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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">BAYLOR BEARS (10-2, 0-0 Big 12)</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/2022/12/29/BU_MBB_Game_Notes_22-23_13_Iowa_State.pdf">Game Notes (PDF)</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">RV/RV Iowa State </span></b><span style="color:black">(9-2) vs.<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> 12/13 BAYLOR</span></strong> (9-2)<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dec. 31, 2022 • 1:00 p.m. CT</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Ames, Iowa • Hilton Coliseum (14,267) </span></strong><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">LIVE STATS: </span></strong><a href="http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statmonitr.php?gid=bay" target="_blank">Stat Broadcast</a><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">WATCH:</span></strong> <span class="scayt-misspell-word">ESPNU</span><br>
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Talent:</span></i></strong> Rich
<span class="scayt-misspell-word">Hollenberg</span><i> (pxp), Fran <span class="scayt-misspell-word">
Fraschilla</span> (analyst)</i><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 204, XM 204, Internet 967<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">IOWA STATE CYCLONES (9-2, 0-0 Big 12)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Ames, Iowa<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> T.J.
<span class="scayt-misspell-word">Otzelberger</span> <br>
(Wisconsin-Whitewater, 2001)<br>
<a href="https://cyclones.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster" target="_blank">Roster</a> | <a href="https://cyclones.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats" 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/2022/12/30/Gm12_vsBaylor_12-31-22.pdf">Game
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<p><b>STORY LINES</b></p>
<p>• No. 12/13 Baylor opens Big 12 Conference Play in Ames against Iowa State for the second-straight year.</p>
<p>• BU leads the all-time series 24-20, with a 6-14 mark in Ames.</p>
<p>• The Bears have won six-straight in the series, the longest winning streak by either team in the series.</p>
<p>• BU opens conference play on the road for the third-straight season and the ninth time in the last 10 years </p>
<p>• The Bears are 10-9 under Scott Drew in Big 12 openers, winning each of the last three.</p>
<p>• This series features the only two teams, other than Kansas, to win back-to-back Big 12 Championships.</p>
<p>• Baylor's 42-9 Big 12 record over the last 3 seasons is the best of any Power-5 team.</p>
<p>• BU is 156-89 in Big 12 play in 13 seasons since 2010 after going 59-149 in the league's first 13 seasons.</p>
<p>• The Bears are the second-best offense in the Big 12 (14th best in the nation) according to Ken Pom (113.9 Adj. Efficiency rating), averaging 80.8 points per game. </p>
<p>• BU has won 71-straight when shooting a higher percentage than its opponent (last loss March 2, 2019 at K-State).</p>
<p>• Baylor is 24-7 against AP top 25 teams over the last four seasons, the nation's best mark against ranked teams. 15 of those wins came against top 25 teams away from home.</p>
<p>• With its 64th consecutive week in the AP Top 25, Baylor has the nations second-longest streak (Gonzaga 122).</p>
<p>• BU held <span class="scayt-misspell-word">NWST</span> to 48 points and improved to 44-1 under
<b>Drew </b>when holding an opponent under 50 points (12/20).</p>
<p>• The 12th-ranked Bears spent a school record 54-straight weeks top-10 ranked in the AP Poll (12/19/19 -12/5/22).</p>
<p>• <span class="scayt-misspell-word"><b>Keyonte</b></span><b> George </b>scored a game-high 19 points to lift BU to a win over Washington St., its seventh-straight win over a Pac-12 foe (12/18)</p>
<p>• Down its two leading scorers, <b>George </b>and <b>Langston Love </b>and went for 20+ points each to lift the Bears past
<span class="scayt-misspell-word">Tarleton</span> (12/6).</p>
<p>• BU held the nation's best offense in Gonzaga, to a season-low 63 points in a 64-63 win in the inaugural Peacock Classic (12/2).</p>
<p>• <span class="scayt-misspell-word"><b>LJ</b></span><b> <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).</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.</p>
<p>• Baylor has had at least one player score 20+ points in seven of the last 12 games.</p>
<p>• <b>Adam Flagler </b>and <span class="scayt-misspell-word">Keyonte</span> George have 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>Jalen</b></span><b> Bridges </b>(1), and <b>Love (1).</b></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.</p>
<p>• Drew has a winning percentage of .700 (372-155) since BU's first year with no scholarship restrictions in 2007-08.</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.</p>
<p>• Baylor is 45-5 vs. unranked teams over the last three seasons.</p>
<p>• Baylor is playing its 632nd game of the 20-year Drew era – more than half (323) have been as a ranked team.</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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