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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Game notes attached. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">BAYLOR (1-0) vs. WASHINGTON (0-0)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Nov. 29, 2020 • 5 p.m. CT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Las Vegas, Nev. • T-Mobile Arena (20,000)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2/1 BAYLOR BEARS (1-0, 0-0)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Location: Waco, Texas <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler, 1993)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">WASHINGTON (0-0, 0-0)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Location: Seattle, Wash.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Head Coach: Mike Hopkins (Syracuse, 1993)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">LIVE STATS: baylorstats.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">WATCH: FloHoops<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Talent: Tony Cordasco (pxp)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">LISTEN: Baylor-IMG College | ESPN Central Texas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Talent: Pat Nunley (pxp), David Kaye (analyst)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">STORY LINES<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• No. 2/1 Baylor takes on Washington at 5 pm CT Sunday from Las Vegas' T-Mobile Arena.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is No. 1 in the preseason coaches' poll and No. 2 in the AP Top 25 – both highest preseason rankings in program history. This is the 7th time Baylor has been ranked No. 1 nationally.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has been in the Preseason AP Top 25 in 8 of 11 seasons since its first preseason ranking in 2010-11.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is facing UW for the 4th time and is 1-3 in the all-time series, including 0-1 in the Drew era.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor also faced Washington in its second game of the season last year, falling 67-64 in the Armed Forces Classic in Anchorage. BU led that game for 36:27, but lost a 13-point 2nd half lead.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor returns four All-Big 12 players from a 2019-20 team which went 26-4 and spent five weeks ranked No. 1 nationally. The Bears finished last season ranked No. 4 in the coaches poll (No. 5 in AP).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU will be without 2020 Big 12 Coach of the Year Scott Drew, who is in the middle of a 10-day isolation period after testing positive for COVID-19 on Nov. 20. Drew will rejoin the team in Indianapolis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Associate head coach Jerome Tang will serve as acting head coach. Tang has been on Drew's staff for all 18 years at BU, and he is 3-0 as acting head coach (2-0 in 2012-13, 1-0 in 2020-21).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 12-5 against Pac-12 opponents during the Drew era — 2-0 vs. Arizona, 4-0 vs. Arizona State, 2-1 vs. Colorado, 2-1 vs. Oregon, 1-0 vs. USC, 1-2 vs. Washington State and 0-1 vs. Washington.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor opened the season with a 112-82 win over ULL on Saturday. BU's 112 points were its most since 2017, and all five Baylor guards posted 12+ points. The Baylor bench outscored ULL 45-4.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is on a school-record streak of 12 straight weeks top-5 ranked (previously 6 straight in 2017).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's defense forced 15+ turnovers in 19 of 31 games since the start of the 2019-20 season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU has led by at least 5 points in 31 consecutive games and built a double-digit lead in 25 of 31 games.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's streak of 21 consecutive AP polls ranked is 3rd-longest in program history (all since 2010).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Among BU returners is Jared Butler, who is the first preseason AP All-American in program history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU also welcomes back MaCio Teague, an all-conference pick in all 3 of his collegiate seasons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU returns two players who were semifinalists for the 2020 Naismith Defensive Player of the Year. Mark Vital was 1 of 4 finalists, while Davion Mitchell joined Vital among the 10 semifinalists.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is playing its 243rd game as a ranked team under Drew – BU was ranked in 2 of 2197 games over the program's 97 seasons prior to Drew. Since 2008-09, BU has been ranked in 240 of 422 games.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU finished ranked top-10 nationally in offensive rebounding pct (No. 8) for a 7th consecutive year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has won 20+ games in 11 of the last 13 years. The Bears reached the 20-win mark only 3 times in 101 seasons prior to 2008. BU is averaging 24 wins per season since 2008.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Head coach Scott Drew is in his 18th season in Waco and is BU's all-time wins leader (343-211).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU has advanced to 8 consecutive postseasons, tied as the nation's 10th-longest active streak.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU was picked to win the Big 12 in the league's preseason coaches' poll for the first time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor signed the highest-ranked recruiting class in program history (No. 4) earlier this month. BU inked 5-star Kendall Brown, 4-star Langston Love and 4-star Jeremy Sochon for the 2021-22 season.<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">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Department of Athletics | Baylor University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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