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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">18/18 BAYLOR BEARS (11-2, 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/2024/1/5/BU_MBB_Game_Notes_14_Oklahoma_State_23-24.pdf">Game Notes (PDF)</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">18/18 BAYLOR</span></b><span style="color:black"> (11-2, 0-0 Big 12) vs.
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Jan. 6, 2024 • 2:00 p.m. CT</span></strong><br>
<span class="scayt-misspell-word"><b>Stillwater</b></span><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">, Okla. •
</span></strong><span class="scayt-misspell-word"><b>Gallagher-Iba</b></span><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Arena </span></strong>(13,611) <br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">LIVE STATS: </span></strong><a href="https://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?t=1&gid=bay" target="_blank">Stat Broadcast</a><br>
<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> <i>James Westling</i> <i>(pxp), Jess Settles (analyst)</i><br>
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<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Talent:</span></i></strong> <i>John Morris </i>(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> SiriusXM 84 or on the SXM App<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY (8-5, 0-0 Big 12)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> <span class="scayt-misspell-word">Stillwater</span>, Okla<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>Mike
<span class="scayt-misspell-word">Boynton</span> (South Carolina, 2004)<br>
<a href="https://okstate.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster">Roster</a> | <a href="https://okstate.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2023-24">Stats</a> | Game Note</p>
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<p><b>Story lines</b></p>
<p>• No. 18 Baylor heads to Stillwater for a 2pm tip in the conference opener against Oklahoma State on ESPN+.</p>
<p>• Saturday is the 94th all-time series meeting – with Oklahoma State holding a 57-36 series advantage.</p>
<p>• The Bears hold the 33-25 series edge since the two squads joined the Big 12.</p>
<p>• BU is 14-3 in its last 17 games against the Pokes, including eight-straight wins in Stillwater.</p>
<p>• In the last meeting in Stillwater, the Bears held off a late 15-2 run by the Pokes to secure a 74-68 win.</p>
<p>• The last meeting between these two at <span class="scayt-misspell-word">Gallagher-Iba</span> in February was BU's last true road game.</p>
<p>• BU opens conference play on the road for the fourth-straight season and the 10th time in the last 11 years.</p>
<p>• Baylor is 67-49 in Big 12 road games since 2012, second-best in the league behind only Kansas (73-44).</p>
<p>• The Bears are 10-10 under Scott Drew in Big 12 openers, winning three of the last four.</p>
<p>• Baylor's 306-119 record since 2011-12 trails only Kansas (344-87) among Big 12 teams.</p>
<p>• Last time out, Baylor opened its brand-new Foster Pavilion with a 98-79 win over the Cornell Big Red, behind 58 first-half points, its most points in a half since scoring 61 against MVSU in the 2022-23 season opener.</p>
<p>• <b>Ja'Kobe Walter</b> had a game-high 23 points and a season-high 9 rebounds, while
<b>Yves Missi </b>scored 16 points on 8-of-8 shooting, becoming the first player since
<b>Flo <span class="scayt-misspell-word">Thamba</span></b> in 2021 to shoot 1.000 taking at least eight shots.</p>
<p>• The Bears had a historic final game at the Ferrell Center shooting a program-record 67.2% from the field in a 59 point win over Mississippi Valley State (107-48).</p>
<p>• Baylor hit 19 three-pointers, the most by a Baylor team in Ferrell Center history and one shy of the program record (20).</p>
<p>• Baylor is 89-15 vs. <span class="scayt-misspell-word">unranked</span> teams over the last four seasons (.856%).</p>
<p>• The Bears lead the nation in 3-point FG% (44.8), rank third in offensive efficiency (121.6) and eighth in points per game (89.2).</p>
<p>• <b>RayJ Dennis</b> ranks second in the Big 12 in assists per game (6.4), with the Bears getting 15.9 points per game from<b> Walter</b> to lead the offense, the most among Big 12 Conference Freshmen.</p>
<p>• 15.9 points per game would rank as the third-most by a freshman in program history.</p>
<p>• Five Bears are averaging at least 10 points per game, including <b>Dennis</b> (13.9),
<b>Yves <span class="scayt-misspell-word">Missi</span></b> (10.7), <b>Langston Love</b> (10.5) and
<b>Jayden Nunn</b> (10.4). <span class="scayt-misspell-word">Missi</span> leads the team with 6.5 rebounds per game.</p>
<p>• <span class="scayt-misspell-word"><b>Missi's</b></span> 2.1 blocks per game puts him second among freshman in Division I.</p>
<p>• BU has had six players win Big 12 Sixth-Man of the Year, no other conference school has more than two.</p>
<p>• BU is 89-22 over the last four seasons, the nation's best record by a Power-6 team in that span.</p>
<p>• Baylor is 115-26 over the last five seasons, the nation's second-best winning % among Power-6 teams in that span (.816%).</p>
<p>• BU is playing its 360th game as a ranked team under Scott Drew — Baylor was ranked in just two of 2,197 games over the program's 97 seasons prior to Drew. </p>
<p>• Baylor has built leads of 10+ points in 61 of 85 games since the start of the 2021 NCAA Tournament (58-3 record).</p>
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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>
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