No. 16 Baylor women’s basketball opened the 2025–26 season in style — and in control. Behind 24 points from Taliah Scott, the Bears stunned No. 7 Duke, 58-52,

Taliah Scott scored 24 points in her Baylor debut as the No. 16 Bears stunned No. 7 Duke 58-52 in Paris to open the 2025–26 women’s hoops season

T he #7 ranked Duke women started the basketball season in the City of Lights but Baylor’s Taliah Scott racked up 24 to lead the #16 Bears to the 58-52 upset in Paris. Half of Scott’s points came in the 4th quarter as Baylor simply outplayed the Blue Devils down the stretch.

Taliah Scott's 24 points, five rebounds and three assists helped the No. 16 Baylor Lady Bears score a 58-52 upset over the No. 7 Duke Blue Devils with a dominant stretch in the fourth quarter in the season opener for both teams in the Oui-Play Paris 2025 opener Monday in Paris,

Somewhere between the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe, Baylor turned a basketball game into a defensive art exhibit — complete with grit, grind, and just enough French flair to make it gallery-worthy.

That didn't take long. A top-10 upset helped tip off the opening day of the 2025-26 women's college basketball season. The No. 7 Duke Blue Devils, an Elite Eight team last season, fell 58-52 to the No. 16 Baylor Bears in the opener of the Oui-Play doubleheader in Paris.

College basketball returns on Monday, Nov. 3 and one of the first games of the season takes place in Paris between No. 7 Duke and No. 16 Baylor.

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