Baylor MBB Readies for Road-Swing Finale at BYU

[Roberts, Matt]

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RV/RV BAYLOR BEARS (13-6, 5-3 Big 12)
Location: Waco, Texas
Conference/Affiliation: Big 12
Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler, 1993)
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RV/RV BAYLOR (13-6, 5-3 Big 12) vs. BYU (13-6, 4-4 Big 12)
Jan. 28, 2024 • 8:00 p.m. CT
Provo, Utah • Mariott Center (17,978)

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BYU Cougars (13-6, 4-4 Big 12)
Location: Provo, Utah
Conference/Affiliation: Big 12
Head Coach: Kevin Young (Clayton St., 2004)
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Story lines
• Baylor heads to Provo for its only regular-season meeting with BYU on Tuesday night in an 8 p.m. CT Tip against the Cougars on ESPN2
• In that last meeting, BYU beat the Bears 78-71in Provo, evening the all-time series at 6-6.
• In that meeting, the Bears were beat on the offensive boards 16-7 and outscored 20-4 in second-chance points, snapping BU’s streak of 92-straight wins when shooting a higher percentage than its opponent
• Last time out Baylor swept the season series from Utah with a 76-61 win in Salt Lake City, improving to 12-0 on the season when holding its opponent under 70 points
• Norchad Omier pulled down 12 rebounds to go along with his game-high 22 points, his 77th career double-double, which ranks 14th in NCAA History
• With his next double-double, Omier will move into a tie for 11th in NCAA history with three players including UCLA’s Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar)
• VJ Edgecombe notched his sixth 15+ point performance in Big 12 Play, and now ranks in the top-5 in the Big 12 in points per game in conference play (17.4)
• Across his last five games, Edgecombe is averaging 19.6 points per game, shooting 45% from the field and from three-point range
• Baylor is 32-16 in Big 12 Road games since 2019-20, the best mark in the league in that span
• BU is 168-101 in Big 12 play in 15 seasons since 2010 after going 59-149 in the league’s first 13 seasons
• Five of Baylor’s six losses have 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
• Baylor is one of five programs to be ranked inside the top-10 in each of the last six seasons
• The Bears lead the conference and rank fifth in the Power-5 with 13.5 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 the only Big 12 team 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 enters Tuesday as the NCAA’s active leader in career rebounds (1,508), double-doubles (77) and rebound average (10.8), while sitting 10th in career points (2,116)
• Averaging 17.4 Points per game in Big 12 play, Edgecombe ranks fifth in the league and first among Big 12 Freshman.
• The Bears feature two of the top three scoring freshmen in the league in Edgecombe (14.2) and Robert Wright (11.9)
• Robert Wright ranks fifth among Power-5 freshmen averaging 4.7 assists per game
• With 90 assists Wright is 30 assists shy of the freshman assists record held by John Lucas III (120)


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