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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 – Nov. 9, 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 Signs a Talented Duo on Wednesday<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">BU signs a top-30 class for the third-straight year</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-style:normal"><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><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">WACO, Texas – </span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Baylor men's basketball has signed Ja’Kobe
Walter and Miro Little to National Letters of Intent, head coach <dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Scott Drew</span></dfn> announced Wednesday. With Walter’s pledge, the Bears’ have now signed a five-star prospect in each
of the last three classes, according to ESPN.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">“Miro and Ja’Kobe are two tremendous fits with our program,” Drew said. “Miro is one of the top players in Europe who had a great summer with the Finnish U18
team, and was the youngest Finnish player to ever compete for the senior team at EuroBasket, where they made the quarterfinals.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">“Ja’Kobe is a Texas kid we were happy to keep close to home. He already has 2,000 career points but is a true two-way player. He knows how to win, helping
McKinney to the state championship game last year. Our fans will love having these players in green and gold."
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Walter, originally from McKinney, is playing his senior season at Link Academy in Branson, Mo., which finished last year as the No. 2 team in ESPN's national
high school rankings. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Before transferring to Link, ESPN's No. 17-rated player led McKinney to its first-ever state championship game, where he scored a team-high 23 points against
Duncanville. On the season, he averaged 23.3 points and 7.6 rebounds for the Lions en route to 5-6A offensive player of the year honors. He also earned a spot on the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches All-State Team and the 6A All-State Tournament Team.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Walter is joined by one of the top international prospects in point guard Miro Little, a four-star point guard from Helsinki, Finland, by way of Sunrise Christian
Academy in Bel Aire, Kan. Little is the third player to sign with the Bears out of Sunrise Christian in the last five years, joining Jordan Turner (2019) and Kendall Brown (2021).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">This past summer at the FIBA U18 European Championships, Little averaged 15.6 points, 4.0 assists and 9.4 rebounds to help Finland to the third-place game
in Division B. Two weeks later, he played with the senior team in the FIBA EuroBasket Championships, helping them to a quarterfinal berth against Spain. As the youngest player in the tournament, he was also the youngest Finnish player to ever compete for the
senior team.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Earlier this year, Little participated in the Adidas Next Generation Tournament in Patras, Greece, where he averaged 23 points,
8.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists in four games. In 2021 at the U18 Nordic Championship, Little averaged 17.8 points, 7.3 rebounds and 4.8 assists.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The 2022-23 Bears are off to a 1-0 start and will return to the court on Friday when they host Norfolk State at 7 p.m. at the Ferrell Center.
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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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white"><strong><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">BAYLOR CLASS OF 2023 SIGNEES</span></u><span style="background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Ja’Kobe Walter, 6-5, 180, 5-star<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">McKinney, Texas (Link Academy – Branson, MO.)<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">National Ranking: No. 17 (ESPN)<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Position Ranking: No. 3 (ESPN)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Miro Little, 6-4, 185, 4-star</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Helsinki, Finland (Sunrise Christian – Bel Aire, Kan.)</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">National Ranking: No. 25 (247 Sports)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Position Ranking: No. 5 (247 Sports)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Department of Athletics | Baylor University<br>
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