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<p class="p1">Complete game notes attached. Media materials available here: <a href="http://baylorbea.rs/MediaMBB">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Postgame Zoom info will be sent tomorrow.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">#7/8 BAYLOR BEARS (21-4, 9-3)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Waco, Texas <br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Conference/Affiliation:</span></strong> Big 12<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Head Coach: </span></strong><dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1756">Scott Drew</a></span></dfn> (Butler, 1993)<br>
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<a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster">Roster</a> | <a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats">Stats</a> | <a href="https://baylorbears.com/documents/2022/2/15/BU_MBB_Game_Notes_21_22_26_at_Texas_Tech.pdf?id=20040">Game
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">#7/8 BAYLOR</span></strong><span style="color:black"> (21-4, 9-3) at
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">#11/11 TEXAS TECH</span></strong> (19-6, 8-4)<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Feb. 16, 2022 • 8:00 p.m. CT</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Lubbock, Texas • United Supermarkets Arena (15,000) </span></strong><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">LIVE STATS: </span></strong><a href="http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?t=1&gid=bay" target="_blank">Stat Broadcast</a><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">WATCH:</span></strong> ESPN2<br>
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Talent:</span></i></strong> Jon Sciambi<i> (pxp), Fran Fraschilla (analyst)</i><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">LISTEN: </span></strong>Learfield / 1660 AM & 92.3 FM in Central Texas<br>
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Talent:</span></i></strong>
<dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/staff.aspx?staff=52">John Morris</a></span></dfn> (PBP),
<dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/staff.aspx?staff=34">David Kaye</a></span></dfn> (Analyst)<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">SIRIUS XM:</span></strong> Sirius 84, XM, 84, Internet 84<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">#11/11 TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS (19-6, 8-4)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Location: </span></strong>Lubbock, Texas<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Conference/Affiliation:</span></strong> Big 12<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Head Coach:</span></strong> Mark Adams<br>
(Texas Tech, 1979)<br>
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<a href="https://texastech.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster">Roster</a> | <a href="https://texastech.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2021-22?path=mbball">Stats</a><a href="https://uapblionsroar.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats"> </a>| <a href="https://baylorbears.com/documents/2022/2/15/G26_Notes_Baylor.pdf?id=20039">Game
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:white">STORY LINES</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• No. 7 Baylor heads back on the road for another marquee matchup at No. 11 Texas Tech.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Wednesday is the 144th series meeting, with Baylor holding a 23-14 edge in the Scott Drew era.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• This is the 4th-consecutive matchup with both teams top-20 ranked after that not happening in any of the first 140 series meetings. This is also the first time both teams are top-14 ranked.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 8-4 in 12 trips to Lubbock since 2010, and BU is 23-10 overall against Texas Tech since 2006.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• BU lost 65-62 when the teams met in Waco on Jan. 11. BU built a 15-point first-half lead and led for more than 31 minutes in the game, but Tech led for the final 4:52 after jumping in front 54-52.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU is coming off a 80-63 win over No. 20 Texas. All five BU starters scored in double-figures for the first time in two years, but the Bears lost Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua to a season-ending knee injury.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Flo Thamba played a career-high 30 minutes and had his first double-double (12 pts, 11 rebs, 4 blks).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Six of Baylor's rotation players have dealt with injuries this season – Langston Love and Tchamwa Tchatchoua are out for the year, while Akinjo, Flagler, Sochan and Cryer have all missed time.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor leads the nation with 9 Quad 1 wins (9-3), while Kansas (8-3) is the only other team with 8+.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• The Bears are 20-5 against ranked teams over the last 3 seasons, including 12-3 away from home.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 5-1 in Big 12 road games this season, while the rest of the league is a combined 17-37.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 19-4 in Big 12 road games over the last 3 seasons (rest of league is 76-136 in B12 road games).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• The Bears have won 15 of their last 17 games away from home – 9-0 neutral, 6-2 road.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has reached the 20-win milestone for the 13th time in the last 15 seasons. Prior to that, BU recorded only three 20-win seasons in the first 100 years of Baylor Basketball (1946, 1948, 1988).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU is playing its 303rd game as a ranked team under Drew – BU was ranked in 2 of 2,197 games over the program's 97 seasons prior to Drew. Since January 2010, BU has been ranked in 288 of 425 games.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor's 37-7 Big 12 Conference record over the last 3 seasons is the best of any Power-5 team.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor's 49-6 record over the last 2 seasons is the nation's best among Power-5 teams, and the Bears' 75-10 record over the last 3 seasons is 2nd-best nationally, trailing only Gonzaga (82-5).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU is 16-0 this season when winning points off turnovers and 17-0 when winning points in the paint.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is the only High Major team ranked top-50 in scoring offense (37th) and scoring defense (24th).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor ranks top-25 nationally in scoring margin (7th, +15.6), steals (11th, 9.4), assists (17th, 16.5), offensive rebounds (13th, 13.2), turnovers forced (17th, 16.8), turnover margin (22nd, +3.7), rebounding margin (22nd, +6.8), adj.
