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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="outlook-search-highlight"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Box</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"> </span></span><span class="outlook-search-highlight"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Score</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"> </span></span><span class="outlook-search-highlight"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">attached</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">.
<a href="https://baylor.app.box.com/s/pixj7k5dq7uo84maocw4vv2vhlhzh1c8">MBB Media Materials</a> link<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">No. 20 Baylor 88, Auburn 82<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">Sioux Falls, S.D. (Sanford Pentagon)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">Nov. 7, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">BU is 19-2 in season openers under
<b>Scott Drew</b> (five-straight wins).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Baylor now holds a 6-2 series advantage against Auburn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">BU closed the game on a 16-5 run to go from down by four, to up by six.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Ja’Kobe Walter</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> set a program record for the most points by a freshman in his debut with
28.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Walter’s
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">28 points<b>
</b>are the fourth-most by a<b> </b>freshman in a debut in Big 12 History.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Walter’s
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">28 points are the most by a freshman since Keyonte George had 32 at West Virginia 1/11/23.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Walter
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">went 10-for-10 from the free throw line, making him the ninth different player in program history to shoot 1.000 percent from the line [minimum 10 attempts]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Walter’s
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">performance was the best performance from the free-throw line since Jonathan Motley went 11-for-11 against West Virginia on 2/27/17.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">BU has won 20 of its last 21 neutral-site games against non-conference opponents (only loss in that span was vs. Virginia 11/18/22).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Baylor is 78-13 vs. unranked teams over the last four seasons<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Jalen Bridges
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">scored in double figures for the 35<sup>th</sup> time in his career and a 20<sup>th</sup> time at Baylor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">With 15 points<b>, RayJ Dennis
</b>scored in double figures for a 50<sup>th</sup>-straight game<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Baylor has built leads of 10+ points in 51 of 74 games since the start of the 2021 NCAA Tournament (48-3 record).</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">Baylor has made at least one 3-point FG made in 1,031 straight games — the last time Baylor failed to make a 3-pointer was over 33 years ago, on Feb. 21, 1990 vs. Texas Tech (0-8).</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><b>RayJ Dennis</b>, <b>
Jayden Nunn</b>, <b>Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua</b> and <b>Ja’Kobe Walter</b> made their first-career starts at Baylor.</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><b>Bridges </b>made his 87<sup>th</sup>-straight start.</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><b>Dennis </b>played in his 130<sup>th</sup>-consecutive game</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><b>Dantwan Grimes, Yves Missi and Miro Little
</b>all made their Baylor debut</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><b>Missi </b>recorded his career-first double-figure scoring game<b>
</b>(10).<b><o:p></o:p></b></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><b>Langston Love </b>
scored in double figures for the 11<sup>th</sup> time in his career, BU holds an 9-2 record when he eclipses double figures.<b><o:p></o:p></b></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><b>Nunn’s </b>three steals are one off his career-high.</li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Matt Roberts | Associate Director of Athletic Communications (MBB/MGOLF/ WGOLF) <br>
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