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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>16/15 BAYLOR BEARS (5-3, 0-0 Big 12)</b><br>
<b>Location:</b> Waco, Texas <br>
<b>Conference/Affiliation:</b> Big 12<br>
<b>Head Coach: </b>Scott Drew (Butler, 1993)<br>
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue;"><u><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/2024-25" style="color: blue; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Roster</a></u></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> |
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</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue;"><u><a href="file:///documents/2024/12/6/BU_MBB_Game_Notes_9_ACU_24-25__Early_.pdf" style="color: blue; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Game Notes (PDF )</a></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>ACU </b>(6-3, 0-0 WAC) vs.<b> 16/15 BAYLOR</b> (5-3, 0-0 Big 12)<b> </b><br>
<b>Dec. 9, 2024 • 7:00 p.m. CT</b><br>
<b>Waco, Texas • Foster Pavilion </b>(7,500) <br>
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<b>WATCH:</b> CBS Sports Network<br>
<b><i>Talent:</i></b><i> Carter Blackburn</i> <i>(pxp), Avery Johnson (analyst)</i><br>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>ACU Wildcats (6-3, 0-0 WAC)</b><br>
<b>Location:</b> Abilene, Texas<br>
<b>Conference/Affiliation: </b>WAC<br>
<b>Head Coach: Brette Tanner </b>(Emporia State)<br>
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue;"><u><a href="https://acusports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster" style="color: blue; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Roster</a></u></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> |
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue;"><u><a href="https://acusports.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats" style="color: blue; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Stats</a></u></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> | Game Notes (PDF)</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Story lines</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">• No. 15/16 Baylor puts its five-game home winning streak on the line against ACU in a 7 p.m. Monday tip against the ACU Wildcats on CBS Sports Network</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">• The Bears are averaging 99.7 points per game in three home tilts this year while giving up an average of just 56.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">• The Bears and Wildcats have met four times, with BU holding a 3-1 series advantage in the first meeting between the two schools since Dec. 5, 1972</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">•<b> Jayden Nunn</b> is averaging a team-leading 17.7 points per game in three home games this season</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">• <b>Scott Drew</b> is seeking his 450th career win at Baylor</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">• <b>Drew </b>is one of six active coaches who have won a national title, and will see four of the five other coaches as a part of its regular season schedule.
<b>Drew</b> has wins against John Calipari & Rick Pitino, with his only loss coming to Dan Hurley on Wednesday.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">• Hailing from basketball families, the Drews are the second winningest father-son combination in NCAA history, compiling 1,373 wins between Scott, Bryce and Homer, trailing only the Iba family (1,624) for the most by a family
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">• The Bears are 5-0 against the WAC in the <b>Drew</b> Era</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">• Baylor is 25-5 all time against current WAC teams</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">• Baylor is 86-25 against in-state opponents since the start of the 2011-12 season</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">• Over the last six seasons the Bears are 133-38, the second-best record among power-conference teams for the duration of that span</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">• Baylor is one of five programs to be ranked inside the top-10 in each of the last six seasons</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">• The Bears have played five ranked teams in its first eight games of the season, entering the weekend with the ninth-hardest schedule in the country (3rd-toughest among power-five teams)</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">• Entering this week the Bears are one of just five power-conference teams with a top-20 strength of schedule according to KenPom</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">• Baylor was ranked 22nd in the initial NET rankings release last week, the sixth-straight year they have been a top-25 team in the initial NET</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">• The Bears are led by Miami transfer, <b>Norchad Omier</b>, The NCAA's active leader in career rebounds (1,395), double-doubles (73) and rebound average (10.9), while sitting 11th in career points (1,934)</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">• The senior is 52 points and 105 rebounds from becoming the 14th player in NCAA history with 2,000 points and 1,500 rebounds</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">• <b>Omier</b> and Duke transfer <b>Jeremy Roach</b>, each bring Final Four experience to a Baylor roster that is replacing nine lettermen and four of its five starters from a season ago.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">• <b>Roach</b> ranks third on the team in points per game (12.8), and second in assists per game (4.1)</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">• the senior is one of just nine active players with 1,500 career points and 400 career assists</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">• Against St. John's, <b>Roach </b>hit a buzzer-beating three-pointer, which was the first by a Baylor Bear since Lester Medford beat Texas Tech at the gun in 2016</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">• Freshman <b>Robert Wright</b> is coming off a career-high 22 points at UCONN, the BU freshman ranks third in the Big 12 in scoring among freshmen (13.3)</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">• Fellow freshman, <b>VJ Edgecombe </b>is fourth in the league in scoring among frosh (11.0), giving BU two of the top-4 in the conference</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">Matt Roberts | Director of Athletic Communications (MBB/MGOLF/ WGOLF) <br>
Department of Athletics | Baylor University<br>
C: 254-227-2280</span></p>
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