MBB Box Score: No. 12/14 Baylor 104, Tarleton 41

[Roberts, Matt]

No. 12/14 Baylor 104, Tarleton 41
Waco, Texas (Foster Pavilion)
Nov. 17, 2024

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


  *   No. 12/14 Baylor improves to 3-1 on the season
  *   The 63-point win was Baylor’s largest since a 64-point victory over Mississippi Valley in the season opener of the 2022-23 season (11/7/22).
  *   BU scored 100 points in back-to-back games for the first time since 1989 when The Bears scored 100 against Texas State and then Mercer in back-to-back games
  *   Tarleton’s 13 first-half points are the second-fewest first-half points allowed by Baylor in the Big 12 era. Arkansas Pine Bluff scored 12 against the Bears on 12/21/2020
  *   The Bears are 71-8 in home games over the last five-plus seasons
  *   Scott Drew improves to 447-245 in his 22nd season at the helm of the Bears
  *   Baylor improves to 8-2 all-time against Tarleton and 2-0 in the Scott Drew era
  *   Drew is now 47-1 when holding teams under 50 points
  *   Drew is 31-1 when scoring over 100 points
  *   Drew improves to 4-6 against Billy Gillispie (four-straight wins)
  *   BU improves to 86-25 against Texas teams since the start of 2011-2012
  *   Over the last six seasons, Baylor is 101-11 when leading at the half and 125-18 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 98-1 in its last 99 games when shooting a higher percentage than its opponent
  *   The Bears have won 61-straight games when shooting over 50%
  *   Baylor used the starting lineup of Jeremy Roach, Jayden Nunn, VJ Edgecombe, Norchad Omier and Josh Ojianwuna for the fourth time this season, improving to 3-1 in those games.
  *   Edgecombe established a career high in points for the fourth-straight game with 17.
  *   Roach established a new season-high with 14 points
  *   Nunn scored 11 points on the night eclipsing 1,000 for his career (1,010)
  *   The senior has now scored in double figures in eight of his last 15 games
  *   Ojianwuna notched 10 points on the night his third game this season in double figures. He had five career-double figure games in his previous two seasons.
  *   Jalen Celestine scored 20 points on 6-of-9 shooting, one off his career-high of 21 points
  *   Celestine has now made a three in 16-straight games
  *   Going 4-of-7 from long range, Celestine ended the night with 99 career threes
  *   Robert Wright came up one assists shy of his career-first double-double, recording 12 points and nine assists
  *   Wright finished the night with an eye-popping +55 +/- rating, the largest since Keyonte George had a +56 rating against Mississippi Valley to open the 2022-23 season.
  *   Wright’s four-straight games in double-figures equals the longest streak to start a career since George’s first four games of 2022-23.
  *   Jason Asemota established a new career high for the second-straight game with eight points.
  *   Marino Dubravcic recorded his career-first points, ending the night with three points, going 3-of-4 from the line


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