Oui Did It
The No. 16 women’s basketball team had its season opener at Adidas Arena in Paris, where it held a 58-52 win over No.7 Duke. This is the Bears’ first neutral-site season opener since 2005 and their 17th game outside of the United States and first outside of North America, now holding a 16-1 international record.
Redshirt sophomore guard and Auburn transfer Taliah Scott led the game with a 24-point performance – scoring her first six points in the first 90 seconds of the fourth quarter. She had her 22nd career game with 20 or more points. Scott said in a press conference, “I feel like with a win like this, we can see what we can be, and it’s only the first game of the season. We’re only going to get better from there.”
Graduate guard Jana Van Gytenbeek sank her first three-pointer since returning from a torn ACL, and senior guard Darianna Littlepage-Buggs tallied her 31st career double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
Baylor basketball is back! No.16 Baylor women’s basketball had an 86-46 win over West Texas A&M during an exhibition last Saturday afternoon at the Foster Pavilion – highlighted by graduate guard Jana Van Gytenbeek’s long-awaited return.
Blessings for Baylor Football
Coming off a 30-3 homecoming win over UCF, the Bears’ game time was set against No.17/19 Utah on Nov. 15 at 6 p.m. During their last matchup, the Utes put up a 23-12 win over Baylor.
Redshirt senior wide receiver Josh Cameron has been nominated for the Burlsworth Trophy for the second season straight, given to the most outstanding college football player who began his career as a walk-on and has shown outstanding performance on the field. Cameron joined in 2021 as a preferred walk-on, now leading the Bears with 47 receptions and is ranked second on the team with 581 receiving yards and five touchdowns.
Baylor football members also took a big leap in their faith and team bonding. As a team faith activity, 10 players were baptized. The ceremony was led by fellow teammate quarterback Sawyer Robertson.
Memorial to Enslaved Persons
In January 1964, the first African-American students enrolled, leading to the beginning of an integrated Baylor. The first two Black graduates, Barbara Walker and Robert Gilbert, were highlighted by statues placed near Tidwell Bible Building to “reflect the commitment of the University to thoughtfully consider and implement the Commission’s recommendation to use physical representations to communicate better the many contributions of Black students, faculty, and staff throughout Baylor’s history.”
After five years of construction, the Memorial to Enslaved Persons opened today to honor those who helped build the campus and also acknowledge a part of Baylor’s hidden history of the founders and original trustees who were slaveowners.
It’s Those Dang Phones
Who knew ‘doom scrolling’ had negative effects? A study conducted by Baylor University marketing professors and social media researchers James A. Roberts, Ph.D., and Meredith E. David, Ph.D., examines the technology affordances of social media engagement and social media addiction.
In an article from Baylor, David said, “TikTok’s algorithm is intentionally created to be addictive. Their own materials acknowledge that users can become hooked after less than half an hour on the app.
The study dives into three social media platforms, TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts – TikTok scoring the highest on the effortlessness of engagement and social media addiction. The dangers of too much social media engagement tend to deplete our attention spans. The experience on TikTok tops other platforms due to its feature of having videos appear as soon as you open the app.
In Memory
Clyde Hart (BBA ’56), legendary Baylor track and field coach for over 40 years, passed away at 91.
Hart was born February 3, 1934, in Eudora, Arkansas. In high school, he starred as a state championship-winning sprinter at Hot Springs High School, graduating in 1952. At Baylor, he ran track on a scholarship and set many records. He met his wife, Maxine Barton, and the two moved to Wink, Texas, after graduation.
Hart coached 34 national championships, 566 All-American performances, and was the coach for nine Olympians who won a total of 13 gold, one silver, and three bronze medals. He was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame, the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame, the Drake Relays Hall of Fame, the Houston Meet of Champions Hall of Fame, the Baylor Athletic Hall of Fame, and the Texas Track and Field Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
His success in training 400-meter athletes earned Baylor the nickname “Quarter Mile U.” In 2015, the Clyde Hart Track and Field Stadium was built in his honor. Earlier this year, Hart published in his memoir his gratitude toward Baylor, stating, “I got my education at Baylor, I found my wife at Baylor, I’ve made my living at Baylor. I feel a little embarrassed saying I’m retired, because I don’t think I’ve ever worked. I really don’t. I’m not saying there haven’t been days that have been trying, but most of the time the next day you’re ready to go again.”
