Daily Bears Report 11/17/2015 - Coach Scott Drew on Cusp of Win No. 300

Today’s Events

Women's Soccer, vs. USC, NCAA Tourney, 3:30 PM CT, NCAAGameCenter, Watch ESPN3

Men's Basketball, vs. Alcorn State, 8:00 PM CT, Gametracker, Watch FCS, Listen Baylor/IMG, Listen Free ESPN/KRZI

Soccer

Baylor soccer prepares for defending champ USC in NCAAs | Baylor Soccer | wacotrib.com, Playing in the NCAA soccer tournament for the first time in five years, Baylor coach Paul Jobson never expected the road to be easy.

SOC Faces No. 9 USC in NCAA Round of 32 - Baylor University Official Athletic Site, No. 23 Baylor soccer (14-5-2, 4-4-1 Big 12) looks to keep its remarkable season rolling, facing No. 9 and the No. 3-seeded USC Trojans (15-3-1, 8-2-1 Pac-12) on Friday, Nov. 17, at 3:30 p.m. at Ellis Field, the home field of the weekend’s host and the region’s No. 2 seed, Texas A&M.

No. 3 Seed USC Heads To College Station For More NCAA Action | USCTrojans.com, The No. 3 seeded Trojans (15-3-1) take a trip to the Lone Star State this week as they continue their NCAA title defense in College Station, for the NCAA Second and Third Rounds. USC will take on Baylor (14-5-2) on Friday (Nov. 17) at 1:30 p.m. PT at Ellis Field in a second-round tilt.

The Rice Thresher, The Rice women’s soccer team concluded their season last Friday night with a loss against the Baylor University Bears in the opening round of the NCAA tournament.

Men’s Basketball

Drew seeks 300th win as No. 25 Baylor hosts Alcorn State (Nov 17, 2017) | FOX Sports, Friday night is shaping up as a milestone evening for Baylor coach Scott Drew.

No. 25 MBB Hosts Alcorn State - Baylor University Official Athletic Site, No. 25 Baylor Basketball hosts Alcorn State on Friday night at the Ferrell Center. Tipoff is scheduled for 8:05 p.m. CT on Fox College Sports and on the Fox Sports Go App for FCS subscribers.

Braves to Spend Weekend Dueling with Bears, Alcorn Travels to No. 24 Baylor, UCA - Alcorn State University Athletics, Alcorn is looking for its first non-conference win over a Division I school since Nov. 22, 2012 when it defeated Samford 69-65. Prior to that, the Braves beat Jacksonville State 70-68 on Dec. 13, 2003. The last time Alcorn topped a school from a Power Five conference was in 1990-91 over Indiana 79-77.

Women’s Basketball

Recruits Named to Naismith High School Watch List - Baylor University Official Athletic Site, Four members of the 2018 Baylor women's basketball recruiting class, forward Aquira DeCosta, center Queen Egbo, guard Honesty Scott-Grayson and forward NaLyssa Smith, were named to the 2017 Naismith Girls' High School Watch List this week. The award honors the national high school player of the year.

Daily Bruin breaks down pivotal top 10 matchup between UCLA, Baylor | The Baylor Lariat, In preparation for No. 3 Baylor women’s basketball’s top 10 road matchup with No. 8 UCLA in Los Angeles, Calif., the Lariat spoke with Ryan Smith, assistant sports editor for the Daily Bruin.

Smith said that he believes after suffering an 84-70 loss at the hands of the Lady Bears last year in Waco, the Bruins have the size to remedy the situation as the series now turns to Pauley Pavilion.

Women’s basketball seeking Baylor rematch Saturday | Daily Bruin, The Bruins smell revenge around the corner.

No. 8 UCLA women’s basketball (2-0, 0-0 Pac-12) will get a shot at redemption against No. 3 Baylor (3-0, 0-0 Big-12) on Saturday afternoon at Pauley Pavilion in a nonconference rematch from last season. Although leading 48-41 at half, the Bruins fell to the Bears 84-70 around the same time last year at the Ferrell Center.

For UCLA senior forward Monique Billings, a returning starter from last season, the spotlight of this game is no different.

“That loss just hurt,” Billings said. “Just remembering that bitter feeling I had in my mouth after the game … it’s making me anticipate this weekend. I’m really excited and just ready for some revenge.”

Baseball

Green Secures Sic Em World Series with Two Games Left - Baylor University Official Athletic Site, Team Green earned a comeback 4-3 win over Team Gold on Thursday evening at Baylor Ballpark to secure a victory in the Sic ‘Em World Series five-game intrasquad scrimmage through three games.

Cross Country

Cross Country’s Bradley and West Ready For NCAA Championship - Baylor University Official Athletic Site, Baylor women’s cross country’s Lindsey Bradley and Anna West will individually compete at the 2017 NCAA Cross Country Championships Saturday morning in Louisville, Ky.

Big 12 Cross Country headed to NCAA Championship - Big 12 Conference - Official Athletic Site, Big 12 Champion Sharon Lokedi of Kansas is one of three conference student-athletes to qualify individually for the NCAA Championship, along with Baylor’s Anna West and Lindsey Bradley. Fans can watch the live stream of the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships with a FloTrack Pro subscription.

Volleyball

Pressley Posts Career-Best 24 Kills In Baylor's 3-1 Win Over K-State, VolleyMob, Baylor has now won their sixth-straight Big 12 match and second-straight over Kansas State with the four-set victory over the Wildcats.

Football

Football hosts Cyclones for senior day | The Baylor Lariat, The Bears (1-9, 1-6) will honor 13 seniors in the final home game of the season.

The seniors on the team are linebacker Taylor Young, safety Taion Sells, defensive end Brian Nance, safety Davion Hall, safety Chance Waz, tight end Ishmail Wainright, offensive lineman Tyrae Simmons, defensive end K.J. Smith, offensive lineman Daniel Russell, offensive lineman Mo Porter, wide receiver Tyler Jaynes, wide receiver Blake Murphy and tight end Jordan Feuerbacher.

Cyclone offense looks to continue momentum at Baylor | Sports | iowastatedaily.com, Iowa State will take on Baylor at 1:30 p.m. this Saturday with its third starting quarterback of the season.

Taylor Young's experiences prepare him for life after Baylor | Baylor Bears Football | wacotrib.com, When Taylor Young plays his last home game Saturday at McLane Stadium, a flood of emotions will likely hit him as hard as the blows he’s inflicted on quarterbacks and . . .

'Next Man Up' Philosophy Working Well At Receiver - Baylor University Official Athletic Site, The silver lining in the rash of injuries that have thinned out Baylor’s receiving corps is the way that different players continue to step up when their number is called.

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Title IX

'Title IX for the theater' — MCC director emphasizes emotional safety in intimate scenes | Theater | wacotrib.com, At a time when men in Hollywood and halls of power throughout the nation are being called to account for past sexual misconduct, McLennan Community College associate theater professor Elizabeth Talbot’s lessons about on-stage intimacy take on a new resonance.

In a recent exercise, six of her students paired off to explore various stages of platonic and romantic relationships through only gazes and physical touches. The most intimate touch in the exercise would be a hug, Talbot told the students up front, along with an important caveat: The students can stop participating at any time.

Talbot specializes in what she calls “Title IX for the theater,” guidelines designed to protect the safety of actors performing scenes with kissing, sex, rape or anything requiring heightened emotional vulnerability.

“A lot of this has come out of millennials, which is brilliant because we’ve been telling millennials forever that they have rights,” Talbot said. “And now they’re going, yes, we actually do have rights. As a millennial myself I think it’s really important that those rights are heard.”