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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Nov. 25, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<h1 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">Baylor MBB’s Butler Earns Big 12 Player of the Week<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Sophomore guard was named MVP of Myrtle Beach Invitational</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">David Kaye, 254-709-5147,
</span><a href="mailto:David_Kaye@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">David_Kaye@baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">IRVING, Texas –
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor sophomore guard Jared Butler has been named Big 12 Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week, as voted on by a panel of media members and announced Monday by the conference office. Butler picked up his second
Big 12 weekly honor after earning named the league’s Newcomer of the Week on Feb. 25 last season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">A Reserve, La., native, Butler earned Myrtle Beach Invitational MVP honors after leading the Bears to their third regular-season tournament title in the last four years.
He helped guide the Bears to a road win at Coastal Carolina and neutral-site wins over No. 17 Villanova and Ohio.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Butler is Baylor’s first underclassmen guard to win a conference Player of the Week honor since David Wesley was recognized as Southwest Conference Player of the Week
as a sophomore during the 1989-90 season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Butler has led the Bears in scoring in five of six games this season. He leads the Big 12 with 116 points (19.3 ppg), 39 field goals made and 21 made 3-pointers. Butler
also leads the league in 3-point percentage (.525) and free throw percentage (17-17, 1.000), and he’s fourth in steals per game (2.0), fifth in field goal percentage (.534), 13<sup>th</sup> in assists per game (3.5) and 14<sup>th</sup> in assist-to-turnover
ratio (1.5).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">In leading the Bears to a win over No. 17 Villanova in the Myrtle Beach Invitational title game, Butler posted a team-high 22 points along with three assists, two steals
and one block. He checked back into the game with the Bears trailing 66-64 and 6:14 remaining, then hit 3-pointers on the next two offensive possessions to give the Bears a lead they would not relinquish in a back-and-forth battle featuring 18 lead changes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Butler also posted 12 points and three assists in 21 minutes while battling foul trouble in a semifinal win at Coastal Carolina. He opened the tournament with a game-high
19 points, five assists and a career-high five steals in 34 minutes of a win over Ohio.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">With Butler’s recognition, Baylor has now had at least one Big 12 Player of the Week honoree in each of the last nine seasons, including multiple honorees in each of
the last eight years entering the 2019-20 season. All told, Baylor has had 32 Big 12 Player of the Week winners in the last 13 seasons after earning seven honors in the league’s first 11 seasons. Butler is the 23<sup>rd</sup> different Baylor player to earn
Big 12 Player of the Week honors, and those players have combined to win the award 39 times in the league’s 24-year history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor returns home to host three consecutive games to start the month of December. The Bears host Maryland-Eastern Shore on Dec. 3 before a pair of marquee non-conference
games against Arizona on Dec. 7 and Butler on Dec. 10. The Bears climbed to No. 19 in the latest Associated Press Top 25 poll on Monday morning.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">For Baylor Basketball tickets, visit
<a href="http://www.BaylorBears.com/tickets">www.BaylorBears.com/tickets</a> or call the Baylor Athletics Ticket Office at 254-710-1000. Follow @BaylorMBB on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2020 BIG 12 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nov. 11 – Tyrese Haliburton, Iowa State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nov. 18 – Kristian Doolittle, Oklahoma<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nov. 25 – Jared Butler, Baylor<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2020 BIG 12 NEWCOMERS OF THE WEEK<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nov. 11 – TJ Holyfield, Texas Tech<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nov. 18 – Oscar Tshiebwe, West Virginia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nov. 25 – Jahmi’us Ramsey, Texas Tech<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BAYLOR BIG 12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONOREES<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1997 – Patrick Hunter (2/17)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1998 – Patrick Hunter (1/4)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1998 – Brian Skinner (1/11)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1999 – Kish Lewis (11/24)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2000 – Terry Black (1/3)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2001 – Terry Black (2/19)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2003 – Lawrence Roberts (2/17)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2008 – Curtis Jerrells (11/19)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2008 – Kevin Rogers (12/24)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2008 – Curtis Jerrells (1/28)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2008 – Kevin Rogers (3/3)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2010 – LaceDarius Dunn (11/16)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2010 – LaceDarius Dunn (1/4)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2010 – Ekpe Udoh (1/11)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2010 – LaceDarius Dunn (2/15)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2012 – Perry Jones III (12/19)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2012 – Perry Jones III (1/16)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2013 – Cory Jefferson (11/12)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2013 – Pierre Jackson (1/28)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2013 – Pierre Jackson (3/10)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2014 – Cory Jefferson (12/2)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2014 – Isaiah Austin (2/17)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2014 – Cory Jefferson (2/24)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2014 – Kenny Chery (3/9)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2015 – Rico Gathers (1/26)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2015 – Rico Gathers (2/9)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2016 – Rico Gathers (11/16)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2016 – Taurean Prince (12/7)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2016 – Johnathan Motley (2/22)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2017 – Johnathan Motley (11/28)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2017 – Manu Lecomte (12/5)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2017 – Johnathan Motley (1/9)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2017 – Johnathan Motley (1/23)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2018 – Manu Lecomte (2/12)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2018 – Terry Maston (2/19)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2019 – Tristan Clark (12/31)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2019 – King McClure (1/21)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2019 – Makai Mason (2/4)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2020 – Jared Butler (11/25)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#385623">David Kaye</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#385623">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">| Assistant AD for Communications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Department of Athletics | Baylor University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">C: 254-709-5147<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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