Baylor men’s basketball put together a dominant offensive performance Monday night in the Foster Pavilion, besting the Abilene Christian Wildcats 88-57 in Scott Drew’s 450th win as head coach of the Bears.
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The Bears will advance to play the winner of No. 11 Tennessee and Virginia Friday night at 8:30 p.m. in the final round of the Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas Championships finals.
The Bears will play No. 22 St. John’s and either No. 11 Tennessee or Virginia at the Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas Championship.
The Bears have scored over 100 points in consecutive games for the first time in the Scott Drew era.
Baylor men’s basketball might just have the most fascinating opening-season stretch of any team in the country. After getting walloped by No. 6 Gonzaga in the dead of night, the No. 12-ranked Bears (2-1) silenced No. 16 Arkansas in Dallas and took care of business against Sam Houston in the season home opener, 104-67.
The Bears set Foster Pavilion records in points, rebounds and assists.
The Bears are 1-1 after opening the season against No. 6 Gonzaga and No. 16 Arkansas.
The Bears scored 38 points in the paint in a game they never trailed en route to a 72-67 win over No. 16 Arkansas.
Monday’s 101-63 loss to Gonzaga marked Baylor’s largest-ever loss as an AP Top-10 team. The previous low-water mark was set against Marquette in 2022 (26 pts). It’s the Bears’ largest margin of defeat overall since a 91-51 loss to unranked Oklahoma on Jan. 20, 2007.
The projected top-five NBA Draft pick showed out for the Bahamas during the Olympic Qualifying Tournament this summer.
The Bears have never finished as a top-five scoring offense under head coach Scott Drew.
The blue-chip point guard starred alongside Cooper Flagg at Montverde Academy (FL).
The Third Team All-ACC point guard is the latest in a long line of Baylor transfer guards.
The Second Team All-ACC member averaged 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Hurricanes in 2023-24.
The Bears traded out two-thirds of their roster after three consecutive second-round NCAA Tournament exits.