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Game Thread: Baylor Welcomes Washington for First Big Non-Conference Test of Season

Baylor (1-0) welcomes Washington (2-0) in their marquis non-conference home match-up.
By Ashley Hodge
November 7, 2025
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WACO, Texas – Baylor men’s basketball (1-0) welcomes the Washington Huskies (2-0) to Foster Pavilion Sunday, November 9, at 7:30 p.m. CT. The game will be televised on ESPN.

Computer Models

  • Torvik: Baylor (41), Washington (48)
    • Projected Score: Baylor 79-74
  • Haslametrics: Baylor (27), Washington (63)
    • Projected Score: Baylor 77-68
  • KenPom: Baylor (21), Washington (50)
    • Projected Score: Baylor 81-73
  • Evan Miyakawa: Baylor (42), Washington (51)
    • Projected Score: Baylor 79-74

Projected Lineups

Baylor Starters

  • Guard: Obi Agbim (5Sr., Wyoming) 6-3, 185 (16 ppg; 5 asst)
  • Guard: Tounde Yessoufou (Fr.) 6-5, 215 (24 ppg; 7 reb)
  • Forward: Cameron Carr (RSo., Tennessee) 6-5, 175 (28 ppg; 5 reb)
  • Forward: Dan Skillings (Sr., Cincinnati) 6-7, 200 (15 ppg; 9 reb)
  • Forward: Michael Rataj (Sr., Oregon State) 6-8, 230 (5 ppg; 7 reb)

Baylor Bench

  • Center: Caden Powell (Sr., Rice) 6-9, 225 (6 ppg; 4 reb)
  • Guard: JJ White (5Sr., Omaha) 6-1, 195 
  • Guard: Isaac Williams IV (So., Texas A&M Corpus Christi) 6-1, 190 (2ppg; 3 asst)

Projected Lineups

Washington Starters

  • Guard: JJ Mandaquit (Fr.) 6-1, 180 (8 ppg; 8 asst)
  • Guard: Wesley Yates (So., Southern Cal) 6-4, 200 (14 ppg; 3 reb)
  • Forward: Bryson Tucker (So., Indiana) 6-7, 210 (12 ppg; 9 reb)
  • Forward: Hannes Steinbach (Fr.) 6-11, 230 (17 ppg; 12 reb)
  • Forward: Frank Kepnang (Sr.) 6-11, 250 (5 ppg; 5 reb)

Washington Bench

  • Guard: Zoom Diallo (So.) 6-4, 180 (13 ppg; 5 reb)
  • Guard: Quimari Peterson (Sr., Eastern Tennessee) 6-1, 190 (12 ppg; 4 reb)
  • Forward: Lathan Sommerville (So., Rutgers) 6-10, 275 (10 ppg; 4 reb)
  • *Guard: Desmond Claude (Sr., Southern Cal) 6-6, 200 

*hasn’t played in the first two games due to an injured ankle

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Game Thread: Baylor Welcomes Washington for First Big Non-Conference Test of Season

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9:33a, 11/7/25
This would be a huge win for us, if we can pressure steinbach into bad shots we have the upper hand. Is Claude going to play?
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3:37p, 11/7/25
Just win Bears!
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11:50a, 11/8/25
True Grit fam set to miss Sunday night church for this one. Let's roll!
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12:12p, 11/8/25
is the game going to be sold out?
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2:14p, 11/8/25
Are we cursed? I was excited when Drew signed both Bodo Bodo and Powell because I thought we were finally back to at least 2 decent bigs, particularly as small as we were last year and no bigs beyond Norchad and Josh. Then, I became overjoyed when we signed Soyoye because I thought finally -- we even have a 3rd big in case of any injuries!

Now, here we are at the start of the season and we apparently only have 1 big that's healthy and he's a backup. Soyoye is not listed as one of the backups by Ashley so I assume that means he's still injured too? Sheesh. Will it ever end?
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In reply to Big12Fan2024 • 2:45p, 11/8/25
Short answer, yes.

IMO we were very clearly the best team in 2022 and would have repeated pretty cleanly. But 3 season ending injuries later and two key guys playing 50% and the rest is history.

Just the combination of completely improbable type injuries is unique to this program recently. Love and Cryer alone was the strangest combo of lingering freak injuries I've ever seen.. now this strange Bodo situation.
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10:28a, 11/9/25
lomers with the tip.

