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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Game Book attached.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Media materials available here:
<a href="http://baylorbea.rs/MediaMBB">http://baylorbea.rs/MediaMBB</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Baylor improved to 10-1 against top-10 ranked teams over the last 2 seasons, with wins against Nos. 5, 9, 6, 6, 10, 6, 1, 6, 8 and 5, respectively.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Baylor improved to 4-1 against top-5 ranked teams over the last 3 seasons after going 7-45 in the program’s history prior to 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Baylor improved to 21-6 against ranked opponents over the last 3 seasons, including a 9-2 home record.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Baylor trailed 28-15 with 5:30 left in the first half, then closed the half on a 16-4 run.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Baylor didn’t trail at any point in the last 11 minutes after Kansas led for 25:26 of the first 29 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Baylor is 9-4 in home games against top-10 teams over the last 6 seasons – the Bears were 6-26 at home against top-10 teams prior to that.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Baylor has won its last 3 top-10 matchups at the Ferrell Center and is 4-4 all-time in top-10 matchup home games.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Baylor is 4-5 in its last 9 games against Kansas after going 4-30 in the prior series meetings.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Baylor split the season series with Kansas for a 3<sup>rd</sup>-straight season and 4<sup>th</sup> time in the last 5 years.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Baylor is 25-2 in home games over the last 2 seasons and 39-3 at home over the last 3 seasons.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Baylor won points in the paint 40-32, improving to 18-0 this season when winning points in the paint.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Baylor is now 78-6 over the last 3 seasons when taking a holding a 2<sup>nd</sup>-half lead.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Baylor played without five injured players –
<b>LJ Cryer</b>, <b>Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua</b>, <b>Langston Love</b>, <b>Mitchell Paul</b> and
<b>Kijana Love.</b><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Baylor’s 40-8 Big 12 record over the last 3 seasons is the nation’s best league record among Power-5 teams.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="p2" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Baylor’s streak of 37-straight games forcing 10+ turnovers was snapped. The Bears forced a season-low 5 turnovers and have now forced 12+ turnovers in 26 of 29 games this season.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="p2" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Baylor is 52-7 over the last 2 seasons, the nation’s best record by a Power-5 team.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="p2" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Baylor is 78-11 over the last 3 seasons, the nation’s best record by a Power-5 team.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="p2" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Flo Thamba </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">had a career-high 18 points. It was his 5<sup>th</sup> double-figure scoring game of the season (7<sup>th</sup> of career) and his 3<sup>rd</sup> in the last 5 games.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="p2" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thamba </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">also set career-highs for field goals made (tied; 8) and field goals attempted (13).
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="p2" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Jeremy Sochan </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">had a career-high-tying 17 points and scored in double-figures for the 10<sup>th</sup> time this season.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="p2" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Adam Flagler </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">(13 points) scored in double-figures for a team-high 21<sup>st</sup> time this season, 35<sup>th</sup> time in his BU career and 67<sup>th</sup> time in his collegiate
career.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="p2" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">James Akinjo </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">(12 points) scored in double-figures for the 18<sup>th</sup> time this season and 67<sup>th</sup> time in his collegiate career.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Matthew Mayer
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">had a career-high 12 rebounds – his previous high was 9 vs. Hartford on March 9, 2021 – and missed his career-first double-double by 1 point.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Kendall Brown
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">scored all 9 of his points in the 2<sup>nd</sup> half (4-of-5 FGs) and has 2 blocks in the 2<sup>nd</sup> half.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#385623">David Kaye</span></b><span style="color:#385623"> </span><span style="color:black">| Assistant AD for Communications</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">C: 254-709-5147</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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