MBB Box Score: TCU 74, 25/24 Baylor 71

[Roberts, Matt]

TCU 74, 25/24 Baylor 71
Waco, Texas (Foster Pavilion)
Jan. 19, 2025

Box Score Attached. Media Materials Link<https://baylor.app.box.com/s/pixj7k5dq7uo84maocw4vv2vhlhzh1c8>


  *   Baylor is 11-6 on the season and 3-3 in conference play. TCU is 10-7 and 3-3 in Big 12 play
  *   The Bears lead the all-time series 107-88, and are 18-7 in the Drew Era, going 5-3 in the last eight meetings
  *   The Bears suffered their first home loss of the season and are now 10-1 at Foster Pavilion this season, scoring an average of 89.8 points per game
  *   Baylor’s 10-game home win streak lasted from March 2, 2024, to Jan. 19, 2025, and is tied for the tenth-longest in program history, and BU’s longest since a 12-game streak from Jan. 25, 2022-Jan. 4, 2023
  *   The Bears only gave away five turnovers, a season low.
  *   The last time BU only had five turnovers was against Oklahoma, Feb. 13 of last season (2/13/24)
  *   BU led by as many as 12 points in this game, marking the first time they surrendered a loss after holding a double-digit lead since Jan. 27, 2024, against TCU
  *   The Last time Baylor lost a game after holding a lead of 12-or-more points was at Kansas on Feb. 18, 2023, when the Bears saw the Jayhawks erase a 17-point lead
  *   Ernest Udeh Jr.’s 15 rebounds were the most allowed by Baylor since Armando Bacott had 16 for North Carolina in the second round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament (3/19/22)
  *   Baylor is 166-102 in Big 12 in the last 15 seasons after going 50-149 in the league’s first 13 seasons.
  *   The Bears are 139-41 over the last six seasons, the nation’s second-best winning percentage among power-5 teams in that span.
  *   Scott Drew is 475-261 in his 23 seasons overall and 455-250 in his 22nd season with the Bears.
  *   Drew is 190-172 in Big 12 conference play at Baylor
  *   Baylor’s 330 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas.
  *   Baylor is 421-179 since 2007-08, which marked Drew’s first season with a full allotment of scholarships.
  *   Baylor is 108-13 when leading at the half over the last six seasons and 131-20 when leading in the second half during that stretch. Baylor is 10-2 when leading at half in 2024-25.
  *   BU has built double-digit leads in 128 of 164 games over the last five seasons, owning a 120-8 mark in those games.
  *   The Bears used the starting lineup of Jeremy Roach, Robert Wright, VJ Edgecombe, Norchad Omier and Josh Ojianwuna for the first time this season, the Bears are 0-1 using that lineup
  *   Omier poured in 20 points, his third 20-point game of the season and the 33rd of his career
  *   Omier made a season-high seven free throws on a season-high 11 attempts
  *   Edgecombe finished with 18 points, his 13th double-figure scoring game of the season
  *   Edgecombe has now eclipsed 15+ points in four of his six Big 12 games
  *   Edgecombe finished 5-for-5 from the line his first game shooting 100% from the charity with 3+ attempts this season
  *   Wright finished with a game-high 8 assists, his most in Big 12 Play, besting his previous high of 4 at Arizona State last week
  *   Wright also set a career high with five steals, besting his previous of three against Arlington Baptist
  *   Roach finished with 11 points, his fourth time in double figures in six Big 12 games
  *   Jayden Nunn appeared off the bench for the first time in his Baylor career, snapping a streak of 106-straight starts, dating back to his freshman year at VCU
  *   Nunn extended his streak, making a three-pointer for a 16th-straight game en route to eight points
  *   Jalen Celestine made his return to the floor after missing the last four games with an ankle injury
  *   Celestine recorded his eighth game this season with multiple three-pointers and has now netted a triple in each of the last five games he has played


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