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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">No. 13/12 Baylor 95, Florida 91</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. 24, 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 folder</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Postgame press conference recording:
<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/g2ewigwmvlm6bx8xzf2ba/h?rlkey=teolifhsj9gy9gckepdw7eq73&dl=0">
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/g2ewigwmvlm6bx8xzf2ba/h?rlkey=teolifhsj9gy9gckepdw7eq73&dl=0</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Baylor has won five of its last six regular-season tournaments (8 Under Scott Drew)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Baylor is 42-13 in regular-season tournaments during the Drew era<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Baylor has won 15 of its last 16 regular-season neutral-site contests<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Baylor holds a 3-1 series advantage over Florida in four all-time meetings.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">BU allowed 90 points and won a game in regulation for the first time in the Scott Drew Era<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">The Bears are 20-11 against SEC opponents during the Drew era, including 15-7 since 2012-13, and six of the last seven game.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">BU is 110-24 over the last five seasons, the nation’s best winning percentage among power-conference teams in that span<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">BU improves to 7-0 to start a season for the third time in the last four seasons<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Baylor is 84-13 vs. unranked teams over the last four seasons (.860%).<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Baylor has built leads of 10+ points in 56 of 79 games since the start of the 2021 NCAA Tournament (53-3 record).<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">BU has won 83-straight when shooting a higher percentage than its opponent (last loss March 2, 2019 at K-State).<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Baylor has taken a lead in 160-consecutive games (last wire-to-wire loss Dec. 1, 2018 at Wichita State).<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">BU deployed a starting lineup of <b>RayJ Dennis</b>, <b>Jayden Nunn</b>, <b>Ja’Kobe Walter</b>,
<b>Jalen Bridges</b> and <b>Yves Missi</b> for a fourth time this season and improved to 4-0 when starting those five players.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>RayJ Dennis</b> was named the tournament’s most valuable player averaging 16 points, 7.5 assists and two 2 steals in the two games.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Dennis </b>set a new season-high with 24 points, his most since he had 25 for Toledo against Kent State in the MAC Championship game last season (3/11/23).<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Dennis </b>tied a career high with 10 made field goals.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Bridges</b> scored a season-high 23 points.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Friday </b>marked the second time<b>
</b>in three games that BU had multiple 20-point scorers.<b> </b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Bridges </b>made 5+ 3-pointers for the third time in his career and the second time in the last nine games.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Bridges </b>set a career-high with 5 assists.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Langston Love</b> set a new career high with three three-pointers.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Ja’Kobe Walter </b>
scored in double-figures for s team-leading fifth time this season.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua
</b>pulled down a season-high 4 rebounds<o:p></o:p></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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