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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. 20, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Baylor MBB’s Kendall Brown Wins Big 12 Newcomer of the Week<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bears’ first Big 12 Newcomer of the Week since Macio Teague in 2020<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<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><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">IRVING, Texas – </span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Baylor freshman Kendall Brown has been tabbed Big
12 Conference Men's Basketball Newcomer of the Week, as voted on by a panel of media members and announced Monday by the league office.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
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<span style="background:white">A Cottage Grove, Minn., native, Brown picked up his career-first Big 12 weekly award. He becomes the first Bear to win the award since Macio Teague on Feb. 10, 2020, and the first BU freshman since Jared Butler on Feb. 25, 2019.</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">Brown led the Bears to a 77-70 victory, their first road win of the season, against Oregon on Saturday in Eugene. He tied for the team-high with 17 points to go along with four rebounds.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Forced to the bench in the first half with foul trouble, Brown scored 15 second-half points, including a stretch where he scored nine points as part of Baylor’s 12-0
run to turn a 51-51 tie into a 63-51 lead.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The first player in program history to be named Preseason Big 12 Freshman of the Year, Brown has now scored in double-figures and recorded at least one steal in nine
of his 10 games at Baylor.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The freshman has started all 10 games and ranks second on the team in scoring, averaging 12.8 points per game, which is 12<sup>th</sup>-best in the Big 12 Conference.
Last month, Brown was named to the Battle 4 Atlantis All-Tournament Team after helping the Bears sweep three games to claim the tournament title.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Brown is the 25<sup>th</sup> different player in program history to be named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week. Those 25 players have combined to win the award 38 times in the Big 12’s
26-year history.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><br>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The top-ranked Bears will return to action on Monday at 6 p.m. CT against Alcorn State in their final game before Christmas. BU then hosts Northwestern State at 7 p.m. on Dec.
28, before opening Big 12 play on the road at No. 11 Iowa State at 1 p.m. on New Year’s Day.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><br>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">For Baylor Basketball tickets, visit </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.baylorbears.com/tickets"><span style="color:#154734;background:white">www.BaylorBears.com/tickets</span></a><span style="color:#666666;background:white"> </span><span style="color:black;background:white">or
call the Baylor Athletics Ticket Office at 254-710-1000. Follow @BaylorMBB on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the season.</span><span style="color:#666666;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR’S BIG 12 NEWCOMERS OF THE WEEK<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">1996-97 – Leon Morris (12/30), Fr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">1999-00 – Terry Black (11/30), Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2000-01 – Chad Elsey (12/18), Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2001-02 – Lawrence Roberts (11/26), Fr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2001-02 – John Lucas III (12/10), Fr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2001-02 – John Lucas III (1/7), Fr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2004-05 – Aaron Bruce (12/27), Fr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2004-05 – Tim Bush (1/3), Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2005-06 – Curtis Jerrells (2/13), Fr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2006-07 – Tweety Carter (12/18), Fr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2007-08 – LaceDarius Dunn (11/26), Fr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2007-08 – LaceDarius Dunn (3/10), Fr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2008-09 – Quincy Acy (11/24), Fr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2009-10 – Ekpe Udoh (11/30), Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2009-10 – Ekpe Udoh (1/4), Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2009-10 – Ekpe Udoh (2/15), Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2010-11 – Perry Jones III (11/22), Fr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2010-11 – Perry Jones III (1/17), Fr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2010-11 – Perry Jones III (2/28), Fr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2011-12 – Brady Heslip (12/26), So.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2011-12 – Pierre Jackson (1/16), Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2011-12 – Pierre Jackson (2/4), Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2011-12 – Pierre Jackson (3/4), Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2012-13 – Isaiah Austin (11/12), Fr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2012-13 – Isaiah Austin (12/17), Fr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2013-14 – Kenny Chery (12/9), Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2013-14 – Kenny Chery (2/17), Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2014-15 – Lester Medford (12/8), Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2014-15 – Johnathan Motley (12/29), RFr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2016-17 – Manu Lecomte (11/14), Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2016-17 – Jo Lual-Acuil Jr. (12/19), Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2016-17 – Manu Lecomte (1/3), Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2016-17 – Manu Lecomte (2/13), Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2018-19 – </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7071"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">Makai Mason</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> (1/28),
Sr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2018-19 – </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9726"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">Jared Butler</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> (2/25),
Fr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2019-20 – </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9734"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">MaCio Teague</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> (1/13),
Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2019-20 – MaCio Teague (2/10), Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2021-22 – Kendall Brown (12/20), Fr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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