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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">18/18 BAYLOR BEARS (14-5, 3-3 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>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Jan. 31, 2024 • 6:00 p.m. CT</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Orlando, Florida • Addition Financial Arena </span></strong>(10,763) <br>
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<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Talent:</span></i></strong> Drew Fellios<i>(pxp), BJ Taylor (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),
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">UCF (12-7, 3-4 Big 12)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Orlando, Fla<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: Johnny Dawkins</span></strong> (Duke, 1986)<br>
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<p>• No. 18 Baylor travels to Orlando for its first-ever meeting with UCF in its final game on ESPN+ this season.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The Bears are 3-0 this season when facing an opponent for the first time in program history.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• With a win, Baylor would improve to 3-0 on the season against the newest Big 12 additions.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• BU is coming off a third-straight loss in a triple-overtime thriller against TCU (105-102).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The Bears have lost three-straight games by four points or less for the first time since 1975.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• BU’s three overtime games are its most in a season since 2013-14, and has not played three overtimes games in regular-season conference play since 1994.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor is looking to avoid its first four-game losing streak since 2018-2019.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The Bears are sixth in the nation in 3-point FG% (40.0) and offensive efficiency (121.3), while leading the Big 12 in points per game (85.1).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor is 68-51 in Big 12 road games since 2012, second-best in the league behind only Kansas (74-47).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor’s 309-122 record since 2011-12 trails only Kansas (349-90) among Big 12 teams.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• BU’s 57-21 Big 12 record over the last five seasons is the second best record of any power-conference team during that span.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The Bears have now been ranked in the top-10 for a fifth-straight year, one of just four programs (Duke,
<span class="scayt-misspell-word">Gonzaga</span> and Kansas) to accomplish that feat.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Ranked in the AP Top-25 for 22-straight weeks, BU is riding the nation’s eighth-longest active streak and the third-longest in the Big 12 (Houston 76, Kansas 55).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Last time out, Baylor played its longest game in 16 years in a triple overtime thriller against TCU before eventually falling 105-102.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• <b>Yves Missi </b>scored a team and career-best 25 points to go along with his 9 rebounds.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• <b>RayJ Dennis</b> notched his second double-double of the season, with 24 points and 10 assists, while
<b>Langston Love</b> scored in double figures for a sixth-straight game (11) and grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• <b>Love</b> is averaging 13.7 points per game in Big 12 play, most in the league among bench players.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• BU has had six players win Big 12 Sixth-Man of the Year, no other conference school has more than two.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• <b>Dennis</b> ranks second in the Big 12 in assists per game (6.6), with the Bears getting 15.2 points per game from<b>
<span class="scayt-misspell-word">Ja’Kobe</span> Walter</b> to lead the offense, the most among Big 12 Conference freshmen.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• 15.2 points per game would rank as the fourth-most by a freshman in program history.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Five different players have led the Bears in scoring in six Big 12 games. (<b>Dennis</b>,
<b>Walter</b>, <b>Love</b>, <b>Bridges </b>and<b> <span class="scayt-misspell-word">
Missi</span></b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor is 90-16 vs. <span class="scayt-misspell-word">unranked</span> teams over the last five seasons (.849%).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor has built leads of 10+ points in 63 of 88 games since the start of the 2021 NCAA Tournament (59-4 record).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• BU has won 89-straight when shooting a higher percentage than its opponent (last loss March 2, 2019 at K-State).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor is playing its 362nd 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. <o:p></o:p></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>
C: 254-227-2280</span><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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