{"id":3285,"date":"2010-03-29T23:00:02","date_gmt":"2010-03-30T04:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baylorproud.wpengine.com\/?p=3285"},"modified":"2010-03-29T23:00:02","modified_gmt":"2010-03-30T04:00:02","slug":"lady-bears-advance-to-final-four-in-san-antonio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2010\/03\/lady-bears-advance-to-final-four-in-san-antonio\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Bears advance to Final Four in San Antonio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"wbkb-final4-mar10\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/wbkb-final4-mar10.jpg\" alt=\"Kim Mulkey cuts down the net\" width=\"225\" height=\"318\" \/>Two days after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylorbears.com\/sports\/w-baskbl\/recaps\/032710aaa.html\" target=\"_blank\">upsetting top-seeded Tennessee<\/a> in the Elite Eight, the No. 4 seed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylorbears.com\/sports\/w-baskbl\/recaps\/032910aaa.html\" target=\"_blank\">Baylor Lady Bears defeated second-seeded Duke on Monday night in a thrilling finish, 51-48,<\/a> to advance to the Final Four for the second time in program history!<\/p>\n<p>You might remember that previous trip; in 2005, junior Sophia Young led the Lady Bears to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylorbears.com\/sports\/w-baskbl\/05-national-champs.html\" target=\"_blank\">a national championship<\/a>, as Baylor proceeded to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylorbears.com\/sports\/w-baskbl\/recaps\/040305aaa.html\" target=\"_blank\">knock off LSU<\/a> in the Final Four and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylorbears.com\/sports\/w-baskbl\/recaps\/040505aab.html\" target=\"_blank\">Michigan State<\/a> (whose head coach, Joanne McCallie, now leads Duke) to win it all. This year&#8217;s squad, headlined by another all-America candidate in Brittney Griner, leaned hard on its defense to defeat the Blue Devils, avenging the men&#8217;s loss to Duke a day earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Monday night, head coach Kim Mulkey&#8217;s Lady Bears held Duke to just 23% shooting for the game &#8212; the Blue Devils&#8217; lowest percentage of the season. Griner finished with 15 points, 11 rebounds and nine blocks, one shy of notching her fourth triple-double of the year, and was named the Memphis Regional&#8217;s Most Outstanding Player. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylorbears.com\/view.gal?id=66698\" target=\"_blank\">BaylorBears.com has photos from the game here<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/video\/clip?id=5039447\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN.com has video highlights here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Baylor will face the winner of Tuesday&#8217;s game between No. 1-ranked UConn and Florida State when the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/sports\/w-baskbl\/champpage\/w-baskbl-div1-index-main.html\" target=\"_blank\">Final Four begins this Sunday at the Alamodome in San Antonio<\/a>. Just as the men received a boost from a pseudo-home crowd at the Houston regional, the Lady Bears hope to see a sea of green and gold in the stands this weekend in San Antonio. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylorbears.com\/sports\/w-baskbl\/spec-rel\/032910aab.html\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for Final Four ticket information<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/store.cstv.com\/marketplace\/store.cfm?dept_id=17594&amp;store_id=79&amp;partner_id=17099\" target=\"_blank\">here for your Baylor Final Four gear<\/a>, and check back at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylorbears.com\" target=\"_blank\">BaylorBears.com<\/a> to find out who Baylor will face and what time they will play on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Sic \u2019em, Lady Bears!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two days after upsetting top-seeded Tennessee in the Elite Eight, the No. 4 seed Baylor Lady Bears defeated second-seeded Duke on Monday night in a thrilling finish, 51-48, to advance to the Final Four for the second time in program history! 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