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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">25/24 BAYLOR BEARS (11-5, 3-2 Big 12)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><br>
<b>Location:</b> Waco, Texas <br>
<b>Conference/Affiliation:</b> Big 12<br>
<b>Head Coach: </b>Scott Drew (Butler, 1993)<br>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">TCU </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">(9-7, 2-3 Big 12) vs.<b> 25/24 BAYLOR</b> (11-5, 3-2 Big 12)<b> </b><br>
<b>Jan. 19, <span class="GramE">2024</span> • 4:00 p.m. CT</b><br>
<b>Waco, Texas • Foster Pavilion </b>(7,500) <br>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">TCU Horned Frogs (9-7, 2-3 Big 12)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><br>
<b>Location:</b> Fort Worth, Texas<br>
<b>Conference/Affiliation: </b>Big 12<br>
<b>Head Coach: Jamie Dixon </b>(TCU, 1987)<br>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• No. 25/24 Baylor returns home for a Sunday matinee against in-state rival TCU at 4 p.m. on ESPN</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• The Bears are <span class="GramE">in the midst of</span> a 10-game home winning streak, the third-longest active streak in the Big 12 and its longest since a 12-game streak from Jan. 2022-Jan. 2023</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• Averaging 92.1 points per game at Foster Pavilion this year, the Bears are outscoring teams by an average of 35.8 points at home (22.5 ppg in Big 12 Play)</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• BU enters this contest winners of seven of the last 10 and 18 of the last 24 against the Frogs </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• In the last meeting, Baylor held TCU to its regular-season low 54 points in a 62-54 win in Cowtown</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• The last time these two teams matched up at Foster Pavilion TCU outlasted Baylor 105-102 in a triple-overtime thriller</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• The game was Baylor's first triple OT game since a
<span class="GramE">five overtime</span> game on Jan. 23, 2008 at Texas A&M and was just the fourth time in program history a game has gone at least three overtimes</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• Last time out, Baylor trailed by as many as 27 in the second half at Arizona but used a 20-6 run late to get within nine, before falling 81-70 to the Wildcats</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• Down by 23 at the break, BU scored 51 second-half points, its most in a half against a power-conference foe this season and the most since getting 53 in the
<span class="GramE">second-half</span> against Texas on March 4, 2024</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• Baylor's five losses have all come against teams that have been ranked in the
<span class="GramE">top-10</span> at some point this season, while Gonzaga, Tennessee, UConn and Iowa State) have been ranked in the top 3</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• BU returned to the AP <span class="GramE">Top-25</span> after a brief absence last week, and have now been ranked in 103 of the last 107 polls</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• According to KenPom, BU has played the third-hardest schedule in the country entering the weekend</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• BU is 166-100 in Big 12 play in 15 seasons since 2010 after going 59-149 in the league's first 13 seasons</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• Baylor is one of five programs to be ranked inside the
<span class="GramE">top-10</span> in each of the last six seasons</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• The Bears' front-court force of <span class="SpellE">
<b>Norchad</b></span><b> <span class="SpellE">Omier</span></b> and <b>Josh <span class="SpellE">
Ojianwuna</span></b> are each tied for second in the conference averaging 9.2 rebounds a game in Big 12 play, the only team in the league with two players in the
<span class="GramE">top-10</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• <b>Josh <span class="SpellE">Ojianwuna</span></b> recorded his third double-double in the last five games with 12 points and a career-high 17 rebs</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• <span class="SpellE"><b>Ojianwuna's</b></span><b>
</b>17 rebounds against Arizona State were the most by a Baylor player against a Big 12 opponent since Freddie Gillespie had 17 at TCU on Feb. 29, 2020</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• The Bears lead the conference and rank fifth in the Power-5 with 13.7 offensive rebounds per game </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• Sitting at +3.1 BU is third in the Big 12 and 15th in the Power-5 in turnover margin</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• Baylor is one of two Big 12 (ISU), nine Power-4, and 15 Division 1 teams with 5+ players averaging double figures</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• <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)</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• 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 in Dec.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• <span class="SpellE"><b>Omier</b></span>, The NCAA's active leader in career rebounds (1,478), double-doubles (76) and rebound average (10.9), while sitting 10th in career points (2,062)</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• The senior is just 22 rebounds from becoming the 13th player in NCAA history with 2,000+ points and 1,500+ rebounds</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• <span class="SpellE">Omier</span> is tied for 14th in NCAA history with 76 career double-doubles, with two more, he will tie three players including Lou Alcindor (<b>Kareem Abdul-Jabbar)</b> for the 11th-most in NCAA history</span></p>
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