offensive efficiency (7th, 117.9) and adj. defensive efficiency (13th, 90.1).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU ranks 2nd nationally in KenPom's offensive rebound pct (38.0), its 8th-straight year ranked top-10.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Over the last 3 seasons, Baylor is 62-3 when leading at the half and 75-5 when taking a 2nd-half lead.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• BU has forced 10+ turnovers in 33-straight games, including 12+ TOs in 23 of 25 games this season.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is on a school-record streak of 44-straight weeks top-10 ranked (top-5 ranked in 38 of those).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU is on a school-record streak of 52-straight weeks ranked in the AP Top 25 (previous record was 25). It's the nation's 3rd-longest active streak behind Gonzaga (110) and Villanova (55).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>QUICK HITS<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has been ranked in all 10 spots in the AP Top 10 within the last 11 months (16 total weekly polls).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has been ranked in all 25 spots in the AP Top 25 at some point in the last 7 years.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has been No. 1 ranked in 4 of the last 6 seasons (Gonzaga, Duke and Kansas are only others).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor and Kansas are the only Power-5 schools to win 18+ games every year since 2008.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has built leads of 10+ points in 28 of 31 games since the start of the 2021 NCAA Tournament (26-4 record).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU has built double-digit leads in 73 of 85 games over the last 3 seasons (49 of 55 last 2 seasons).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Head coach Scott Drew is in his 19th season at Baylor with a school-record 391 career victories, including a 17-8 mark in NCAA Tournaments, which is the 7th-best mark among active coaches.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Drew has swept AP and coaches' Big 12 Coach of the Year honors each of the last two seasons.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• For a second-straight season, Baylor was one of the nation's final two undefeated teams.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU went 305 days between losses, the longest in program history (March 12, 2021 – Jan. 11, 2022).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• BU had a 36-game non-conference winning streak with 813 days between losses (Nov. 8, 2019 – Jan. 29, 2022).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU went 1,038 days without consecutive losses before dropping back-to-back games Jan. 11 and Jan. 15.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor became the first program to start consecutive seasons 15-0 since Syracuse in 2010-11 and 2011-12.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor's streak of 9 consecutive postseasons is tied as the nation's 7th-longest active streak.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 92-6 when leading at halftime over the last 5 seasons (62-3 over last 3 seasons, 24-0 last season).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has won 90% of its games when leading at the half since 2011-12 (209-22).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU is 75-5 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game over the last 3 seasons.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 266-103 over the last 11 seasons, averaging 24.5 wins per season since 2011-12.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor's 266 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (306).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 357-150 since 2007-08, the first year Drew's staff had a full allotment of scholarships.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Five of Baylor's players have used or are currently using a redshirt year. Two after transferring to BU (Flagler, Tchamwa Tchatchoua), one before transferring (Bonner) and two as freshmen — Turner and Langston Love.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Ten of Baylor's 11 starting point guards under Drew have earned All-Big recognition (16 of last 17 seasons).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 1 of 10 teams nationally to appear in every postseason since 2012 (7 NCAAs, 2 NITs).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has the nation's 9th-longest active streak with at least one 3-point FG made in 987 straight games — the last time Baylor failed to make a 3-pointer was nearly 32 years ago, on Feb. 21, 1990 vs. Texas Tech (0-8).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has won 8 tournament titles under Drew – 2007 Paradise Jam, 2011 Las Vegas Classic, 2013 NIT, 2016 & 2021 Battle 4 Atlantis, 2017 Hall of Fame Classic, 2019 Myrtle Beach Invitational and 2021 NCAA Championship.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>NOTABLE STREAKS<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has taken a lead in 111-consecutive games (last wire-to-wire loss Dec. 1, 2018 at Wichita State).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU has won 60-straight when shooting a higher percentage than its opponent (last loss March 2, 2019 at K-State).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has won 20-straight when winning points in the paint and 22-straight when winning points off turnovers.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has won 36-straight games when shooting 50% or higher (last loss March 18, 2018 vs. Mississippi State).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has won 36-straight games when scoring 80+ points (last loss Jan. 5, 2019 vs. TCU).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has had at least 3 players make 3-pointers in 28-consecutive games (last on March 27, 2021 vs. Villanova).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has made 3 or more 3-pointers in 114-consecutive games (last on Nov. 23, 2018 vs. Ole Miss).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has won 9-consecutive neutral-site games – (last loss Nov. 8, 2019 vs. Washington in Alaska).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has won 21-consecutive non-conference home games (last loss Dec. 18, 2018 vs. SFA).<o:p></o:p></p>
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