Baylor freshman Griner provides dunk preview

Nov 7, 11:25 pm EST

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WACO, Texas (AP)—Baylor freshman phenom Brittney Griner got her first dunk in a game for the No. 7 Lady Bears, though she is not yet officially the seventh woman to dunk in a college game.

Griner’s right-handed dunk came with 14:25 left Saturday night in Baylor’s 81-52 exhibition victory over Incarnate Word. The 6-foot-8 Griner scored 25 points on 12-of-16 shooting with 11 rebounds (six offensive) and five blocked shots in 25 minutes.

Coach Kim Mulkey said the Lady Bears ran a set play for Griner to get her dunk.

“It was a cleared side and she spun a little bit there and got an opening,” Mulkey said. “She took her time and went up and rattled the rim a little bit. It ignited our team and the crowd.”

More than 6,000 people attended the game, similar to the crowd for the exhibition opener Tuesday when Griner played 19 minutes without a dunk. She had 13 points, four rebounds and three blocks in that game.

With cheers still ringing from her dunk against Incarnate Word, Griner followed with a blocked shot on the ensuing possession. She then scored baskets the next two times Baylor had the ball.

“I was looking for more,” Griner said. “It got me going getting the dunk and feeding off my team’s energy. It had me fighting harder down low to get another one. … It was a clean dunk.”

Griner gets her first chance to dunk in a real game when the Lady Bears play their regular season opener Nov. 15 at eighth-ranked Tennessee.

Her dunks at Houston’s Nimitz High made her a YouTube sensation. She had 52 dunks in 32 games as a prep senior last season.

Updated Nov 7, 11:25 pm EST
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  1. Chris H
    5. Posted by Chris H Wed Nov 11 3:55pm EST

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    Brett Favre sucks
  2. scott
    4. Posted by scott Sun Nov 8 10:27pm EST

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    By the end of her career she will have become the all-time best woman's basketball player. She has all the potential in the world and a basic set of skills (basic for her) that already put her head and shoulders above almost every player in the country. She's the only woman who can simply elevate with or without the ball, catch it, and slam with either hand or both hands. Her blocked shots are game altering by themselves, devastating to the opposing players. She dominates the lane, not just filling it with her size. She is not simply tall, but agile, graceful, quick and fast for 6' 8", and has a great hunger to be the best. What amazes me is how effective she is now, while she's still growing into her body and getting used to it. Once she's physically mature she will a one woman wrecking ball and a great individual around whom to build a team. Mulkey is a great lady to have as a coach, to develop her talent, rather than just exploiting her. It will be a pleasure to watch the next four years with her at Baylor.
  3. Vincent
    3. Posted by Vincent Sun Nov 8 11:38am EST

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    And serioriously Candace Parker is someone you can brag about but they gotta stop bragging so much until they really see what she does against like a good team like tennessee so they jus better not get to confidence.
  4. CryMeaRiver
    2. Posted by CryMeaRiver Sun Nov 8 8:50am EST

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    zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....so a 6'8 player can dunk?? what a newsflash...now maybe Kim "Sulkey" can stop her crying and focus on running plays for that all season long. One person does NOT a team make...unless you talk to Brett Favre...will be glad once the hype of this dies down and we can get back to the game at hand
  5. Vincent
    1. Posted by Vincent Sat Nov 7 10:33pm EST

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    She will not dunk against tennesse lady vols they are so much better and are gonna be a big challenge for baylor,Tennessee is not the team they were last year they are so much better and its in thompson bowling arena. I personally think tennessee will win but baylor is a good squad this will be a great match up!
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