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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">BYU (12-2, 0-1 Big 12)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Provo, Utah<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>Mark Pope (Kentucky, 1996)<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">18/17 BYU</span></b><span style="color:black"> (12-2, 0-1 Big 12) vs.
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">14/14 BAYLOR </span></strong>(12-2, 1-0 Big 12)<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Jan. 9, 2024 • 8:00 p.m. CT</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Waco, Texas • Foster Pavilion </span></strong>(7,500) <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>Pete Sousa</i> <i>(pxp), Chris
<span class="scayt-misspell-word">Spatola</span> (analyst)</i><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">LISTEN: </span></strong>Baylor Sports Media Network via<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></strong>ESPN 1660 AM / 92.3 FM in Central Texas and worldwide at <a href="http://www.centexsportsfan.com">centexsportsfan.com</a><br>
<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">14/14 BAYLOR BEARS (12-2, 1-0 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/2024/1/8/BU_MBB_Game_Notes_15_BYU_23-24.pdf">Game Notes (PDF)</a></p>
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<p><b>Story lines</b></p>
<p>• No. 14 Baylor hosts No. 18 BYU in its conference home opener at 8 p.m. on Tuesday night on ESPN+.<br>
• BU is selling a limited number of "Standing Room Only" tickets for Tuesday night's game. Fans can purchase tickets,<a href="https://baylorbears.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventInfo?ticketCode=GS:BAYLOR:MB24:MB09:&linkID=baylor&dataAccId=502&locale=en_US&siteId=ev_baylor">
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<p>• Tuesday is the 11th all-time series meeting – with each team holding five wins in series history.</p>
<p>• This is the first meeting between these two programs as conference foes, and the first meeting since a 76-70 win by BU in the NIT semifinals at Madison Square Garden April 2, 2013.</p>
<p>• This is BU's first Big 12 home-opener where both teams are ranked since Jan. 7, 2015 (vs. No. 12 Kansas).</p>
<p>• Tuesday marks just the second time in the <b>Scott Drew</b> Era that the Bears conference home-opener features two ranked teams. </p>
<p>• The Bears are a nations-best 27-12 vs. AP top-25 teams over the last five years, with 16 of those wins coming away from home.</p>
<p>• BU is 13-7 in conference home openers in the <b>Drew</b> era, including 13 of its last 16 (started 0-4).</p>
<p>• Baylor's 307-119 record since 2011-12 trails only Kansas (345-87) among Big 12 teams.</p>
<p>• Last time out, BU outlasted a feisty Oklahoma State squad 75-70 in overtime for its ninth-straight win at Gallagher-Iba Arena. </p>
<p>• Despite only hitting two three-pointers, the nation's leading 3-point shooting team out-rebounded the Pokes on the offensive glass 16-5, giving them a 12-6 advantage in second-chance points.</p>
<p>• The win was Baylor's first overtime victory since it won 66-64 in Stillwater on Feb 21, 2022. </p>
<p>• <b>Yves Missi </b>recorded his fourth double-double of the season, the most by a BU player since
<b>Freddie Gillespie</b> had 10 in 2019-20.</p>
<p>• 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>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>• The Bears lead the nation in 3-point FG% (43.2), rank fourth in offensive efficiency (122.2) and seventh in points per game (88.1).</p>
<p>• <b>RayJ Dennis</b> ranks third in the Big 12 in assists per game (6.2), with the Bears getting 15.3 points per game from<b> Walter</b> to lead the offense, the most among Big 12 Conference Freshmen.</p>
<p>• 15.3 points per game would rank as the fourth-most by a freshman in program history.</p>
<p>• Four Bears are averaging at least 10 points per game, including <b>Dennis</b> (14.2),
<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> 1.9 blocks per game puts him fifth among freshman in Division I.</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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