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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">#4/4 BAYLOR BEARS (18-3, 6-2)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Waco, Texas <br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Conference/Affiliation:</span></strong> Big 12<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Head Coach: </span></strong><dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1625">Scott Drew</a></span></dfn> (Butler, 1993)<br>
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<a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster">Roster</a> | <a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats">Stats</a> | <a href="https://baylorbears.com/documents/2022/1/30/BU_MBB_Game_Notes_21_22_22_West_Virginia.pdf?id=19963">Game
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">WEST VIRGINIA</span></b><span style="color:black"> (13-7, 2-5) vs. <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">#4/4 BAYLOR</span></strong> (18-3, 6-2)<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Jan. 31, 2022 • 8:00 p.m. CT</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Waco, Texas • Ferrell Center (10,248) </span></strong><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">WATCH:</span></strong> ESPN<br>
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Talent:</span></i></strong> Jon Sciambi<i> (pxp), Fran Fraschilla (analyst), Kris Budden (reporter)</i><br>
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Talent: <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/staff.aspx?staff=52">John Morris</a></span></dfn> (PBP), Pat Nunley (Analyst)<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINEERS (13-7, 2-5)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Location: Morgantown, WV</span></strong>.<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Conference/Affiliation:</span></strong> Big 12<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Head Coach:</span></strong> Bob Huggins<br>
(West Virginia, 1977)<br>
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<a href="https://wvusports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster" target="_blank">Roster</a> | <a href="https://wvusports.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats" target="_blank">Stats</a><a href="https://uapblionsroar.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats"> </a>| <a href="https://baylorbears.com/documents/2022/1/30/WVU_Baylor_Notes_1_30_22.pdf?id=19964">Game
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:white">STORY LINES</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• No. 4 Baylor looks to bounce back from its first non-conference loss in 813 days when it hosts West Virginia for the 95th-anniversary Immortal Ten Game at 8 p.m. CT Monday on ESPN.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 13-8 all-time against West Virginia, including a 5-1 mark over the last 4 seasons (2-0 in Waco).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU is looking to sweep the home-and-home with WVU for a 4th time (2013, 2015, 2019).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• The Bears won 77-68 when facing WVU in Morgantown on Jan. 18. James Akinjo and Jeremy Sochan missed the game with injuries, but LJ Cryer (25) and Matthew Mayer (20) both scored career-highs.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor's 18-3 record is its lowest winning percentage through 21 games since 2018-19. BU was 20-1 in 2020 & 2021. The Bears are a combined 58-5 through their first 21 games over the last 3 seasons.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU is 33-2 vs. unranked teams over the last 2 seasons (+22.1 avg margin) with all wins by 5+ points.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is coming off an 87-78 loss at Alabama on Saturday. BU's allowed 1.26 points-per-possession, its worst since March 14, 2019 vs. Iowa State (1.31 PPP), including 22-of-28 on 2-point field goals.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU looks to start 7-2 or better in Big 12 play for a 3rd-straight season (once in first 23 seasons – 2012).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Jeremy Sochan had career-highs of 17 points and 32 minutes and added 8 rebounds at Alabama. The Bears also got a full game from James Akinjo (32 minutes) for the first time since his Jan. 11 injury.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU is playing its 299th game as a ranked team under Drew – BU was ranked in 2 of 2,197 games over the program's 97 seasons prior to Drew. Since January 2010, BU has been ranked in 284 of 421 games.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has been No. 1 ranked in 4 of the last 6 seasons (Gonzaga, Duke and Kansas are only others).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor's 34-6 Big 12 conference record over the last 3 seasons is the best of any Power-5 team.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor's 46-5 record over the last 2 seasons is the nation's best among Power-5 teams, and the Bears' 72-9 record over the last 3 seasons is 2nd-best nationally, trailing only Gonzaga (79-5).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU is 15-0 this season when winning points off turnovers and 14-0 when winning points in the paint.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is the nation's only team ranked top-40 in scoring offense (30th) and scoring defense (20th).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor ranks top-25 nationally in scoring margin (5th, +18.0), assists (11th, 17.2), steals (12th, 9.6), rebounding margin (21st, +7.2), turnovers forced (19th, 17.2), turnover margin (23rd, +4.0),<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">offensive rebound percentage (5th, 37.7) FG% (25th, .481) and effective FG% (18th, .552).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Over the last 3 seasons, Baylor is 61-3 when leading at the half and 72-5 when taking a 2nd-half lead.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU has forced 10+ turnovers in 29-straight games, including 12+ TOs in 20 of 21 games this season.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• BU is 21-2 in home games over the last 2 seasons, with an average scoring margin of +24.8.