- kkm

go bears!
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5:25p, 11/9/25
Current line is BU -6.5
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5:30p, 11/9/25
Let's get the jitters out before the game starts, and start fast
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7:35p, 11/9/25
good game crowd on here tonite.......

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7:40p, 11/9/25
Another slow start. Can't hit the side of a barn.
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In reply to Big12Fan2024 • 7:43p, 11/9/25
Big12Fan2024 said:
Are we cursed? I was excited when Drew signed both Bodo Bodo and Powell because I thought we were finally back to at least 2 decent bigs, particularly as small as we were last year and no bigs beyond Norchad and Josh. Then, I became overjoyed when we signed Soyoye because I thought finally -- we even have a 3rd big in case of any injuries!

Now, here we are at the start of the season and we apparently only have 1 big that's healthy and he's a backup. Soyoye is not listed as one of the backups by Ashley so I assume that means he's still injured too? Sheesh. Will it ever end?

What's the current story on Soyoye?
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7:47p, 11/9/25
Wash racking up the fouls
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7:52p, 11/9/25
Been way off on our 3s.

Defense getting better after shaky start.
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7:54p, 11/9/25
I'm a fan of Powell. That dude works hard inside.
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7:57p, 11/9/25
We're allowing too many offensive rebounds early. Got to do a better job of blocking out.
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7:59p, 11/9/25
Obi is thriving in this creator role. That's two really good passes.
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7:59p, 11/9/25
Skillings works the offensive baseline as well as anyone we've had in recent memory.
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8:01p, 11/9/25
Looking much better on the defensive end.
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In reply to bear2be2 • 8:02p, 11/9/25
bear2be2 said:
I'm a fan of Powell. That dude works hard inside.

He's smart and consistent. Maybe should be starting.
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In reply to Johnny Bear • 8:03p, 11/9/25
Johnny Bear said:
Looking much better on the defensive end.

Was about to say the same thing. Even though Washington is shooting 50%, we've had hands in the face on most shots. Most importantly, we don't seem to be struggling as much with rotations and switches as in prior years. Sanchez may end up being worth his weight in gold by the middle of the season.
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In reply to BearBuck • 8:04p, 11/9/25
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bear2be2 said:
I'm a fan of Powell. That dude works hard inside.

He's smart and consistent. Maybe should be starting.

Drew said the reason he isn't relates to the fact he's provided more energy than almost anyone and he wanted him to be the first off the bench.
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8:11p, 11/9/25
Rataj is looking much more like a high-major rotation player today. That's promising.

If we can get White to that point, we'll have something cooking.
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8:11p, 11/9/25
Need Steinbach to pick up a careless 3rd foul before the end of the half.
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8:12p, 11/9/25
Yessefou is a little out of control again today. I'm afraid that's going to be a constant struggle for him.
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8:13p, 11/9/25
Williams can get into the paint about any time he wants to. But he's got to finish better because he's such a poor free throw shooter.
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8:18p, 11/9/25
The beauty of this team is that there seem to be a lot of guys who can score so if one or two can't score that night, others can hopefully take up some slack. I didn't feel that way with last year's crew.
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In reply to Big12Fan2024 • 8:20p, 11/9/25
Big12Fan2024 said:
The beauty of this team is that there seem to be a lot of guys who can score so if one or two can't score that night, others can hopefully take up some slack. I didn't feel that way with last year's crew.

I think this team is going to be really fun to watch. The thing I like about it is we're not super dependent on any one player. And we have enough depth at the wing that we can sit Yessefou down when he's not playing within himself and under control.
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In reply to bear2be2 • 8:20p, 11/9/25
bear2be2 said:
Rataj is looking much more like a high-major rotation player today. That's promising.

Agree - don't know what was going on in game one but he looks like a different player tonight against a better team.
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8:23p, 11/9/25
we just need a team of cars
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8:24p, 11/9/25
Those ultra long arms make Carr difficult to guard.
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In reply to Bearsalwayswin • 8:25p, 11/9/25
Bearsalwayswin said:
we just need a team of cars

He's our best player. And I'm not sure it's particularly close. But we've got a team of solid college players.
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8:27p, 11/9/25
Good last possesion D.
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