Baylor MBB Continues Space City Trend at Houston on Wednesday Night

[Hutton, Josie]

BAYLOR BEARS (15-14, 5-11 Big 12)
Location: Waco, Texas
Conference/Affiliation: Big 12
Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler, 1993)
Roster<https://baylorbears.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/2025-26> | Stats<https://baylorbears.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats> | Game Notes (PDF)</documents/2026/3/3/BU_MBB_Game_30_Houston_25-26.pdf>
BAYLOR (15-14, 5-11 Big 12) at 7/6 HOUSTON (24-5, 12-4 Big 12)
March 4, 2026 • 8:00 p.m. CT
Houston, Texas • Fertitta Center (7,035)

LIVE STATS: Stat Broadcast<https://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?t=1&gid=bay>
WATCH: ESPN2
Talent: Dave Flemming (PBP), Fran Fraschilla (Analyst)
LISTEN: Baylor Sports Media Network via ESPN 1660 AM / 92.3 FM in Central Texas and worldwide at centexsportsfan.com<http://www.centexsportsfan.com/>
Talent: John Morris (PBP), Pat Nunley (Analyst)
SIRIUS XM: SiriusXM 380 or on the SXM App<https://sxm.app.link/SXM970>


HOUSTON COUGARS (24-5, 12-4 Big 12)
Location: Houston, Texas
Conference/Affiliation: Big 12
Head Coach: Kelvin Sampson (UNC Pembroke, 1978)
Roster<https://uhcougars.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster> | Stats<https://uhcougars.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2025-26> | Game Notes (PDF)</documents/2026/3/3/30-2526_Notes_Baylor_03042026.pdf>

HOUSTON – Baylor men's basketball heads to No. 7/6 Houston on Wednesday night at 8 p.m. CT on ESPN2 at the Fertitta Center on Houston's Senior Night.

GAME NOTES
• After a 19-year stall of not facing each other, Houston has taken four of the last five meetings between Baylor.
• The Bears are looking for its first win at Houston since 2002 and its first win against UH since the 2021 Final Four in Indianapolis where BU won 78-59 to go to the national championship.
• The duo of Cameron Carr and Tounde Yessoufou have led the Bears through the season with a combined 1,067 points.
• The two are the first pair of 500+ scorers in a season for BU since 2009-10 with LaceDarius Dunn (704) and EkpeUdoh (500).
• Carr (19.2 ppg) and Yessoufou’s (17.6 ppg) scoring averages are both the highest by a Baylor player since Pierre Jackson (19.8 in 2012-13).
• Carr’s 556 points are the most by a Baylor player in their first year since Vinnie Johnson (1977-78) with 575.
• Yessoufou continues to rewrite the freshman program record book, breaking the freshman record of made field goals with 187, passing the record held since 1975-76 by Larry Spicer.
• At UCF, Yessoufou broke the freshman program record with 511 points, passing Aaron Bruce (2004-05).
• Yessoufou extends Baylor’s success streak of standout freshman in the record books, with VJ Edgecombe (2024-25), Ja’Kobe Walter (2023-24), and Keyonte George (2022-23) all making their marks in the last four years.
• Isaac Williams IV owns 16 blocks on the season, the most by a Baylor player 6’4 or shorter since Willie Sublet (1993-94) who knocked down 38. Williams is first in the nation in players 6’1 or shorter in blocks.
• Williams is on a career-best six-game streak with double-figures, averaging 15.3 ppg with a 62.5-FG percentage.
• Williams is averaging 5.7 assists in the last six contents with a 3.8 assist/turnover ratio.
• This is March. Baylor is 63-57 in the month of March in the Scott Drew era.
• Baylor went up by 14 at the half at UCF. The Bears have won 89% of its games when leading at the half since 2011-12 (277-33).
• Going south to Houston, BU is 93-33 against in-state opponents since the start of the 2011-12 season.
• Carr earned his third Big 12 Starting Five honor after two 26-point performances, leading the Big 12 in scoring.
• In Orlando, Carr put up 20 of his 26 points in the first half to contribute to Baylor’s gritty 87-86 win. The redshirt-sophomore was the first Bear since King McClure in 2019 to post 20 points in the first half in a Big 12 game.
 • Head coach Scott Drew is one win away from 500 career wins with a career record of 499-284.
• Kenpom has the Bears holding the No. 2 toughest opponent defensive strength of schedule in the country.
• Additionally, BU’s overall strength of schedule ranks as 14th in the nation and 4th in the Big 12.
• Baylor is shooting 45.4-percent from the field and averaging 77.0 points in its last five games versus 40.1-percent field goals and an average of 66.8 points in its first five games of the conference season.

Josie Hutton | Associate Director of Athletics Communications (MBB, FB, MTEN)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: (254) 709-7720
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