No. 18 MBB Travels to Orlando to face UCF

Tue Jan 30 14:31:00 CST 2024

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18/18 BAYLOR BEARS (14-5, 3-3 Big 12)
Location: Waco, Texas
Conference/Affiliation: Big 12
Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler, 1993)
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18/18 BAYLOR (14-5, 3-3 Big 12) vs. UCF (12-7, 3-4 Big 12)
Jan. 31, 2024 • 6:00 p.m. CT
Orlando, Florida • Addition Financial Arena (10,763)

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UCF (12-7, 3-4 Big 12)
Location: Orlando, Fla
Conference/Affiliation: Big 12
Head Coach: Johnny Dawkins (Duke, 1986)
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Story lines

• No. 18 Baylor travels to Orlando for its first-ever meeting with UCF in its final game on ESPN+ this season.

• The Bears are 3-0 this season when facing an opponent for the first time in program history.

• With a win, Baylor would improve to 3-0 on the season against the newest Big 12 additions.

• BU is coming off a third-straight loss in a triple-overtime thriller against TCU (105-102).

• The Bears have lost three-straight games by four points or less for the first time since 1975.

• BU’s three overtime games are its most in a season since 2013-14, and has not played three overtimes games in regular-season conference play since 1994.

• Baylor is looking to avoid its first four-game losing streak since 2018-2019.

• The Bears are sixth in the nation in 3-point FG% (40.0) and offensive efficiency (121.3), while leading the Big 12 in points per game (85.1).

• Baylor is 68-51 in Big 12 road games since 2012, second-best in the league behind only Kansas (74-47).

• Baylor’s 309-122 record since 2011-12 trails only Kansas (349-90) among Big 12 teams.

• BU’s 57-21 Big 12 record over the last five seasons is the second best record of any power-conference team during that span.

• 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 22-straight weeks, BU is riding the nation’s eighth-longest active streak and the third-longest in the Big 12 (Houston 76, Kansas 55).

• Last time out, Baylor played its longest game in 16 years in a triple overtime thriller against TCU before eventually falling 105-102.

• Yves Missi scored a team and career-best 25 points to go along with his 9 rebounds.

• RayJ Dennis notched his second double-double of the season, with 24 points and 10 assists, while Langston Love scored in double figures for a sixth-straight game (11) and grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds.

• Love is averaging 13.7 points per game in Big 12 play, most in the league among bench players.

• 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 (6.6), with the Bears getting 15.2 points per game from Ja’Kobe Walter to lead the offense, the most among Big 12 Conference freshmen.

• 15.2 points per game would rank as the fourth-most by a freshman in program history.

• Five different players have led the Bears in scoring in six Big 12 games. (Dennis, Walter, Love, Bridges and Missi).

• Baylor is 90-16 vs. unranked teams over the last five seasons (.849%).

• Baylor has built leads of 10+ points in 63 of 88 games since the start of the 2021 NCAA Tournament (59-4 record).

• BU has won 89-straight when shooting a higher percentage than its opponent (last loss March 2, 2019 at K-State).

• Baylor is playing its 362nd game as a ranked team under Scott Drew — Baylor was ranked in just two of 2,197 games over the program’s 97 seasons prior to Drew.

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