MBB Set for Senior Day Against Oklahoma State

Roberts, Matt WM_Roberts at baylor.edu
Fri Feb 28 16:24:23 CST 2025


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BAYLOR BEARS (16-12, 8-9 Big 12)
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Oklahoma State (14-14, 6-11 Big 12) vs. BAYLOR (16-12, 8-9 Big 12)
March 1, 2025 • 7:00 p.m. CT
Waco, Texas • Foster Pavilion (7,500)

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OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS (14-14, 6-11 Big 12)
Location: Stillwater, Okla.
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Head Coach: Steve Lutz (TLU, 1995)
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• Baylor hosts Oklahoma State in the only regular-season meeting between these two in a Saturday night tip on ESPN+
• Saturday is Senior Day where the Bears will honor Davidson Hubbard, Norchad Omier, Jayden Nunn and Jeremy Roach in a pregame ceremony with tributes to follow postgame
• BU has dominated the series of late, winning 15 of the last 18 meetings and each of the last four
• Baylor's current four-game win streak matches BU's second-longest win streak in this series, trailing only a seven-victory stretch from 2016-19
• In the last meeting, the Bears outlasted a feisty Cowboys team in overtime 75-70, it was the second overtime game in the last four meetings between these two teams
• In that game, despite only hitting two three-pointers, the nation's leading 3-point shooting team out-rebounded the Pokes on the offensive glass 16-5
• Baylor dropped its last contest at Cincinnati on Tuesday night 69-67, Baylor's first loss of the season when holding a team under 70 points
• The Bears shot .473 from the field to Cincinnati's .463, dropping Baylor to 12-4 on the season when shooting a higher percentage than its opponent. Entering the year, they were 96-1 when shooting higher than the opponent dating back to 2019.
• Baylor looks to avoid just it's fifth four-plus game losing streak since 2007-08 and its first since 2018-19
• Against UC, BU's Norchad Omier recorded his 16th double-double of the season the most by a Baylor player since Rico Gathers had 17 in 2014-15.
• Omier's 16 double-doubles this season are tied with Epke Udoh for the fourth most in a season in program history and are just three away from the Baylor record of 19
• With 1,605 career rebounds, Omier moved past Elvin Hayes for 15th all-time and just two from passing Bill Russell for 14th all-time
• VJ Edgecombe is showing why he continues to climb draft boards, averaging a team-leading 18.1 points per game over his last 11 games, shooting 49% from the field, 43% from three and 85% from the line
• Edgecombe ranks seventh in the Big 12, averaging 16.8 points per game in conference play and with 14.8 points per game, he is on pace for the fifth-best scoring average by a freshman in BU history
• Robert Wright now holds Baylor's single-season freshman assist record (126), after setting the single-game freshman record of 13 against Norfolk State earlier this season
• Shooting .753 from the line, The Bears are on pace for their best year at the charity stripe since 1967-68 (.765)
• The Bears have lost 31 games and counting due to injuries this season: Langston Love (14), Jeremy Roach (6), Jalen Celestine (4) VJ Edgecombe (2) and Josh Ojianwuna (5) (Out for the season)
• Of the 1,145 minutes of game time this season, Baylor has had it's full complement of rotation players for just 189:56 (16.6%)
• 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
• The only team in the league with 11+ Big 12 wins in each of the last five seasons, Baylor is in search of its seventh-straight season with double-digit conference wins
• According to KenPom, BU enters the weekend with the fourth-toughest schedule in the country and the toughest in the Big 12
• Nine of Baylor's 12 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. Ten of their 12 losses are Quad-1 losses (5-10)


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