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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">25/23 BAYLOR BEARS (7-3, 0-0 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">Dec. 27, 2024 • 6:00 p.m. CT</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Waco, Texas • Foster Pavilion </span></strong>(7,500) <br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">WATCH:</span></strong> ESPN+<br>
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Talent:</span></i></strong><em><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> John Morris</span></em> <i>(pxp), King McClure (analyst)</i><br>
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<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Talent:</span></i></strong> Pat Nunley<em><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> (PBP), David Kaye (Analyst)</span></em><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Arlington Baptist Patriots (1-10, 0-0 NCCAA Southwest)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Arlington, Texas<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Conference/Affiliation: </span>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Head Coach: Bubba Jennings </span></strong>(Texas Tech, 1985)<br>
<a href="https://abpatriots.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/2024-25">Roster</a> | <a href="https://abpatriots.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2024-25">Stats</a> | Game Notes (PDF)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><b>Story lines</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• No. 25/23 Baylor returns to action after a 15-day break to host the Arlington Baptist Patriots in a 6 p.m. tip at Foster Pavilion on ESPN+ <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• BU returned to the AP Top-25 after a brief two-week absence, it's first two week stint out of the AP Top-25 since the end of the 2018-2019 season<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Prior to Dec. 9, BU had been ranked for 36-straight AP polls and 100 of the previous 101<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The Patriots and Bears are meeting for the first time, though current ABU head coach Bubba Jennings faced the Bears as an assistant coach at Texas Tech from 2008-2013 where BU went 8-2 against Jennings' Red Raiders an assistant for Pat Knight, Billy Gillispie
and Chris Walker.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The Bears are averaging 96.2 points per game in five home tilts this year, while giving up an average of just 58.8 points per game<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Last time out BU shot .554 from the field 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.
<span class="scayt-misspell-word">MVSU</span> and .554 vs. Cornell)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Against the Spartans,<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 Louisiana-Lafayette<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Winning the game by 25, Baylor trailed for the first time this season at home, but has now led for a total of 189:24 minutes, trailed for just 6:52 and been tied for 2:44 in five home games this season<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• In the process the Bears upped their home-court winning streak to seven games, the longest in the young history of Foster Pavilion.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• <b>Scott Drew </b>secured his 450th win at Baylor and the 470th of his career overall earlier this month against ACU<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• <b>Drew</b> is one of just seven active coaches with at least 450 wins at their current institution (Mark Few, Tom Izzo, Bill Self, Greg Kampe, Randy Bennett, Matt Painter)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• One of six active coaches who have won a national title, <b>Drew </b>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 last week.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Hailing from basketball families, the Drews are the second winningest father-son combination in NCAA history, compiling 1,377 wins between Scott, Bryce and Homer, trailing only the Iba family (1,624) for the most by a family in NCAA history.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Over the last six seasons the Bears are 134-38, the second-best record among power-conference teams for the duration of that span<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor is one of five programs to be ranked inside the top-10 in each of the last six seasons<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The Bears have played five ranked teams in its first nine games of the season, the first time in program history they have played five ranked teams before January<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor was ranked 22nd in the initial NET rankings released last month, the sixth-straight year they have been a top-25 team in the initial NET<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The Bears are led by Miami transfer, <b>Norchad Omier</b>, The NCAA's active leader in career rebounds (1,408), double-doubles (73) and rebound average (10.8), while sitting 11th in career points (1,982)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The senior is 18 points and 92 rebounds from becoming the 14th player in NCAA history with 2,000 points and 1,500 rebounds<o:p></o:p></p>
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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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