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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 – Oct. 16, 2019<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 to Preseason All-Big 12 Team<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">Junior forward led nation in FG percentage prior to season-ending injury last year</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,
</span><a href="mailto:David_Kaye@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">David_Kaye@baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">IRVING, Texas –
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor men’s basketball junior forward Tristan Clark has been selected as one of five players on the 2019-20 Preseason All-Big 12 Team, as voted by the league’s head coaches. Clark is the ninth Baylor player selected
to the Preseason All-Big 12 Team since 2007-08.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">A San Antonio, Texas native, Clark averaged 14.6 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.4 blocks in 29.8 minutes per game before suffering a season-ending knee injury on Jan. 8 last
season. He started all 14 games played and led the nation with a .737 field goal percentage, converting 84-of-114 attempts from the field.
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">At the time of his injury, Clark ranked seventh in the Big 12 in scoring, ninth in rebounding, first in field goal percentage, third in blocks and 20<sup>th</sup> in
minutes played. He scored in double-figures in 11 of 14 games after doing so in 10 of 33 games as a freshman in 2017-18. He was tabbed Big 12 Player of the Week on Dec. 31, 2018, after posting 17 points on 8-of-9 shooting, 12 rebounds and five blocks against
New Orleans.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Clark is joined on the Preseason All-Big 12 Team by Iowa State’s Tyrese Haliburton, Kansas’ Udoka Azubuike and Devon Dotson, and TCU’s Desmond Bane. Asubuike was tabbed
Preseason Player of the Year, while Texas Tech’s Chris Clarke was projected Newcomer of the Year and West Virginia’s Oscar Tshiebwe was chosen as Preseason Freshman of the Year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Eight players earned preseason All-Big 12 honorable mention – Xavier Sneed (Kansas State), Kristian Doolittle (Oklahoma), Yor Anei (Oklahoma State), Matt Coleman (Texas),
Clarke (Texas Tech), Davide Moretti (Texas Tech), Jahmi’us Ramsey (Texas Tech) and Derek Culver (West Virginia).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Clark becomes Baylor’s ninth different player named to the Preseason All-Big 12 Team, all in the last 13 seasons. Curtis Jerrells was tabbed in 2008 and 2009, LaceDarius
Dunn in 2011, Perry Jones III in 2012, Pierre Jackson in 2013, Isaiah Austin and Cory Jefferson in 2014, Rico Gathers in 2016 and Johnathan Motley in 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor opens the 2019-20 season at 11 a.m. CT on Tuesday, Nov. 5 against Central Arkansas at the Ferrell Center. The Bears then head to Alaska to face Washington in the
Armed Forces Classic at 8:30 p.m. CT on Friday, Nov. 8, before returning to Waco to host Texas State at 8 p.m. CT on Friday, Nov. 15.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Season tickets can be purchased by calling the Baylor Athletics Ticket Office at 254-710-1000 or online at
</span><a href="http://www.BaylorBears.com/tickets"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">www.BaylorBears.com/tickets</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt">. Follow @BaylorMBB on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the year.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2019-20 PRESEASON ALL-BIG 12 TEAM<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tristan Clark, Baylor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tyrese Haliburton, Iowa State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Udoka Azubuike, Kansas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Devon Dotson, Kansas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Desmond Bane, TCU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Honorable mention: Xavier Sneed, Kansas State; Kristian Doolittle, Oklahoma; Yor Anei, Oklahoma State; Matt Coleman, Texas; Chris Clarke, Texas Tech; Davide Moretti, Texas Tech;
Jahmi’us Ramsey, Texas Tech; Derek Culver, West Virginia<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">Preseason Player of the Year:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Udoka Azubuike, Kansas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Chris Clarke, Texas Tech<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Oscar Tshiebwe, West Virginia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">BAYLOR’S PRESASON ALL-BIG 12 SELECTIONS (since 2002-03)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2007-08 – Curtis Jerrells, G<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2008-09 – Curtis Jerrells, G<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2010-11 – LaceDarius Dunn, G<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2011-12 – Perry Jones III, F<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2012-13 – Pierre Jackson, G<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2013-14 – Isaiah Austin, C<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2013-14 – Cory Jefferson, F<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2015-16 – Rico Gathers, F<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2016-17 – Johnathan Motley, F<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2019-20 – Tristan Clark, F<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">www.BaylorBears.com<o:p></o:p></span></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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