Bears bow out of NCAA Tournament in Round of 32

DURHAM, NC ( FOX 44 ) — 23 turnovers and 0-14 from beyond the arc didn’t combine for a winning recipe as Baylor women’s basketball closed its season in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, falling to third-seeded Duke 69-46 at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Sunday night. Taliah Scott led Baylor as its only double-figure scorer with 13 points but struggled from the field, shooting 3-17. Darianna Littlepage-Buggs recorded team highs of nine rebounds, three steals and two assists in her final game as a baylor Bear.

BU missed its first six shots of the game, but outscored Duke 17-15 in the fourth quarter while shooting 50%. Duke connected on 39. 1% from the field and made four 3-pointers, shooting 18.

2% from beyond the arc. Four Blue Devils scored in double figures, led by Delaney Thomas’ 17 points. The Bears finish the season 25-8, surpassing the 25-win mark for the fourth time under coach Nicki Collen, while extending the nation’s third-longest active NCAA Tournament appearance streak to 22 seasons.

For Baylor, Bella Fontleroy’s time in green and gold ends with the fourth-most career 3-pointers made in program history. Littlepage-Buggs piled up the program’s fourth-most career rebounds, the eighth most in the Big 12 Conference, and has the seventh-most starts in program history. Jana Van Gytenbeek, a fourth-year Bear, recorded the seventh-most single-season assists in program history, while Kiersten Johnson’s lone year in Waco saw her anchor the paint with 59 blocks after starting in all 34 games.