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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

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Gameday Thread: Baylor Heads West to Face Arizona State

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bear2be2
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In reply to Big12Fan2024 • 10:45p, 1/11/25
Big12Fan2024 said:
We basically started trying to run out the clock way too early and ran absolutely no offense.
What's funny is we're about +16 or more in this game when we've just been running our offense and playing basketball. We let them back in this game playing prevent offense, which is always stupid.

When you've got a good lead, trust what put you in that position.
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In reply to BU82EX • 10:46p, 1/11/25
BU82EX said:
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


He did it too early tonight
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In reply to BearFan33 • 10:47p, 1/11/25
BearFan33 said:
BU82EX said:
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


He did it too early tonight
He does that all the time. You shouldn't even worry about the clock until about the two-minute mark. Play your game until then.

Going into a shell that early just tells your players to stop attacking. It's a good way to lose your competitive edge.
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Stefano DiMera
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In reply to Fre3dombear • 10:47p, 1/11/25
Fre3dombear said:
Sucks seems we're not even that good at basketball anymore


Hmmm.. bout to go 11-4 and 3-1 in conference and some of you think sky is falling.
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In reply to Stefano DiMera • 10:49p, 1/11/25
Sky isn't falling but I thinks it's fair to say this is Drew's worst team in awhile.
That said I myself need. Row because I thought AsU would own the OT segment after capturing the momentum at regulations end
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10:49p, 1/11/25
Since we're giving players what seems like 8 years of eligibility now, can we call Kenny Chery up and see what he's doing. We need someone who is dependable at the FT line.
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In reply to Stefano DiMera • 10:49p, 1/11/25
Stefano DiMera said:
Fre3dombear said:
Sucks seems we're not even that good at basketball anymore


Hmmm.. bout to go 11-4 and 3-1 in conference and some of you think sky is falling.
The sky's not falling. But this team has serious limiting qualities.
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10:50p, 1/11/25
Nunn… how do you get the ball stolen there?
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10:50p, 1/11/25
We are still trying to find a way to give this game to them.
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10:50p, 1/11/25
Up by 4 with 26 seconds left

Dont screw this up bears
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10:50p, 1/11/25
Yet another ridiculous TO into a 3. This team is terrible at closing a game essentially in hand. Now it's not. Finish
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10:50p, 1/11/25
Hit FTs and let's get tf outta Tempe.
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In reply to bear2be2 • 10:50p, 1/11/25
Bingo! And oddly enough it may end up being on the offensive end. It's a damn shame because a healthy LL would solve some of these issues
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10:51p, 1/11/25
Drew getting outcoached tonight.
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In reply to Stefano DiMera • 10:51p, 1/11/25
Stefano DiMera said:
Fre3dombear said:
Sucks seems we're not even that good at basketball anymore


Hmmm.. bout to go 11-4 and 3-1 in conference and some of you think sky is falling.


Sky is falling? Huh? We are a shell of ourselves and I don't give much emotion to Baylor sports anymore anyway but yeah if you think this is normal
Baylor quality don't know what to tell ya.
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10:52p, 1/11/25
Some of you guys need to lighten up, Francis.
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In reply to Big12Fan2024 • 10:52p, 1/11/25
Big12Fan2024 said:
Since we're giving players what seems like 8 years of eligibility now, can we call Kenny Chery up and see what he's doing. We need someone who is dependable at the FT line.


Except that one time
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In reply to Mitch Henessey • 10:52p, 1/11/25
Several
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10:52p, 1/11/25
It wasn't pretty, but I'll take it.
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10:53p, 1/11/25
We win by 6 after almost stealing defeat from the jaws of victory
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10:53p, 1/11/25
Whew. Game over. We win.
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In reply to BearFan33 • 10:53p, 1/11/25
BearFan33 said:
We win by 6 after almost stealing defeat from the jaws of victory


Twice
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In reply to Fre3dombear • 10:53p, 1/11/25
I'll settle for all the other times when he was shooting 90%.
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10:53p, 1/11/25
Well I'm owed some crow. Thought for sure ASU would take it to the Bears in OT. Great show of composure by the Bears
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10:53p, 1/11/25
Need Celestine and Love to get healthy.
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10:54p, 1/11/25
Ridiculous it had to go to overtime, but credit to the team for gutting it up and at least finishing it off in OT.
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10:54p, 1/11/25
Better than the alternative. Nice grit in OT, one of the worst final 10 you'll see. Terrible closing, poor ball handling, sloppy passing, weak ball security.

Josh was phenomenal though
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10:54p, 1/11/25
What a game by Josh O.
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In reply to Mitch Henessey • 10:54p, 1/11/25
Mitch Henessey said:
Need Celestine and Love to get healthy.


I don't think we can count in live at all and without him this team will struggle to win the first game of the tourney most likely
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In reply to Mitch Henessey • 10:55p, 1/11/25
A healthy Love makes this team so much better. Really sucks not having him. And Celestine has games where he's en fuego from deep
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10:55p, 1/11/25
MVP Josh. Nice to see him get the interview

Pretty good minutes from Asemota but he showed his defensive limitations

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10:55p, 1/11/25
Way to step up big time tonight Josh. 12 points 17 boards. And some really good defense that cut off driving lanes and forced the ball out.
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In reply to bear2be2 • 10:56p, 1/11/25
bear2be2 said:
Stefano DiMera said:
Fre3dombear said:
Sucks seems we're not even that good at basketball anymore


Hmmm.. bout to go 11-4 and 3-1 in conference and some of you think sky is falling.
The sky's not falling. But this team has serious limiting qualities.


He literally said were not good at basketball..that's basically saying the sky is not only falling but has fell.

This is a 20 game gauntlet with 10 of them on the road. Any road win is a good win. I'm gonna celebrate it no matter how ugly..

I'll let Drew who has a little more experience than me figure out the things we need to work on.

And we only have like 6 players so I'm not sure what everyone is expecting.
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10:56p, 1/11/25
Josh and VJ have taken their games to another level lately.
Anyone watched AZ tonight?
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In reply to IowaBear • 10:56p, 1/11/25
IowaBear said:
A healthy Love makes this team so much better. Really sucks not having him. And Celestine has games where he's en fuego from deep
Unfortunately there's no such thing as a healthy Love. He's cursed or something.
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