No. 10 MBB Readies for Showdown with No. 21 Duke

Tue Dec 19 14:02:55 CST 2023

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10/10 BAYLOR BEARS (9-1, 0-0 Big 12)
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Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler, 1993)
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10/10 BAYLOR (9-1, 0-0 Big 12) vs. 21/19 DUKE (7-3, 0-1 ACC)
Dec. 20, 2023 • 6:00 p.m. CT
New York, N.Y. • Madison Square Garden (19,736)

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21/19 DUKE BLUE DEVILS (7-3, 0-1 ACC)
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Head Coach: Jon Scheyer (Duke, 2010)
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Story lines

• No. 10/10 Baylor faces No. 21/19 Duke in the Garden Classic at famed Madison Square Garden.

• Baylor will be making its sixth appearance at Madison Square Garden and its first since 2017 (3-2).

• The Bears won the '13 NIT Championship, and finished runners up in the '09 NIT at the iconic New York venue.

• The only previous meeting between these two teams came in the 2010 Elite Eight in Houston.

• Holding a two-point lead with under five minutes to play, the Blue Devils closed on a 15-3 run, to beat BU en route to the 2010 national championship.

• Reaching the top-10 again this season, BU and Duke are two of the four programs to reach the AP top-10 in each of the last five seasons. (Kansas & Gonzaga).

• BU and Duke are the only two programs to have three-straight top-20 NBA Draft picks, while BU is the only program to have three-straight top-16 selections.

• The matchup is one of eight on BU's schedule against an opponent that has played in the Final Four since 2019. Over one quarter of Baylor's regular-season games will be played against a Final Four team from the last six seasons.

• The Bears are a nations-best 27-11 vs. AP top-25 teams over the last four years, with 16 of those wins coming away from home.

• The Bears are 13-3 in the last 16 games against AP Top-10 teams, beating Nos. 5, 9, 6, 6, 10, 6, 1, 6, 8, 5, 8, 9 and 8.

• Entering on just three-days rest, Baylor is second in the nation with a 26-3 record when faced with a rest disadvantage since 2020-21.

• The Bears are 2nd in the nation in 3-point FG% (42.1), 4th in offensive efficiency (121.5) and rank eighth in points per game (88.4).

• The Bears are 126-101 following a loss under Scott Drew, and have won six of their last eight games (3-straight) when losing by 20+ points in the previous game.

• Last season BU lost at Marquette by 26-points, then beat No. 14 Gonzaga three days later 64-63, in Sioux Falls, S.D.

• BU is 2-1 in NBA venus so far this season (2-0 at Barclays Center, 0-1 at Little Caesars Arena).

• BU enters this contest winners of 15 of its last 17 regular-season neutral-site contests (3-1 this year).

• Baylor has posted a combined 195-38 record in November and December games during the Drew era, including a 121-16 mark in November and December games since 2013.

• The Bears opened the season 9-0 or better for the third time in the last four years.

• Last time out, BU dropped its first game of the season against Michigan State where the Bears never led, snapping a streak of 164 games where Baylor held a lead.

• Baylor improved to 14-3 against the Big East in the Scott Drew Era, including a 3-1 mark in the Big East-Big 12 Battle.

• RayJ Dennis ranks 11th in the nation in assists per game (6.6), with the Bears getting 14.3 points per game from Ja'Kobe Walter to lead the offense.

• Six Bears are averaging at least 10 points per game, including Dennis (14.3), Langston Love (10.8), Jayden Nunn (10.6), Jalen Bridges (10.5) and Yves Missi (10.1). Missi leads the team with 6.2 rebounds per game.

Matt Roberts | Associate Director of Athletic Communications (MBB/MGOLF/ WGOLF)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
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