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Gameday Thread: Baylor Heads West to Face Arizona State

January 9, 2025
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Baylor (10-4, 2-1) travels to the Grand Canyon State for a match-up against Arizona State (10-4, 2-1) Saturday January 11th at 8:30 p.m. CST. The game will be streamed on ESPN+.

Predictions

KenPom: Baylor 73, Arizona State 70

Torvik: Baylor 71, Arizona State 69

Evan Miyakawa: Baylor 77, Arizona State 69

Haslemetrics: Baylor 72, Arizona State 68


Coaches

Arizona State: Bobby Hurley (53) 207-154 (165-135 at ASU); 4 NCAAs

Baylor: Scott Drew (54); 476-259 overall (456-248 at Baylor); 12 NCAAs; 5 Sweet 16s; 3 Elite 8s; FF; 1 National Championship

Head to Head: 1-0 Drew


Arizona State Starters

  • Guard: Alston Mason (Sr.) 6-2 175 lbs; 12 ppg; 3 asst; 43% FG; 35% 3pt; 84% FT
  • Guard: Adam Miller (Sr.) 6-3 190 lbs; 10 ppg; 3 reb; 45% FG; 46% 3pt; 81% FT
  • Guard: BJ Freeman (Sr.) 6-6 200 lbs; 12 ppg; 4 reb; 3 asst; 40% FG; 31% 3pt; 77% FT
  • Forward: Jayden Quaintance (Fr.) 6-9 230 lbs; 9 ppg; 8 reb; 3 blks; 51% FG; 17% 3pt; 49% FT
  • Forward: Basheer Jihad (Sr.) 6-9 240 lbs; 13 ppg; 6 reb; 47% FG; 35% 3pt; 75% FT

Arizona State Bench

  • *Guard: Joson Sanon (Fr.) 6-5 200 lbs; 14 ppg; 4 reb; 48% FG; 48% 3pt; 69% FT
  • Forward: Amier Ali (Fr.) 6-8 210 lbs; 5 ppg; 2 reb; 37% FG; 31% pt; 69% FT
  • Forward: Shawn Phillips (Jr.) 7-0 245 lbs; 3 ppg; 4 reb; 55% FG; 57% FT

*sat out last two games with an ankle injury


Baylor Starters

  • Guard: Jeremy Roach (Sr.) 6-2 180 lbs; 12 ppg; 4 asst; 43% FG; 36% 3pt; 75% FT
  • Guard: Jayden Nunn (Sr.) 6-4 190 lbs; 11 ppg; 3 reb; 41% FG; 47% 3pt; 57% FT
  • Guard: VJ Edgecombe (Fr.) 6-5 190 lbs; 12 ppg; 6 reb; 3 asst; 3 st; 41% FG; 30% 3pt 72% FT
  • Forward: Norchad Omier (Sr.) 6-7 245 lbs; 16 ppg; 11 reb; 2 steals; 60% FG; 24% 3pt; 74% FT
  • Forward: Josh Ojianwuna (Jr.) 6-10 255 lbs; 8 ppg; 7 reb; 75% FG; 64% FT

Baylor Bench

  • *Guard: Langston Love (Jr.) 6-5 215 lbs; 7 ppg; 3 reb; 36% FG; 29% 3pt; 75% FT 
  • *Forward: Jalen Celestine (Sr.) 6-7 215 lbs; 8 ppg; 3 reb; 39% FG; 38% 3pt; 100% FT
  • Guard: Rob Wright (Fr.) 6-1 180 lbs; 12 ppg; 5 asst; 47% FG; 41% 3pt; 77% FT
  • Forward: Jason Asemota (FR) 6-8 200 lbs; 2 ppg; 2 reb; 43% FG; 27% 3pt; 33% FT

*sat out the last two games with injuries

Discussion from...

