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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; color: black; font-weight: 700;">Baylor MBB Takes on Top-Ranked No. 2 Arizona in a Late Night at Foster Pavilion</span></p>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 700; text-transform: none;"><i>BU seeks highest ranked home win in program history</i></span><span style="background-color: white;"><b><i> </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>For more information contact:
</b>Josie Hutton; 254-709-7720, </span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><u><a href="mailto:josie_hutton@baylor.edu" data-outlook-id="e16f0b6f-0427-46f6-abce-e99cf172abc1" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">josie_hutton@baylor.edu</a></u></span></p>
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<b>BAYLOR BEARS (14-13, 4-10 Big 12)</b><br>
<b>Location:</b> Waco, Texas <br>
<b>Conference/Affiliation:</b> Big 12<br>
<b>Head Coach: </b>Scott Drew (Butler, 1993)<br>
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<b>2/2 ARIZONA</b> (25-2, 12-2 Big 12) vs. <b>BAYLOR</b> (14-13, 4-10 Big 12) <br>
<b>Feb. 24, 2026 8:00 p.m. CT</b><br>
<b>Waco, Texas Foster Pavilion </b>(7,500) <br>
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<b>WATCH:</b> ESPN2<br>
<b><i>Talent:</i></b><i> Dave Flemming (pxp), Sean Farnham (analyst)</i><br>
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<b><i>Talent:</i></b> John Morris<i> (PBP), Pat Nunley (Analyst)</i><br>
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<b>ARIZONA WILDCATS (25-2, 12-2 Big 12)</b><br>
<b>Location: </b>Tucson, Ariz.<br>
<b>Conference/Affiliation: </b>Big 12<br>
<b>Head Coach: </b>Tommy Lloyd (Whitman, 1998)<br>
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<span style="text-transform: none;"><b>WACO, Texas</b> Baylor men's basketball welcomes No. 2 Arizona on Tuesday night at 8 p.m. CT on ESPN2 at Foster Pavilion.</span><br>
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<span style="text-transform: none;"><b>GAME NOTES</b></span><br>
<span style="text-transform: none;"> Tuesday nights matchup will be the 13th meeting between the Bears and Wildcats in program history.</span><br>
<span style="text-transform: none;"> No. 2 is the only ranking Baylor mens basketball has never defeated (0-11 all-time). The highest-ranked home win BU holds is versus No. 3 Arkansas on 2/10/90.</span><br>
<span style="text-transform: none;"> BU is looking for its first top-5 win since 2/26/22, where Baylor took down No. 5 Kansas, 80-70, at home.</span><br>
<span style="text-transform: none;"> Baylor is 35-33 against ranked teams since 2019-20, including a 17-10 mark at home.</span><br>
<span style="text-transform: none;"> Baylor is coming off a 73-68 victory over Arizona State, snapping its previous four-game losing streak.</span><br>
<span style="text-transform: none;"> The Bears came back from an eight-point deficit at the half to earn the win.</span><br>
<span style="text-transform: none;"> Over the last six seasons, Baylor is 126-14 when leading at the half and 139-23 when taking a 2nd-half lead.</span><br>
<span style="text-transform: none;"> BU went 29-of-51 (.569) from the field. The Bears have won 78 of its last 81 games when shooting 50% or higher.</span><br>
<span style="text-transform: none;"> Freshman <b>Tounde Yessoufou</b> is 10 points away from 500 season/career points. He would be only the fourth player in Baylor program history to reach the mark in his freshman year. Hes on track to break the program record
in points by a freshman (509).</span><br>
<span style="text-transform: none;"> Yessoufous 182 made field goals this season ties the program record of freshman field goals made, tying with Larry Spicer (1975-76).</span><br>
<span style="text-transform: none;"> Yessoufou is 12 steals away from breaking the BU freshman record of steals, currently held by
<b>VJ</b> <b>Edgecombe</b> (68).</span><br>
<span style="text-transform: none;"> Yessoufou ranks second in the Big 12 in steals (56) and third in the Big 12 in steals per game (2.07).</span><br>
<span style="text-transform: none;"> <b>Cameron Carr</b> became the first sophomore to achieve 500 points in a season since LaceDarius Dunn in 2007-08.</span><br>
<span style="text-transform: none;"> Carr leads the Bears and is sixth in the Big 12 with 18.7 points per game.</span><br>
<span style="text-transform: none;"><b> Isaac Williams IV</b> has reached double-figures and is averaging 15.5 points per game in the last four contests.</span><br>
<span style="text-transform: none;"> Williams has shot a .585-clip from the field (24-of-41) in the last four games.</span><br>
<span style="text-transform: none;"> Kenpom has the Bears holding the No. 2 toughest opponent defensive strength of schedule in the country.</span><br>
<span style="text-transform: none;"> Additionally, BUs overall strength of schedule ranks as 17th in the nation and 5th in the Big 12.</span><br>
<span style="text-transform: none;"> Baylor is shooting 45.7-percent from the field and averaging 76.2 points in its last five games versus 40.1-percent field goals and an average of 66.8 points in its first five games of the conference season.</span><br>
<span style="text-transform: none;"> Undefeated with halftime leads, Baylor has won 90-percent of its games (279-37) when leading at the half in the last 14 seasons and is 13-0 this season when taking the halftime advantage.</span><br>
<span style="text-transform: none;"> The Bears are 94-5 (.949) over the last 10 seasons when hitting at least 50.0 percent from the field, sixth best in Division I (min. 20 games).</span><br>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(15, 92, 26);"><b>Josie Hutton</b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> | Associate Director of Athletics Communications (MBB, FB, MTEN) </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span></p>
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