No. 25 Baylor MBB returns Home to Host TCU

[Roberts, Matt]

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25/24 BAYLOR BEARS (11-5, 3-2 Big 12)
Location: Waco, Texas
Conference/Affiliation: Big 12
Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler, 1993)
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TCU (9-7, 2-3 Big 12) vs. 25/24 BAYLOR (11-5, 3-2 Big 12)
Jan. 19, 2024 • 4:00 p.m. CT
Waco, Texas • Foster Pavilion (7,500)

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TCU Horned Frogs (9-7, 2-3 Big 12)
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Conference/Affiliation: Big 12
Head Coach: Jamie Dixon (TCU, 1987)
Roster<https://gofrogs.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster> | Stats<https://gofrogs.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats> | Game Notes (PDF)
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Story lines
• No. 25/24 Baylor returns home for a Sunday matinee against in-state rival TCU at 4 p.m. on ESPN
• The Bears are in the midst of a 10-game home winning streak, the third-longest active streak in the Big 12 and its longest since a 12-game streak from Jan. 2022-Jan. 2023
• Averaging 92.1 points per game at Foster Pavilion this year, the Bears are outscoring teams by an average of 35.8 points at home (22.5 ppg in Big 12 Play)
• BU enters this contest winners of seven of the last 10 and 18 of the last 24 against the Frogs
• In the last meeting, Baylor held TCU to its regular-season low 54 points in a 62-54 win in Cowtown
• The last time these two teams matched up at Foster Pavilion TCU outlasted Baylor 105-102 in a triple-overtime thriller
• The game was Baylor's first triple OT game since a five overtime game on Jan. 23, 2008 at Texas A&M and was just the fourth time in program history a game has gone at least three overtimes
• Last time out, Baylor trailed by as many as 27 in the second half at Arizona but used a 20-6 run late to get within nine, before falling 81-70 to the Wildcats
• Down by 23 at the break, BU scored 51 second-half points, its most in a half against a power-conference foe this season and the most since getting 53 in the second-half against Texas on March 4, 2024
• Baylor's five losses have all come against teams that have been ranked in the top-10 at some point this season, while Gonzaga, Tennessee, UConn and Iowa State) have been ranked in the top 3
• BU returned 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 third-hardest schedule in the country entering the weekend
• 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
• The Bears' front-court force of Norchad Omier and Josh Ojianwuna are each tied for second in the conference averaging 9.2 rebounds a game in Big 12 play, the only team in the league with two players in the top-10
• 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 against Arizona State were the most by a Baylor player against a Big 12 opponent since Freddie Gillespie had 17 at TCU on Feb. 29, 2020
• The Bears lead the conference and rank fifth in the Power-5 with 13.7 offensive rebounds per game
• Sitting at +3.1 BU is third in the Big 12 and 15th in the Power-5 in turnover margin
• Baylor is one of two Big 12 (ISU), nine Power-4, and 15 Division 1 teams with 5+ players averaging double figures
• 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.
• Omier, The NCAA's active leader in career rebounds (1,478), double-doubles (76) and rebound average (10.9), while sitting 10th in career points (2,062)
• The senior is just 22 rebounds from becoming the 13th 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
C: 254-227-2280
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