MBB Box Score: No. 9 Baylor 79, West Virginia 67

[Roberts, Matt]

9/9 Baylor 79, West Virginia 67

Waco, Texas (Ferrell Center)

Feb. 13, 2023



  *   Baylor is Now 20-6 (9-4) on the season.
  *   BU is 16-8 against WVU in the Scott Drew Era.
  *   Baylor is 7-3 all time (four-straight) against WVU in Waco.
  *   BU is the only team in the Big 12 to have multiple 4+ game win streaks in conference play.
  *   The Bears are 52-12 in Big 12 play over the last four seasons.
  *   BU has now won 20 games for a 14th time in the last 16 seasons. They won 20+ games just three times prior to Scott Drew’s arrival.
  *   BU shot a season high .519 from three-point range.
  *   The Bears have won 75-straight games when shooting a higher percentage than its opponent.
  *   Baylor has won its 42nd-straight game when shooting over 50%.
  *   LJ Cryer became the ninth BU player to make 8+ threes in a game and the first since MaCio Teague had a school-record 10 against Texas Tech (3/7/21)
  *   Nine made field threes are a career high for Cryer.
  *   With 26 points on Monday, Cryer has six 20-point games this season, and the Bears are 6-0 in those games (11-0 in his career).
  *   Keyonte George pulled down a career-high nine rebounds, and tied a career high with seven assists.
  *   The Bears improved to 5-0 this season when George leads the team in assists.
  *   Jalen Bridges scored 12 points, his 10th double-figure scoring effort in his last 12 games.
  *   Adam Flagler scored 13 points in the win his 22nd double-figure game of the season.
  *   Flo Thamba moved past A.J. Walton and Rico Gathers for the most games played in program history (142).
  *   Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua scored 11 points, his first double-figure scoring game since he had 21 last year at Kansas State (2/9/22).
  *   Tchamwa Tchatchoua has led the bears in Bench points in two of his four games since his return (BU is 2-0 in those games).


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