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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#212121">BYU 93, </span></b><span style="color:#212121">RV/RV<span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span><b>Baylor 89
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<span style="color:#212121">Today’s postgame press conference can be accessed at the following link, once available:<span class="apple-converted-space"> <a href="https://byu.app.box.com/s/kyhh3faoqwmsepzrrgg7nsf5w3kb4w4l">https://byu.app.box.com/s/kyhh3faoqwmsepzrrgg7nsf5w3kb4w4l</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Baylor is 13-7 on the season and 5-4 in conference play. BYU is 14-6 and 5-4 in Big 12 play<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">BYU pulls ahead in the all-time series 7-6, while Baylor holds the 4-1 advantage in the
<b>Scott Drew</b> Era 4-2<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">BU is 2-1 in overtime this year and 24-11 in the Drew era<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Baylor’s freshman duo of
<b>VJ Edgecombe</b> and <b>Robert Wright</b> combined for 50 points on the night including BU’s last 25 in the second-half and overtime<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">The Bears shot 50% from the field marking just the third time in the last 110 games the Bears have lost when shooting 50-plus % from the field (two of those losses were at BYU)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">The Cougars shot .552 from the field the highest field goal percentage allowed by the Bears since allowing Gonzaga to shoot .563 in the season opener
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">The Bears shot .646 from three-point range, their highest clip in Big 12 play and their highest since shooting .481 against Arlington Baptist (12/27/24)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">13 three-pointers were BU’s most since knocking down 13 against Arlington Baptist (12/27/24)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Baylor is 168-103 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">Baylor is 32-17 in Big 12 road games over the last six seasons, the best mark in the league in that span<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">The Bears are 141-42 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>Drew </b>is 477-262 in his 23 seasons overall and 456-251 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<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>is 192-173 in Big 12 conference play at Baylor<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="color:black">Baylor is 423-180 since 2007-08, which marked Drew’s first season with a full allotment of scholarships.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">The Bears used the starting lineup of<b> Wright</b>,<b> Jayden Nunn, Edgecombe, Norchad Omier </b>and <b>Josh</b> <b>Ojianwuna</b> for the third time this season, the Bears are 2-1 using that
lineup<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Wright </b>tied a career-high with 22 points, and scored Baylor’s last 14 points in the second half to send the game to overtime
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">14 of<b> Wright’s
</b>22 points came in the final 5:14 of the second half<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Wright</b> played a season-high 39 minutes<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Wright </b>scored eclipsed the 20-point mark for the second time this season<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Edgecombe </b>
scored 20+ points for a third-straight game, the first freshman since <b>Keyonte George</b> in 2023 to do so<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">In<b> Edgecombe’s</b> four 20-plus point performances the Bears are 2-2<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">With a season-high six three-point makes,
<b>Edgecombe </b>also shot his highest clip from deep this season (6-for-8, .750)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Edgecombe</b> played a season-high 43 minutes
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Nunn </b>notched his Big 12-season high with 11 points<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">With two three-pointers tonight<b>, Nunn
</b>has now made a three-pointer in<b> </b>19-straight games<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Omier</b> had 12 points and 8 rebounds, his 16<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>Omier </b>has now led the team in rebounding 16 times in 20 games with the Bears going 11-5 in those games<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Jalen Celestine
</b>scored 7 points to lead Baylor’s bench scorers, the sixth time he has done that this season. The Bears are 5-1 in those games<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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Department of Athletics | Baylor University<br>
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