GAME NOTES: Saint Louis (Tournament Notes)Â | Baylor
Saint Louis heads to Estero, Fla., this weekend for three games in the Gulf Coast Showcase, beginning with No. 21 Baylor Friday at 10 a.m. CT at Hertz Arena.
For a bracket and more information on the tournament, click here.
The Billikens and Bears will be meeting for the first time. Depending on the outcomes of the first day's action, SLU will move on to play Belmont or No. 23 Villanova Saturday.
Baylor is 3-1 on the season after suffering its first loss of the year to No. 19 Maryland Sunday.
KEY STORYLINES
• Baylor will be the first ranked opponent for the Billikens since SLU squared off with No. 25 Florida Gulf Coast on Nov. 27, 2021. SLU's last win over a ranked team came in the 2015-16 season.
• Brooke Flowers tied the program record with nine blocks against South Dakota Sunday. Her 26 blocks this season and 4.33 blocks per game lead the NCAA. Flowers' 291 career blocks are first among active players nationally.
• Kennedy Calhoun ranks second in the NCAA with 38 assists.Â
• Kyla McMakin is third in the country with 127 points on the year. She's registered two 31-point efforts, most recently against Green Bay. McMakin is seventh nationally with 16 treys and eighth with 45 made field goals.
• Julia Martinez registered a game-best seven steals against SIUE, helping the Billikens to a program-record 24 steals. Martinez ranks fifth in the NCAA with 20 steals on the season.
