MBB Box Score: BYU 93, RV/RV Baylor 89 OT

Tue Jan 28 23:39:31 CST 2025

BYU 93, RV/RV Baylor 89 OT
Provo, Utah (Marriott Center)
Jan. 28, 2025

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

Today’s postgame press conference can be accessed at the following link, once available: https://byu.app.box.com/s/kyhh3faoqwmsepzrrgg7nsf5w3kb4w4l

  *   Baylor is 13-7 on the season and 5-4 in conference play. BYU is 14-6 and 5-4 in Big 12 play
  *   BYU pulls ahead in the all-time series 7-6, while Baylor holds the 4-1 advantage in the Scott Drew Era 4-2
  *   BU is 2-1 in overtime this year and 24-11 in the Drew era
  *   Baylor’s freshman duo of VJ Edgecombe and Robert Wright combined for 50 points on the night including BU’s last 25 in the second-half and overtime
  *   The Bears shot 50% from the field marking just the third time in the last 110 games the Bears have lost when shooting 50-plus % from the field (two of those losses were at BYU)
  *   The Cougars shot .552 from the field the highest field goal percentage allowed by the Bears since allowing Gonzaga to shoot .563 in the season opener
  *   The Bears shot .646 from three-point range, their highest clip in Big 12 play and their highest since shooting .481 against Arlington Baptist (12/27/24)
  *   13 three-pointers were BU’s most since knocking down 13 against Arlington Baptist (12/27/24)
  *   Baylor is 168-103 in Big 12 in the last 15 seasons after going 50-149 in the league’s first 13 seasons.
  *   Baylor is 32-17 in Big 12 road games over the last six seasons, the best mark in the league in that span
  *   The Bears are 141-42 over the last six seasons, the nation’s second-best winning percentage among power-5 teams in that span.
  *   Drew is 477-262 in his 23 seasons overall and 456-251 in his 22nd season with the Bears.
  *   Drew is 192-173 in Big 12 conference play at Baylor
  *   Baylor is 423-180 since 2007-08, which marked Drew’s first season with a full allotment of scholarships.
  *   The Bears used the starting lineup of Wright, Jayden Nunn, Edgecombe, Norchad Omier and Josh Ojianwuna for the third time this season, the Bears are 2-1 using that lineup
  *   Wright tied a career-high with 22 points, and scored Baylor’s last 14 points in the second half to send the game to overtime
  *   14 of Wright’s 22 points came in the final 5:14 of the second half
  *   Wright played a season-high 39 minutes
  *   Wright scored eclipsed the 20-point mark for the second time this season
  *   Edgecombe scored 20+ points for a third-straight game, the first freshman since Keyonte George in 2023 to do so
  *   In Edgecombe’s four 20-plus point performances the Bears are 2-2
  *   With a season-high six three-point makes, Edgecombe also shot his highest clip from deep this season (6-for-8, .750)
  *   Edgecombe played a season-high 43 minutes
  *   Nunn notched his Big 12-season high with 11 points
  *   With two three-pointers tonight, Nunn has now made a three-pointer in 19-straight games
  *   Omier had 12 points and 8 rebounds, his 16th double-figure scoring game of the season
  *   Omier has now led the team in rebounding 16 times in 20 games with the Bears going 11-5 in those games
  *   Jalen Celestine scored 7 points to lead Baylor’s bench scorers, the sixth time he has done that this season. The Bears are 5-1 in those games

Matt Roberts | Director of Athletic Communications (MBB/MGOLF/ WGOLF)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 254-227-2280
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