MBB Box: No. 1 Baylor 85, No. 16 Norfolk State 49 (Fort Worth)

[Kaye, David]

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  *   Baylor is now 21-14 in 14 all-time NCAA Tournaments, including an 18-8 record under head coach Scott Drew.
  *   Drew’s 18-8 career NCAA Tournament record is 7th-best nationally among active coaches.
  *   The 49 points Baylor allowed tied the fewest scored against BU in a modern-era NCAA Tournament game (49 vs. Saint Mary’s in 2010 Sweet 16).
  *   Baylor has won 16-straight neutral-site games against non-conference opponents (last loss Nov. 8, 2019).
  *   Baylor is now 39-3 against unranked teams over the last 2 seasons.
  *   Baylor is now 81-7 over the last 3 seasons when holding any 2nd-half lead.
  *   Baylor is 55-8 over the last 2 seasons, the nation’s best record by a Power-5 team.
  *   Baylor is 81-12 over the last 3 seasons, the nation’s best record by a Power-5 team.
  *   Baylor played without three injured scholarship players – LJ Cryer, Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua, Langston Love.
  *   Flo Thamba and Matthew Mayer set a new Baylor record by playing in their 9th career NCAA Tournament games.
  *   Mayer set a new career high with 22 points. He scored in double-figures for the 16th time this season and 37th time in his career.
  *   Thamba (14 points) scored in double-figures for the 6th time in the last 9 games. Prior to that stretch he scored in double-figures in 4 of 106 career games.
  *   Jeremy Sochan (15 points) scored in double-figures for the 13th time this season.
  *   James Akinjo (10 points, 10 assists) scored in double-figures for the 22nd time this season and 71st time in his collegiate career and had his 3rd double-figure assists game of the season (4th career).
  *   Akinjo’s double-double was the 4th points-assists double-double by a Baylor player in NCAA Tournament history (Pierre Jackson-twice, Davion Mitchell).
  *   Akinjo’s 10 assists tied the 2nd0most in program history in an NCAA Tournament game.
  *   Adam Flagler scored in double-figures for a team-high 24th time this season, 38th time in his Baylor career and 70th time in his collegiate career. He has scored 10+ points in 21 of his last 23 games played.



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David Kaye | Assistant AD for Communications
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
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