MBB Box: NR/RV Baylor 74, West Virginia 71; OT

[Roberts, Matt]

NR/RV BAYLOR 74, WEST VIRGINIA 71 OT
Waco, Texas (Foster Pavilion)
Feb. 15, 2025

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


  *   Baylor is 16-9 on the season and 8-6 in conference play. West Virginia is 15-10 and 6-8 in Big 12 play
  *   The Bears are now 3-1 in overtime games this year and 25-11 in the Scott Drew era

·         BU has won 10 of the last 11 meetings against West Virginia and seven of the last nine games in Waco

·         The Bears seven-game winning streak is the longest in series history

  *   Baylor is now 18-8 against WVU all-time and 18-8 in the Drew Era

·         Baylor now has eight conference wins for the 14th-straight season, after winning 8+ games just three times in the league’s first 15 years

·         Baylor’s five made three-pointers tied the fewest in a win this season (Jan. 7, 2025)

·         27 free throws ties a season high and are Baylor’s most in a Big 12 game since netting 34 against Texas on March 4, 2024

  *   BU is 72-27 in Big 12 Play over the last six years, its 72 wins are second to only Kansas (73)
  *   Saturday marked just the eighth time in program history a player went 12-for-12 or better from the line (Langston Love 12-12)
  *   The Bears used the starting lineup of Robert Wright, VJ Edgecombe, Langston Love, Jalen Celestine and Norchad Omier for the first time. That combination is now 1-0
  *   Love became the sixth-different player in program history to go 12-for-12 or better from the line, and the first player to do so since Tauren Prince went 12-for-12 from the charity stripe at Kansason on Jan. 2, 2016
  *   Love set Baylor’s Big 12 record for free throw percentage, going 12-for-12 [1.000]
  *   Love now has six double-figure games this season and 30 for his career
  *   Love is averaging 16.0 points per game since returning from injury
  *   Love’s 12-for-12 performance from the line set a new career high in FT makes and attempts
  *   Tying a career-high with 42 minutes, Love has now topped 40 minutes in a game twice in his career
  *   Omier tied Love with a team-high 17 points to go along with a game-high 10 rebounds, notching his 13th double-double of the season and the 81st of his career
  *   Omier moved past Drexel’s Malik Rose into eighth place in NCAA history
  *   With 10 more rebounds on Saturday, Omier also moved past Tim Duncan for 17th on the NCAA’s career rebounds list with 1,572
  *   Omier has scored in double-figures in
  *   Wright finished with 16 points, his 10th game of 15+ points this season
  *   With three more assists on Saturday, Wright is now within five of the freshman single-season record of 120 held by John Lucas III
  *   Celestine made his career-first start at Baylor and the 46th of his career
  *   BU improved to 8-0 in games when Celestine scores double-digit points


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