MBB Box: No. 6/7 Gonzaga 101, No. 8/8 Baylor 63

[Roberts, Matt]

No. 6/7 Gonzaga 101, No. 8/8 Baylor 63
Spokane, Wash. (Veterans Memorial Arena)
Nov. 4, 2024

Box Score Attached.


  *   Baylor is 19-3 in season openers in the Scott Drew Era
  *   BU is 3-2 in season openers away from home under Drew
  *   Having its two-game win streak snapped, Baylor is now 2-6 against Gonzaga
  *   The Bears are 14-8 in the last 22 games against Top-10 teams
  *   The Bears are 2-2 when playing as the eighth-ranked team in the country
  *   BU is 6-12 all-time when facing the No. 6 team in the AP Poll
  *   The Bears trailed 49-30 at halftime, BU is 86-187 in the Drew era when trailing after 20 minutes
  *   Baylor is 410-176 since 2007-08, the first year Drew’s staff had a full allotment of scholarships
  *   Gonzaga is just the fourth team in the Drew Era to score 100+ points in regulation
  *   25 assists by the ‘Zags are the most by a Baylor opponent since Oklahoma had 29 on 1/23/16
  *   BU’s 38-point loss is the largest since a 91-51 loss at Oklahoma on 1/20/2007.
  *   BU used the starting lineup of Jeremy Roach, Jayden Nunn, VJ Edgecombe, Norchad Omier and Josh Ojianwuna for the first time
  *   Roach, Edgecombe, Omier, Jalen Celestine, Robert  Wright, Jason Asemota, Omar Adegbola, Davidson Hubbard and Marino Dubravcic each made their Baylor debuts
  *   Nunn made the 100th start of his career, his 91st-consecuitve starting nod
  *   Omier recorded his fifth-straight game in double figures (98th of his career), dating back to his time at Miami
  *   Ojianwuna notched his seventh-career double figure scoring output, Baylor suffering its first loss when he scratches double-figures
  *   Wright scored 10 points with six assists and only one turnover in his collegiate debut
  *   Celestine made two three-pointers giving him a made three in 13-straight games dating back to his time with Cal



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