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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span><b>No. 6/7 Gonzaga 101, No. 8/8 Baylor 63</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Spokane, Wash. (Veterans Memorial Arena)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nov. 4, 2024</p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Baylor is 19-3 in season openers in the
<b>Scott Drew</b> Era</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">BU is 3-2 in season openers away from home under
<b>Drew</b></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Having its two-game win streak snapped, Baylor is now 2-6 against Gonzaga</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">The Bears are 14-8 in the last 22 games against Top-10 teams</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">The Bears are 2-2 when playing as the eighth-ranked team in the country</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">BU is 6-12 all-time when facing the No. 6 team in the AP Poll</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">The Bears trailed 49-30 at halftime, BU is 86-187 in the
<b>Drew</b> era when trailing after 20 minutes</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Baylor is 410-176 since 2007-08, the first year Drew’s staff had a full allotment of scholarships</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Gonzaga is just the fourth team in the Drew Era to score 100+ points in regulation
</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">25 assists by the ‘Zags are the most by a Baylor opponent since Oklahoma had 29 on 1/23/16</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">BU’s 38-point loss is the largest since a 91-51 loss at Oklahoma on 1/20/2007.</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">BU used the starting lineup of
<b>Jeremy Roach</b>, <b>Jayden Nunn</b>, <b>VJ Edgecombe</b>, <b>Norchad Omier</b>
<b>and Josh Ojianwuna</b> for the first time</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b>Roach, Edgecombe, Omier, Jalen Celestine, Robert Wright, Jason Asemota, Omar Adegbola, Davidson Hubbard
</b>and<b> Marino Dubravcic </b>each made<b> </b>their Baylor debuts </li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b>Nunn</b> made the 100<sup>th</sup> start of his career, his 91<sup>st</sup>-consecuitve starting nod</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b>Omier
</b>recorded his fifth-straight game in double figures (98<sup>th</sup> of his career), dating back to his time at Miami</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b>Ojianwuna
</b>notched his seventh-career double figure scoring output, Baylor suffering its first loss when he scratches double-figures
</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b>Wright
</b>scored 10 points with six assists and only one turnover in his collegiate debut</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b>Celestine
</b>made two three-pointers giving him a made three in 13-straight games dating back to his time with Cal</li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Matt Roberts | Director of Athletic Communications (MBB/MGOLF/ WGOLF) <br>
Department of Athletics | Baylor University<br>
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