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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#212121">No. 25/23 Baylor 107, Arlington Baptist 53 </span></b><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">No. 25/23 Baylor is now 8-3 on the season<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">107 points are a new season high for the Bears<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">The 54-point margin of victory is tied for the 10<sup>th</sup> largest in program history and the second largest this season<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">The Bears are beating teams by an average of 40.2 points per game in six home contests this season<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">BU is now averaging 98.0 points per game in six home games<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">The Bears pulled down 66 rebounds, the fifth-most in program history and the most since grabbing 70 against Texas A&M at Jan. 23, 2008<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Baylor had seven players in double figures for the second time this season<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Norchad Omier</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> scored a game-high 19 points to go along with a season-high 24 rebounds, eclipsing the 2,000 career-point
mark<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Omier’s
</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">24 boards are the most by a Baylor player since
<b>Rico Gathers</b> had a program-record 28 against Huston-Tillotson on Jan. 21, 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Omier
</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">now has 74 career double-double’s which leads all active players<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Josh Ojianwuna
</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">notched his first double-double of the season and the second of his career<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Omier and Ojianwuna
</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">are the second duo to record a double-double this season, after<b> Omier</b> and
<b>VJ Edgecombe</b> did it against Sam Houston on Nov. 11, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Scott Drew </span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">improves to 452-248 in his 22nd season with the Bears<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Baylor has now won eight-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></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Eight-straight home wins extends BU’s longest home streak at Foster Pavilion<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Baylor has now won 64-straight games when shooting 50% or higher (last loss March 18, 2018 vs. Mississippi State)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">The Bears are 136-38 over the last six seasons, the nation’s second-best winning percentage among power-5 teams in that span<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Baylor led at the half for the eighth time this season, they are now 7-1 when leading at the break this season<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">BU was won 90% of its games since 2011-12 when leading at the half (254-29)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Leading by as many as 58 in the game, The Bears are now 117-7 in the last 124 games when building a double-digit lead. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">The Bears used the starting lineup of <b>Jeremy Roach</b>, <b>Jayden Nunn</b>,<b> Edgecombe, Omier </b>and
<b>Ojianwuna</b> for the eighth time this season, the Bears are 6-2 using that lineup<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Nunn</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> (11) scored in double figures for the fifth time in six home games this season<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Edgecombe
</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">pitched in 10 points his eighth game in double figures this season<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Robert Wright
</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">came up just one point shy of his second-straight double-double, recording 13 points and nine assists<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Wright’s
</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">63 assists are just 57 shy of the freshman record held by
<b>John Lucas</b> (120)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Wright
</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">has now led the team in bench scoring<b>
</b>eight times this season<b>.</b><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Langston Love
</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">had 11 points in the game, his second-highest output this season after having 16 at UCONN on Dec. 4, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Jalen Celestine
</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">scored 11 points, his first game in double-figures since scoring 14 against St. John’s on Nov. 21<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Davidson Hubbard
</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">knocked down his first three-pointer at Baylor and the 91<sup>st</sup> of his career.<o:p></o:p></span></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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