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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; color: black;"><b>Baylor MBB’s Yessoufou Posts Co-Big 12 Player and Newcomer of the Week Honors</b></span></p>
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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="2e49b568-c2e9-46de-8be8-eb61f6be75a2" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">josie_hutton@baylor.edu</a></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>IRVING, Texas –</b> Baylor men’s basketball freshman standout Tounde Yessoufou capped off the 2025-26 regular season awards by earning Co-Big 12 Player of the Week and Co-Newcomer
of the Week, the conference announced on Monday afternoon. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The freshman shares the titles with Colorado’s Isaiah Johnson. Yessoufou averaged 23.0 points and 8.5 rebounds while adding a Conference-leading 4.0 steals over the week. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">At then-No. 7 Houston, the freshman from Benin had his first career double-double with 20 points and a career-high 12 rebounds. In the 101-75 win over Utah, the guard had 26
points and a tie for career-best of six steals as head coach Scott Drew picked up his 500th career win. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">It is Yessoufou’s second Newcomer of the Week honor and his first Player of the Week honor of the season.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Yessoufou has rewrote the record books for Baylor, breaking the all-time freshman points (557) field goals made (207) and field goals attempted (438) records. He is five steals
away from breaking the freshman steals record with 64, looking to surpass VJ Edgecombe’s record. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Cotonou, Benin, native ranks second in the Big 12 in steals with 64 total and third in the Big 12 in steals per game, averaging 2.1.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Yessoufou and the Bears kick off the Big 12 Tournament on Tuesday at 11:30 am CT at the T-Mobile Center against 12<sup>th</sup>-seeded Arizona State. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>BIG 12 STARTING FIVE – MARCH 9</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Tounde Yessoufou, Baylor (co-player, co-newcomer)</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">AJ Dybantsa, BYU</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Rob Wright, BYU</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Isaiah Johnson, Colorado (co-player, co-newcomer)</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Tre White, Kansas</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>2025-26 YESSOUFOU HONORS</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Preseason Julius Erving Watch List</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Midseason Julius Erving Watch List</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Big 12 Newcomer of the Week - Dec. 8</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Big 12 Co-Player of the Week – March 9</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Big 12 Co-Newcomer of the Week – March 9</span></p>
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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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