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TAMPA, Fla. — All season long, Baylor thrived on dominance of its post players and against Notre Dame in the national championship game on Sunday, the bigs once again came up — well — big. Time after time, 6-foot-7 Kalani Brown turned on the left block for layups or 6-4 Lauren Cox followed with a rebound.
However with 1 minute 22 seconds remaining in the third quarter, Cox came down awkwardly from an attempted rebound and crumpled to the floor grabbing her knee. Her screams filled the quieted arena. The team’s trainer ran to her aid, and Coach Kim Mulkey draped her body over her sobbing player.