No. 11 MBB Heads to Lubbock for Regular-Season Finale

Fri Mar 8 10:59:14 CST 2024

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11/11 BAYLOR BEARS (22-8, 11-6 Big 12)
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Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler, 1993)
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11/11 BAYLOR (22-8, 11-6 Big 12) vs. TEXAS TECH (21-9, 10-7 Big 12)
March 9, 2024 • 5:00 p.m. CT
Lubbock, Texas • United Supermarkets Arena (15,098)

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TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS (21-9, 10-7 Big 12)
Location: Lubbock, Texas
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Head Coach: Grant McCasland (Baylor, 1999)
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• No. 11/11 Baylor heads to Lubbock for the final regular season game of the season looking for the season sweep of Texas Tech for the second-straight season on ESPN2 at 5 p.m.

• The Bears and Red Raiders are completing a home-and-home series for the 67th-straight year.

• While the Red Raiders own the all-time series 82-65, The Bears lead the series with a 25-15 edge in the Scott Drew era.

• BU has won seven of the last nine in the series overall and three of the last four on the South Plains.

• Baylor is 84-25 against in-state opponents since the start of the 2011-12 season, and the Bears have advanced deeper into postseason play than any of Texas' 23 Division I teams in five of the last ten seasons.

• The Bears are third in the nation in 3-point FG% (40.3), rank fifth in nation in offensive efficiency (124.5) and second in the Big 12 in points per game (82.0).

• The Bears are the only team in the nation with six active players averaging double-digit points.

• In the last meeting, Baylor used a 13-0 second half run to top No. 23 Texas Tech and former BU assistant coach Grant McCasland. The win over McCasland gave Drew his first win over a former assistant coach (1-3).

• Last time out, Baylor erased a 14-point first-half deficit against Texas for the second-straight year, shooting .692 from three a program-record for three-point percentage in a conference game.

• Jalen Bridges set a career high with 32 points on 6-of-7 shooting from three with zero turnovers.

• In the absence of guard Langston Love, Bridges and Jayden Nunn have helped shoulder the scoring load averaging 15.1 and 13.3 points respectively.

• RayJ Dennis continues to climb in the Baylor history books climbing to fifth on Baylor's single-season assist chart. His 203 assists are 19 shy of the fourth-best season in program history (Lester Medford 222, 2015-16.)

• Dennis' 6.7 assists per game would rank as the fifth-best single-season average in program history.

• Freshman Ja'Kobe Walter is averaging a team-leading 14.7 points per game, most among Big 12 freshmen.

• Fellow freshman Yves Missi is averaging 11.1 points 5.7 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game. His 1.5 blocks pre game are tied for the second-most in the conference.

• Langston Love is averaging 11.1 points per game in Big 12 play, most in the league among players with no starts.

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

• BU has now secured double-digit Big 12 wins for the sixth-straight season, and the 11th time in the Drew Era, after winning double-digit conference games just eight times prior to that.

• The Bears are the only school in the conference to win double-digit Big 12 games in six-straight seasons.

• BU's 126-32 record since 2019-20 is the best among Power Six teams in that span.

• Baylor is 64-51 in Big 12 road games since 2012, second-best in the league behind only Kansas (70-45).

• Baylor's 317 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (354).

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

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

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