MBB Takes on Top-Ranked No. 2 Arizona in a Late Night at Foster Pavilion

Tuesday, February 24

Waco, Texas

8 pm

Baylor

Arizona

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Tounde Yessoufou from three against ASU at home

MBB Takes on Top-Ranked No. 2 Arizona in a Late Night at Foster Pavilion

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BU seeks highest ranked home win in program history

	BAYLOR BEARS (14-13, 4-10 Big 12) Location: Waco, Texas Conference/Affiliation: Big 12 Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler, 1993) Roster \| Stats \| Game Notes (PDF)	2/2 ARIZONA (25-2, 12-2 Big 12) vs. BAYLOR (14-13, 4-10 Big 12) Feb. 24, 2026 • 8:00 p.m. CT Waco, Texas • Foster Pavilion (7,500) LIVE STATS: Stat Broadcast WATCH: ESPN2 Talent: Dave Flemming (pxp), Sean Farnham (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:
	ARIZONA WILDCATS (25-2, 12-2 Big 12) Location: Tucson, Ariz. Conference/Affiliation: Big 12 Head Coach: Tommy Lloyd (Whitman, 1998) Roster \| Stats \| Game Notes (PDF)

WACO, Texas – Baylor men's basketball welcomes No. 2 Arizona on Tuesday night at 8 p.m. CT on ESPN2 at Foster Pavilion.

GAME NOTES
• Tuesday night's matchup will be the 13th meeting between the Bears and Wildcats in program history.
• No. 2 is the only ranking Baylor men's basketball has never defeated (0-11 all-time). The highest-ranked home win BU holds is versus No. 3 Arkansas on 2/10/90.
• BU is looking for its first top-5 win since 2/26/22, where Baylor took down No. 5 Kansas, 80-70, at home.
• Baylor is 35-33 against ranked teams since 2019-20, including a 17-10 mark at home.
• Baylor is coming off a 73-68 victory over Arizona State, snapping its previous four-game losing streak.
• The Bears came back from an eight-point deficit at the half to earn the win.
• Over the last six seasons, Baylor is 126-14 when leading at the half and 139-23 when taking a 2nd-half lead.
• BU went 29-of-51 (.569) from the field. The Bears have won 78 of it's last 81 games when shooting 50% or higher.
• Freshman Tounde Yessoufou 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. He's on track to break the program record in points by a freshman (509).
• Yessoufou's 182 made field goals this season ties the program record of freshman field goals made, tying with Larry Spicer (1975-76).
• Yessoufou is 12 steals away from breaking the BU freshman record of steals, currently held by VJ Edgecombe (68).
• Yessoufou ranks second in the Big 12 in steals (56) and third in the Big 12 in steals per game (2.07).
• Cameron Carr became the first sophomore to achieve 500 points in a season since LaceDarius Dunn in 2007-08.
• Carr leads the Bears and is sixth in the Big 12 with 18.7 points per game.
• Isaac Williams IV has reached double-figures and is averaging 15.5 points per game in the last four contests.
• Williams has shot a .585-clip from the field (24-of-41) in the last four games.
• Kenpom has the Bears holding the No. 2 toughest opponent defensive strength of schedule in the country.
• Additionally, BU's overall strength of schedule ranks as 17th in the nation and 5th in the Big 12.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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).