Gameday Thread: Baylor Heads West to Face Arizona State

20,362 Views | 260 Replies | Last: 14 days ago by boognish_bear
TXBEAR_bf
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Any updates on Josh?
Bear living in the woods of Bend Oregon
MrGolfguy
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Just win Bears!
I don't feel tardy
Johnny Bear
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Need to pickup a conference road win here.
Big12Fan2024
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Given the difficulty of winning on the road in the Big 12 and the need to protect home, is it reasonable to think of our conference season in terms of 4, five game segments? And if we go 3-2 in every segment then we're sitting in a pretty good position at year end. If we do better than 3-2 in a segment then that's just gravy.

So as long as we take 1 from either Arizona St tonight or Arizona Tuesday night then we at least finish the first segment 3-2 with any losses being on the road and not at home.
historian
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If we go 3-2 in each of those dots all season they would bf a lot of losses. It would definitely have an impact come March.
Big12Fan2024
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Arizona St's leading scorer who missed the Kansas and CU games is back and starting tonight.
Big12Fan2024
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Our usual 5 starters so Josh is apparently well enough to play.
Stefano DiMera
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Wearing white due to ASU blackout.
Big12Fan2024
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Love and Celestine out again. On the bench in sweats.
Big12Fan2024
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Omier trying to dribble a basketball is a sight to see.
bear2be2
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Off to a crawling start.
Johnny Bear
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Can't hit the side of a barn to start
IowaBear
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Nothing new there. Absolute crap team shooting wise
bear2be2
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Johnny Bear said:

Can't hit the side of a barn to start
This is a terrible basketball game.
bear2be2
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Nice to see some inside-out game for a change. Good stuff happens when you run good offense.
IowaBear
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Can this game give the KU Cincy game a run for its money as the lowest scoring game of the day?
Big12Fan2024
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You guys can disagree with me, yell at me or do whatever you want, but we start almost every game flat until Wright comes in and we actually have PG on the floor and suddenly the ball starts moving around the perimeter.
Johnny Bear
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If we were playing anybody that's in the top half of the Big 12 we're probably down by at least 15 right now .
Stefano DiMera
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Who's disagreed with that?

I haven't seen one poster say he's been bad at point.
bear2be2
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One thing today has shown -- outside the Houston-Kansas State game (K-State is just brutal this year) -- is that homecourt means a ton in this league.

We need to pick it up or we're going to be chasing them once they finally make an offensive run, and that's not a position you want to be in on the road.
Quinton
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Big12Fan2024 said:

Love and Celestine out again. On the bench in sweats.


Goodness, just wild. They need this one badly bc they aren't beating Arizona on the road with 7 guys.
Big12Fan2024
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No one was talking about him being bad. The implication is that Roach is just not a PG and the main reason we start flat every time.
bear2be2
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Hell of a finish by Edgecombe. Good to see him stay aggressive off the bounce after his big game against Cincy.
bear2be2
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Big12Fan2024 said:

No one was talking about him being bad. The implication is that Roach is just not a PG and the main reason we start flat every time.
I don't think many would disagree with that point either.
bear2be2
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I didn't like the midrange pull-up by Edge, but he made up for it by chasing down the rebound and nailing an open 3.
BearFan33
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Charge?
Cove Dawg
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Poor shooting, poor defense, and nonexistent contribution from the post is not a recipe for a memorable season.
Mitch Henessey
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You can see it all starting to click for VJ. The flip side of that is Omier has been brutal tonight.

On the other end, we need to do something about Freeman, or he's going to go for 25+ against us.
BearFan33
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We look stagnant on offense. A little better when we go inside out
Big12Fan2024
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Good pressure. ASU had all kinds of problems when Kansas went to a press in the 2nd half of their game. ASU led for most of the 1st half.
Mitch Henessey
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Rob Wright is a stud
BearFan33
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lol at ASU center. Just two handed shoving folks
Mitch Henessey
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That's a trash charge call on Omier.
Big12Fan2024
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BS call on Omier
Big12Fan2024
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VJ putting on a show on the offensive end.
 
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