Baylor MBB Heads West to Face Colorado

[Roberts, Matt]

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BAYLOR BEARS (16-10, 8-7 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/2025/2/21/BU_MBB_Game_Notes_27_COLORADO_24-25.pdf>
BAYLOR (16-10, 8-7 Big 12) vs. COLORADO (10-16, 1-14 Big 12)
Feb. 22, 2025 • 3:00 p.m. CT
Boulder, Colo. • CU Events Center (11,064)

LIVE STATS: Stat Broadcast<https://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?t=1&gid=bay>
WATCH: ESPN+
Talent: Pete Sousa (pxp), Jess Settles (analyst)
LISTEN: Baylor Sports Media Network via ESPN 1660 AM / 92.3 FM in Central Texas and worldwide at centexsportsfan.com<http://www.centexsportsfan.com>
Talent: John Morris (PBP), Pat Nunley (Analyst)
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COLORADO BUFFALOS (10-16, 1-14 Big 12)
Location: Boulder, Colo.
Conference/Affiliation: Big 12
Head Coach: Tad Boyle (Kansas, 1985)
Roster<https://cubuffs.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster> | Stats<https://cubuffs.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2024-25> | Game Notes (PDF)<file:///documents/2025/2/21/CU_Game_Notes_Baylor.pdf>
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Story lines
• Baylor heads west for a 3 p.m. CT tip on ESPN+ in its first trip to Boulder since 2010
• The Bears have won six of the last nine meetings between these two teams, including the last one in at the 2013 Tip-off classic in Dallas
• In the last meeting, Kenny Chery led the Bears with 13 points in his Baylor debut as the defending NIT champion Bears took down their former Big 12 Rivals at the American Airlines Center 72-60
• In the last meeting in Boulder in 2010, The Buffs snapped Baylor's nine-game winning streak despite 23 points from LaceDarius Dunn and 13 points from current assistant Tweety Carter but The Bears would go on to make their first Elite Eight in the modern tournament era
• The Bears are 2-2 in the Mountain Time Zone this season
• Last time out, BU fell to No. 19 Arizona  74-67, suffering its first regular-season sweep by a Big-12 opponent since 2022-2023
• VJ Edgecombe led the Bears with 24 points, his fifth 20-point game of the season and his 10th game of 15-plus points in Big 12 Play
• Edgecombe ranks fourth in the Big 12, averaging 17.4 points per game in conference play and with 15.0 points per game, he is on pace to tie for the fourth-best scoring average by a freshman in BU history
• Norchad Omier recorded his 14th double-double of the season against Arizona with 15 points and 11 rebounds and leads all active players with 82 career double doubles
• Omier is tied with William Chatmon, Cory Jefferson and Johnathan Motley for the sixth-most double-doubles in a season in Baylor history
• Omier's 1,582 career rebounds are 17th-most in NCAA history and he is 20 rebounds away from tying Elvin Hayes for 15th all-time
• Robert Wright is on the verge of making some BU history of his own, needing just two assist to break the freshman assist record, set by John Lucas III (120) in 2001-02
• BU is 32-19 in Big 12 Road games since 2019-20, The best mark in the league in that span
• Baylor has 8+ Big 12 wins for a 14th-straight season after winning 8+game just 3 times in the league's first 15 years
• Baylor has 72 conference wins over the last six seasons, second only to Kansas' 74, the next closest team in that span is Texas Tech with 57
• BU is 170-105 in Big 12 play in 15 seasons since 2010 after going 59-149 in the league's first 13 seasons
• The Bears have lost 29 games and counting due to injuries this season: Langston Love (14), Jeremy Roach (6), Jalen Celestine (4) VJ Edgecombe (2) and Josh Ojianwuna (3) (Out for the season)
• Of the 1,065 minutes of game time this season, Baylor has had it's full complement of rotation players for just 189:56 (17.8%)
• Averaging 15.0 and 12.3 points per game 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
• Shooting .748 from the line, The Bears are on pace for their best year at the charity stripe since 2004-05 (.750)
• Nine of Baylor's 10 losses have come against teams that have been ranked in the top-10 at some point this season, while Gonzaga, Tennessee, UConn, Iowa State and Houston have been ranked in the top 4. nine of their 10 losses are Quad-1 losses
• According to KenPom, BU enters the week with the fourth-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
C: 254-227-2280
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