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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">BAYLOR BEARS (16-11, 8-8 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/2025/2/24/BU_MBB_Game_Notes_28_CINCINNATI_24-25.pdf"><span style="color:blue">Game
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">BAYLOR</span></b><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> (16-11, 8-8 Big 12) vs.<b> CINCINNATI </b>(16-11, 6-10 Big 12)<br>
<b>Feb. 25, 2025 • 6:00 p.m. CT</b><br>
<b>Cincinnati, Ohio • Fifth Third Arena </b>(12,012) <br>
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<b>WATCH:</b> ESPN+<br>
<b><i>Talent:</i></b><i> Matt Schumacker (pxp), King McClure (analyst)</i><br>
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<b><i>Talent:</i></b> John Morris<i> (PBP), Pat Nunley (Analyst)</i><br>
<b>NATIONAL RADIO</b>: Westwood One<br>
<b><i>Talent:</i></b> Kevin Kugler (pxp), Steve Lappas (analyst)<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">CINCINNATI BEARCATS (16-11, 6-10 Big 12)</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><br>
<b>Location:</b> Cincinnati, Ohio<br>
<b>Conference/Affiliation: </b>Big 12<br>
<b>Head Coach: </b>Wes Mille<b>r</b> (UNC, 2007)<br>
<a href="https://gobearcats.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster"><span style="color:blue">Roster</span></a> | <a href="https://gobearcats.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster"><span style="color:blue">Stats</span></a> | <a href="file:///documents/2025/2/24/2024-25_Game_Notes_vs._Baylor.pdf"><span style="color:blue">Game
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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 wraps its two-game road swing in a Tuesday-night tilt with Cincinnati at 6 p.m. on ESPN2<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">• Tuesday is Baylor's first trip to the Queen City since December of 1946<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 aim to remain perfect against the Bearcats, owing a 4-0 mark 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">• After not meeting for 78 years, the Bears and Bearcats are meeting for the fourth-time in the two 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">• In the last meeting, Baylor held UC to just 48 points, the fewest vs. a Big 12 foe since 2020 vs. Texas, when BU held the Horns to 45 on Feb.
10, 2020<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 dropped its last contest at Colorado on Saturday despite out-rebounding the Buffs 37-34, its first conference loss this season (7-1) when
beating a Big 12 opponent on the boards<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's
<b>Norchad Omier </b>recorded his 15th double-double of the season the most by a Baylor player since Rico Gathers had 17 in 2014-15. <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> 15 double-doubles this season are tied with Tommy Bowman for the fifth most in a season in program history<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 1,595 career rebounds,
<b>Omier</b> is seven rebounds from tying <b>Elvin Hayes</b> for 15th all-time and 11 from tying
<b>Bill Russell </b>for 14th 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> VJ Edgecombe
</b>is showing why he continues to climb draft boards, averaging a team-leading 18.1 points per game over his last 10 games, shooting 49% from the field and 86% from the line<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">• Edgecombe</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> ranks eighth in the Big 12, averaging 16.7 points per game in conference play and with
14.7 points per game, he is on pace to tie for the fifth-best scoring average by a freshman in BU history<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">• Against Colorado,
<b>Robert Wright</b> set the Baylor single-season freshman assist record (122), after setting the single-game record of 13 against Norfolk State earlier this 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">• Shooting .752 from the line, The Bears are on pace for their best year at the charity stripe since 1967-68 (.765)<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 8+ Big 12 wins for a 14th-straight season after winning 8+game 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">• Baylor has 72 conference wins over the last six seasons, second only to Kansas' 75, the next closest team in that span is Texas Tech with 58<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 170-106 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">• The Bears have lost 30 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> (4) (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 1,105 minutes of game time this season, Baylor has had it's full complement of rotation players for just 189:56 (17.2%) <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">• Averaging 14.6 and 12.1 points per game for the season,
<b>Edgecombe</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></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">• Nine of Baylor's 11 losses have come against teams that have been ranked in the top-10 at some point this season, while Gonzaga, Tennessee, UConn,
Iowa State and Houston have been ranked in the top 4. Nine of their 11 losses are Quad-1 losses <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 32-20 in Big 12 Road games since 2019-20, The best mark in the league in that span<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">• According to KenPom, BU enters the week with the sixth-toughest schedule in the country and the toughest in the Big 12<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Department of Athletics | Baylor University<br>
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