No. 12/13 Baylor MBB Hosts No. 25/21 Oklahoma in Final Regular-Season Meeting

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25/21 OKLAHOMA (18-6, 6-5 Big 12)
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Head Coach: Porter Moser (Creighton, 1990)
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25/21 OKLAHOMA (18-6, 6-5 Big 12) vs. 12/13 BAYLOR (17-6, 6-4 Big 12)
Feb. 13, 2024 • 8:00 p.m. CT
Waco, Texas • Foster Pavilion (7,500)

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12/13 BAYLOR BEARS (17-6, 6-4 Big 12)
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Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler, 1993)
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• No. 12/13 BU welcomes No. 25/21 Oklahoma to Foster Pavilion on Tuesday at 8pm on ESPN2.

• This is the first meeting since March 1, 2016 where both teams are ranked in the top-25.

• The Bears enter fourth in the nation in 3-point FG% (39.8), fourth in offensive efficiency (121.2) and second the Big 12 in points per game (82.7).

• Tuesday marks the final scheduled meeting between the Bears and the Sooners as conference foes.

• While Oklahoma leads the all-time series 46-24, The Bears have won each of the last 10 regular-season meetings, seven-straight at home and 12 of the last 14 meetings overall.

• Baylor is 19-11 since snapping a 30-game Sooner win streak in 2009.

• In the last meeting Langston Love, Adam Flagler and Keyonte George combined for 62 of Baylor's 82 points in an 82-72 Baylor win in Waco.

• When the teams met in Norman last season, the Bears had a season-high 30 second-chance points against the Sooners, the most since they had 32 against Washington State on 12/23/2010.

• Last time out, The Bears had a three-game winning streak snapped with a 64-61 loss at No. 4 Kansas.

• In the game Baylor's three-true freshmen Yves Missi, Ja'Kobe Walter and Miro Little combined for 41 of BU's 61 points.

• After averaging 19 points, 7.5 rebound and 1.5 blocks last week, Missi was named the Big 12 Newcomer of the week, BU's third weekly award winner this season (Walter & RayJ Dennis).

• In the last game at home, Baylor used a 13-0 run and a game-high 21 points from RayJ Dennis to down No. 23 Texas Tech for the Bears' third-straight win over the Red Raiders.

• All four of BU's losses in Big 12 play have come by a combined 12 points.

• Baylor is a nations-best 30-13 against ranked teams over the last five seasons.

• BU's 121-30 record since 2019-20 is the second best among Power Six teams in that span (Kansas).

• Baylor's 312 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (351).

• Baylor is 12-4 in its last 16 games against AP top-10 teams.

• BU's 60-22 Big 12 record over the last five seasons is the second best record of any power-conference team during that span (Kansas).

• The Bears have now been ranked in the top-10 for a fifth-straight year, one of just four programs (Duke, Gonzaga and Kansas) to accomplish that feat.

• Ranked in the AP Top-25 for 24-straight weeks, BU is riding the nation's eighth-longest active streak and the third-longest in the Big 12 (Houston 78, Kansas 57).

• Langston Love is averaging a team-leading 12.8 points per game in Big 12 play, most in the league among players with no starts.

• BU has had six players win Big 12 Sixth-Man of the Year, no other conference school has more than two.

• Dennis ranks second in the Big 12 in assists per game (6.4), with the Bears getting 14.3 points per


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