MBB Box Score: No. 9 Baylor 75, No. 8 Mississippi State 72

[Roberts, Matt]

No. 9 BAYLOR 75, No. 8 Mississippi State 72
Lenovo, Center (Raleigh, N.C.)
March 21, 2025

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  *   Baylor is 20-14 on the season. Mississippi State finishes the season at 21-13
  *   BU is 2-3 all-time against MSU
  *   The Bears are 10-4 all-time in the first round of the NCAA Tournament
  *   BU has won six-straight games in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament
  *   BU is one of just three teams to win a game in each of the last six NCAA Tournaments (Gonzaga, Houston)
  *   Baylor is 24-17 in 16 NCAA Championship appearances and 21-11 under Scott Drew
  *   BU is 2-1 all-time at a No. 9 seed
  *   The Bears are 4-5 all-time when playing as the lower/same seed
  *   Baylor now has 20 wins for the seventh-straight season and the 13th time in the last 14 years
  *   10 steals are Baylor’s most in an NCAA Tournament game since getting 10 against North Carolina in the second round of the 2022 NCAAT, The Baylor tournament record is 15 against Hartford in 2021
  *   Four Bears finished with double-figure points, the second time in the last three tournament games BU has had multiple players eclipse double-figure points
  *   The Bears used the starting lineup of Robert Wright, VJ Edgecombe, Langston Love, Jalen Celestine and Norchad Omier for the ninth time. That combination is now 4-4 this season
  *   Wright had a team-high 19 points, becoming the first BU freshman in the modern tournament era to lead the team in scoring in an NCAA Tournament game (first since Don Heathington in 1948)
  *   Edgecombe scored 16 points, his 16th game of 15-plus points this season
  *   Edgecombe now has 481 points in his career closing in on the fourth-most by a freshman in Baylor history
  *   With 12 points and 10 rebounds, Omier recorded his 22nd double-double of the season, building on his BU single-season record
  *   Omier is the first Bear to record a double-double in an NCAAT game since Jeremy Sochan had 15 points and 11 Rebs against UNC in the second round of the 2022 Tournament vs. North Carolina
  *   Omier is now tied for the fifth-most double-doubles in a season in Big 12 history
  *   With 10 more boards on Friday, Omier now has 1,685 for his career, the 10th-most all-time
  *   Love scored 15 points, his most since netting 17 at Colorado on Feb. 22
  *   In his 12th-career NCAA Tournament game, Jeremy Roach had six points off the bench, his fifth-time leading the team in bench scoring this season
  *   In his career-first NCAA Tournament game, Jalen Celestine, had a season-high eight rebounds
  *   Wright, Edgecombe, Celestine and Marino Dubravcic all made their NCAA Tournament debuts


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