Waco, Texas—Not playing for the past 10 days and having to deal with the logistics of having to schedule a new team just days before made no difference on Nikki Collen’s Bears.
Baylor (10-2) ran away from North Texas (6-4) in the second half to defeat the Mean Green 86-65 to close out both their non-conference slate as well as 2021.
At 49.3 percent, the Bears shot 11 percent better—on 11 extra shots—than UNT as five players scored in double figures for Baylor: Smith (28 points), Jordan Lewis (13), Caitlin Bickle (13), Queen Egbo (12) and Sarah Andrews (11).