Baylor MBB Heads to Fort Worth for Big Monday Showdown with TCU

Sun Feb 25 13:47:20 CST 2024

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11/11 BAYLOR BEARS (19-8, 8-6 Big 12)
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Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler, 1993)
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11/11 BAYLOR (19-8, 8-6 Big 12) vs. TCU (19-8, 8-6 Big 12)
Feb. 26, 2024 • 8:00 p.m. CT
Fort Worth, Texas • Schollmaier Arena (6,800)

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TCU HORNED FROGS (19-8, 8-6 Big 12)
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• No. 11/11 BU heads to Fort Worth for a Big Monday matchup with TCU on ESPN.

• Baylor enters fourth in the nation in 3-point FG% (39.6), fifth in offensive efficiency (123.6), while ranking second in the Big 12 in points per game (82.3).

• The Bears are aiming for a sixth-straight 20-win season and the 15th in the last 17 seasons, after having just three 20-win seasons in the 97 seasons prior to Scott Drew's arrival.

• BU has won 8+ Big 12 games in 13-straight seasons after winning 8+ just 3 times in the league's first 15 years.

• The Bears have won three-straight and six of the last nine between these two in Fort Worth.

• Each of the last three meetings between these two teams has been decided by four points or less.

• In the last meeting between BU and TCU, the Frogs outlasted the Bears in triple overtime 105-102, the longest game since a five-overtime win over Texas A&M on Jan. 23, 2008.

• Baylor has played four overtime games in 2023-24, its most since playing four overtimes in 1970-71.

• Baylor is a nations-best 31-15 against AP Top-25 teams over the last five seasons.

• Baylor's 314 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (352).

• The Bears were the No. 10 overall seed in the initial Top-16 committee ranking, joining Kansas as the only teams to be in the initial top-16 for five-straight years.

• The Bears are one of just two teams in the country with six players averaging double-digit points (Tulane).

• Ja'Kobe Walter averages a team-leading 14.7 points per game, most among Big 12 freshmen, followed by RayJ Dennis' 13.3 points per game, and is averaging a Big 12-best 37.7 minutes per game in conference play.

• Dennis leads the conference and ranks eighth in the nation in assists per game (6.6). The senior transfer has now moved into the top-10 for most assists in a single season in program history.

• Langston Love is averaging 11.1 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.

• In addition to his 10.8 points per game, Yves Missi is tied for second in the Big 12 with 1.6 blocks per game.

• Jayden Nunn has picked up steam lately averaging 15.0 points per game in his last seven games, including 47 last week with 27 against Oklahoma and 20 at West Virginia. The junior transfer averaged 9.3 points per game through the first 20 games of the season.

• For his efforts, Nunn became the first player in Baylor history to sweep the Big 12 Weekly Awards (2/19).

• Baylor is 63-51 in Big 12 road games since 2012, second-best in the league behind only Kansas (70-45).

• BU is 12-5 in its last 17 games against AP top-10 teams.

• Baylor is 82-25 against in-state opponents since the start of the 2011-12 season.

• BU has been ranked in the top-10 for a fifth-straight year, one of just four programs to accomplish that feat.

• Baylor is averaging 15.1 turnovers per game in losses and 10.6 per game in wins this season.

• Ranked in the AP Top-25 for 26-straight weeks, BU is riding the nation's eighth-longest active streak and the third-longest in the Big 12 (Houston 81, Kansas 60).

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