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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">9/9 BAYLOR BEARS (7-0, 0-0 Big 12)</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>Scott Drew (Butler, 1993)<br>
<a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster">Roster</a> | <a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats">Stats</a> | <a href="file:///documents/2023/12/1/BU_MBB_Game_Notes_8_Northwestern_State_23-24.pdf">Game Notes (PDF)</a></p>
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12) <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dec. 2, 2023 • 5:00 p.m. CT</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Waco, Texas • The Ferrell Center
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">WATCH:</span></strong> ESPN+<br>
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Talent:</span></i></strong> <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">John Morris</span></em> <i>(pxp), King McClure (analyst)</i><br>
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<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Talent:</span></i></strong> <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Ryan Boyd</span></em> (PBP),
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Pat Nunley</span></em> (Analyst)<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">SIRIUS XM:</span></strong> <span class="scayt-misspell-word">SiriusXM</span> 199 or on the SXM App<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">NORTHWESTERN ST. DEMONS (1-6, 0-0
</span></strong><span class="scayt-misspell-word"><b>Southland</b></span><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> <span class="scayt-misspell-word">Natchitoches</span>, La.<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Conference/Affiliation:</span></strong> <span class="scayt-misspell-word">Southland</span><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Head Coach:</span></strong> Rick Cabrera (Tenn. Tech, 1998)<br>
<a href="https://geauxcolonels.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster" target="_blank">Roster</a> | <a href="https://geauxcolonels.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats" target="_blank">Stats</a><a href="https://uapblionsroar.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats"> </a>|
<a href="file:///documents/2023/12/1/2023-24GameNotesBaylor.pdf">Game Notes</a></p>
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<p><b>Story lines</b></p>
<p>• No. 9/9 Baylor opens the month of December with its 12th all-time meeting with Northwestern State.</p>
<p>• The Bears are 10-1 all time against the Demons, including an 58-48 win last season in Waco.</p>
<p>• The Bears are coming off a win against Nicholls, completing a perfect opening month (7-0) for the sixth time in the
<b>Scott Drew</b> Era and the third time in the last four seasons.</p>
<p>• This season marks the third time in program history BU has won 7 games in November (2023, 2021 and 2016).</p>
<p>• Ranked at No. 9 this week, The Bears have now been ranked in the top-10 for a fifth-straight year, one of just three programs (Duke and Kansas) to accomplish that feat.</p>
<p>• Through seven games, Baylor leads the nation in 3-point FG% (.443)</p>
<p>• Tuesday marks one of just three remaining home games scheduled for the Ferrell Center this season. </p>
<p>• BU enters Tuesday with 398 wins all-time at the Ferrell Center.</p>
<p>• The Bears host <span class="scayt-misspell-word">Northwetsern</span> State on Saturday, having won four-straight in the friendly confines on the heels of a dominant 108-70 win over the
<span class="scayt-misspell-word">Nicholls</span> Colonels.</p>
<p>• BU dominated from the opening-tip, leading by as many at 41, spurred on by a career-high 23 points from
<span class="scayt-misspell-word"><b>Langston</b></span><b> Love.</b></p>
<p>• BU's 25 assists were its most since it had 26 against Texas Tech last season (2/4/23).</p>
<p>• The Bears allowed zero second-chance points for the first time since Jan. 4, 2022 when they held Oklahoma scoreless in that category.</p>
<p>• Baylor beat Florida in the NIT Season Tip-Off last week to win its sixth title in the last seven regular-season tournaments.</p>
<p>• Baylor is 42-13 in regular-season tournaments during the Drew era</p>
<p>• With wins over Auburn and Florida, the Bears are 20-11 against SEC opponents during the Drew era, including 15-7 since 2012-13, and six of the last seven meetings.</p>
<p>• BU has won 15 of its last 16 regular-season neutral-site contests.</p>
<p>• On the heels of his NIT Season Tip-Off MVP honor, Baylor's <b>RayJ Dennis</b> was named the Big 12 co-Newcomer of the Week on Monday.</p>
<p>• <b>Jalen Bridges </b>and <b>Ja'Kobe Walter</b> joined Dennis on the NIT Season Tip-Off All-Tournament Team.</p>
<p>• <b>Walter</b> is averaging 15.6 points per game, which ranks in the top-10 among freshmen in the Power Six.</p>
<p>•<b> Walter's</b> 109 points are the second most through seven games by a freshman in program history (Aaron Bruce 119).</p>
<p>• <b>Walter</b> is one of four freshman in Big 12 history to score at least 28 points in his debut, and the only one to do it against a power conference opponent. </p>
<p>• <b>Walter</b> is the first freshman in program history to collect Big 12 Player of the Week honors (11/13).</p>
<p>• BU erased a nine-point halftime deficit in the season opener against Auburn to win 88-82 at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D., its largest halftime deficit overcome in a win since coming back from 11 down to beat Texas in overtime on Feb. 27, 2019
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Matt Roberts | Associate Director of Athletic Communications (MBB/MGOLF/ WGOLF) <br>
Department of Athletics | Baylor University<br>
C: 254-227-2280</span><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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