Baylor MBB Duo Picks up AP All-Big 12 Honors

[Roberts, Matt]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 8, 2022
Baylor MBB Duo Picks up AP All-Big 12 Honors
Media votes Akinjo and Flagler to 10-person team
For more information, contact: David Kaye, 254-709-5147, David_Kaye at baylor.edu<mailto:David_Kaye at baylor.edu>

WACO, Texas – Adam Flagler and James Akinjo represented Baylor on the media’s All-Big 12 teams announced Tuesday by the Associated Press. Akinjo was named to the first team, while Flagler was a second-team selection.

An Oakland, Calif., native, Akinjo leads the Big 12 in assists (5.8/game), ranks second in free-throw percentage (.827) and second in steals (2.0/game). He also ranks third in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.9) and ninth in scoring (13.3/game). Additionally, he has scored in double figures 20 times this season, topping the 20-point mark five times.

Flagler topped the double-digit scoring mark for a team-leading 23rd time on Saturday, helping the Bears clinch a second-consecutive Big 12 Championship. The junior from Duluth, Ga., is third in the Big 12 in 3-point field goals made per game (2.5) and 3-point field goal percentage (.407), sixth in field goal percentage (.449) and eighth in scoring (13.8/game). In Big 12 play, Flagler led the conference in three-point field goal percentage (.433) and ranks second in field goal percentage (.467).
The Bears finished the regular season with a school-record 26 victories and ranked No. 3 in the AP Top 25. BU has now been in the AP Top 10 for 47-consecutive polls dating back to Dec. 16, 2019. Baylor has topped the 25-win mark in each of the last three seasons and seven times in the last 13 years. Prior to 2010, BU reached the 25-win mark just once in the program’s first 103 seasons.
The No. 2 seed Bears open play at the 2022 Big 12 Championship with Thursday’s quarterfinal matchup against No. 7 seed Oklahoma at 6 p.m. CT on ESPN. The winner of that game will face the winner of Thursday’s 8:30 p.m. quarterfinal between No. 3 seed Texas Tech and No. 6 seed Iowa State. That semifinal game is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. Friday, and the championship game is at 5 p.m. Saturday.
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2022 AP ALL-BIG 12 AWARDS
Coach of the Year: Mark Adams, Texas Tech
Player of the Year: Ochai Agbaji, Kansas
Freshman of the Year: Izaiah Brockington, Iowa State

First Team
Ochai Agbaji, Kansas
James Akinjo, Baylor
Izaiah Brockington, Iowa State
Nijel Pack, Kansas State
Bryson Williams, Texas Tech

Second Team
Timmy Allen, Texas
Christian Braun, Kansas
Adam Flagler, Baylor
Mike Miles Jr., TCU
Taz Sherman, West Virginia

BAYLOR MBB 2021-22 SEASON HONORS
James Akinjo
All-America Third Team (Sporting News)
All-Big 12 First Team
AP All-Big 12 First Team
Big 12 All-Newcomer Team
Bob Cousy Award Finalist
Midseason All-America First Team (Sporting News)
Wooden Award Midseason Top 25
Naismith Trophy Watch List
Lute Olson Award Midseason Watch List
2021 Battle 4 Atlantis MVP
Big 12 Player of the Week (March 7)
Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (Feb. 14)
Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (Jan. 10)
Big 12 Player of the Week (Jan. 3)

Kendall Brown
Big 12 All-Freshman Team
Julius Erving Award Top 10 Watch List
Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (March 7)
Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (Dec. 20)
2021 Battle 4 Atlantis All-Tournament Team

Scott Drew
Big 12 Coach of the Year (third-straight)
Naismith Men’s College Coach of the Year Late Season Watch List

Adam Flagler
All-Big 12 Second Team
AP All-Big 12 Second Team
Big 12 Player of the Week (Jan. 10)
Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
Jerry West Award Top 10 Watch List
Naismith Trophy Watch List
Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 Watch List
Lute Olson Award Watch List

Matthew Mayer
All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
Naismith Trophy Watch List
Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 Watch List

Mitchell Paul
Academic All-Big 12 First Team

Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua
Big 12 Defensive Player of The Year
Big 12 All-Defensive Team
Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Watch List
Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

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Matt Roberts | Associate Director of Athletic Communications (MGOLF/ WGOLF/ FOOTBALL/ MBB)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
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