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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#212121">No. rv/25 Baylor 94, Norfolk State 69 </span></b><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">Waco, Texas (Foster Pavilion)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">Dec. 11, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">No. rv/25 Baylor is now 7-3 on the season<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">With the 25-point margin of victory, the Bears are beating teams by an average of 37.4 points per game in five home contests this season<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">BU shot .554 from the field on Wednesday marking the first time since Dec. 22 and Jan. 2 last year where they shot .550 or better in back-to-back games (.672 vs. MVSU and .554 vs. Cornell)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b>Norchad Omier</b> (19),
<b>VJ Edgecombe</b> (16), <b>Josh Ojianwuna</b> (16) and <b>Rob Wright</b> (16) eclipsed the 15-point plateau, marking the first time four Bears have done that since Nov. 28, 2020, against Lousiana-Lafayette
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">With <b>Wright
</b>recording his career-first double-double, Baylor now leads the Big 12 conference with 7 as a team this season.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">The Bears grabbed 16 steals, their most since getting 18 against John Brown last season (11/9/23)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">BU trailed at home for the first time this season, entering Wednesday they had led for a total of 156:54, while spending 2:06 tied.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">The Bears have now led for a total of 189:24, trailed for just 6:52 and been tied for 2:44 in five home games this season<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">BU is now averaging 96.2 points per game in five home games<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b>Scott Drew<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>improves to 451-248 in his 22nd season with the Bears<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Baylor has now won seven-straight games at home it’s longest streak since winning 10-straight in the friendly confines from Nov. 9, 2023-Jan. 27, 2024 last season<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Seven-straight home wins extends BU’s longest home streak at Foster Pavilion<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Baylor has now won 63-straight games when shooting 50% or higher (last loss March 18, 2018 vs. Mississippi State)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">The Bears are 135-38 over the last six seasons, the nation’s second-best winning percentage among power-5 teams in that span<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">BU is 5-0 all time against Norfolk State<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Baylor is 11-0 against the MEAC under <b>Drew</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Baylor led at the half for the seventh time this season, they are now 6-1 when leading at the break this season<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">BU was won 90% of its games since 2011-12 when leading at the half (253-29)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Leading by as many as 38 in the game, The Bears are now 116-7 in the last 123 games when building a double-digit lead. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">The Bears used the starting lineup of <b>Wright</b>, <b>Jayden Nunn</b>,<b> Edgecombe, Omier </b>and <b>Ojianwuna</b> for the second time this season, the Bears are 1-0 unsing that lineup<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b>Wright </b>
dished out 13 assists, tying a new single-game freshman record previously held by L.J. Rose who dished out 12 dimes against Hardin Simmons on Jan. 19, 2013<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">The freshman’s 13 assists are the most by a Baylor player since
<b>Jared Butler</b> had 13 at Kansas State on Dec. 19, 2020<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b>Wright</b> also poured in 16 points for his career-first double-double, becoming the first player since
<b>Pierre Jackson</b> in 2013 with 16+ points and 13+ assists <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b>Nunn </b>made his 100<sup>th</sup>-straight start<b>
</b>(109<sup>th</sup> of his career)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b>Edgecombe </b>
scored in double-figures for the second-straight game with 16 points, while pulling in a game-high nine rebounds, one off his career high.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b>Omier </b>
scored a game-high 19 points, upping his team-leading scoring average to 15.9 points per game<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b>Omier </b>
is now just 18 points and 92 rebounds from becoming the 14<sup>th</sup> player in NCAA history with 2,000+ points and 1,500 rebounds<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b>Omier </b>
tied his career high with five steals, establishing a new Baylor career-high, and nabbing his most since getting five against Coastal Carolina on Feb. 23, 2022<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b>Ojianwuna </b>
netted a career-high in points for a second-straight game with 16 against the Spartans<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">The junior now has five double-figure scoring games this season, after having five double-figure scoring games in his first two seasons combined<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b>Jalen Celestine</b> led the team with nine bench points, his third time leading the team in that category this season
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