MBB Box: No. 10/11 Baylor 80, No. 5/5 Kansas 70 (Waco)

[Kaye, David]

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  *   Baylor improved to 10-1 against top-10 ranked teams over the last 2 seasons, with wins against Nos. 5, 9, 6, 6, 10, 6, 1, 6, 8 and 5, respectively.
  *   Baylor improved to 4-1 against top-5 ranked teams over the last 3 seasons after going 7-45 in the program’s history prior to 2020.
  *   Baylor improved to 21-6 against ranked opponents over the last 3 seasons, including a 9-2 home record.
  *   Baylor trailed 28-15 with 5:30 left in the first half, then closed the half on a 16-4 run.
  *   Baylor didn’t trail at any point in the last 11 minutes after Kansas led for 25:26 of the first 29 minutes.
  *   Baylor is 9-4 in home games against top-10 teams over the last 6 seasons – the Bears were 6-26 at home against top-10 teams prior to that.
  *   Baylor has won its last 3 top-10 matchups at the Ferrell Center and is 4-4 all-time in top-10 matchup home games.
  *   Baylor is 4-5 in its last 9 games against Kansas after going 4-30 in the prior series meetings.
  *   Baylor split the season series with Kansas for a 3rd-straight season and 4th time in the last 5 years.
  *   Baylor is 25-2 in home games over the last 2 seasons and 39-3 at home over the last 3 seasons.
  *   Baylor won points in the paint 40-32, improving to 18-0 this season when winning points in the paint.
  *   Baylor is now 78-6 over the last 3 seasons when taking a holding a 2nd-half lead.
  *   Baylor played without five injured players – LJ Cryer, Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua, Langston Love, Mitchell Paul and Kijana Love.
  *   Baylor’s 40-8 Big 12 record over the last 3 seasons is the nation’s best league record among Power-5 teams.
  *   Baylor’s streak of 37-straight games forcing 10+ turnovers was snapped. The Bears forced a season-low 5 turnovers and have now forced 12+ turnovers in 26 of 29 games this season.
  *   Baylor is 52-7 over the last 2 seasons, the nation’s best record by a Power-5 team.
  *   Baylor is 78-11 over the last 3 seasons, the nation’s best record by a Power-5 team.
  *   Flo Thamba had a career-high 18 points. It was his 5th double-figure scoring game of the season (7th of career) and his 3rd in the last 5 games.
  *   Thamba also set career-highs for field goals made (tied; 8) and field goals attempted (13).
  *   Jeremy Sochan had a career-high-tying 17 points and scored in double-figures for the 10th time this season.
  *   Adam Flagler (13 points) scored in double-figures for a team-high 21st time this season, 35th time in his BU career and 67th time in his collegiate career.
  *   James Akinjo (12 points) scored in double-figures for the 18th time this season and 67th time in his collegiate career.
  *   Matthew Mayer had a career-high 12 rebounds – his previous high was 9 vs. Hartford on March 9, 2021 – and missed his career-first double-double by 1 point.
  *   Kendall Brown scored all 9 of his points in the 2nd half (4-of-5 FGs) and has 2 blocks in the 2nd half.



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David Kaye | Assistant AD for Communications
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 254-709-5147

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