No. 25 Baylor MBB Closes Road Trip at Arizona

[Roberts, Matt]

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25/24 BAYLOR BEARS (11-4, 3-1 Big 12)
Location: Waco, Texas
Conference/Affiliation: Big 12
Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler, 1993)
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25/24 BAYLOR (11-4, 3-1 Big 12) vs. RV/RV ARIZONA (10-5, 4-0 Big 12)
Jan. 14, 2025 • 10:00 p.m. CT
Tucson, Ariz. • McKale Center (14,688)

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RV/RV Arizona Wildcats (10-5, 4-0 Big 12)
Location: Tucson, Ariz.
Conference/Affiliation: Big 12
Head Coach: Tommy Lloyd (Whitman)
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Story lines
• No. 25/24 Baylor wraps its road trip in Tucson with a showdown at Arizona at 10 p.m. CT on ESPN
• The all-time series is tied 5-5, with BU leading 2-0 in the Scott Drew Era
• With a win against ASU on Saturday, Baylor aims to remain perfect against ASU and Arizona in the Drew Era (8-0) entering Tuesday
• The last meeting came on Dec. 7, 2019 when No. 18 BU beat No. 12 Arizona 63-58 in Waco, holding the Wildcats to 27% shooting, which was the lowest in the Sean Miller Era at the time
• The Bears last time in Tucson they snapped 'Zona's 52-game home-court winning streak with a 58-49 victory in 2018
• BU returns to the AP Top-25 after a brief absence last week, and have now been ranked in 103 of the last 107 polls
• According to KenPom, BU has played the sixth-hardest schedule in the Power-5 (10th overall)
• Baylor is 31-15 in Big 12 Road games since 2019-20, The best mark in the league in that span
• BU is 166-100 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 off a feisty Arizona State squad in overtime 72-66, snapping a four-game road losing streak, picking up its first road win since Feb. 26, 2024 at TCU
• Baylor limited the Sun Devils to 20 first-half points, and have now held three of its first four Big 12 opponents to 20-points or fewer in the first half
• Josh Ojianwuna recorded his third double-double in the last five games with 12 points and a career-high 17 rebs
• Ojianwuna's 17 rebounds were the most by a Baylor player against a Big 12 opponent since Freddie Gillespie had 17 at TCU on Feb. 29, 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 17th nationally with 14.1 offensive rebounds per game
• Sitting at +3.5 BU is third in the Big 12 and 15th 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 10 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 1,384 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 (1,474), double-doubles (76) and rebound average (10.9), while sitting 10th in career points (2,062)
• The senior is just 26 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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