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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">NR/RV BAYLOR BEARS (16-9, 8-6 Big 12)</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><br>
<b>Location:</b> Waco, Texas <br>
<b>Conference/Affiliation:</b> Big 12<br>
<b>Head Coach: </b>Scott Drew (Butler, 1993)<br>
<a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/2024-25"><span style="color:blue">Roster</span></a> | <a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats"><span style="color:blue">Stats</span></a> | <a href="file:///documents/2025/2/16/BU_MBB_Game_Notes_26_ARIZONA_24-25.pdf"><span style="color:blue">Game
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">13/13 Arizona </span></b><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">(17-8, 11-3 Big 12) vs.<b> NR/RV BAYLOR</b> (16-9, 8-6 Big 12)<b> </b><br>
<b>Feb. 17, 2025 • 9:00 p.m. CT</b><br>
<b>Waco, Texas • Foster Pavilion </b>(7,500) <br>
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<b><i>Talent:</i></b> John Morris<i> (PBP), Pat Nunley (Analyst)</i><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">13/13 ARIZONA WILDCATS (17-8, 11-3 Big 12)</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><br>
<b>Location: </b>Tucson, Ariz.<br>
<b>Conference/Affiliation: </b>Big 12<br>
<b>Head Coach: </b>Tommy Lloyd (Whitman)<br>
<a href="https://arizonawildcats.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster"><span style="color:blue">Roster</span></a> | <a href="https://arizonawildcats.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats"><span style="color:blue">Stats</span></a> | Game Notes (PDF)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://baylor.app.box.com/s/pixj7k5dq7uo84maocw4vv2vhlhzh1c8"><b><i><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Media Materials Folder</span></i></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Story lines</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">• Baylor closes down the season series with Arizona in a late-night tip against the No. 13 Wildcats on Big Monday on ESPN<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">• This is the second-straight year BU has played a 9 p.m. CT home game after beating Kansas City 99-61 in a late-night tip in Waco last season<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">• BU has won seven of its last nine games with a scheduled tip time of 9 p.m. CT or later and is 12-4 in these late-night games since 2011-12<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">• The last time Baylor played a power conference-team in the central time zone at 9 p.m. or later was Dec. 2, 2020 when the No. 2 Bears beat No.
5 Illinois 82-69 in the Jimmy V Classic at Bankers Life Field House in Indianapolis, Ind. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">• The Bears are carrying a four-game home win streak and a 12-1 mark at home this season averaging 86.5 points per game and outscoring teams by
an average of 24.6 points per game<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">• Baylor will look to even the season-series with the Wildcats after an 81-70 setback against U of A last month in Tucson, despite a 20-6 run by
the Bears in the second half to get a 27-point deficit to single-digits<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">• The last meeting in Waco came on Dec. 7, 2019 when No. 18 BU beat No. 12 Arizona 63-58, holding the Wildcats to 27% shooting, which was the lowest
in the Sean Miller Era at the time<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">• Baylor is 35-22 against ranked teams over the last four seasons, including a 17-4 mark at home<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">• Last time out, BU outlasted a feisty West Virginia squad 74-71 in overtime, despite not making a field goal in the extra session<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">• All nine of Baylor's points in OT came from the foul line, while junior
<b>Langston Love</b> capitalized on his 12 trips to the charity stripe in the game, netting all 12 attempts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">• Saturday marked the eighth time in program history a player had gone 12-for-12 or better from the line and the first time since
<b>Taurean Prince</b> made all 12 of his foul shots at Kansas on Jan. 2, 2016 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">• With its eighth Big 12 win on Saturday, BU has 8+ Big 12 wins for a 14th-straight season after winning 8+ just 3 times in the league's first 15
years<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">• BU is 170-104 in Big 12 play in 15 seasons since 2010 after going 59-149 in the league's first 13 seasons<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">• Baylor has 72 conference wins over the last six seasons, second only to Kansas' 74, the next closest team in that span is Texas Tech with 57<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">• The Bears have lost 28 games and counting due to injuries this season:
<b>Langston Love</b> (14), <b>Jeremy Roach</b> (6), <b>Jalen Celestine</b> (4) <b>
VJ Edgecombe</b> (2) and <b>Josh Ojianwuna</b> (2) (Out for the season)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">• Of the 1,025 minutes of game time this season, Baylor has had it's full complement of rotation players for just 189:56 (18.5%) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">• In the absence of
<b>Ojianwuna</b>, Baylor's <b>Norchad Omier</b> has been forced to play extended minutes, but has led the team in scoring in each of the last four games<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">• The fifth-year senior continues to climb the record books, recording 81 career double-doubles, which is the eighth-most all-time<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">• His 1,571 career rebounds are 17th-most in NCAA history and he is 31 rebounds away from tying Elvin Hayes for 15th all-time <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">•
<b>Omier's</b> 13 double-doubles are the ninth-most in a season by a Baylor Bear and the most since
<b>Jo Lual-Acuil </b>had 13 in 2017-18<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">• The dynamic freshman duo of<b> VJ Edgecombe</b> and
<b>Rob Wright </b>have stepped their games up as of late averaging 16.0 and 14.0 points per game, respectively, in Baylor's last five games<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">•
<b>Wright</b> is now just five assists away from tying the freshman assist record held by
<b>John Lucas III (120)</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Department of Athletics | Baylor University<br>
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