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 35-3 at home over the last 3 seasons, with two losses by 3 points against ranked teams.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is on a school-record streak of 41-straight weeks top-10 ranked (top-5 ranked in 38 of those).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• BU is on a school-record streak of 49-straight weeks ranked in the AP Top 25 (previous record was 25). It's the nation's 3rd-longest active streak behind Gonzaga (107) and Villanova (52).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has been ranked in all 25 spots in the AP Top 25 at some point in the last 7 years.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• BU has defeated 3 currently top-25 ranked teams this season – No. 10 Michigan State (75-58 in Battle 4 Atlantis title game), No. 14 Villanova (57-36 in Waco) and No. 23 Iowa State (77-72 in Ames).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>QUICK HITS<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has built leads of 11+ points in 25 of 27 games since the start of the 2021 NCAA Tournament.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU has built double-digit leads in 70 of 81 games over the last 3 seasons (46 of 51 last 2 seasons).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 4-0 in Big 12 road games this season, while the rest of the league is a combined 12-22.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• For a second-straight season, Baylor was one of the nation's final two undefeated teams.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU went 305 days between losses, the longest in program history (March 12, 2021 – Jan. 11, 2022).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU had a 36-game non-conference winning streak with 813 days between losses (Nov. 8, 2019 – Jan. 29, 2022).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU went 1,038 days without consecutive losses before dropping back-to-back games Jan. 11 and Jan. 15.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor became the first program to start consecutive seasons 15-0 since Syracuse in 2010-11 and 2011-12.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Head coach Scott Drew is in his 19th season at Baylor with a school-record 388 career victories, including a 17-8 mark in NCAA Tournaments, which is the 7th-best mark among active coaches.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU ranks 5th nationally in KenPom's offensive rebound pct (37.7), its 8th-straight year ranked top-10.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor and Kansas are the only Power-5 schools to win 18+ games every year since 2008.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor's streak of 9 consecutive postseasons is tied as the nation's 7th-longest active streak.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has won 20+ games in 12 of the last 14 seasons after recording only three 20-win seasons in the previous 100 years of Baylor Basketball (1946, 1948, 1988).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 91-6 when leading at halftime over the last 5 seasons (61-3 over last 3 seasons, 24-0 last season).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has won 90% of its games when leading at the half since 2011-12 (208-22).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU is 72-5 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game over the last 3 seasons.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 263-102 over the last 10+ seasons, averaging 24.5 wins per season since 2011-12.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor's 263 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (302).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 354-149 since 2007-08, the first year Drew's staff had a full allotment of scholarships.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Five of Baylor's players have used or are currently using a redshirt year. Two after transferring to BU (Flagler, Tchamwa Tchatchoua), one before transferring (Bonner) and two as freshmen — Turner and Langston Love.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Ten of Baylor's 11 starting point guards under Drew have earned All-Big recognition (16 of last 17 seasons).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 1 of 10 teams nationally to appear in every postseason since 2012 (7 NCAAs, 2 NITs).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has the nation's 9th-longest active streak with at least one 3-point FG made in 983 straight games — the last time Baylor failed to make a 3-pointer was more than 30 years ago, on Feb. 21, 1990 vs. Texas Tech (0-8).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has won 8 tournament titles under Drew – 2007 Paradise Jam, 2011 Las Vegas Classic, 2013 NIT, 2016 & 2021 Battle 4 Atlantis, 2017 Hall of Fame Classic, 2019 Myrtle Beach Invitational and 2021 NCAA Championship.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>NOTABLE STREAKS<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has taken a lead in 107-consecutive games (last wire-to-wire loss Dec. 1, 2018 at Wichita State).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU has won 58-straight when shooting a higher percentage than its opponent (last loss March 2, 2019 at K-State).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has won 35-straight games when shooting 50% or higher (last loss March 18, 2018 vs. Mississippi State).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has won 34-straight games when scoring 80+ points (last loss Jan. 5, 2019 vs. TCU).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has had at least 3 players make 3-pointers in 24-consecutive games (last on March 27, 2021 vs. Villanova).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has made 3+ 3-pointers in 110-consecutive games (last on Nov. 23, 2018 vs. Ole Miss).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has won 9-consecutive games against AP Top-10 ranked opponents (last loss Feb. 22, 2020 vs. Kansas).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has won 9-consecutive neutral-site games – (last loss Nov. 8, 2019 vs. Washington in Alaska).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has won 21-consecutive non-conference home games (last loss Dec. 18, 2018 vs. SFA).<o:p></o:p></p>
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