MBB Box: No. 2 Iowa State 76, No. 3 Baylor 62

[Roberts, Matt]

No. 2 Iowa State 76, No. 3 Baylor 62
Kansas City, Mo. — Big 12 Championship Semifinal (T-Mobile Center)
March 15, 2024

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  *   No. 3-Seed Baylor is 23-10 (11-7). No. 2 Seed Iowa State is 26-7 (13-5).
  *   BU is 2-3 all time when playing as a No. 3 Seed in the Big 12 tournament.
  *   The Bears are 3-5 under Scott Drew in the semifinal round.
  *   Baylor is 18-26 all time in the Big 12 Championship and 14-20 under Drew.
  *   The Bears are 7-13 under Drew in the Big 12 Championship when playing as the lower seed.

  *   BU is 25-24 all time against the Iowa State Cyclones and 1-6 in the Big 12 Championship.
  *   Baylor is now 10-15 all time in Big 12 Championship games played at the T-Mobile Center.
  *   Baylor fell to 5-8 this season when trailing at the half.
  *   BU deployed the starting lineup of RayJ Dennis, Jayden Nunn, Ja’Kobe Walter, Jalen Bridges and Yves Missi for the 30th time this season. The Bears are 20-10 when utilizing that lineup.
  *   With 11 more assists tonight, Dennis eclipsed 700 for his career (703) and (225) for the season.
  *   His 11 assists ties a Baylor Big 12 Championship single-game record, equaling Jake Lindsey’s mark set in 2017 against Kansas State.
  *   Dennis is now in third place in single-season assists (225) behind only Pierre Jackson (255) in 2012-13 and Nelson Haggerty (284) in 1994-95.
  *   Missi recorded his fifth double-double of the season with 14 points and 11 rebounds.
  *   Missi is one of 21 players in program history to have 11 or more rebounds in a Big 12 Championship game.
  *   Bridges recorded his second double-double of the season and the fifth of his career with a game-high 20 points and a game-high 12 rebounds.
  *   Two of Bridges’ six-career 20-point games have come in the Big 12 Championship.
  *   Prior to tonight the last double-double by a Baylor player in the Big 12 Championship was Rico Gathers on March 13, 2015, when he had 11 points and 13 rebounds against Kansas.
  *   Friday’s game marked the first time since Nov. 17, 2021 that BU had multiple players pull down double-figure rebounds, when Jeremy Sochan and Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua pulled down 12 and 10 respectively.
  *   Friday’s game is the second time this season Baylor has had multiple players record double-doubles.
  *   Caleb Lohner tied season highs in points (12) and minutes (21), after matching a season high with 7 rebounds last night in a win over Cincinnati.


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