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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">BAYLOR BEARS (5-2)</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>Scott Drew (Butler, 1993)<br>
<a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster">Roster</a> | <a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats">Stats</a> | <a href="file:///documents/2022/12/1/BU_MBB_Game_Notes_22-23_8_Gonzaga.pdf">Game Notes (PDF)</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dec. 2, 2022 • 7:00 p.m. CT</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Sioux Falls, S.D. • The Sanford Pentagon (3,200) </span></strong><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">LIVE STATS: </span></strong><a href="http://pentagon.sidearmsports.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary?xd_co_f=MjA2NDIzYzAtOGQ5ZS00OTU2LTg5YzctMWE2ZTNlMjA1OGQ2" target="_blank">S</a><a href="http://pentagon.sidearmsports.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary?xd_co_f=MjA2NDIzYzAtOGQ5ZS00OTU2LTg5YzctMWE2ZTNlMjA1OGQ2">idearm
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">WATCH:</span></strong> Peacock<br>
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Talent:</span></i></strong> Paul
<span class="scayt-misspell-word">Burmeister</span><span style="background:white"> (pxp), Tim McCormick (analyst), Corey Robinson (Reporter)</span><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">LISTEN: </span></strong><span class="scayt-misspell-word">Learfield</span>/<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></strong>ESPN 1660 AM / 92.3 FM in Central Texas and on the Varsity
Network App.<br>
Talent: John Morris (PBP), Pat <span class="scayt-misspell-word">Nunley</span> (Analyst)<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">SIRIUS XM:</span></strong> Sirius 199, XM 199, Internet 953<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">GONZAGA BULLDOGS (5-2)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Spokane, Wash.<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Conference/Affiliation:</span></strong> WCC<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Head Coach:</span></strong> Mark Few (Oregon, 1987)<br>
<a href="https://gozags.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster?path=mbball" target="_blank">Roster</a> | <a href="https://gozags.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2022-23?path=mbball" target="_blank">Stats</a><a href="https://uapblionsroar.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats"> </a>|<a href="file:///documents/2022/11/14/111322_UNC_MBSK_Notes.pdf"> </a><a href="file:///documents/2022/12/1/MBB08.pdf">Game
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<p><b>STORY LINES</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• No. 6/10 Baylor faces No. 14/12 Gonzaga in the Peacock Classic at the Sanford Pentagon in a rematch of the 2021 National Championship Game.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Tickets for the Peacock Classic sold out less than six minutes after going on sale<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The Bears captured the first national title in program history in the last meeting between these two teams, an 86-70 win over Gonzaga at Lucas Oil Stadium on April 5, 2021.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The matchup features the top two teams in the nation in adjusted offensive rating, according to
<span class="scayt-misspell-word">KenPom</span> (Gonzaga - 118.9, Baylor 117.9).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor is 23-7 against AP top 25 teams over the last four seasons, the nation's best mark against ranked teams. 14 of those wins came against top 25 teams away from home.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor holds the nation's the longest active streak of consecutive weeks in the AP Top-10 (54-straight weeks).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• <b>LJ <span class="scayt-misspell-word">Cryer</span> </b>set career highs in points (28), field goals (10), rebounds (4) and minutes (35) against No. 8 UCLA (11/20).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• <span class="scayt-misspell-word">Cryer's</span> 23.5 points per game in Las Vegas earned his first-career Big 12 Player of the Week Award.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor has had at least one player score 20+ points in six of the last eight games.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• <b>Adam Flagler </b>has three 20-point games in that stretch, followed by <span class="scayt-misspell-word">
<b>Cryer</b></span><b> </b>(2), <span class="scayt-misspell-word"><b>Keyonte</b></span><b> George
</b>(2) and <span class="scayt-misspell-word"><b>Jalen</b></span><b> Bridges </b>
(1).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• With a 95-62 win over Northern Colorado (11/14), <b>Scott Drew </b>became one of 10 active coaches with 400 wins at his current institution.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Drew has a winning percentage of .700 (367-155) since BU's first year with no scholarship restrictions in 2007-08.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• In his 20th season at BU, <b>Drew </b>is coming off Big 12 Coach of the Year honors for a 3rd-straight season, joining Gene
<span class="scayt-misspell-word">Keady</span> (Purdue, 94-96) and Jay Wright (Villanova, 14-16) as the only high-major coaches to accomplish the feat.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor is 76-5 in its last 81 non-conference home games dating back to Dec. 12, 2012.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor is 141-16 in non-conference home games in the <b>Drew era</b>, including 112-8 since 2007-08.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor is 57-8 in home games against unranked opponents (including Big 12 play) since 2016-17.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor is 42-5 vs. unranked teams over the last three seasons.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• With a 117-53 win in the season opener against Mississippi Valley State (11/7), BU notched the third-largest margin of victory in program history, and 117 points were 1 shy of a Ferrell Center record.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• In an 87-70 win over Norfolk State, BU shot 38 three-pointers, the second-most in the Scott Drew era and the fifth-most in school history.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor has been in the Preseason AP Top 25 in 10 of 13 seasons since its first preseason ranking in 2010-11.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The Bears are 60-11 over the last three seasons, the nation's best record by a Power-5 team.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor is 86-15 over the last four seasons, the nation's best winning percentage among Power-5 teams.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• BU won a school-record 26 regular-season games and finished with its 2nd-most conference wins (14) last season.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor is playing its 627th game of the 20-year Drew era – more than half (318) have been as a ranked team.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• BU was ranked in two of 2,197 games over the program's 97 seasons prior to Drew<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Matt Roberts | Associate Director of Athletic Communications (MBB/MGOLF/ WGOLF/) <br>
Department of Athletics | Baylor University<br>
C: 254-227-2280<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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