ESTERO, Fla. -- The foreshadowing came on the opening tip-off, when Baylors Beatrice Mompremier barely had to move to win possession against Kent States Naddiyah Cross.Then again, Mompremier is nearly a foot taller than Cross.So a lopsided height advantage decided the games first play, and plenty of plays after that as well. Kalani Brown scored 17 points, Lauren Cox added 15 and No. 5 Baylor rolled past Kent State 84-42 on Friday in the opening game of the Gulf Coast Showcase.Brown, Cox and Mompremier -- all between 6-foot-4 and 6-foot-7, bigger than anyone who dared defend them -- combined to make 19 of their 25 shots, and Baylor (5-1) enjoyed a 49-23 rebounding edge.Really, you could just flip a coin, said Brown, who shot 8 for 9 and grabbed a game-high nine rebounds in just 16 minutes. All of us did great things today and used it to our advantage, I guess.Baylor took control with a 15-0 run in the first quarter, and shot 52 percent.I have the luxury of having five outstanding post players, Baylor coach Kim Mulkey said. I have the three really big ones and two that are somewhat undersized, but we go to the boards hard.Larissa Lurken scored 15 for Kent State (2-3), which has dropped three straight. The Golden Flashes shot 29 percent for the game, 10 percent in the final quarter.We were just proud of the opportunity to play against a team like Baylor and compete at the highest level, Kent State coach Todd Starkey said. I thought our kids did a good job of executing. We had a couple things happen today that some of our players are going to remember for the rest of their lives.Among those things: Lurken scored her 1,000th career point, and senior Lacey Miller got the first basket of her college career.Those are the types of things those kids will be telling their families 20, 30 years down the road, Starkey said.BIG PICTUREKent State: Lurkens became the 20th Kent State player to reach the 1,000-point mark. ... It was the first time the Golden Flashes met Baylor since beating the Bears in 1997.Baylor: No Baylor player logged more than 23 minutes, which could help the Bears cause as the three-games-in-three-days tournament goes along. ... The Bears improved to 17-0 in 2016 against unranked opponents, 4-0 this season. ... Mompremier is playing this weekend about two hours from her Miami home, and reserve Alyssa Fry spent her senior high school season about 90 minutes north of the tournament site at IMG Academy in Bradenton.PROGRESS?Kent State had not led in either of its last two games, against Robert Morris and Detroit Mercy. The Golden Flashes actually had the lead against Baylor, holding it for 2 minutes, 27 seconds in the first quarter -- 5-2 being the largest.EARLY WAKE-UPIt was an 11 a.m. start time, and Baylors Alexis Jones got a wake-up call around 11:01 or so when she was benched 51 seconds into the contest. She had two turnovers in that span, including one 2 seconds into the game. But after sitting for nearly 5 minutes, Jones returned and scored 10 quick points.UP NEXTKent State: Faces Western Kentucky in consolation semifinals Friday.Baylor: Faces No. 18 DePaul in tournament semifinals Friday.Custom Golden State Warriors Jerseys .35 million, one-year contract that avoided salary arbitration. 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Custom Brooklyn Nets Jerseys .C. -- Kemba Walker and the Charlotte Bobcats got off to a fast start, and the Sacramento Kings were never quite able to catch up. Custom Portland Trail Blazers Jerseys . -- Aldon Smith believes he is on the path to being sober for good.As General Manager of Monday Night Raw, Mick Foley is now charged with making Hell in a Cell Matches - but he used to wow fans in them.The Hardcore Legend wrestled inside the demonic metal structure four times during his in-ring career and although he was never victorious, the fan favourite carved out some indelible memories.Top of the pile was surely Foleys 1998 bout with The Undertaker, in which he suffered two staggering tumbles, one from the top of the Cell and another through it (more on that later). Order Hell in a Cell Book this Sundays pay-per-view on Sky Sports Box Office The Indiana-born star was not involved in the inaugural Hell in a Cell encounter - that honour was bestowed upon The Undertaker and Shawn Michaels at the Badd Blood event in October 1997.But he did compete in the next three, with THAT match against Undertaker sandwiched by a star-studded tag-team skirmish and a singles scuffle with The Phenoms brother, Kane.Foley - then competing under his Mankind guise - had actually partnered Kane in the second Hell in a Cell match in history, with the duo taking on The Undertaker and Stone Cold Steve Austin. Foley battled Stone Cold Steve Austin inside the Cell The bout, which took place on Raw in June 1998, ended in a no contest with Taker assaulting