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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">20/17 BAYLOR BEARS (2-0, 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/2023/11/10/BU_MBB_Game_Notes_3_GWEBB_23-24.pdf">Game Notes (PDF)</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">20/17 BAYLOR</span></strong><span style="color:black"> (2-0, 0-0 Big 12) vs.
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">GARDNER-WEBB</span></strong><b> </b>(1-1, 0-0 Big South)<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Nov. 12, 2023 • 4:00 p.m. CT</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Waco, Texas • Ferrell Center (10,284) </span></strong><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">LIVE STATS: </span></strong><a href="https://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?t=1&gid=bay" target="_blank">Stat Broadcast</a><br>
<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> John Morris<i> (pxp), King McClure (analyst)</i><br>
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<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Talent:</span></i></strong> Ryan Boyd (PBP), David Kaye (Analyst)<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">GARDNER-WEBB
</span></strong><span class="scayt-misspell-word"><b>RUNNIN</b></span><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">' BULLDOGS </span></strong><b><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">(1-1, 0-0 Big South)</span></strong></b><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Boiling Springs, N.C.<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Conference/Affiliation:</span></strong> Big South<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Head Coach:</span></strong> Tim Craft (Florida, 2000)<br>
<a href="https://gwusports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster" target="_blank">Roster</a> | <a href="https://gwusports.com/documents/2023/1/18/MBK-STATS.pdf" target="_blank">Stats</a><a href="https://uapblionsroar.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats"> </a>|</p>
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<p><b>Story lines</b></p>
<p>• No. 20 Baylor plays host to Gardner-Webb in the first-ever meeting between the two schools</p>
<p>• The Bears are 4-0 all-time against teams from the Big South.</p>
<p>• BU's last meeting against a Big South opponent was a 73-57 win over USC Upstate in December of 2012.</p>
<p>• Baylor is 55-6 in home games over the last four seasons.</p>
<p>• Sunday marks one of just six remaining home games scheduled for the Ferrell Center this season. </p>
<p>• Baylor's game against Gardner-Webb will mark the third of four games in a seven-day stretch.</p>
<p>• Less than 48-hours after defeating Auburn in the season-opener, 88-82, The Bears beat a
<span class="scayt-misspell-word">fiesty</span> John Brown squad on Thursday morning 96-70.</p>
<p>• <b>Langston Love </b>matched a career-high with his team-leading 20-points against the Golden Eagles.</p>
<p>• <b>RayJ Dennis</b> notched his BU career high with 16 points, and a career-high 6 steals in the win.</p>
<p>• BU erased a nine-point halftime deficit in the season opener against Auburn to win 88-82 at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D.</p>
<p>• The nine-point halftime deficit matched BU's largest halftime deficit overcome in a win since coming back from 11 down to beat Texas in overtime on Feb. 27, 2019 in Waco.</p>
<p>• Five-star freshman <b>Ja'Kobe Walter</b> burst out of the gates against Auburn with 28-points, the most by a freshman in a debut in program history.</p>
<p>• <b>Walter</b> is one of four freshman in Big 12 history to score at least 28 points in his debut, and the only one to do it against a power conference opponent. </p>
<p>• <b>Walter</b> went a perfect 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 [min. 10 attempts]</p>
<p>• Baylor is 79-13 vs. unranked teams over the last four seasons (.855%).</p>
<p>• BU is 80-20 over the last three-plus seasons, tied for the nation's best record by a Power-6 team in that span.</p>
<p>• Baylor has built leads of 10+ points in 52 of 75 games since the start of the 2021 NCAA Tournament (49-3 record).</p>
<p>• The Bears opened the season as a ranked team for the fifth-straight season, and 11 of the last 14 seasons since its first preseason ranking in 2010-11.</p>
<p>• Baylor is 106-24 over the last four-plus seasons, the nation's best winning percentage among Power-6 teams in that span.</p>
<p>• The Bears are a nations-best 27-11 vs. AP top-25 teams over the last four years, with 16 of those wins coming away from home.</p>
<p>• Baylor is replacing four of its five starters and 68% of its scoring from a season ago. </p>
<p>• Only one returning player averaged more than 20-minutes per game last season (<span class="scayt-misspell-word">Jalen</span> Bridges). </p>
<p>• BU is playing its 348th game as a ranked team under Scott Drew — Baylor was ranked in just two of 2,197 games over the program's 97 seasons prior to Drew. Since January 2010, The Bears have been ranked in 330 of 469.</p>
<p>• BU is the only program with three-straight top-16 picks and only one of two with three-straight top-20 picks (Duke).<br>
For a full version of Baylor's game notes, <a href="file:///documents/2023/11/10/BU_MBB_Game_Notes_3_GWEBB_23-24.pdf">
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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>
Department of Athletics | Baylor University<br>
C: 254-227-2280</span><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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