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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

20,377 Views | 260 Replies | Last: 14 days ago by boognish_bear
Self Made Bear
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Run your frickin offense, don't play last second BS!
Johnny Bear
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Roach has been terrible tonight
burg0047
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Since the three free throws our only highlight has been the ASU turnover on our end after a miss.
IowaBear
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All season.. dude is cheeks
Big12Fan2024
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We basically stopped playing real offense at the 7 minute mark and for some reason started playing Prevent Offense.
bear2be2
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Mitch Henessey said:

Roach has been really poor tonight. I wonder if he's 100%. He's too experienced to look this bad.
He's been pretty disappointing all season. I thought he'd more dynamic than he's proven to be.

He's a solid college guard, but he's kind of just a guy.
BellCountyBear
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This team is gutless.
Big12Fan2024
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Sad thing is that we could have had two average/good players (more bodies) for the price we paid for him.
bear2be2
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It is mind boggling to me that we didn't even try to get Omier a touch on the block at any point during this late-game skid.

That's literally our only consistent offense and we refuse to work the ball into him.
Fre3dombear
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bear2be2 said:

It is mind boggling to me that we didn't even try to get Omier a touch on the block at any point during this late-game skid.

That's literally our only consistent offense and we refuse to work the ball into him.


How's his FT shooting?
IowaBear
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That's on Drew imo.
Fre3dombear
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IowaBear said:

That's on Drew imo.


Agreed
bear2be2
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Fre3dombear said:

bear2be2 said:

It is mind boggling to me that we didn't even try to get Omier a touch on the block at any point during this late-game skid.

That's literally our only consistent offense and we refuse to work the ball into him.


How's his FT shooting?
He's a 74 percent free-throw shooter.

But I was talking about all of the last five to seven minutes. We just refuse to force the ball inside.
Fre3dombear
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bear2be2 said:

Fre3dombear said:

bear2be2 said:

It is mind boggling to me that we didn't even try to get Omier a touch on the block at any point during this late-game skid.

That's literally our only consistent offense and we refuse to work the ball into him.


How's his FT shooting?
He's a 74 percent free-throw shooter.

But I was talking about all of the last five to seven minutes. We just refuse to force the ball inside.


Yeah I know

But that good he's also 74% so yeah it was dumb not getting him the rock
Big12Fan2024
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Pathetic
Johnny Bear
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Figures.
Fre3dombear
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What japlened
BearFan33
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Not Roach's night for sure.

But why take the air out of the ball with 5 minutes left?
burg0047
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OT not looking like an attractive option….
Fre3dombear
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We got Kenny Chery'd?
BellCountyBear
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No excuse
burg0047
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LOL
Almost.
Fre3dombear
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Sucks seems we're not even that good at basketball anymore
Big12Fan2024
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We basically started trying to run out the clock way too early and ran absolutely no offense.

IowaBear
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What happened, my TV froze
Quinton
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Terrible result. You had to do everything wrong for OT to even be possible. So many TOs and just non existent offense. The D intensity waned too. With no depth this is going to be tough.
True Grit
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Fre3dombear said:

Sucks seems we're not even that good at basketball anymore


Well… we aren't. Terribly constructed team
BU82EX
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Drew has a tendency to pull the plug offensively with a lead on the road. He sometimes focuses on burning clock at the expense of getting good shots and running the offense
Big12Fan2024
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IowaBear said:

What happened, my TV froze
Long pass by Edgecombe actually caught by Omier who put up a shot and was short.
IowaBear
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I'll gladly eat crow. But I bet they roll us in OT. Roach is garbage as is Nunn. Huge huge miss in the portal paying Roach. Dudes a scrub. Easy to see why Duke ushered him out the door
oldbear69
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we cant handle the press..geez
BellCountyBear
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Open tryouts on Monday!
IowaBear
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This team is going to lose to a ton of mediocre to bad teams this year. They just suck, hard pull to swallow
Quinton
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Josh just excellent all around play. Incredible game
BearFan33
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Josh's best game in some time

We have been running the offense in the OT and guess what…..it's working
 
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