They were 14-for-16 from the line, including 9 of 10 in the final quarter. “I challenged like, ‘You have to be better, you just have to be better.”īaylor was better, opening the third quarter on a 16-3 run and taking the lead at 46-44 on a 3-pointer from the left wing by Andrews, one of her four on the evening.Īlabama fought back and led 59-54 after 30 minutes.īut Baylor held Alabama without a field goal for more than four minutes in the fourth quarter and took the lead at 71-68 on a 3-pointer from the top of the key by Andrews with 3 1/2 minutes left.Ī 3-pointer from the left wing by Davis off an offensive rebound from Hannah Barber tied the game again at 71 and a conventional 3-point play from Jada Rice gave Alabama a 74-71 lead with 53.5 seconds left.īut Baylor held Alabama scoreless from there and hit seven foul shots, the final three from Asberry, to close out the game. “No swear words, I gave those up for Lent, but a lot of challenges thrown out about how we needed to compete,“ she said. The Bears trailed 22-4 after a quarter and by 11 at halftime, leading to some choice words from Collen to her team. 2 seed UConn in the second round Monday night. Jada Rice and Sarah Ashlee Barker each scored 11.īaylor will face No. Baylor closed the game on a 7-0 run, all from the foul line.īrittany Davis tied a career high with 33 points for Alabama (20-11), which closes its season on a five-game losing streak. Sarah Andrews and Caitlin Bickle each added 14 for the Bears (20-12), whose rally tied for the third biggest comeback in tournament history. Ja’Mee Asberry scored 26 points, including three key foul shots in the final minute, and the seventh seed overcame an early 18-point deficit to beat Alabama 78-74 on Saturday in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament.

(AP) - Nicki Collen says she had a blackout moment in the locker room and can’t remember exactly what she told her Baylor Bears at halftime, but knows the impassioned speech involved a lot of challenges.

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