Baylor MBB to Host UCF in Saturday Matinee

[Roberts, Matt]

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RV/RV BAYLOR BEARS (14-8, 6-5 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/2025/2/7/BU_MBB_Game_Notes_23_UCF_24-25.pdf>
UCF (13-9, 4-7 Big 12) vs. RV/RV BAYLOR (13-7, 5-4 Big 12)
Feb. 8, 2025 • 1:00 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: ESPN+
Talent: Lowell Galindo (pxp), BJ Taylor (analyst)
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Talent: John Morris (PBP), Pat Nunley (Analyst)
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UCF Knights (13-9, 4-7 Big 12)
Location: Orlando, Fla.
Conference/Affiliation: Big 12
Head Coach: Johnny Dawkins (Duke, 1986)
Roster<https://ucfknights.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster> | Stats<https://ucfknights.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats> | Game Notes (PDF)
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Story lines
• Baylor returns home in search of its 11th win at Foster Pavilion this season when it welcomes the UCF Knights for a 1 p.m. tip on ESPN+ with Lowell Galindo and BJ Taylor on the call
• Saturday is the first-ever meeting between these two programs in Waco with the Bears holding a 1-0 series advantage against the Knights after a 77-69 win in Orlando last season
• In that meeting, despite trailing for 30:58 and getting down by as many as 10-points, the Bears snapped a three-game losing streak behind a career-high 24 points and a team-high seven rebounds from Langston Love
• Baylor's VJ Edgecombe and UCF's Moustapha Thiam were teammates for Austin Rivers Southeast Elite on 2024 Adidas AAU circuit, while Darius Johnson was starting PG on the 2021 SE Elite team
• Last time out, without the services of Edgecombe, Baylor dropped its second-straight contest to Texas Tech, 73-59 in the Hub City
• Tuesday was the 18th game this season where Baylor was missing at least one piece of it's rotation
• 59 points were Baylor's second-fewest this season, while its 19 field goals tied a season low
• Baylor's Norchad Omier led the way for BU with a game-high 16 points and 12 rebounds, his 11th double-double of the season, tying him for the most by a Baylor player since Freddie Gillespie had 11 in 2019-20
• Now with 79 career double-doubles, Omier is tied with Oscar Robertson and Michael Brooks for the ninth-most in NCAA history, his next double-double will tie him with Drexel's Malik Rose for eighth-most
• Baylor's dynamic freshmen duo of Edgecombe and Robert Wright have taken their games to the next level, averaging 23.3 and 16.6 points per game, respectively, over the last five games
• Averaging 14.9 and 13.1 points per game respectively, for the season, Edgecombe and Wright are looking to become the first BU freshmen to average 13.0+ points per game in the same year since Lawrence Roberts and John Lucas III averaged 16.6 and 13.2 in 2001-02
• Wright is just 15 assists shy of Lucas' freshman assist record (120)
• Last time at Foster Pavilion, Baylor won its fifth-straight home game against the Kansas Jayhawks in dramatic fashion, 81-70
• Down by 19 at the break, BU erased the KU lead less than seven minutes into the second half, and matched the largest halftime comeback in Big 12 history
• In the process Baylor became the only team over the last 15 seasons to beat a ranked opponent by double-digits after trailing by 20+ points
• Baylor has 70 conference wins over the last six seasons, second only to Kansas' 73, the next closest team in that span is Texas Tech with 55
• Scott Drew is one of six active coaches with a national title, and now has wins over three of the other five this season (Calipari, Pitino and Self)
• BU is 79-9 in home games over the last six seasons
• BU is 169-103 in Big 12 play in 15 seasons since 2010 after going 59-149 in the league's first 13 seasons
• Five of Baylor's eight losses have come against teams that have been ranked in the top-10 at some point this season, while Gonzaga, Tennessee, UConn and Iowa State have been ranked in the top 3. Seven of the eight losses are Quad-1 losses
• According to KenPom BU enters the weekend with the third-toughest schedule in the country and the toughest in the Big 12


Matt Roberts | Director of Athletic Communications (MBB/MGOLF/ WGOLF)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
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