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MBB Set for Big Monday at Houston
2/9/2025 10:01:00 PM | Men's Basketball
The trip to H-Town is BU's first since 2002
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RV/RV BAYLOR BEARS (15-8, 7-5 Big 12) Location: Waco, Texas Conference/Affiliation: Big 12 Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler, 1993) Roster | Stats | Game Notes (PDF ) |
RV/RV BAYLOR (15-8, 7-5 Big 12) vs. 5/5 Houston (19-4, 11-1 Big 12) Feb. 10, 2025 • 8:00 p.m. CT Houston, Texas • Fertitta Center (7,035) LIVE STATS: Stat Broadcast WATCH: ESPN Talent: Jon Sciambi (pxp), Fran Fraschilla (analyst), Kris Budden (reporter) 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 382 or on the SXM App Baylor Social Media:    |
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5/5 HOUSTON COUGARS (19-4, 11-1 Big 12) Location: Houston, Texas Conference/Affiliation: Big 12 Head Coach: Kelvin Sampson (UNC Pembroke, 1978) Roster | Stats | Game Notes (PDF) |
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• Baylor hits the road for a Big Monday matchup with No. 5/5 Houston at 8 p.m. on ESPN
• Monday marks Baylor's first trip to Houston since Nov. 30, 2002, a 62-60 Baylor win
• This game is a rematch of the 2021 National Semifinal where BU built a 25-point halftime lead and led by 16+ points for the final 25 minutes to reach the title game en route to the program's first-ever National Championship
• In the last meeting, BU trailed by as many as 17 and was down by 16 points at the half, only to outscore the Cougars 44-28 in the second half to force overtime before falling 82-76 in the extra session
• Going for its eighth conference win, BU has 8+ Big 12 wins in 13-straight seasons after winning 8+ just 3 times in the league's first 15 years
• The Bears are 13-8 against AP Top-10 teams over the last six seasons
• BU is 32-18 in Big 12 Road games since 2019-20, The best mark in the league in that span
• Baylor is 34-21 against ranked teams over the last four seasons, including a 18-17 mark away from home
• BU is 88-27 against in-state opponents since the start of the 2011-12 season
• BU is 169-103 in Big 12 play in 15 seasons since 2010 after going 59-149 in the league's first 13 seasons
• Baylor has 71 conference wins over the last six seasons, second only to Kansas' 73, the next closest team in that span is Texas Tech with 55
• Of the 940 minutes of game time this season, Baylor has had it's full complement of rotation players for just 189:56 (20.2%)
• Last time out, Baylor cruised to a 91-76 over UCF, it's most points in a regulation Big 12 game since rolling up 93 on Texas on March 4, 2024
• Baylor's VJ Edgcombe (1 game) and Langston Love (10 games) returned from injury to give Baylor 17 and 16 points, respectively
• Norchad Omier led the way for Baylor with 18 points and 12 rebounds, securing his 80th career double-double, tying him with Drexel's Malik Rose for the eighth-most in NCAA history
• Omier's 12 double-doubles are the most by a Baylor Bear in a season since Jo Lual-Acuil had 13 in 2017-18
• Robert Wright is now just 11 assists away from tying the freshman assist record held by John Lucas III
• Baylor's dynamic freshmen duo of Edgecombe and Wright have taken their games to the next level, averaging 20.0 and 16.0 points per game, respectively, over the last five games
• Averaging 15.0 and 12.7 points per game for the season, Edgecombe and Wright are looking to become the first BU freshmen to average 13.0+ points per game in the same year since Lawrence Roberts and John Lucas III averaged 16.6 and 13.2 in 2001-02
• Scott Drew is one of six active coaches with a national title, and now has wins over three of the other five this season (Calipari, Pitino and Self)
• Five of Baylor's eight losses have come against teams that have been ranked in the top-10 at some point this season, while Gonzaga, Tennessee, UConn and Iowa State have been ranked in the top 3. Seven of the eight losses are Quad-1 losses
• According to KenPom, BU enters the week with the seventh-toughest schedule in the country and the toughest in the Big 12
