MBB Box Score: No. 12/14 Baylor 104, Sam Houston 67

[Roberts, Matt]

No. 12/14 Baylor 104, Sam Houston 67
Waco, Texas (Foster Pavilion)
Nov. 12, 2024

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  *   No. 12/14 Baylor improves to 2-1 on the season
  *   The Bears have now won six-straight home openers
  *   BU improves to 20-2 in home openers under Scott Drew
  *   The Bears are 70-8 in home games over the last five-plus seasons
  *   Baylor improves to 10-3 all-time against Sam Houston and 4-0 in the Drew era
  *   BU improves to 85-25 against Texas teams since the start of 2011-2012
  *   Baylor had seven players score in double figures for the first time since 2013 against Long Beach State
  *   Baylor’s 30 assists were its most since it had 30 against McNeese Nov. 23, 2022
  *   The Bears shot .586 from the field, it’s best clip since shooting .672 against Mississippi Valley State in the final game at the Ferrell Center (12/22/23).
  *   14 made threes ties a Foster Pavilion record set on opening night against Cornell (1/2/24).
  *   BU scored 104 points, a new Foster Pavilion record, and the most since notching 107 in a win against Mississippi Valley State last year on Dec. 22, 2023.
  *   The Bears are 30-1 in the Drew Era when scoring 100+ points.
  *   Over the last six seasons, Baylor is 100-11 when leading at the half and 124-18 when taking a second-half lead.
  *   BU has built double-digit leads in 118 of 155 games over the last five-plus seasons (112-6)
  *   Baylor improves to 97-1 in its last 98 games when shooting a higher percentage than its opponent
  *   Baylor used the starting lineup of Jeremy Roach, Jayden Nunn, VJ Edgecombe, Norchad Omier and Josh Ojianwuna for the third time this season, improving to 2-1 in those games.
  *   Omier and Edgecombe recorded double-doubles, the second Baylor duo in the last six games to accomplish that joining Jalen Bridges and Yves Missi, who both had double-doubles in the Big 12 tournament last season against Iowa State.
  *   Roach recorded 12 points, his 77th career game in double figures and his second in three chances with the Bears.
  *   Additionally, Roach recorded a Baylor career high with eight assists, his most in a game since dishing eight dimes against Hofstra last season with Duke (12/12/23).
  *   Nunn scored 19 points his most since pouring in 20 against West Virginia last season (2/17/24)
  *   Nunn’s five made threes were one off the Foster Pavilion record of six, held by Nunn and Jalen Bridges.
  *   Edgecombe recorded his career-first double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds to go along with his 7 assists, establishing career highs in all three categories for the second-straight game
  *   In just his third game with the Bears, Edgecombe is the fastest Baylor player to record their first double-double since Kendall Brown nothed one in his second game against Nicholls (11/15/21).
  *   Omier scored 18 points and pulled down 10 rebounds for his 70th career double-double and his third-straight to start his Baylor Career.
  *   Omier is the first Baylor player since Terry Black in 1999 to get three double-doubles in his first three games in a Baylor unform.
  *   Ojianwuna tied a career high with 11 points in the win, the fourth time in his career he has hit the 11-point mark.
  *   Robert Wright notched double-figures for the third-straight game to open his career, the first BU freshman since Keyonte George in 2022-23 to accomplish that
  *   Jalen Celestine hit a three-pointer for the 15th-straight game en route to a Baylor career high 10 points.
  *   Jason Aseomta knocked down his career-first three pointer
  *   Omar Adegbola notched the first points of his career finishing with six on the night
  *   Davidson Hubbard scratched his first Division I points tonight with two, to go along with one block


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