58) and were only 1 of 12 on 3-pointers.Baylor:
Three days after the 72-61 loss at UConn, the Lady Bears had the expected
lopsided victory and won their 44th consecutive home game. Playing the first of
five games in an eight-day stretch, nobody played more than 22 minutes and 12 of
the 13 players who got in the game scored.POLL IMPLICATIONSThe Lady Bears likely
will drop at least one spot in the new poll Monday, since UConn was just behind
them in the last Top 25.EXTENDED STREAKSBaylor won its 170th consecutive home
games against non-ranked opponents since losing to Auburn in the WNIT final in
Waco on April 4, 2003, and 155th straight home game vs. non-conference opponents
in that same span. The Lady Bears have won their last 44 home games
overall.MOTIVATED NINADavis was held scoreless against UConn, the only game she
has ever played for Baylor without a point. I was very motivated, but its really
not about me. Its about the overall team, Davis said. UConn loss, it was a tough
one to swallow, but we cant think about the past. ... So, we just wanted to come
out today and play more aggressive, play with more energy and just help
everybody get a flow going. UP NEXTMississippi Valley State started a five-game
road trip, but have a few days before playing Friday at Northwestern State in
Louisiana.Baylor is home again Tuesday against Southeastern Louisiana, and then
heads to Florida to play three straight days in the Gulf Coast Showcase next
weekend.
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concussion. Zetterberg has 11 goals and 19 assists for a team-high 30 points,
and Datsyuk has a team-high 12 goals and 11 assists. RALEIGH, N.C. -- One by
one, the North Carolina State players took off running after the game ended,
heading straight for the puddle at the 25-yard line.After a sloppy day of
belly-flops and splashdowns, it was time to turn the field at Carter-Finley
Stadium into a slip-and-slide.The Wolfpack beat Notre Dame 10-3 on Saturday in a
game played in hurricane conditions and after the start of the second half was
delayed because of lightning.This is a game to remember, N.C. State tight end
Pharoah McKeever said. Ill probably remember it until the day I die. Raining,
playing in a hurricane, not knowing if we were going to play or not. Lightning
delay, in the locker room for 30 more minutes. ... And then after the game,
doing field slides in the mud. This was just something to remember.A waterlogged
field saturated by Hurricane Matthews heavy rains and wind-whipped by its gusts
rendered both offenses ineffective, so N.C. State (4-1) beat the Fighting Irish
(2-4) with special teams and defense -- with Dexter Wright returning a blocked
punt for the go-ahead touchdown with 12:43 remaining.That TD came after McKeever
fought through a block from Nic Weishar up the middle to deflect Tyler Newsomes
punt. All Wright had to do was scoop up the ball -- not an easy task on a day
like this -- and head for the end zone.I didnt even have to see the block,
Wright said. I heard it.Notre Dame put together a late drive into the N.C. State
red zone, but a shotgun snap on fourth-and-8 squibbed past DeShone Kizer with
1:52 left and the Wolfpack ran out the clock.The teams combined for five
turnovers, had a total of 10 fumbles and lost four of them. In a sequence that
perfectly captured the day, Notre Dame coughed the ball up with about 10 minutes
left in the second quarter on a bad snap -- only to get it right back when N.C.
State fumbled on its next snap.Both teams turned the ball over in very difficult
conditions, Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said. Both teams had a hard time moving
the football. Both field-goal kickers managed to eke one over the uprights in
sloppy conditions. We ggive up a flippin blocked punt for a touchdown, and thats
the difference in this one.ddddddddddddTHE TAKEAWAYNotre Dame: The sloppy
conditions helped the Fighting Irishs oft-criticized defense post its best
numbers of the season. After allowing at least 489 total yards to every Power
Five opponent theyve faced, they gave up just 198 yards in this one.But that
went both ways. The potent Fighting Irish offense managed just 113 total yards
on 64 offensive plays, and had just 41 yards through three quarters. Kizer was
sacked five times and was just 9 of 26 for 54 yards -- the worst game of his
career, aside from a 0-for-1 day against Texas last year.We dont have any
excuses, Kelly said. We were atrocious offensively.N.C. State: The weather also
shackled the Wolfpacks potent offense, which hung at least 30 points on every
other opponent. QB Ryan Finley -- who completed nearly 73 percent of his passes
in four games -- was just 5 of 12 for 27 yards with a rating of 60.6. He entered
with a passer rating of 171.43 -- good for 11th nationally.But for N.C. State,
the bottom line was this: With games against No. 3 Clemson, No. 7 Louisville,
No. 23 Florida State, No. 17 North Carolina and No. 10 Miami still ahead on the
schedule, this was a game the Wolfpack had to have.STAT LINEN.C. State was 2 of
14 on third downs -- and was still better than the Fighting Irish, who were 1 of
15.HE SAID ITSummer day in Michigan, I guess, -- N.C. State kicker and Wixom,
Michigan, native Kyle Bambard on the conditions.UP NEXTNotre Dame: The Fighting
Irish return home next week for their annual rivalry game with No. 15
Stanford.N.C. State: The Wolfpack begin a brutal two-game Atlantic Division run
on the road with a visit to Clemson next week, followed by a trip to
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