MBB Begins Road Swing at Arizona State

[Roberts, Matt]

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RV/RV BAYLOR BEARS (10-4, 2-1 Big 12)
Location: Waco, Texas
Conference/Affiliation: Big 12
Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler, 1993)
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RV/RV BAYLOR (10-4, 2-1 Big 12) vs. ARIZONA STATE (10-4, 1-2 Big 12)
Jan. 11, 2024 • 8:30 p.m. CT
Tempe, Ariz. • Desert Financial Arena (14,198)

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Arizona State Sun Devils (10-4, 1-2 Big 12)
Location: Tempe, Ariz.
Conference/Affiliation: Big 12
Head Coach: Bobby Hurley (Duke, 1993)
Roster<https://thesundevils.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster?_gl=1*yaktza*_gcl_au*NzI5ODE4MzcxLjE3MzY1MzA3NjE.*_ga*NDgyOTQ1NzE3LjE3MzY1MzA3NjE.*_ga_TEHJR60KD9*MTczNjUzMDc2MC4xLjEuMTczNjUzMDc2NC41Ni4wLjA.> | Stats<https://thesundevils.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2024-25> | Game Notes (PDF)
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Story lines
• No. RV/RV Baylor heads to Arizona State in search of its first road win since Feb. 26, 2024 when they take on the Sun Devils on Saturday night at 8:30 p.m. CT on ESPN+
• Baylor holds a 6-2 series edge including a 5-0 mark in the Scott Drew Era
• The last meeting came in the opening round of the Battle 4 Atlantis in November of 2021, en route to  one of seven regular-season tournament titles under Drew
• The Bears used a 22-8 run to close the first half against the Sun Devils to polish off a 75-63 BU win behind a team-high 15 points from LJ Cryer
• On its road swing through Arizona, Baylor is trying to remain perfect against ASU and Arizona in the Drew Era (7-0) entering Saturday
• According to KenPom, BU has played the seventh-hardest schedule in the Power-5
• Baylor is 30-15 in Big 12 Road games since 2019-20, The best mark in the league in that span
• BU is 165-100 in Big 12 play in 15 seasons since 2010 after going 59-149 in the league's first 13 seasons
• Baylor is one of five programs to be ranked inside the top-10 in each of the last six seasons
• Last time out The Bears held Cincinnati to 48 points in a 68-48 win at Foster Pavilion, running Baylor's home win streak to 10 games, the third-longest active streak in the Big 12 and BU's longest since a 12-game stretch from Jan. 2022 to Jan. 2023
• 48 points were Baylor's fewest allowed against a Big 12 opponent since holding Texas to 45 on Feb. 10, 2020
• Baylor is the only team in the Big 12 with 11+ conference wins in a Power conference in 5-straight seasons
• The Bears lead the conference and rank 15th nationally with 14.7 offensive rebounds per game
• Sitting at +4.2 BU is third in the Big 12 and 14th in the Power-5 in turnover margin
• Baylor is one of three Big 12 teams with 5+ players averaging double figures (ISU (6), BYU (5))
• Scott Drew secured his 450th win at Baylor and the 470th of his career overall earlier this month against ACU, and now sits just 11 wins shy of 200-career Big 12 wins
• Drew is one of just seven active coaches with at least 450 wins at their current institution (Mark Few, Tom Izzo, Bill Self, Greg Kampe, Randy Bennett, Matt Painter)
• One of six active coaches who have won a national title, Drew will see four of the five other coaches as a part of its regular season schedule. Drew has wins against John Calipari & Rick Pitino, with his only loss coming to Dan Hurley in Dec.
• Hailing from basketball families, the Drews are the second winningest father-son combination in NCAA history, compiling 1,383 wins between Scott, Bryce and Homer, trailing only the Iba family (1,624) for the most by a family in NCAA history.
• The Bears are led by Miami transfer, Norchad Omier, The NCAA's active leader in career rebounds (1,466), double-doubles (76) and rebound average (10.9), while sitting 10th in career points (2,043)
• The senior is just 34 rebounds from becoming the 14th player in NCAA history with 2,000 points and 1,500 rebounds
• Omier is tied for 14th in NCAA history with 76 career double-doubles, with two more, he will tie three players including Lou Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) for the 11th-most in NCAA history


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