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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 – Jan. 2, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-style:normal">Baylor MBB’s George Named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-style:normal">BU freshman averaged 18.5 points per game to pick up second weekly award<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280,
</span><a href="mailto:WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu</span></a><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">WACO, Texas – </span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Baylor freshman guard Keyonte George picked
up Big 12 Conference Newcomer of the Week honors, announced by the league office on Monday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The Big 12 Preseason Freshman of the Year averaged 18.5 points per game last week, while playing without the services of BU’s third-leading scorer, L.J. Cryer.
George’s week was highlighted by 21 points to lead the No. 12 Bears past upset-minded Nicholls in Baylor’s first game after the Christmas break.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">His 21 points went along with six rebounds, 4 assists and a career-high seven made free throws. The performance against the Colonels marked the seventh time
George led the team in scoring this season, and was the sixth time he notched 13+ points, 5+ rebounds and 4+ assists.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Shouldering more of a scoring load in the conference opener at Iowa State, George went for 16 points and three rebounds. After being held to just one point
in the first half, George found his stroke in the second half, pouring in 15 points on 5-of-10 shooting, including a pair of threes, in a team-leading 18 minutes.
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">George ranks eighth in the conference in scoring (15.6 ppg), 12<sup>th</sup> in field goal percentage (.378) and sixth in three-point field goal percentage
(.337), while pulling down the fifth-most rebounds per game (4.3) among Big 12 guards.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">This marks the second-straight season that a BU freshman has won multiple newcomer of the week awards. Kendall Brown was named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week
on Dec. 20, 2021 and March 7, 2022 last season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">George and the Bears will return to action on Wednesday night in the Big 12 home opener against the TCU Horned Frogs in Baylor’s ‘Go Gold’ game at 8 p.m. Wednesday’s
game will mark the first-ever meeting between BU and TCU where both teams are ranked in the Top 25. Rich Hollenberg and Fran Fraschilla will have the call on ESPN2.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Follow @BaylorMBB on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for additional updates.<span style="background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">BAYLOR'S BIG 12 NEWCOMERS OF THE WEEK</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1997 Leon Morris (12/30), Fr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2000 Terry Black (11/30), Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2001 Chad Elsey (12/18), Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2002 Lawrence Roberts (11/26), Fr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">John Lucas III (12/10), Fr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">John Lucas III (1/7), Fr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2005 Aaron Bruce (12/27), Fr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tim Bush (1/3), Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2006 Curtis Jerrells (2/13), Fr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2007 Tweety Carter (12/18), Fr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2008 LaceDarius Dunn (11/26), Fr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">LaceDarius Dunn (3/10), Fr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2009 Quincy Acy (11/24), Fr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2010 Ekpe Udoh (11/30), Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ekpe Udoh (1/4), Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ekpe Udoh (2/15), Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2011 Perry Jones III (11/22), Fr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Perry Jones III (1/17), Fr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Perry Jones III (2/28), Fr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2012 Brady Heslip (12/26), So.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Pierre Jackson (1/16), Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Pierre Jackson (2/4), Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Pierre Jackson (3/4), Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2013 Isaiah Austin (11/12), Fr<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Isaiah Austin (12/17), Fr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2014 Kenny Chery (12/9), Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kenny Chery (2/17), Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2015 Lester Medford (12/8), Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Johnathan Motley (12/29), Fr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2017 Manu Lecomte (11/14), Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jo Lual-Acuil Jr. (12/19), Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Manu Lecomte (1/3), Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Manu Lecomte (2/13), Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2019 Makai Mason (1/28), Sr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jared Butler (2/25), Fr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2020 MaCio Teague (1/13), Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">MaCio Teague (2/10), Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2021 Kendall Brown (12/20)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">James Akinjo (1/10)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">James Akinjo (2/14)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kendall Brown (3/7)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2022 Keyonte George (12/5)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Keyonte George (1/2)<span style="color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></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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