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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 7, 2023<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:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;font-style:normal">Baylor MBB’s Flagler Named Jerry West Award Finalist<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;font-style:normal">The senior is BU’s second finalist for shooting guard of the year in the last three seasons<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280, </span>
<a href="mailto:WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;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 class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">Baylor senior guard Adam Flagler has
been selected as one of five finalists for the 2023 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award, as announced Tuesday by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">Named after Class of 1980 Hall of Famer and 1959 NCAA Final Four Most Valuable Player Jerry West, the annual honor in its ninth year recognizes the top
shooting guards in the country.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">Flagler is joined on the list by Kansas’ Gradey Dick, Houston’s Marcus Sasser, Miami’s Isaiah Wong and UConn’s Jordan Hawkins. The senior is BU’s second
West-Award finalist in the last three seasons as MaCio Teague made the cut in 2021. The unanimous First Team All-Big 12 selection is aiming</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;background:white">
</span><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">to become the second player in program history to win a national individual award, following Johnathan Motley's 2017 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year honor.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">The Duluth, Ga., native is tied for the conference lead in three-point field goals per game (2.6) while finishing second in assist-turnover
ratio (2.8) and three-point field goal percentage (.411). After making the Jerry West Award Top-10 last season, Flagler led the team in assists 21 times this year.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">The unanimous first-team selection by the league’s coaches has been Baylor’s primary point guard this season, meaning 12 of Baylor’s
last 13 starting point guards under Scott Drew have earned All-Big 12 recognition.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The winner of the 2023 Jerry West Award will be presented on a to-be-determined date, along with the other four members of the Men’s Starting Five. Additional awards being presented include the Bob Cousy Award
(Point Guard), Julius Erving Award (Small Forward), Karl Malone Award (Power Forward) and the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award (Center), in addition to the Women’s Starting Five.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">No. 4 seed Baylor opens play at the 2023 Big 12 Championship with a quarterfinal matchup against No. 5 seed Iowa State at
11:30 a.m. CT on ESPN or ESPN2. The winner of that game will face the winner of Thursday's 2 p.m. quarterfinal between No. 1 seed Kansas and either No. 8 seed West Virginia or No. 9 seed Texas Tech. That semifinal game is scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday, and the
championship game is at 5 p.m. Saturday.</span></strong><strong><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></u></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">Follow @BaylorMBB on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the year.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">SEASON HONORS<o:p></o:p></span></u></strong></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">LJ Cryer</span></u></b><u><o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black;background:white">All-Big 12 Third Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black;background:white">Preseason All-Big 12 (Honorable Mention)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black;background:white">Big 12 Player of the Week (11/21)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black;background:white">Big 12 Player of the Week (1/30)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">KEYONTE GEORGE<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Big 12 Freshman of the Year<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">All-Big 12 Newcomer Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">All-Big 12 Freshman Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">All-Big 12 Second Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Preseason Big 12 Freshman of the Year<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">AP All-Big 12 Second Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (1/2)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Big 12 Co-Newcomer of the Week (12/5)
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Naismith Award Midseason Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Jerry West Award Top-10<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Wooden Award Midseason Top-25<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Oscar Robertson Trophy Midseason Watch List<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Preseason All-Big 12 (Honorable Mention)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.3pt">Preseason All-America Second Team (Sporting News)</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Preseason All-America Third Team (CBS Sports)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Preseason All-America HM (The Almanac)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">NABC Player of the Year Watch List<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 Watch List<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">SCOTT DREW<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Texas Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">John Wooden “Keys to Life” Award</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">ADAM FLAGLER<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Jerry West Award Finalist (1 of 5)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Unanimous First Team All-Big 12<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">AP All-Big 12 First Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Preseason All-Big 12 Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Big 12 Player of the Week (11/14)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Big 12 Player of the Week (2/13)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Naismith Award Midseason Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Jerry West Award Top-10<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Wooden Award Midseason Top-25<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Oscar Robertson Trophy Midseason Watch List<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Jerry West Award Watch List<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Preseason All-America Third Team (CBS Sports)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Preseason All-America Third Team (The Almanac)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">NABC Player of the Year Watch List<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 Watch List</span><strong><span style="font-family:MinionPro-Regular;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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Department of Athletics | Baylor University<br>
C: 254-227-2280<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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