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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">11/11 BAYLOR BEARS (22-8, 11-6 Big 12)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Waco, Texas <br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Conference/Affiliation:</span></strong> Big 12<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Head Coach: </span></strong>Scott Drew (Butler, 1993)<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">March 9, 2024 • 5:00 p.m. CT</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Lubbock, Texas • United Supermarkets Arena </span></strong>(15,098) <br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">WATCH:</span></strong> ESPN2<br>
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Talent:</span></i></strong> Rich Hollenberg <i>(pxp), Adrian Branch (analyst)</i><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">LISTEN: </span></strong>Baylor Sports Media Network via<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",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:"Aptos",sans-serif">Talent:</span></i></strong> <i>John Morris </i>(PBP),
<em><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Pat Nunley</span></em> (Analyst)<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">SIRIUS XM:</span></strong> SiriusXM 83 or on the
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS (21-9, 10-7 Big 12)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Lubbock, Texas<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Conference/Affiliation:</span></strong> Big 12<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Head Coach: </span></strong>Grant McCasland (Baylor, 1999)<br>
<a href="https://texastech.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster">Roster</a> | <a href="https://texastech.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2023">Stats</a> | Game Notes (PDF)</p>
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<p><b>STORY LINES</b></p>
<p>• No. 11/11 Baylor heads to Lubbock for the final regular season game of the season looking for the season sweep of Texas Tech for the second-straight season on ESPN2 at 5 p.m. </p>
<p>• The Bears and Red Raiders are completing a home-and-home series for the 67th-straight year.</p>
<p>• While the Red Raiders own the all-time series 82-65, The Bears lead the series with a 25-15 edge in the
<b>Scott Drew </b>era.</p>
<p>• BU has won seven of the last nine in the series overall and three of the last four on the South Plains.</p>
<p>• Baylor is 84-25 against in-state opponents since the start of the 2011-12 season, and the Bears have advanced deeper into postseason play than any of Texas' 23 Division I teams in five of the last ten seasons.</p>
<p>• The Bears are third in the nation in 3-point FG% (40.3), rank fifth in nation in offensive efficiency (124.5) and second in the Big 12 in points per game (82.0).</p>
<p>• The Bears are the only team in the nation with six active players averaging double-digit points.</p>
<p>• In the last meeting, Baylor used a 13-0 second half run to top No. 23 Texas Tech and former BU assistant coach Grant McCasland. The win over
<span class="scayt-misspell-word">McCasland</span> gave Drew his first win over a former assistant coach (1-3).</p>
<p>• Last time out, Baylor erased a 14-point first-half deficit against Texas for the second-straight year, shooting .692 from three a program-record for three-point percentage in a conference game.</p>
<p>• <b>Jalen Bridges </b>set a career high with 32 points on 6-of-7 shooting from three with zero turnovers.</p>
<p>• In the absence of guard <b>Langston Love</b>, <b>Bridges </b>and <b>Jayden Nunn
</b>have helped shoulder the scoring load averaging 15.1 and 13.3 points respectively.</p>
<p>• <b>RayJ Dennis </b>continues to climb in the Baylor history books climbing to fifth on Baylor's single-season assist chart. His 203 assists are 19 shy of the fourth-best season in program history (<b>Lester Medford
</b>222, 2015-16.)</p>
<p>• <b>Dennis' </b>6.7 assists per game would rank as the fifth-best single-season average in program history.</p>
<p>• Freshman <b>Ja'Kobe Walter </b>is averaging a team-leading 14.7 points per game, most among Big 12 freshmen.</p>
<p>• Fellow freshman <b>Yves Missi </b>is averaging 11.1 points 5.7 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game. His 1.5 blocks pre game are tied for the second-most in the conference.</p>
<p>• <b>Langston Love </b>is averaging 11.1 points per game in Big 12 play, most in the league among players with no starts.</p>
<p>• Baylor has had six players win Big 12 Sixth-Man of the Year, no other conference school has more than two.</p>
<p>• BU has now secured double-digit Big 12 wins for the sixth-straight season, and the 11th time in the
<b>Drew </b>Era, after winning double-digit conference games just eight times prior to that.</p>
<p>• The Bears are the only school in the conference to win double-digit Big 12 games in six-straight seasons.</p>
<p>• BU's 126-32 record since 2019-20 is the best among Power Six teams in that span.</p>
<p>• Baylor is 64-51 in Big 12 road games since 2012, second-best in the league behind only Kansas (70-45).</p>
<p>• Baylor's 317 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (354).</p>
<p>• Baylor has played four overtime games in 2023-24, its most since playing four overtimes in 1970-71.</p>
<p>• BU has been ranked in the top-10 for a fifth-straight year, one of just four programs to accomplish that feat.</p>
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Department of Athletics | Baylor University<br>
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