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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Postgame video files and pool photos uploaded here:
<span style="color:black"><a href="http://baylorbea.rs/MediaMBB">http://baylorbea.rs/MediaMBB</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">No. 2/2 Baylor 77 (18-0, 10-0 Big 12), Iowa State 72 (2-17, 0-14 Big 12)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Waco, Texas (Ferrell Center)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Feb. 23, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor’s 18-0 passed the 17-0 start of 2011-12 for the best start in program history.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor’s 18-game winning streak is 2<sup>nd</sup>-longest in program history (23 in 2020).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor’s streak of 17-consecutive wins by 8+ points was snapped. BU was the first team with a 17-game streak of 8+-point wins since UNLV in 1990-91.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor reached double-digit Big 12 wins for the 6<sup>th</sup> time in the last 7 seasons after doing so in only 2 of the league’s first 18 years (2010, 2012).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor did not build a double-digit lead for the first time all season – the Bears’ largest lead was 5 points.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">BU took its first lead of the game at 66-65 with 4:29 remaining.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Bears trailed by as many as 17 points in the first half – it was the first time this season the Bears trailed by double-figures.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor has now led by at least 5 points in all 48 games since the start of the 2019-20 season.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor trailed at halftime for the 3<sup>rd</sup> time all season. BU has led at halftime in 15 of 18 games this season.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Jared Butler</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> (1,135 career points) passed Larry Gatewood (1,120) for 24<sup>th</sup> on Baylor’s all-time scoring list.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Adam Flagler
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(team-high 22 points off the bench) had his 11<sup>th</sup> career 20-point game (first at Baylor).</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Mark Vital</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> tied his season-high with 15 rebounds, marking the 3<sup>rd</sup> time in his career he’s posted 15+ boards.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Vital</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> tied Baylor Basketball radio analyst Pat Nunley for 8<sup>th</sup> on the Bears’ all-time games started list
with 93.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Vital</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> extended his school-record with a 42<sup>nd</sup> career Big 12 win (3 more than any other player).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Butler</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> and
<b>Matthew Mayer</b> recorded their 35<sup>th</sup> career Big 12 wins, tying Quincy Acy and Taurean Prince for 6<sup>th</sup>-most in BU history.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">DK</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">-- <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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