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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">RV/RV BAYLOR BEARS (15-8, 7-5 Big 12)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Waco, Texas <br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Conference/Affiliation:</span></strong> Big 12<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Head Coach: </span></strong>Scott Drew (Butler, 1993)<br>
<a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/2024-25">Roster</a> | <a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats">Stats</a> | <a href="file:///documents/2025/2/9/BU_MBB_Game_Notes_24_Houston_24-25.pdf">Game Notes (PDF )</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">5/5 Houston </span></strong>(19-4, 11-1 Big 12)<b> <strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> </span></strong></b><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Feb. 10, 2025 • 8:00 p.m. CT</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Houston, Texas • Fertitta Center </span></strong>(7,035) <br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">LIVE STATS: </span></strong><a href="https://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?t=1&gid=bay" target="_blank">Stat Broadcast</a><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">WATCH:</span></strong> ESPN<br>
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Talent:</span></i></strong><em><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> Jon Sciambi </span></em><i>(pxp), Fran Fraschilla (analyst), Kris Budden (reporter)</i><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">LISTEN: </span></strong>Baylor Sports Media Network via<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> </span></strong>ESPN 1660 AM / 92.3 FM in Central Texas and worldwide at <a href="http://www.centexsportsfan.com">centexsportsfan.com</a><br>
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Talent:</span></i></strong> John Morris<em><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> (PBP), Pat Nunley (Analyst)</span></em><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">5/5 HOUSTON COUGARS (19-4, 11-1 Big 12)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Location: </span></strong>Houston, Texas<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Conference/Affiliation: </span>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Head Coach: Kelvin Sampson </span></strong>(UNC Pembroke, 1978)<br>
<a href="https://uhcougars.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster">Roster</a> | <a href="https://uhcougars.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2024-25">Stats</a> | <a href="file:///documents/2025/2/9/24-2425Notes_Baylor_02102025.pdf">Game Notes (PDF)</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p> <b>STORY LINES</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor hits the road for a Big Monday <span class="scayt-misspell-word">matchup</span> with No. 5/5 Houston at 8 p.m. on ESPN<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Monday marks Baylor’s first trip to Houston since Nov. 30, 2002, a 62-60 Baylor win<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• This game is a rematch of the 2021 National Semifinal where BU built a 25-point halftime lead and led by 16+ points for the final 25 minutes to reach the title game en route to the program’s first-ever National Championship<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• In the last meeting, BU trailed by as many as 17 and was down by 16 points at the half, only to outscore the Cougars 44-28 in the second half to force overtime before falling 82-76 in the extra session<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Going for its eighth conference win, BU has 8+ Big 12 wins in 13-straight seasons after winning 8+ just 3 times in the league’s first 15 years<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The Bears are 13-8 against AP Top-10 teams over the last six seasons<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• BU is 32-18 in Big 12 Road games since 2019-20, The best mark in the league in that span<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor is 34-21 against ranked teams over the last four seasons, including a 18-17 mark away from home<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• BU is 88-27 against in-state opponents since the start of the 2011-12 season<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• BU is 169-103 in Big 12 play in 15 seasons since 2010 after going 59-149 in the league’s first 13 seasons<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor has 71 conference wins over the last six seasons, second only to Kansas’ 73, the next closest team in that span is Texas Tech with 55<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Of the 940 minutes of game time this season, Baylor has had it’s full complement of rotation players for just 189:56 (20.2%) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Last time out, Baylor cruised to a 91-76 over UCF, it’s most points in a regulation Big 12 game since rolling up 93 on Texas on March 4, 2024<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor’s <b>VJ Edgcombe </b>(1 game) and <b>Langston Love </b>(10 games) returned from injury to give Baylor 17 and 16 points, respectively<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• <b>Norchad Omier </b>led the way for Baylor with 18 points and 12 rebounds, securing his 80th career double-double, tying him with Drexel’s Malik Rose for the eighth-most in NCAA history<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• <span class="scayt-misspell-word"><b>Omier’s</b></span><b> </b>12 double-doubles are the most by a Baylor Bear in a season since
<b>Jo Lual-Acuil </b>had 13 in 2017-18<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• <b>Robert Wright </b>is now just 11 assists away from tying the freshman assist record held by John Lucas III<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor’s dynamic freshmen duo of <span class="scayt-misspell-word"><b>Edgecombe</b></span><b>
</b>and <b>Wright </b>have taken their games to the next level, averaging 20.0 and 16.0 points per game, respectively, over the last five games<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Averaging 15.0 and 12.7 points per game for the season, <span class="scayt-misspell-word">
<b>Edgecombe</b></span><b> </b>and <b>Wright </b>are looking to become the first BU freshmen to average 13.0+ points per game in the same year since
<b>Lawrence Roberts </b>and <b>John Lucas III </b>averaged 16.6 and 13.2 in 2001-02<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• <b>Scott Drew </b>is one of six active coaches with a national title, and now has wins over three of the other five this season (Calipari, Pitino and Self)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Five of Baylor’s eight losses have come against teams that have been ranked in the top-10 at some point this season, while
<span class="scayt-misspell-word">Gonzaga</span>, Tennessee, <span class="scayt-misspell-word">
UConn</span> and Iowa State have been ranked in the top 3. Seven of the eight losses are Quad-1 losses <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• According to KenPom, BU enters the week with the seventh-toughest schedule in the country and the toughest in the Big 12<o:p></o:p></p>
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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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