MBB Box: No. 10 Baylor 107, Miss. Valley 48

[Roberts, Matt]

No. 10/10 Baylor 107, Mississippi Valley 48
Waco, Texas (The Ferrell Center)
Dec. 22, 2023

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


  *   Baylor improves to 10-3 on the year, Mississippi Valley falls to 0-12.
  *   Baylor started the game on a 20-0 run its longest run since a 24-0 spurt against MVSU in the season opener last year.
  *   BU set a new program record for field-goal percentage in a game (.672)
  *   The Bears 59-point win tied for the fifth-largest in program history and was its largest since a 64-point win against Mississippi Valley last season.
  *   19 three-pointers are the second-most in program history and the most BU has ever made in a game at the Ferrell Center. The program record is 20 three-pointers set 2/14/1995 at TCU.
  *   Baylor’s 27 assists are its most since it had 30 against McNeese on Nov. 23, 2022.
  *   48 points are Baylor’s second-fewest allowed this season.
  *   The Bears improve to 46-1 under Scott Drew when holding an opponent under 50 points.
  *   BU wins its final game at the Ferrell Center to go 7-0 in the building this year.
  *   Baylor finishes 401-169 in 35 years at the Ferrell Center.
  *   The Bears improve to 5-0 all time against Mississippi Valley State.
  *   Baylor is 61-6 in home games over the last five seasons.
  *   BU is 88-15 against unranked teams over the last four seasons.
  *   The Bears are 87-4 in the last 91 non-conference home games.
  *   Baylor improved to 127-102 under Drew when coming off a loss.
  *   BU deployed the starting lineup of RayJ Dennis, Jayden Nunn, Ja’Kobe Walter, Jalen Bridges and Josh Ojianwuna for the first time this season.
  *   Walter scored a game-high 26 points, his second-highest total of the season and his most since the season-opener against Auburn (28).
  *   Walter notched a season-high five assists.
  *   Walter recorded a season-high five three-pointers, on a season-high nine attempts.
  *   Nunn recorded his third game of 15-plus points this season, The Bears are 5-0 when Nunn scores in double figures.
  *   Dennis had a team-high 7 assists, leading the team for an 11th time this season. BU is 7-1 when RayJ has 5+ assists this season.
  *   Ojianwuna made his career-first start
  *   Langston Love shot a career-high 85.7% (6-7) from the field.
  *   Love scored in double figures for the seventh time this season (15). It was his eighth time this season to lead the Bears in Bench points.
  *   Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua scored a season-high 10 points, his most since scoring 11 last season at Kansas State.
  *   It was Tchamwa Tchatchoua’s 20th game at Baylor in double figures.
  *   With 46-second left, Miro Little scored the final points to set a new Baylor Ferrel;l Center record for three-pointers in a game, and net the final points at the Ferrell Center, finishing with a career-high nine points.


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