The 2009–10 Baylor Lady Bears women's basketball team were coached by Kim Mulkey. The Bears were a member of the Big 12 Conference and participated in the Final Four.
Offseason April 2: The 2009 Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) High School All-America Game presented by Nike will be televised on ESPNU. Baylor Lady Bear signees Brittney Griner and Mariah Chandler are two of the 20 players selected to participate in the All-Star game. April 7: The future stars of women’s basketball played in Saint Louis in the 2009 Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) High School All-America Game presented by Nike. State Farm/WBCA High School Player of the Year and Baylor signee Brittney Griner earned Blue Team MVP honors. She scored 20 points (9-of-15), nine rebounds, eight blocks and three steals. April 9: Baylor guard/forward Jessica Morrow was selected as the 27th overall pick in the 2009 WNBA draft. She became the program's seventh WNBA draftee. Morrow's selection marked the fifth straight season a Baylor player was taken in the WNBA Draft. April 14: The Baylor Lady Bear basketball program signed Brooklyn Pope, a 6-1 forward/guard, to a Letter of Athletic Aid. Pope is a transfer from the Rutgers University, intends to begin classes at Baylor in June. Pope will sit out the 2009-10 season in order to comply with NCAA transfer rules; she will have three seasons of eligibility beginning with the 2010-11 season but is eligible to practice with the Lady Bears next year. As a freshman for the Scarlet Knight, Pope appeared in 29 of the team's 34 games and logged one start. The 6-1 forward/guard averaged 2.1 points, 2.0 rebounds and 6.0 minutes a game in 2008-09. April 29: Sophomore Whitney Zachariason has been named to the Academic All-Big 12 first-team it was recently announced by the league office. Zachariason, a general studies major from Little Rock, Ark., maintains a 3.3 GPA.
Preseason Date Location Opponent Bears points Opp. points Record Nov. 3 Waco, Texas St. Edwards 97 43 1-0 Nov. 7 Waco, Texas Incarnate Word 81 52 2-0
Regular season Brittney Griner set numerous NCAA Division I, Big 12 Conference and Baylor records. She set a new single-season block mark with 218 and broke the NCAA Tournament blocked shot record, rejecting 35 through four tournament games.
Roster Number Name Height Position Class 1 Kimetria Hayden 5-11 Guard Freshman 2 Cherrish Wallace 5-6 Guard Sophomore 3 Jordan Madden 6-0 Guard Freshman 4 Whitney Zachariason 6-2 Forward Junior 5 Melissa Jones 5-10 Guard Junior 15 Shanay Washington 6-1 Guard Freshman 20 Terran Condrey 5-7 Guard Sophomore 21 Kelli Griffin 5-8 Guard Junior 24 Ashley Field 6-2 Center Sophomore 25 Lindsay Palmer 5-10 Guard Sophomore 32 Brooklyn Pope 6-1 Forward/Guard Redshirt Sophomore 42 Brittney Griner 6-8 Center Freshman 44 Mariah Chandler 6-2 Forward Freshman 55 Morghan Medlock 6-1 Forward Senior
Schedule The Bears will participate in four notable events. On November 15, Baylor will play Tennessee in the State Farm Tip-Off Classic. From November 27 to December 5, Baylor will participate in the World Vision Classic. The Maggie Dixon Classic at Madison Square Garden involved Baylor and Boston College on December 13. Baylor would make its first appearance at MSG. From December 19 to December 20, the Bears will participate in the Las Vegas Hoops Classic.
!colspan=9| Regular season
!colspan=9| Big 12 Tournament
!colspan=9| 2010 NCAA tournament
Player stats Player Games played Minutes Field goals Three pointers Free throws Rebounds Assists Blocks Steals PointsBrittney Griner 35 1174 232 0 180 297 35 223 18644
Postseason
NCAA basketball tournament The Lady Bears advanced to the Women's Final Four by defeating Duke 51-48. In that game, Griner set a new NCAA Woman's tournament record by getting her 31st block, breaking the old record set by Alison Bales of Duke in 2006. She currently has 35 blocks.
Awards and honors Lindsay Palmer, Elite 88 award Brittney Griner, Associated Press Second Team All-American Brittney Griner, National Freshman of the Year Brittney Griner, Memphis Regional's Most Outstanding Player Brittney Griner, WBCA/State Farm All-Region 5 team Brittney Griner, Big 12 Conference's Freshman of the Year Brittney Griner, Co-Defensive Player of the Year Brittney Griner, All-Big 12 first team Brittney Griner, All-Big 12 All-Defensive team Brittney Griner, All-Big 12 All-Freshman team.
Team players drafted into the WNBA Round Pick Player WNBA club
See also 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season
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