No. 11 Baylor MBB Returns Home to Host Texas Tech

Fri Feb 3 13:59:18 CST 2023

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11/11 BAYLOR BEARS (16-6, 5-4 Big 12)
Location: Waco, Texas
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Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler, 1993)
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TEXAS TECH (12-10, 1-8) vs. 11/11 BAYLOR (16-6, 5-4)
Feb. 4, 2023 • 12:00 p.m. CT
Waco, Texas • The Ferrell Center (10,284)

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TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS (12-10, 1-8 Big 12)
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Conference/Affiliation: Big 12
Head Coach: Mark Adams (Texas Tech, 1979)
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STORY LINES

• No. 11 Baylor returns home for a nationally televised tussle with Texas Tech on CBS.

• BU is aiming to sweep the season series from the Red Raiders for the eighth time in the Scott Drew era.

• Saturday marks BU's first regular-season game on CBS since 2021 and its first home game on CBS since Feb. 10, 2018.

• This is the 146th series meeting between the two, with Baylor holding a 24-15 edge in the Drew era.

• The Bears have won nine of the last 11 meetings in Waco (39-28 overall).

• In the last meeting, BU led by as many as 16 in the second half, before holding off a hard-charge from the Red Raiders to win 81-74, for a third-straight conference win.

• Last time out, Baylor had its six-game winning streak snapped at Texas (76-71), just its second loss in its last 14 games against AP top-10 teams.

• BU is 78-22 against in-state opponents since the start of the 2011-12 season, and the Bears have advanced deeper into postseason play than any of Texas' 23 Division I teams in five of the last nine seasons.

• In its last home game, BU beat Arkansas 67-64 in the final SEC/Big 12 Challenge game in front of the second-largest crowd in program history.

• The Bears defeated eight different teams in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge and won all five meetings at the Ferrell Center.

• The Bears are 25-9 vs. AP top-25 teams over the last four years, with 15 of those wins coming away from home.

• Baylor's seven quad-one wins are tied for the second-most in the nation.

• Baylor's starting guard trio of George, Adam Flagler and LJ Cryer ranks as the sixth-highest scoring back court trio in college basketball (47.2 ppg, second-best in the power six — NC State).

• Keyonte George's 17.2 points per game rank third among freshman in Division I.

• George Has nine 20-point games this season are tied for the most by a BU freshman since Aaron Bruce had nine in 2004-2005.

• At 24-7, BU has the best Big 12 road record over the last four seasons, and is one of just three teams with a .500+ road record in the conference during that span.

• The Bears had a season-high 30 second-chance points against the Sooners (1/21), the most since they had 32 against Washington State on 12/23/2010.

• Baylor's 47-12 Big 12 record over the last four seasons is the best of any Power-5 team.

• BU is 161-93 in Big 12 play in 13 seasons since 2010 after going 59-149 in the league's first 13 seasons.

• After a one-week absence from the AP Top 25 in January, the Bears are back in the top 25 and have now been ranked in 68 of the last 69 AP Polls.

• All six of BU's losses have come against teams currently ranked in the top 15 of the AP poll, and in the top 19 of the latest NCAA Net rankings.

• The Bears are the fourth-best offense in the nation (best in the conference) according to Ken Pom (120.0 Adj. Efficiency rating), averaging 78.5 points per game.

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