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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Dec. 31, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<h1 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">Baylor MBB’s Clark Named Big 12 Player of the Week<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Sophomore becomes fifth underclassman in program history to win the award</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">David Kaye, 254-709-5147,
<a href="mailto:David_Kaye@baylor.edu">David_Kaye@baylor.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">IRVING, Texas –
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor sophomore forward Tristan Clark was named the Big 12 Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week, as voted on by a panel of media members and announced Monday by the conference
office.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Clark was selected after posting game-highs of 17 points, 12 rebounds and five blocks in Baylor’s 84-44 win over New Orleans on Saturday. Clark played 29 minutes and went 8-of-9
from the field, improving his nation-leading field goal percentage to .780.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The San Antonio, Texas, product recorded his third game this season with five or more blocks and blocked multiple shots for the 11<sup>th</sup> time in 12 games. He leads the
Big 12 Conference and ranks 10<sup>th</sup> nationally with 2.8 blocks per game, and his 33 blocks on the season are more than 79 Division I teams.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Clark’s .780 field goal percentage is on pace to make him the fifth player in NCAA Division I history to record a single-season field goal percentage above .700 while meeting
the required average of at least five field goals made per game. Previous players to accomplish that feat were UNC Wilmington’s Devontae Cook (.800 in 2016-17), Kansas’ Udoka Azubuike (.7701 in 2017-18), Belmont’s Evan Bradds (.7143 in 2015-16) and Belmont’s
Adam Mark (.7075 in 2001-02).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Additionally, Clark’s career .672 field goal percentage is on pace to break Josh Lomers’ program record of .663 once he reaches the 200 field goals made minimum (164-of-244).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Clark is the fifth underclassmen in program history to earn a Big 12 Player of the Week Award. He joins Lawrence Roberts (2002-03), Perry Jones III (2011-12), Isaiah Austin (2013-14)
and Johnathan Motley (2015-16). Motley earned the award as a redshirt sophomore, while Clark, Roberts, Jones III and Austin were all true sophomores.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor players have earned multiple Big 12 Player of the Week honors in seven consecutive seasons entering 2018-19. Manu Lecomte and Terry Maston were the most recent honorees,
earning the recognition on consecutive weeks in mid-February last season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BU has earned 29 Big 12 Player of the Week honors in the last 12 seasons, more than four-times as many as the seven such awards earned by Baylor players in the league’s first
11 years. All told, 20 different Baylor players have earned 36 total Big 12 Player of the Week awards during the league’s 23-year history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor enters 2019 Big 12 play with an 8-4 mark after recording marquee wins at Arizona and at home against Oregon in December. The Bears start conference play with a road trip
to TCU on Saturday. Tipoff is scheduled for 3 p.m. CT on ESPNU. Baylor’s first Big 12 home game is at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 8 against Iowa State. Tickets information is available at www.BaylorBears.com/1TGF.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2019 BIG 12 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nov. 12 – Dedric Lawson, Kansas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nov. 19 – Lagerald Vick, Kansas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nov. 26 – Dedric Lawson, Kansas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dec. 3 – Lagerald Vick, Kansas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dec. 10 – Christian James, Oklahoma<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dec. 17 – Jarrett Culver, Texas Tech<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dec. 26 – Dedric Lawson, Kansas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dec. 30 – Tristan Clark, Baylor<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2019 BIG 12 NEWCOMERS OF THE WEEK<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nov. 12 – Quentin Grimes, Kansas<br>
Nov. 19 – Talen Horton-Tucker, Iowa State and Jaxson Hayes, Texas<br>
Nov. 26 – Jaxson Hayes, Texas<br>
Dec. 3 – Dedric Lawson, Kansas<br>
Dec. 10 – Tyrese Haliburton, Iowa State<br>
Dec. 17 – Dedric Lawson, Kansas<br>
Dec. 26 – Miles Reynolds, Oklahoma and Curtis Jones, Oklahoma State<br>
Dec. 30 – Devon Dotson, Kansas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BAYLOR BIG 12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONOREES<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1997 – Patrick Hunter (2/17)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1998 – Patrick Hunter (1/4)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1998 – Brian Skinner (1/11)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1999 – Kish Lewis (11/24)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2000 – Terry Black (1/3)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2001 – Terry Black (2/19)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2003 – Lawrence Roberts (2/17)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2008 – Curtis Jerrells (11/19)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2008 – Kevin Rogers (12/24)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2008 – Curtis Jerrells (1/28)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2008 – Kevin Rogers (3/3)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2010 – LaceDarius Dunn (11/16)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2010 – LaceDarius Dunn (1/4)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2010 – Ekpe Udoh (1/11)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2010 – LaceDarius Dunn (2/15)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2012 – Perry Jones III (12/19)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2012 – Perry Jones III (1/16)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2013 – Cory Jefferson (11/12)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2013 – Pierre Jackson (1/28)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2013 – Pierre Jackson (3/10)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2014 – Cory Jefferson (12/2)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2014 – Isaiah Austin (2/17)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2014 – Cory Jefferson (2/24)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2014 – Kenny Chery (3/9)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2015 – Rico Gathers (1/26)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2015 – Rico Gathers (2/9)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2016 – Rico Gathers (11/16)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2016 – Taurean Prince (12/7)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2016 – Johnathan Motley (2/22)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2017 – Johnathan Motley (11/28)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2017 – Manu Lecomte (12/5)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2017 – Johnathan Motley (1/9)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2017 – Johnathan Motley (1/23)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2018 – Manu Lecomte (2/12)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2018 – Terry Maston (2/19)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2019 – Tristan Clark (12/31)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#385623">David Kaye</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#385623">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">| Assistant AD for Communications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Department of Athletics | Baylor University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">C: 254-709-5147<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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