No. 7 MBB to Hosts Iowa State on Senior Day

[Roberts, Matt]

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IOWA STATE (17-12, 8-9) vs. 7/8 BAYLOR (21-8, 10-6)
Feb. 27, 2023 • 11:00 a.m. CT
Waco, Texas • The Ferrell Center (10,284)

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IOWA STATE CYCLONES (17-12, 8-9 Big 12)
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STORY LINES

• No. 7 Baylor hosts Iowa State on Senior Day at the Ferrell Center on ESPN2 at 11:00 a.m.

• Saturday will mark the final conference game in the Ferrell Center as BU will move to the new Foster Pavilion for conference play in 2023-24.

• BU has played in the Ferrell Center since 1988, and holds a 393-168 record all-time.

• The Bears will honors six players on Senior Day: Dale Bonner, Adam Flagler, Zach Loveday, Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua, Flo Thamba and Jordan Turner.

• Five of the six players have remaining eligibility and could return next season. Thamba is the only player who is not eligibile to return (went through Senior Day last year).

• This is the second-straight season the Bears are hosting the Cyclones on Senior Day. BU has won three-straight games on Senior Day and five of the last six.

• Saturday is the 46th all-time series meeting – with Baylor holding a 24-21 series advantage.

• BU has won nine-straight and is 17-2 all time against the Cyclones in Waco.

• This is the second-straight season that Iowa State and Baylor have met to open and then close the conference slate for each team.

• In the last meeting, playing without L.J. Cryer, ISU snapped Baylor's four-game winning streak in Ames, the longest road winning streak by either team in the series.

• In the last meeting in Waco, Baylor clinched its second-consecutive Big 12 title with a 75-68 win over the Cyclones.

• The last time out, Baylor held off a hard-charging Oklahoma State team for a 74-68 win, BU's 11th quad-one win (2nd-most in the nation behind Kansas).

• Baylor never trailed at any point in either game against Oklahoma State this season, it led for 78:53 out of a possible 80 minutes.

• In a 75-65 loss to Kansas State, Tchamwa Tchatchoua recorded his first double-double in 392 days with 11 points and 12 rebounds.

• Keyonte George had a game-high 23 points against the Cats, setting a new program record for the most 20-point games by a freshman (12).

• George's 16.3 points per game rank fifth among freshman in Division I.

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

• Baylor has double-digit Big 12 wins in 8 of the last 9 years. Only Kansas has more double-digit conference seasons in that span. BU didn't reach double-digit Big 12 wins in any of its first 13 years in the league.

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

• 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.

• Baylor's 54-14 Big 12 record over the last four seasons is the best of any Power-5 team.


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