Brittney Griner Swats Florida State Aside

You have to pity the teams that have to get their self-esteem batted around by Brittney Griner's Lady Bears. In what was her final game at the Ferrell Center in Waco, Griner absolutely demoralized the Florida State Lady Seminoles. On Tuesday night, Lady Wilt helped Baylor advance to the Sweet 16 by scoring 33 points, grabbing 22 rebounds and swatting four shots en route to a commanding 85 to 47 victory.  Meanwhile, Griner who is the swat queen of college hoops, men's and women's, is still in pursuit of the all-time women's collegiate scoring record.

With four games to go, Griner is 124 points away from tying Jackie Stiles' 3,293 career points, meaning she would have to average 31 points per game if she advanced to the national title game to top the women's scoring list. However, there's a list she is already unparalleled in. After her three dunks on Tuesday, she now has more dunks than every other women's basketball player in history combined.

When Babe Ruth retired in 1935, Lou Gehrig was second on the home run list, but had only gone one yard fewer than half of the 714 times Ruth had belted out of parks. Griner is the Babe Ruth of women's dunks.

 

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