Paul Bearer inside the locked Cell, while Austin and Kane tore clumps out of each other on the roof.Ah, the roof…The Cells ceiling played a pivotal role when Mankind and Taker went one-on-one inside the compound two weeks later at the King of the Ring pay-per-view in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.With both competitors atop of the structure, Undertaker chokeslammed his adversary onto the mesh surface, causing a panel to give way and Foley to slam into the canvas below. Foley was thrown through the Cell roof by The Undertaker The shocking fall left the WWE announce desk reeling - Good God, Good God! Will somebody stop the damn match? Enoughs enough! cried lead commentator Jim Ross, with co-broadcaster Jerry Lawler yelling: Thats it. Hes dead.Foley had already suffered a startling moment earlier in the contest when he was hurled off the 16ft-high Cell roof - the Cell was heightened to 20ft in 2006 - and through the Spanish announce desk below.The Spanish announce desk really does take a pounding, doesnt it?!Foley ended the bout with a tooth in his nose and a dislocated jaw, as well as a number of other war wounds - one of the many reasons the match is considered one of the most famous in WWE history.Foley has since admitted his memories of the match - won by The Undertaker when he planted his opponent into a pile of drawing pins, some of which remained lodged in Foleys arm for a good while afterwards - are sketchy, and he believes Undertakers clash with Michaels a year earlier is the finest Cell match to have taken place. Foley says Undertaker-Michaels is the best Hell in a Cell Match ever Mankind, perhaps tentatively, stepped back into the Cell later in the summer of 1998 against Kane - though he clashed with Undertaker during the bout when he was chucked into the announce desk by the Demon of Death Valley.Foley looked primed for defeat when he was Tombstoned onto a steel chair but the clash had no winner, rendered a no contest when Austin emerged from under the ring to batter Kane.The next time Foley competed in the Cell he did so under another persona - Cactus Jack, a gimmick he had previously adopted in World Championship Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling.Foley had made the swiitch from Mankind while embroiled in a rivalry with Triple H for the WWE Championship, with a Cell encounter announced after he had lost a Street Fight to the Game at the 2000 edition of the Royal Rumble.ddddddddddddA month later at No Way Out, there was more than the title on the line - with the stipulation that should Jack aka Foley fail to dethrone Triple H he would retire.Thats what happened - but not before another sparkling match, which saw Foley tumble though the top of the Cell, just as he had done against Taker, and then through the canvas below. Cactus Jack clattered through the canvas while wrestling Triple H Triple H pinned Foley following a Pedigree to bring Foleys tenure as a full-time member of the WWE roster to a close, albeit that The Hardcore Legend has competed on an ad-hoc basis after that, most recently as an entrant in the 2012 Royal Rumble.Raws General Manager - a job he was handed in the summer of 2016 - hasnt left Hell in a Cell completely behind, however.He refereed Triple Hs World Heavyweight Championship defence against Kevin Nash at Bad Blood in 2003 - receiving a chair shot from The Game for good measure - and has regularly informed first-time Cell combatants of the perils of the bout.In fact, he did the latter just this week, telling the wrestlers in the first-ever Womens Hell in a Cell Match, Charlotte and Sasha Banks, just what they are letting themselves in for this weekend. Hell in a Cell veteran Mick Foley tells Sasha Banks and Charlotte what awaits them inside the structure on Sunday night. Watch Raws latest pay-per-view, WWE Hell in a Cell, from midnight on Sunday (Monday morning) live on Sky Sports Box Office.The show costs £14.95 for customers in the United Kingdom and €21.95 for viewers in the Republic of Ireland.You can also follow the pay-per-view on skysports.com and Sky Sports mobile and iPad apps with our live blog.WWE Hell in a Cell booking detailsONLINE: Visit this link: https://my.sky.com/orderboxoffice/?DCMP=hellinacellPHONE: UK viewers can call 03442 410 888 to book WWE Hell in a Cell, while customers in the Republic of Ireland should call 0818 220 225. (There may be an additional charge for telephone bookings).REMOTESky+: Press the box office button on your remote, then click the sports tab followed by WWE Hell in a Cell.Sky Q: Press Home on your Sky Q remote, select TV guide, then Box Office and the WWE Hell in a Cell. Enter your TV Pin if prompted. (Only bookings via Sky TV remote are recordable using Sky Plus).Sky TV residential customers only. 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