MBB Box: No. 13/12 Baylor 95, Florida 91

[Roberts, Matt]

No. 13/12 Baylor 95, Florida 91
New York, N.Y. (Barclays Center)
Nov. 24, 2023

Box Score Attached. Media Materials folder<https://baylor.app.box.com/s/pixj7k5dq7uo84maocw4vv2vhlhzh1c8>
Postgame press conference recording: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/g2ewigwmvlm6bx8xzf2ba/h?rlkey=teolifhsj9gy9gckepdw7eq73&dl=0

  *   Baylor has won five of its last six regular-season tournaments (8 Under Scott Drew)
  *   Baylor is 42-13 in regular-season tournaments during the Drew era
  *   Baylor has won 15 of its last 16 regular-season neutral-site contests
  *   Baylor holds a 3-1 series advantage over Florida in four all-time meetings.
  *   BU allowed 90 points and won a game in regulation for the first time in the Scott Drew Era
  *   The Bears are 20-11 against SEC opponents during the Drew era, including 15-7 since 2012-13, and six of the last seven game.
  *   BU is 110-24 over the last five seasons, the nation’s best winning percentage among power-conference teams in that span
  *   BU improves to 7-0 to start a season for the third time in the last four seasons
  *   Baylor is 84-13 vs. unranked teams over the last four seasons (.860%).
  *   Baylor has built leads of 10+ points in 56 of 79 games since the start of the 2021 NCAA Tournament (53-3 record).
  *   BU has won 83-straight when shooting a higher percentage than its opponent (last loss March 2, 2019 at K-State).
  *   Baylor has taken a lead in 160-consecutive games (last wire-to-wire loss Dec. 1, 2018 at Wichita State).
  *   BU deployed a starting lineup of RayJ Dennis, Jayden Nunn, Ja’Kobe Walter, Jalen Bridges and Yves Missi for a fourth time this season and improved to 4-0 when starting those five players.
  *   RayJ Dennis was named the tournament’s most valuable player averaging 16 points, 7.5 assists and two 2 steals in the two games.
  *   Dennis set a new season-high with 24 points, his most since he had 25 for Toledo against Kent State in the MAC Championship game last season (3/11/23).
  *   Dennis tied a career high with 10 made field goals.
  *   Bridges scored a season-high 23 points.
  *   Friday marked the second time in three games that BU had multiple 20-point scorers.
  *   Bridges made 5+ 3-pointers for the third time in his career and the second time in the last nine games.
  *   Bridges set a career-high with 5 assists.
  *   Langston Love set a new career high with three three-pointers.
  *   Ja’Kobe Walter scored in double-figures for s team-leading fifth time this season.
  *   Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua pulled down a season-high 4 rebounds


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