Melissa Jones is doing something Brittney Griner knows she can't do. Griner, Baylor's 6-foot-8 sophomore standout, closed her right eye and tried to shoot a jumper during a recent practice.

Since she arrived at Baylor, Jones has always given the kind of effort that we all wish we gave to everything we did. "The best way I can describe Melissa ... ever in women's basketball.

During the four years that Melissa Jones played on the Baylor University women’s basketball team, the powerhouse Lady Bears appeared in the NCAA Tournament each season and advanced to the Final ...

Melissa Jones, a junior guard, embodied this calm approach Monday night in a 49-33 victory over Georgetown as Baylor’s 6-foot ... an N.C.A.A. women’s basketball tournament record — but ...

No Baylor women’s basketball player will ever wear jersey No. 5 again. Baylor coach Kim Mulkey announced the decision to retire senior Melissa Jones’ number at Thursday’s annual Lady Bear ...

Melissa Jones is averaging 13.5 points ... she not repeat that last one until after she's finished playing basketball at Baylor). All of the adventurousness she credits to growing up as the ...

It is the seventh women's basketball jersey retired by Baylor, the others being Odyssey Sims, Melissa Jones, Nina Davis, Suzie Snider Eppers, Shelia Lambert and Sophia Young. Griner was teammates ...

Baylor basketball player Melissa Jones was named the Big 12's female Sportsperson of the Year Tuesday. Texas football player Sam Acho was the men's honoree. The Sportsperson of the Year awards ...

Baylor senior Melissa Jones talks about the injury that left her with diminished sight in her right eye and how much it has come back. She and the Lady Bears are playing in the Big 12 tournament ...