No. 9 Baylor MBB Heads for Top-10 Showdown at No. 5 Kansas

Fri Feb 17 11:36:05 CST 2023

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9/9 BAYLOR BEARS (20-6, 9-4 Big 12)
Location: Waco, Texas
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Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler, 1993)
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5/7 Kansas (21-5, 9-4) vs. 9/9 BAYLOR (20-6, 9-4)
Feb. 18, 2023 • 3:00 p.m. CT
Lawrence, Kan. • Allen Fieldhouse (16,300)

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5/7 KANSAS JAYHAWKS (21-5, 9-4 Big 12)
Location: Lawrence, Kan.
Conference/Affiliation: Big 12
Head Coach: Bill Self (Ok. State — 1985)
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STORY LINES

• No. 9/9 Baylor travels to Lawrence on Saturday to face No. 5/7 Kansas on at 3 p.m. on ESPN.

• ESPN's College Gameday will broadcast live from Lawrence on Saturday morning.

• This will be the fourth time BU is featured on Gameday and the third time in the last four seasons.

• This matchup features each of the last two National Champions.

• After a 75-69 BU win in Waco last month, The Bears aim to win multiple games against the Jayhawks in the same season for the first time ever.

• Baylor is looking to become the first B12 team to sweep a season-series from Kansas since Texas in 2021.

• BU's five wins over Kansas since 2018 are the most in the conference (Texas — 4).

• Saturday is the 45th series meeting. BU is 5-5 in the last 10 meetings after starting 4-30 in the series.

• BU's nine quad-one wins are tied for the second-most in the nation (Kansas — 12).

• Baylor is 12-2 against top-10 ranked teams over the last 3 years, beating Nos. 5, 9, 6, 6, 10, 6, 1, 6, 8, 5, 8 an 9.

• In the last meeting, BU led for nearly 39 minutes to win its third-straight game against KU in Waco.

• LJ Cryer finished with a team-leading 22 points on 8-of-16 shooting with three assists and two boards in 37 minutes against the Jayhawks.

• Last time out, Cryer scored 26 points with eight three-pointers, two shy of the school record to top WVU 79-67.

• Drew has won 20+ games in 14 of the last 16 years — the Bears had 3 seasons of 20+ wins prior to his arrival.

• BU has won 8+ Big 12 games in 12-straight seasons after winning 8+ just 3 times in the league's first 15 years.

• BU has won 75-straight when shooting a higher percentage than its opponent (last loss March 2, 2019 at K-State).

• The Bears are a nations-best 26-9 vs. AP top-25 teams over the last four years, with 16 of those wins coming away from home.

• At 25-7, 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.

• Baylor's 52-12 Big 12 record over the last four seasons is the best of any Power-5 team.

• BU is 163-93 in Big 12 play in 13 seasons since 2010 after going 59-149 in the league's first 13 seasons.

• Against TCU, BU trailed by 10 with 8:44 to play, overcoming a 10-point deficit 2nd-half deficit on the road for the first time in over three years (1/18/20, at OSU).

• Adam Flagler scored 16-straight second-half points against the Frogs to lift BU to its fourth Big 12 road win of the season (T-most in the conference).

• Flagler leads the Big 12 (9th in the nation) in assist-turnover ratio (2.98).

• Keyonte George and Flagler were named to the Jerry West Top-10 and the Naismith Midseason team.

• The BU duo made the Bears one of two teams in the nation with multiple members on the Naismith Midseason Team.

• George has 10, 20-point games this season, the most by a BU freshman since Lawrence Roberts (11) in 2001-02.

• George's 16.5 points per game rank third among freshman in Division I.

• With a win over TCU, Flo Thamba surpassed Matthew Mayer for the most Big 12 wins in program history (54).

• Against WVU, Thamba played in his 142nd career game, the most in program history.

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