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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">19/18 ARIZONA 74, BAYLOR 67</span></b><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Feb. 17, 2025</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Box Score Attached. <a href="https://baylor.app.box.com/s/pixj7k5dq7uo84maocw4vv2vhlhzh1c8" title="Original URL:
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor is 16-10 on the season and 8-7 in conference play. Arizona is 18-8 and 12-3 in Big 12 play</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This is the first time the Bears have been swept in a Big 12 regular-season series since 2022-23 (Iowa State & Kansas State)
</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Bears are now 5-7 all-time against the Wildcats and 2-2 in the
<b>Scott Drew</b> Era</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">BU is now 12-5 in games that tip after 9 p.m. CT since 2011-12</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor’s four-game home win streak is snapped. The Bears are now 12-2 at Foster Pavilion this season</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor is 81-10 at Home over the last six seasons</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">BU is 72-28 in Big 12 Play over the last six years, its 72 wins are second to only Kansas (73)</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">The Bears are now 17-5 against Top-25 teams at home since 2019-20</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Nine of Baylor’s 10 losses this season have come against teams that have been ranked in the Top-10
</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">BU scored more bench points than its opponent for just the second time in the last eight games</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">The Bears are now 10-2 this season and 2-1 in conference play when outscoring the opposing bench</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">The Bears used the starting lineup of<b> Robert Wright</b>,<b> VJ Edgecombe, Langston Love, Jalen Celestine and Norchad Omier </b>for
the second time. That combination is now 1-1</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b>Edgecombe</b> had a game-high 24 points his team-leading fifth 20-point game this season. The Bears are 2-3 when he goes for 20+<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Monday is the fifth time
<b>Edgecombe</b> has led the Bears in scoring, with BU going 3-2 in those games<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b>Edgecombe</b> tied a career high with 11 free throw makes and set a new career high with 14 attempts
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b>Omier </b>scored 15 points and grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds for his 14<sup>th</sup> double-double of the season<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b>Omier </b>is the first player since<b> Johnathan Motley
</b>in 2016-17 to<b> </b>have 14 double-doubles in a season<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b>Omier </b>is now tied with
<b>Motley, Cory Jefferson and William Chatmon </b>for the sixth most double-doubles in a season in program history<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b>Omier </b>now has 82 career double-doubles, one away from moving into a tie for sixth in NCAA history with
<b>Derrick Coleman</b> and <b>Lionel Simmons</b>, who each have 83<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b>Omier </b>now has 1,584 career rebounds, eight away from catching
<b>Marvin Barnes</b> for 16<sup>th</sup> all-time and 18 away from <b>Elvin Hayes</b> for 15<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b>Wright </b>dished out four assists and now has 119 on the season, moving him to within one of the freshman assist record, held by
<b>John Lucas III</b> (120) <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b>Jayden Nunn </b>
led the team in bench points for the second time in his Baylor career with 10 points<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;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>
C: 254-227-2280</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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