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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">IOWA STATE (16-4, 5-2 Big 12)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Ames, Iowa<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>T.J. Otzelberger (Wis.-Whitewater, 2001)<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">12/11 IOWA STATE</span></b><span style="color:black"> (16-4, 5-2 Big 12) vs.
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">18/18 BAYLOR </span></strong>(15-5, 4-3 Big 12)<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Feb. 3, 2024 • 7:00 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/schedule.php?live=1&gid=bay" target="_blank">Stat Broadcast</a><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">WATCH:</span></strong> ESPN2<br>
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Talent:</span></i></strong> <i>Pete Sousa</i> <i>(pxp), Mike O'Donnell (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),
<i>Pat Nunley</i> (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">18/18 BAYLOR BEARS (15-5, 4-3 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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<p><b>Story lines</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• No. 18 Baylor returns home for a <span class="scayt-misspell-word">primetime</span>
<span class="scayt-misspell-word">matchup</span> with No. 12/11 Iowa State on ESPN2.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Saturday is the 48th all-time series meeting – with Baylor holding a 24-23 series advantage.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The Bears will begin a stretch of four-straight games against teams currently ranked in the AP Top-25, with three of those squads ranked in the top-15.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Since 2015, Baylor is 14-6 against the Cyclones, and while ISU is riding a three-game winning streak, it was preceded by a six-game Baylor win streak.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The Bears are 4-1 when facing the Cyclones in a <span class="scayt-misspell-word">
matchup</span> where both teams are ranked in the AP Poll.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• BU has won eight of the last nine and is 17-3 all time against the Cyclones in Waco.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• This series has been dominated by the home team, from 2002-2013 the home-standing team won went 13-0.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• In the last meeting, the Cyclones eliminated the Bears in the 2023 Big 12 Championship Quarterfinals despite a career day from
<b>Jalen Bridges, </b>who scored 28 points while setting a Big 12 Tournament record for 3-pt FG % (7-8, .875).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• <b>Bridges</b> is coming off a 12-point game against UCF where he scored his 1,000th career point. The senior will be recognized for his milestone prior to Saturday's game.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Despite trailing for 30:58 and getting down by as many as 10-points, the Bears snapped a three-game losing streak with a 77-69 win at UCF.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor's 10-point deficit against UCF is the largest deficit overcome in a win this season, and its largest since erasing a 14-point first-half deficit in a win over Texas last season (2/25/24).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor is 28-12 against ranked teams over the last four seasons, with 12 of those wins coming at home.<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>• The Bears are fifth in the nation in 3-point FG% (40.2), fourth in offensive efficiency (122.6), while leading the Big 12 in points per game (84.7).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor's 310-122 record since 2011-12 trails only Kansas (349-90) among Big 12 teams.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• BU's 58-21 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>•<b> Langston Love</b> is averaging 15.1 points per game in Big 12 play, most in the league among non-starters.<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>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> ranks second in the Big 12 in assists per game (6.6), with the Bears getting 14.9 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>
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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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