MBB Box: No. 18/18 Baylor 70, No. 12/11 Iowa State 68

[Roberts, Matt]

No. 18/18 Baylor 70, No. 12/11 Iowa State 68
Waco, Texas (Foster Pavilion) Feb. 3, 2024

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  *   No. 18/18 Baylor is 16-5, 5-3 in Big 12 Conference play. ISU is 16-5, 5-3 in the Big 12.
  *   The Bears are 25-23 all-time vs. Iowa State and 18-3 vs. the Cyclones in Waco.
  *   The Bears have won nine of their last 10 games in Waco.
  *   BU is 6-1 against Iowa State when both teams are ranked in either poll.
  *   Baylor is 29-12 vs. ranked teams over the last five seasons with 13 of those wins coming at home.
  *   BU improves to 4-3 on the season in games decided by five points or less.
  *   The Bears are 2-0 against top-25 opponents in Big 12 play.
  *   Baylor is 402-169 since 2007-08, the first year Drew had a full allotment of scholarships.

  *   Drew is 456-249 in his 22nd season as a head coach and owns a 436-238 record at Baylor. In league play, Drew is 181-164 at BU and is 193-166 in his career.
  *   The Bears are 120-29 over the last five seasons, the nation’s second-best winning percentage among power-6 teams in that stretch.
  *   Baylor will return to action on Tuesday, when it hosts No. 15 Texas Tech at 8 p.m. on ESPN.
  *   BU deployed the starting lineup of RayJ Dennis, Jayden Nunn, Ja’Kobe Walter, Jalen Bridges and Yves Missi for the 18th time this season. The Bears are 13-5 when utilizing that lineup.
  *   Dennis poured in a team-high 18 points, his 16th double-figure scoring game of the season and the sixth time he led the team in scoring this year.
  *   The senior played in his 150th consecutive game tonight, and ranks in the top-15 among active players in the country in career games played
  *   Nunn is the first player since Jo Lual-Acuil in Feb. 2018 to make a game-winning shot in the final 10 seconds of a game.
  *   Nunn set his new Big 12 career high with 16 points. It was his eighth double-figure scoring game of the season, and the Bears improve to 7-1 when he notches double figures.
  *   Bridges scored 14 points, his second-straight game in double figures, while hitting a three-pointer for the fifth-straight game.
  *   Bridges tied a career high with three steals.


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