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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#212121">TCU 74, </span></b><span style="color:#212121">25/24<b> Baylor 71</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Baylor is 11-6 on the season and 3-3 in conference play. TCU is 10-7 and 3-3 in Big 12 play<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">The Bears lead the all-time series 107-88, and are 18-7 in the Drew Era, going 5-3 in the last eight meetings<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">The Bears suffered their first home loss of the season and are now 10-1 at Foster Pavilion this season, scoring an average of 89.8 points per game<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Baylor’s 10-game home win streak lasted from March 2, 2024, to Jan. 19, 2025, and is tied for the tenth-longest in program history, and BU’s longest since a 12-game streak from Jan. 25, 2022-Jan.
4, 2023<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">The Bears only gave away five turnovers, a season low.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">The last time BU only had five turnovers was against Oklahoma, Feb. 13 of last season (2/13/24)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">BU led by as many as 12 points in this game, marking the first time they surrendered a loss after holding a double-digit lead since Jan. 27, 2024, against TCU
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">The Last time Baylor lost a game after holding a lead of 12-or-more points was at Kansas on Feb. 18, 2023, when the Bears saw the Jayhawks erase a 17-point lead<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Ernest Udeh Jr.’s 15 rebounds were the most allowed by Baylor since Armando Bacott had 16 for North Carolina in the second round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament (3/19/22)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Baylor is 166-102 in Big 12 in the last 15 seasons after going 50-149 in the league’s first 13 seasons.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">The Bears are 139-41 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:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Scott Drew </b>is 475-261 in his 23 seasons overall and 455-250 in his 22nd season with the Bears.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Drew </b>is 190-172 in Big 12 conference play at Baylor<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Baylor’s 330 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="color:black">Baylor is 421-179 since 2007-08, which marked Drew’s first season with a full allotment of scholarships.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Baylor is 108-13 when leading at the half over the last six seasons and 131-20 when leading in the second half during that stretch. Baylor is 10-2 when leading
at half in 2024-25. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">BU has built double-digit leads in 128 of 164 games over the last five seasons, owning a 120-8 mark in those games. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">The Bears used the starting lineup of <b>Jeremy Roach</b>, <b>Robert Wright</b>,<b> VJ Edgecombe, Norchad Omier </b>and <b>Josh</b> <b>Ojianwuna</b> for the first time this season, the Bears
are 0-1 using that lineup<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Omier </b>poured in 20 points, his third 20-point game of the season and the 33<sup>rd</sup> of his career
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Omier </b>made a season-high seven free throws on a season-high 11 attempts<b>
</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Edgecombe</b> finished with 18 points, his 13<sup>th</sup> double-figure scoring game of the season<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Edgecombe </b>
has now eclipsed 15+ points in four of his six Big 12 games<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Edgecombe </b>
finished 5-for-5 from the line<b> </b>his first game shooting 100% from the charity with 3+ attempts this season<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Wright </b>finished with a game-high 8 assists, his most in Big 12 Play, besting his previous high of 4 at Arizona State last week<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Wright</b> also set a career high with five steals, besting his previous of three against Arlington Baptist<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Roach </b>finished with 11 points, his fourth time in double figures in six Big 12 games<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Jayden Nunn</b> appeared off the bench for the first time in his Baylor career, snapping a streak of 106-straight starts, dating back to his freshman year at VCU<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Nunn </b>extended his streak, making a three-pointer for a 16<sup>th</sup>-straight game en route to eight points<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Jalen Celestine</b> made his return to the floor after missing the last four games with an ankle injury<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Celestine </b>
recorded his eighth game this season with multiple three-pointers and has now netted a triple in each of the last five games he has played<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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Department of Athletics | Baylor University<br>
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