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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#212121">No. 25/21 Baylor 81, Utah 56 </span></b><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">No. 25/21 Baylor is now 9-3 on the season and 1-0 in conference play<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The Bears are now 5-1 in their last six conference openers
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">In their first meeting since 1960, the Bears notched the first win in series history and are now 1-3 all-time against Utah<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The Utes scored just 56 points, the fewest allowed by BU in Big 12 play since surrendering just 54 to TCU on Feb. 26 of last season<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The 25-point margin of victory is the largest in a Big 12 game since BU beat Texas Tech by 27 on Feb. 4, 2023<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The Bears held Utah’s leading scorer, Gabe Madsen, to just three points, his fewest since netting just two at Washington on Jan. 27 last year<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Baylor improves to 172-111 in the last 15 seasons, after going 59-149 in the league’s first 13 years.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Baylor shot 16-18 (.889%) from the line, it’s best mark since netting 12-of-13 (.923) at the charity stripe against Iowa State on March. 9, 2023
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The Bears never trailed in the game marking the sixth time in 12 games they have done that this season<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Baylor had four players score 15-plus points for the second time this season, also pulling that off against Norfolk State on Dec. 11.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Norchad Omier</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>scored 15 points to go along with a game-high 14 rebounds, giving him<span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span>75 career
double-double’s which leads all active players<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Omier </b>
is now just 54 rebounds away from becoming the just the 14<sup>th</sup> player in NCAA history with 2,000+ career points and 1,500+ rebounds<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Scott Drew </b>improves to 453-248 in his 22nd season with the Bears<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Baylor has now won nine-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:l0 level1 lfo1">Nine-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:l0 level1 lfo1">The Bears are 137-38 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:l0 level1 lfo1">Baylor led at the half for the ninth time this season, they are now 8-1 when leading at the break this season<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">BU was won 90% of its games since 2011-12 when leading at the half (255-29)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Leading by as many as 31 in the game, The Bears are now 118-7 in the last 125 games when building a double-digit lead. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The Bears used the starting lineup of <b>Jeremy Roach</b>, <b>Jayden Nunn</b>,<b> VJ Edgecombe, Norchad Omier </b>and<span class="apple-converted-space"> <b>Josh</b>
</span><b>Ojianwuna</b> for the ninth time this season, the Bears are 7-2 using that lineup<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Edgecombe<span class="apple-converted-space">
</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space">scored a game-high 19 points, his fourth-straight game in double figures and his highest scoring output since dropping a season-high 20 against Tennessee<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Roach </b>
scored 15 points, his<b> </b>best outing since he recorded 17 against New Orleans<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Roach </b>
now has 81-career double-figure scoring games<span class="apple-converted-space"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Nunn </b>tied a career high with five assists<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Ojianwuna </b>
tied a career high with 3 blocks for a second-straight game<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Robert Wright</b> scored 15 points, his 10<sup>th</sup> game in double figures<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">With two more assists,
<b>Wright </b>is now 61 away from the freshman assist record, held by John Lucas (120)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Wright</b> led the team in bench points for the ninth time this season, improving to 6-3 in those games<o:p></o:p></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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