MBB Box: No. 9/9 Baylor 108, Nicholls 70

[Roberts, Matt]

No. 9/9 Baylor 108, Nicholls 70
Waco, Texas (The Ferrell Center)
Nov. 28, 2023

Box Score Attached. Media Materials folder<https://baylor.app.box.com/s/pixj7k5dq7uo84maocw4vv2vhlhzh1c8>

  *   Baylor improves to 7-0 on the season.
  *   Baylor scored 100+ points for the 28th time under Scott Drew, they are 28-0 when scoring 100+ points.
  *   BU’s 108 points are its most since scoring 117 in the season opener against Mississippi Valley State last season.
  *   Baylor allowed zero second-chance points for the first time since Jan. 4, 2022 when they held Oklahoma scoreless in that category.
  *   BU’s 25 assists were its most since it had 26 against Texas Tech on 2/4/23
  *   The Bears won seven games in November for the third time in school history (2021 & 2016).
  *   It’s the sixth time BU has gone undefeated in the month of November under Scott Drew.
  *   Baylor is 97-18 in the month of November under Drew.
  *   Baylor holds a 4-0 series advantage over Nicholls in four all-time meetings.
  *   BU now has 398 wins all-time at the Ferrell Center (398-169)
  *   Baylor is 56-6 in home games over the last four seasons.
  *   BU is 110-24 over the last five seasons, the nation’s best winning percentage among power-conference teams in that span.
  *   Baylor is 85-13 vs. unranked teams over the last four seasons (.867%).
  *   Baylor has built leads of 10+ points in 57 of 80 games since the start of the 2021 NCAA Tournament (54-3 record).
  *   BU has won 84-straight when shooting a higher percentage than its opponent (last loss March 2, 2019 at K-State).
  *   Baylor has taken a lead in 161-consecutive games (last wire-to-wire loss Dec. 1, 2018 at Wichita State).
  *   BU deployed a starting lineup of RayJ Dennis, Jayden Nunn, Ja’Kobe Walter, Jalen Bridges and Yves Missi for a fifth time this season and improved to 5-0 when starting that lineup.
  *   Dennis recorded the first double-double of his Baylor career with 14 points and 10 assists.
  *   It was Dennis’ sixth-career double-double and his and his third-career double-figure assist game.
  *   Langston Love set a new career high with 23 points.
  *   Love scored 20+points off the bench for the second time this season and the third time in his career.
  *   Love set a new career-high with five made 3-pointers, and now has eight in his last two games.
  *   Caleb Lohner scored in double-figures for the third time in his Baylor career with 12 points, one off his Baylor career high of 13, which he tallied last year in the opening round of the NCAA tournament against UC Santa Barbara.
  *   Jayden Nunn scored in double-figures for the fourth time this season and recorded a team-leading +24 +/- rating.
  *   Dantwan Grimes scored a career-high eight points.
  *   All 12-players who played in the game on Tuesday recorded at least one field goal


Matt Roberts | Associate Director of Athletic Communications (MBB/MGOLF/ WGOLF)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 254-227-2280
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