MBB Box: No. 18/18 Baylor 98, Cornell 79

[Roberts, Matt]

No. 18/18 Baylor 98, Cornell 79
Waco, Texas (Foster Pavilion)
Jan. 2, 2024

Box Score Attached. Media Materials folder<https://baylor.app.box.com/s/pixj7k5dq7uo84maocw4vv2vhlhzh1c8>


  *   Baylor improves to 11-2 on the year, while Cornell drops to 10-3.
  *   The Bears improve to 1-0 all time against Cornell.
  *   BU is now 1-0 at Foster Pavilion.
  *   The Bears are now 2-2 all-time against Ivy league foes.
  *   The Bears improve to 79-4 under Scott Drew when scoring 90-plus points.
  *   58 points in the first half were the most points in a half for BU since scoring 61 in the first half against Mississippi Valley in the season opener last year.
  *   Baylor has now built leads of 10+ points in 61 of 85 games since the start of the 2021 NCAA Tournament (58-3 record in those games).
  *   Baylor improves to 9-0 this season and 122-12 since 2017-18 when holding a halftime lead.
  *   The Bears have won 88-straight games when shooting a higher percentage than its opponent.
  *   BU has won 52-straight games when shoot 50% or better
  *   Baylor is 62-6 in home games over the last five seasons.
  *   BU is 89-15 against unranked teams over the last four seasons.
  *   The Bears are 88-4 in the last 92 non-conference home games.
  *   BU deployed the starting lineup of RayJ Dennis, Jayden Nunn, Ja’Kobe Walter, Jalen Bridges and Yves Missi for the 10th time this season. The Bears are 8-2 when utilizing that lineup.
  *   Walter had a game-high 23 points, his second-straight 20-point outing of the season (5th overall). BU improved to 5-0 when he scores 20+.
  *   Walter established a new career high with nine rebounds.
  *   Missi scored a career-high 16 points on a perfect 8-of-8 shooting night.
  *   Missi is the first player since Flo Thamba in 2021 to shoot 1.000 taking at least eight shots.
  *   Missi scored the first points in Foster Pavilion history with a putback with 19:30 to play in the first half.
  *   With five rebounds on Tuesday, Bridges surpassed 500 rebounds for his career (503).
  *   Bridges tied a career high with 5 assists.
  *   With 18 points, Dennis scored in double figures for the 59th time in the last 62 games.
  *   Langston Love hit the first 3-point field goal in Foster Pavilion history with 14:20 to play in the first half.
  *   Love, Dantwan Grimes, Caleb Lohner and Josh Ojianwuna were the first players off the bench in a game at Foster Pavilion.


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