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No. 8/9 Baylor Women's Basketball Battles Georgia Tech for the

Posted at 8:27 PM, Nov 24, 2017
and last updated 2017-11-24 21:27:02-05

After a day off, in which the Lady Bears rode jet skis and banana boats at their beach party, fed stingrays, snorkeled in a shipwreck and got an up close look at a shark in the Bahamas, No. 8/9 Baylor (4-1) is set to meet RV/RV Georgia Tech (6-0) for the Junkanoo Jam Championship game on Saturday, Nov. 25 at 1 p.m. (CT) at Gateway Christian Academy located on the island of Bimini.

FOLLOW ALONG
• Fans can watch an online stream of all Junkanoo Jam games through FloHoops. Visit www.flohoops.com or www.junkanoojam.com to sign up for the subscription. Brenda VanLengen is on the call.
• Baylor games will also be aired on Baylor Sports Network, IMG College and 1660AM and 99.1FM in Waco. Rick May (play-by-play) and Lori Fogleman (color) will call the action.
• Live stats are also available at www.statbroadcast.com.
• To find links for all of the above, visit the women’s basketball schedule page at www.baylorbears.com.

JUNKANOO JAM HISTORY
• Baylor is 5-0 all-time at the Junkanoo Jam, which is in its 15th year, winning their division of the tournament in 2005-06 and 2015-16 seasons.
• Though an MVP was not chosen in 2015-16, Baylor’s Angela Tisdale was named MVP in 2005-06.
• Baylor is 5-2 all-time against this year’s Junkanoo Division opponents, and 2-0 under the direction of head coach Kim Mulkey.
• BU leads Missouri State, 3-2, Georgia Tech, 1-0 and Penn, 1-0.
• Under Mulkey, the Lady Bears have played Georgia Tech only one other time, winning the Sweet 16 matchup, 83-68, on March 24, 2012, in Des Moines, Iowa.