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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. 12, 2022<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;color:black;font-style:normal">Baylor MBB Trio Collect Preseason Accolades<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-style:normal">Bears represented on preseason squad for the fourth-straight season<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280,
</span><a href="mailto:WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">IRVING, Texas – </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Baylor men’s basketball’s
Keyonte George was named the Preseason Big 12 Freshman of the Year and Adam Flagler was selected to the Preseason All-Big 12 Team, announced Wednesday by the conference office.
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Additionally, George and junior guard LJ Cryer were All-Big 12 honorable mention selections.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Preseason All-Big 12 teams are voted on by the league's head coaches, who are not permitted to vote for their own players. The Preseason All-Big 12 Team is
typically five players, but a tie in voting created the sixth spot for 2022-23.<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">George follows Kendall Brown, who was last year's Preseason Freshman of the Year, and BU is now just the third program in Big 12
history to have back-to-back winners. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">The fifth McDonalds All-American in program history, George is the highest-ranked recruit in BU history. Last season at IMG Academy,
he averaged 17.8 points per game while shooting .410 from beyond the arc. The freshman from Lewisville, Texas, was named MVP of the 2021 3x3 U18 World Cup while playing for USA Basketball. This past summer, he averaged 22.8 points to lead the Bears to the
GLOBL JAM championship game in Canada.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">Flagler, one of three unanimous selections to the Preseason All-Big 12 squad, enters the season coming off a stellar junior campaign that saw him top the double-digit
scoring mark a team-leading 23 times, played an integral role in the Bears’ second-consecutive Big 12 Championship. The senior from Duluth, Ga., was named to the All-Big 12 Second Team by the coaches and the
<i>Associated Press </i>last season, in addition to being selected to the National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District 8 Second Team.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0E101A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Cryer is coming off a career year despite missing 15 games with injury. The Katy, Texas, native shot .468 from three-point range, which led the Big 12 Conference,
and was third nationally until he fell below the minimum games-played threshold. The junior burst onto the scene last year as a sophomore, scoring 256 points in 19 games, which was more than triple his previous season’s total of 67 in 20 games. In his injury-shortened
season, he led the team in scoring eight different times and topped the 12-point mark in 13 games.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Baylor opens the 2022-23 season on Monday, Nov. 7, with a home game against Incarnate Word. Tipoff is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. CT on ESPN+ as a part of BU’s
annual “Future Bears Day.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Season tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventList?groupCode=MBST&linkID=baylor&shopperContext=&caller=&appCode=&utm_source=Evenue&utm_campaign=2223_MBB+Season+Tickets+-+Social"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BaylorBears.com</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.
Follow @BaylorMBB on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for additional updates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><strong><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">2022-23 PRESEASON ALL-BIG 12 TEAM</span></u></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Adam Flagler, Baylor*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Jalen Wilson, Kansas*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Avery Anderson III, Oklahoma State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Mike Miles Jr., TCU*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Timmy Allen, Texas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Marcus Carr, Texas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Note: A tie resulted in an extra position on the team.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Honorable mention: LJ Cryer (Baylor), Keyonte George (Baylor), Kevin McCullar (Kansas), Tanner Groves (Oklahoma), Moussa Cisse (Oklahoma State),
Emmanuel Miller (TCU), Tyrese Hunter (Texas), Fardaws Aimaq (Texas Tech), Kevin Obanor (Texas Tech).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Preseason Player of the Year: </span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Mike Miles Jr.,
TCU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Preseason Newcomer of the Year: </span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Grant Sherfield,
Oklahoma<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Preseason Freshman of the Year: </span></strong><dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-style:normal">Keyonte
George, Baylor</span></dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;background:white"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><strong><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">BAYLOR'S PRESEASON ALL-BIG 12 SELECTIONS (since 2002-03)</span></u></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">2007-08 – Curtis Jerrells, G<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">2008-09 – Curtis Jerrells, G<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">2010-11 – LaceDarius Dunn, G<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">2011-12 – Perry Jones III, F<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">2012-13 – Pierre Jackson, G<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">2013-14 – Isaiah Austin, C<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">2013-14 – Cory Jefferson, F<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">2015-16 – Rico Gathers, F<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">2016-17 – Johnathan Motley, F<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">2019-20 – Tristan Clark, F<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">2020-21 – Jared Butler, G<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">2021-22 –
</span><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10879"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;text-decoration:none">Matthew Mayer</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">,
G/F<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">2022-23 – Adam Flagler, G<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="http://www.BaylorBears.com"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">www.BaylorBears.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Matt Roberts | Associate Director of Athletic Communications (MBB/MGOLF/ WGOLF/) <br>
Department of Athletics | Baylor University<br>
C: 254-227-2280<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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