MBB Box: No. 6/6 Baylor 78, Seton Hall 60

[Roberts, Matt]

No. 6/6 Baylor 78, Seton Hall 60
Waco, Texas (Ferrell Center)
Dec. 5, 2023

Box Score Attached. Media Materials folder<https://baylor.app.box.com/s/pixj7k5dq7uo84maocw4vv2vhlhzh1c8>

  *   With the win, Baylor improves to 9-0 on the year at Seton Hall drops to 6-3.
  *   This is Baylor’s third start to a season of at least nine straight wins in the last four years, including 2020-21 and 2021-22.
  *   Nine straight wins ties the Bears with Princeton for the nation’s longest active win streak.
  *   The Bears won the first meeting in the series.
  *   Baylor is 14-3 vs. the Big East under Coach Scott Drew.
  *   The Bears are 3-0 all-time in the Big East-Big 12 Battle at home and 3-1 overall in the league vs. league competition.
  *   In conference challenges, Baylor is 14-4 (Big 12-Big East, Big 12-SEC, Big 12-Pac-12), the best in the league.
  *   Drew is in his 21st season at Baylor, with a school-record 429 career victories. Since having a full allotment of scholarships, Drew has a 394-164 record (since 2007-07).
  *   Drew is 449-244 in his 22nd year as a head coach.
  *   Seton Hall played on five days rest in the game, while Baylor was on two days rest. Since 2020-21, Baylor is second in the nation with a 26-3 record when faced with a rest disadvantage.
  *   This marked Baylor’s 400th all-time win at the Ferrell Center (400-169).
  *   Baylor is 58-6 in home games over the last five seasons.
  *   Baylor is 112-24 over the last five seasons, the nation’s best winning percentage among power-five conference teams in that span.
  *   Baylor is 87-13 vs. unranked teams over the last five seasons (.870%).
  *   Baylor has taken a lead in 164 consecutive games (last wire-to-wire loss was on Dec. 2, 2018 at Kansas State).
  *   BU deployed a starting lineup of RayJ Dennis, Jayden Nunn, Ja’Kobe Walter, Jalen Bridges and Yves Missi for a seventh time this season and improved to 7-0 when starting that lineup.
  *   Baylor has built leads of 10+ points in 59 of 82 games since the start of the 2021 NCAA Tournament (56-3 record).
  *   Baylor is 88-10 when leading at halftime and 109-13 when owning a second half lead over the last four seasons.
  *   Dennis had a team-high 17 points, with seven assists and five rebounds in 36 minutes.
  *   Dennis has scored in double figures in seven of his nine Baylor games – and four straight – and in 56 of his last 58 games.
  *   Dennis made a career-high tying four 3-pointers.
  *   Dennis has had five or more assists in seven of his nine games at Baylor.
  *   Walter finished with 15 points, adding five rebounds and three assists in 29 minutes.
  *   Walter has scored in double figures in seven of nine collegiate games.
  *   Missi chipped in 13 points and a club-high eight rebounds in a career-high 26 minutes.
  *   Missi has scored in double figures in six of nine games.
  *   Six field goals made for Missi was a season best.
  *   Langston Love had 11 points in 28 minutes off the bench.
  *   Love scored in double figures for the sixth time on the year and the 16th time in his career.
  *   Baylor shot 51% in the win and has won 50-straight games when shooting higher than 50%.
  *   BU has won 86-straight when shooting a higher percentage than its opponent (last loss March 2, 2019 at K-State).


Matt Roberts | Associate Director of Athletic Communications (MBB/MGOLF/ WGOLF)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 254-227-2280
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