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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#212121">No. 9/9 Baylor 91, Northwestern State 40</span></b><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">Waco, Texas (The Ferrell Center)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Baylor improves to 8-0 on the season.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">The Bears have started 8-0 for the third time in the last four seasons and the seventh time in the
<b>Scott Drew</b> Era.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">14 first-half points are the second-fewest allowed in a half by BU in the Big 12 era (1996-97).<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">40 points are Baylor’s fewest allowed since holding No. 6 Villanova to 36 on 12/12/21.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">BU’s 51-point win tied for the 12<sup>th</sup> widest margin of victory in program history and the largest since beating Mississippi Valley by 64 in the season opener last season.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">BU improves to 45-1 under
<b>Drew</b> when holding teams under 50 points.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">The Bears are now 77-4 when scoring 90+ in the Drew era.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">The Demons shot 25% for the game, the lowest percentage by a BU opponent since Villanova shot 22% (12/12/21).<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Baylor scored 51 points in the second half, marking the third-straight game the Bears have scored 50+ in at least one half.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">BU pulled down 51 rebounds, it’s most since grabbing 53 against Mississippi Valley in the season opener last season.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Baylor has won 49-straight games when shooting higher than 50%.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Baylor holds a 11-1 series advantage over in 12 all-time meetings with Northwestern State.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">BU now has 399 wins all-time at the Ferrell Center (399-169)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="p1" style="color:#212121;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Baylor is 57-6 in home games over the last five seasons.</span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">BU is 111-24 over the last five seasons, the nation’s best winning percentage among power-conference teams in that span.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Baylor is 86-13 vs. unranked teams over the last five seasons (.867%).<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Baylor has built leads of 10+ points in 58 of 81 games since the start of the 2021 NCAA Tournament (55-3 record).<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">BU has won 85-straight when shooting a higher percentage than its opponent (last loss March 2, 2019 at K-State).<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Baylor has taken a lead in 163-consecutive games (last wire-to-wire loss Dec. 1, 2018 at Wichita State).<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">BU deployed a starting lineup of <b>RayJ Dennis</b>, <b>Jayden Nunn</b>, <b>Ja’Kobe Walter</b>,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Jalen Bridges</b> and <b>Yves Missi</b> for
a sixth time this season and improved to 6-0 when starting that lineup.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Along with his 16 points,<b> Bridges
</b>matched season highs in rebounds (8) and blocks (2).<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">It is the second time in the last three games that
<b>Bridges</b> has hit 4+ threes and the eighth time he has hit 4+ threes in his career.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b>Missi
</b>recorded his second career double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds, Baylor’s third double-double this season.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">With 4 blocks against the Demons<b>, Missi
</b>takes over the Big 12 lead.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b>Caleb Lohner</b> pulled down a season-high 7 rebounds.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b>Dantwan Grimes
</b>set a career high in points (9) for a second-straight game.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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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>
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