MBB Box: No. 12/13 Baylor 79, No. 25/21 Oklahoma 62

[Roberts, Matt]

No. 12/13 Baylor 79, No. 25/21 Oklahoma 62
Waco, Texas (Foster Pavilion)
Feb. 13, 2024

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  *   No. 12/13 Baylor is 18-6, 7-4 in the Big 12 Conference. Oklahoma is 18-7 and 6-6 in league play.
  *   Baylor is a nations-best 31-13 vs. ranked teams over the last five seasons.
  *   The Bears are 25-46 all time against the Sooners but have won 11-straight regular-season meetings.
  *   BU is 20-11 since snapping a 30-game Sooner win streak in 2009.
  *   Baylor has won 13 of the last 15 meetings overall with Oklahoma.
  *   The Bears are 20-23 against the Sooners in the Scott Drew Era.
  *   The Bears are 4-2 against top-25 opponents in Big 12 play.
  *   The Bears are now 4-2 against AP top-25 teams this season.
  *   Baylor held a first-half lead for the 17th time this season (40-27), they are 15-2 when holding the first-half advantage.
  *   The Bears shot .549 from the field compared to .467 for OU and have now won 91-straight when shooting a higher percentage than the opponent.
  *   BU is 104-6 when building a double-digit lead over the last five seasons.
  *   Baylor is 404-170 since 2007-08, the first year Drew had a full allotment of scholarships.

  *   Drew is 458-250 in his 22nd season as a head coach and owns a 438-239 record at Baylor. In league play, Drew is 183-165 at BU and is 195-167 in his career.
  *   The Bears are 122-30 over the last five seasons, the nation’s second-best winning percentage among power-6 teams in that stretch (Kansas).
  *   Baylor is 61-22 in the Big 12 over the last five seasons, the second-best record of any power-conference team in that span (Kansas).
  *   A game after matching a season high with 21 turnovers at Kansas, the Bears matched a season low with only five on Tuesday.
  *   Baylor’s 17-point win was its largest over a ranked opponent since beating No. 20 Texas 80-63 on Feb. 12, 2022.
  *   BU is the first team in 49 conference games to make 10+ threes against Oklahoma.
  *   All five Baylor starters scored in double figures for the first time since Feb. 12, 2022 against Texas.
  *   Baylor will return to action on Saturday, traveling to West Virginia for a 5pm tip on ESPN2.
  *   BU deployed the starting lineup of RayJ Dennis, Jayden Nunn, Ja’Kobe Walter, Jalen Bridges and Yves Missi for the 20th time this season. The Bears are 14-6 when utilizing that lineup.
  *   Nunn scored a season-high 27 points. Tuesday marked the second time he eclipsed the 20-point mark at Baylor and the sixth time in his career.
  *   Nunn is averaging 16.3 points per game in his last four. He averaged 9.3 points per game prior to that.
  *   Dennis had a game-high eight assists, leading the Bears in dimes for the 21st time this season.
  *   Dennis has now scored in double figures in 67 of his last 73 games.
  *   Bridges scored 14 points on the night and with two threes, he has made a three-pointer in eighth-straight games, the longest streak of his career.
  *   Walter scored 10 points and grabbed a game-high six rebounds. Walter has now led the team in rebounds for a second-straight game.
  *   Missi scored 12 points, notching double figures for a third-straight game.
  *   Austin Sacks led the Bears in bench points for the first time in his career.

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