Baylor
No. 25/21 Oklahoma
No. 12/13 MBB Hosts No. 25/21 Oklahoma in Final Regular-Season Meeting
2/12/2024 2:39:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Tuesdays matchup is the first since 2016 where both teams enter the game ranked
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25/21 OKLAHOMA (18-6, 6-5 Big 12) Location: Norman, Okla. Conference/Affiliation: Big 12 Head Coach: Porter Moser (Creighton, 1990) Roster | Stats | Game Notes |
25/21 OKLAHOMA (18-6, 6-5 Big 12) vs. 12/13 BAYLOR (17-6, 6-4 Big 12) Feb. 13, 2024 • 8:00 p.m. CT Waco, Texas • Foster Pavilion (7,500) LIVE STATS: Stat Broadcast WATCH: ESPN2 Talent: Rich Hollenberg (pxp), Chris Spatola (analyst) LISTEN: Baylor Sports Media Network via ESPN 1660 AM / 92.3 FM in Central Texas and worldwide at centexsportsfan.com Talent: John Morris (PBP), Pat Nunley (Analyst) SIRIUS XM: SiriusXM 84 or on the SXM App Baylor Social Media:    |
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12/13 BAYLOR BEARS (17-6, 6-4 Big 12) Location: Waco, Texas Conference/Affiliation: Big 12 Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler, 1993) Roster | Stats | Game Notes (PDF) |
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STORY LINES
• No. 12/13 BU welcomes No. 25/21 Oklahoma to Foster Pavilion on Tuesday at 8pm on ESPN2.
• This is the first meeting since March 1, 2016 where both teams are ranked in the top-25.
• The Bears enter fourth in the nation in 3-point FG% (39.8), fourth in offensive efficiency (121.2) and second the Big 12 in points per game (82.7).
• Tuesday marks the final scheduled meeting between the Bears and the Sooners as conference foes.
• While Oklahoma leads the all-time series 46-24, The Bears have won each of the last 10 regular-season meetings, seven-straight at home and 12 of the last 14 meetings overall.
• Baylor is 19-11 since snapping a 30-game Sooner win streak in 2009.
• In the last meeting Langston Love, Adam Flagler and Keyonte George combined for 62 of Baylor's 82 points in an 82-72 Baylor win in Waco.
• When the teams met in Norman last season, the Bears had a season-high 30 second-chance points against the Sooners, the most since they had 32 against Washington State on 12/23/2010.
• Last time out, The Bears had a three-game winning streak snapped with a 64-61 loss at No. 4 Kansas.
• In the game Baylor's three-true freshmen Yves Missi, Ja'Kobe Walter and Miro Little combined for 41 of BU's 61 points.
• After averaging 19 points, 7.5 rebound and 1.5 blocks last week, Missi was named the Big 12 Newcomer of the week, BU's third weekly award winner this season (Walter & RayJ Dennis).
• In the last game at home, Baylor used a 13-0 run and a game-high 21 points from RayJ Dennis to down No. 23 Texas Tech for the Bears' third-straight win over the Red Raiders.
• All four of BU's losses in Big 12 play have come by a combined 12 points.
• Baylor is a nations-best 30-13 against ranked teams over the last five seasons.
• BU's 121-30 record since 2019-20 is the second best among Power Six teams in that span (Kansas).
• Baylor's 312 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (351).
• Baylor is 12-4 in its last 16 games against AP top-10 teams.
• BU's 60-22 Big 12 record over the last five seasons is the second best record of any power-conference team during that span (Kansas).
• The Bears have now been ranked in the top-10 for a fifth-straight year, one of just four programs (Duke, Gonzaga and Kansas) to accomplish that feat.
• Ranked in the AP Top-25 for 24-straight weeks, BU is riding the nation's eighth-longest active streak and the third-longest in the Big 12 (Houston 78, Kansas 57).
• Langston Love is averaging a team-leading 12.8 points per game in Big 12 play, most in the league among players with no starts.
• BU has had six players win Big 12 Sixth-Man of the Year, no other conference school has more than two.
• Dennis ranks second in the Big 12 in assists per game (6.4), with the Bears getting 14.3 points per
