Baylor MBB Set for Holiday Hoops Showdown with Abilene Christian

[Roberts, Matt]

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16/15 BAYLOR BEARS (5-3, 0-0 Big 12)
Location: Waco, Texas
Conference/Affiliation: Big 12
Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler, 1993)
Roster<https://baylorbears.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/2024-25> | Stats<https://baylorbears.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats> | Game Notes (PDF )<file:///documents/2024/12/6/BU_MBB_Game_Notes_9_ACU_24-25__Early_.pdf>
ACU (6-3, 0-0 WAC) vs. 16/15 BAYLOR (5-3, 0-0 Big 12)
Dec. 9, 2024 • 7:00 p.m. CT
Waco, Texas • Foster Pavilion (7,500)

LIVE STATS: Stat Broadcast<https://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?t=1&gid=bay>
WATCH: CBS Sports Network
Talent: Carter Blackburn (pxp), Avery Johnson (analyst)
LISTEN: Baylor Sports Media Network via ESPN 1660 AM / 92.3 FM in Central Texas and worldwide at centexsportsfan.com<http://www.centexsportsfan.com>
Talent: Pat Nunley (PBP), David Kaye (Analyst)
SIRIUS XM: SiriusXM 84 or on the SXM App<https://www.siriusxm.com/sports/mens-college-basketball>

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ACU Wildcats (6-3, 0-0 WAC)
Location: Abilene, Texas
Conference/Affiliation: WAC
Head Coach: Brette Tanner (Emporia State)
Roster<https://acusports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster> | Stats<https://acusports.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats> | Game Notes (PDF)
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Story lines
• No. 15/16 Baylor puts its five-game home winning streak on the line against ACU in a 7 p.m. Monday tip against the ACU Wildcats on CBS Sports Network
• The Bears are averaging 99.7 points per game in three home tilts this year while giving up an average of just 56.
• The Bears and Wildcats have met four times, with BU holding a 3-1 series advantage in the first meeting between the two schools since Dec. 5, 1972
• Jayden Nunn is averaging a team-leading 17.7 points per game in three home games this season
• Scott Drew is seeking his 450th career win at Baylor
• Drew is one of six active coaches who have won a national title, and will see four of the five other coaches as a part of its regular season schedule. Drew has wins against John Calipari & Rick Pitino, with his only loss coming to Dan Hurley on Wednesday.
• Hailing from basketball families, the Drews are the second winningest father-son combination in NCAA history, compiling 1,373 wins between Scott, Bryce and Homer, trailing only the Iba family (1,624) for the most by a family in NCAA history.
• The Bears are 5-0 against the WAC in the Drew Era
• Baylor is 25-5 all time against current WAC teams
• Baylor is 86-25 against in-state opponents since the start of the 2011-12 season
• Over the last six seasons the Bears are 133-38, the second-best record among power-conference teams for the duration of that span
• Baylor is one of five programs to be ranked inside the top-10 in each of the last six seasons
• The Bears have played five ranked teams in its first eight games of the season, entering the weekend with the ninth-hardest schedule in the country (3rd-toughest among power-five teams)
• Entering this week the Bears are one of just five power-conference teams with a top-20 strength of schedule according to KenPom
• Baylor was ranked 22nd in the initial NET rankings release last week, the sixth-straight year they have been a top-25 team in the initial NET
• The Bears are led by Miami transfer, Norchad Omier, The NCAA's active leader in career rebounds (1,395), double-doubles (73) and rebound average (10.9), while sitting 11th in career points (1,934)
• The senior is 52 points and 105 rebounds from becoming the 14th player in NCAA history with 2,000 points and 1,500 rebounds
• Omier and Duke transfer Jeremy Roach, each bring Final Four experience to a Baylor roster that is replacing nine lettermen and four of its five starters from a season ago.
• Roach ranks third on the team in points per game (12.8), and second in assists per game (4.1)
• the senior is one of just nine active players with 1,500 career points and 400 career assists
• Against St. John's, Roach hit a buzzer-beating three-pointer, which was the first by a Baylor Bear since Lester Medford beat Texas Tech at the gun in 2016
• Freshman Robert Wright is coming off a career-high 22 points at UCONN, the BU freshman ranks third in the Big 12 in scoring among freshmen (13.3)
• Fellow freshman, VJ Edgecombe is fourth in the league in scoring among frosh (11.0), giving BU two of the top-4 in the conference


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