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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">No. 13/12 Baylor 88, Oregon State 72</span></b><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">New York, N.Y. (Barclays Center)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Nov. 22, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Box Score Attached.
<a href="https://baylor.app.box.com/s/pixj7k5dq7uo84maocw4vv2vhlhzh1c8">Media Materials link</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">In the first meeting since 1972, The Bears take the 2-1 lead in the all-time series with the Beavers.</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;line-height:14.4pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Baylor has won 14 of its last 15 regular-season neutral-site contests</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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</span></span></span></span><![endif]><span class="s1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Baylor is 41-13 in regular-season tournaments during the Drew era, including titles in 4 of the last 5 tournaments.</span></span><span class="s1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">The Bears are 12-1 against their last 12 Pac 12 opponents, with wins in each of their last 7 meetings against teams from out west.</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;line-height:14.4pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">BU is 109-24 over the last five seasons, the nation’s best winning percentage among power-conference teams in that span</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;line-height:14.4pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">BU improves to 5-0 to start a season for the fourth time in the last six years.</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;line-height:14.4pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Baylor is 82-13 vs. unranked teams over the last four seasons (.860%).</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;line-height:14.4pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Baylor has won 89% of its games when leading at the half since 2011-12 (237-28).</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;line-height:14.4pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Baylor has built leads of 10+ points in 55 of 78 games since the start of the 2021 NCAA Tournament (52-3 record).</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;line-height:14.4pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">BU has won 82-straight when shooting a higher percentage than its opponent (last loss March 2, 2019 at K-State).</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;line-height:14.4pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Baylor has taken a lead in 159-consecutive games (last wire-to-wire loss Dec. 1, 2018 at Wichita State).</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;line-height:14.4pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">BU deployed a starting lineup of <b>RayJ Dennis</b>, <b>Jayden Nunn</b>, <b>Ja’Kobe Walter, Jalen Bridges</b> and <b>Yves Missi</b> for a third time this season and improved to 2-0 when starting those five players.</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;line-height:14.4pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">With 24 points on Wednesday, <b>
Walter </b>now has the most points by a freshman through five games in the Scott Drew Era (96).</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;line-height:14.4pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Walter</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"> recorded a career-high 3 assists.</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;line-height:14.4pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Missi</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"> recorded his career-first double-double, BU’s first since Flo Thamba had 12 points and 12 rebounds against Texas last season (2/25/23).</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;line-height:14.4pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Missi’s </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">14<b>
</b>rebounds are the most by a Baylor player since Mark Vital had 15 vs. Oklahoma State on March 12, 2021.</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;line-height:14.4pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Bridges</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"> played in his 100<sup>th</sup> career game, and notched his 22<sup>nd</sup> double-figure scoring game at Baylor.</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></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>
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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