Baylor MBB Box: RV/25 Baylor 94, Norfolk State 69

[Roberts, Matt]

No. rv/25 Baylor 94, Norfolk State 69
Waco, Texas (Foster Pavilion)
Dec. 11, 2024

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


  *   No. rv/25 Baylor is now 7-3 on the season
  *   With the 25-point margin of victory, the Bears are beating teams by an average of 37.4 points per game in five home contests this season
  *   BU shot .554 from the field on Wednesday marking the first time since Dec. 22 and Jan. 2 last year where they shot .550 or better in back-to-back games (.672 vs. MVSU and .554 vs. Cornell)
  *   Norchad Omier (19), VJ Edgecombe (16), Josh Ojianwuna (16) and Rob Wright (16) eclipsed the 15-point plateau, marking the first time four Bears have done that since Nov. 28, 2020, against Lousiana-Lafayette
  *   With Wright recording his career-first double-double, Baylor now leads the Big 12 conference with 7 as a team this season.
  *   The Bears grabbed 16 steals, their most since getting 18 against John Brown last season (11/9/23)
  *   BU trailed at home for the first time this season, entering Wednesday they had led for a total of 156:54, while spending 2:06 tied.
  *   The Bears have now led for a total of 189:24, trailed for just 6:52 and been tied for 2:44 in five home games this season
  *   BU is now averaging 96.2 points per game in five home games
  *   Scott Drew improves to 451-248 in his 22nd season with the Bears
  *   Baylor has now won seven-straight games at home it’s longest streak since winning 10-straight in the friendly confines from Nov. 9, 2023-Jan. 27, 2024 last season
  *   Seven-straight home wins extends BU’s longest home streak at Foster Pavilion
  *   Baylor has now won 63-straight games when shooting 50% or higher (last loss March 18, 2018 vs. Mississippi State)
  *   The Bears are 135-38 over the last six seasons, the nation’s second-best winning percentage among power-5 teams in that span
  *   BU is 5-0 all time against Norfolk State
  *   Baylor is 11-0 against the MEAC under Drew
  *   Baylor led at the half for the seventh time this season, they are now 6-1 when leading at the break this season
  *   BU was won 90% of its games since 2011-12 when leading at the half (253-29)
  *   Leading by as many as 38 in the game, The Bears are now 116-7 in the last 123 games when building a double-digit lead.
  *   The Bears used the starting lineup of Wright, Jayden Nunn, Edgecombe, Omier and Ojianwuna for the second time this season, the Bears are 1-0 unsing that lineup
  *   Wright dished out 13 assists, tying a new single-game freshman record previously held by L.J. Rose who dished out 12 dimes against Hardin Simmons on Jan. 19, 2013
  *   The freshman’s 13 assists are the most by a Baylor player since Jared Butler had 13 at Kansas State on Dec. 19, 2020
  *   Wright also poured in 16 points for his career-first double-double, becoming the first player since Pierre Jackson in 2013 with 16+ points and 13+ assists
  *   Nunn made his 100th-straight start (109th of his career)
  *   Edgecombe scored in double-figures for the second-straight game with 16 points, while pulling in a game-high nine rebounds, one off his career high.
  *   Omier scored a game-high 19 points, upping his team-leading scoring average to 15.9 points per game
  *   Omier is now just 18 points and 92 rebounds from becoming the 14th player in NCAA history with 2,000+ points and 1,500 rebounds
  *   Omier tied his career high with five steals, establishing a new Baylor career-high, and nabbing his most since getting five against Coastal Carolina on Feb. 23, 2022
  *   Ojianwuna netted a career-high in points for a second-straight game with 16 against the Spartans
  *   The junior now has five double-figure scoring games this season, after having five double-figure scoring games in his first two seasons combined
  *   Jalen Celestine led the team with nine bench points, his third time leading the team in that category this season


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