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Gameday: No. 20 Baylor opens B4A against VCU

November 23, 2016
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The Baylor men's basketball team will open the Battle 4 Atlantis on Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. CT against VCU and will be aired live on ESPN2. The meeting between the Bears (3-0) and the Rams (3-0) is the fourth ever matchup for the programs.

TOP PERFORMERS

Points
VCU: Forward, Justin Tillman (14.0)
Baylor: Guard, Manu Lecomte (16.7)

Rebounds
VCU: Forward, Justin Tillman (6.0)
Baylor: Forward, Jo Lual-Acuil, Jr. (10.0)

Assists
VCU: Guard, Jonathan Williams (3.7)
Baylor: Guard, Manu Lecomte (7.0)

Steals
VCU: Guard, Doug Brooks (2.3)
Baylor: Guard, Manu Lecomte (2.3)

Blocks
VCU: Forward, Mo Alie-Cox (1.7)
Baylor: Forward, Jo Lual-Acuil, Jr. (5.3)
• Baylor faces VCU in Wednesday's first round action of the 6th-annual Battle 4 Atlantis.
• Wednesday is the 4th series meeting between the teams, which last met on Nov. 27, 1998.
• Baylor has led for 94% of game time over its first three games (112:22 of 120:00).
• BU is 3-0 for the 9th time in the last 10 seasons. The lone exception was a 2-1 start last year.
• Baylor is 23-11 in regular-season tournaments during the Drew era, including 10-3 since 2013-14.
• Baylor has knocked off 13 ranked teams in the last two-plus seasons (13-14 vs. ranked opponents).
• BU is 32-54 against ranked teams since 2007-08 after going 0-27 in Drew's first four rebuilding seasons.
• Baylor went from receiving no votes to No. 20 in this week's AP Top 25.

Gameday: No. 20 Baylor opens B4A against VCU

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3:56p, 11/23/16
To keep manu on the field after such a bad game was ballsy and Manu paid him back the best way. Great for the future!
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In reply to gaet • 3:59p, 11/23/16
gaet said:
To keep manu on the field after such a bad game was ballsy and Manu paid him back the best way. Great for the future!
he was huge when it mattered. I doubt we see him shoot that bad the rest of the season.
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In reply to goldtexan • 4:00p, 11/23/16
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riflebear said:
27 of 33 FTS (82%)

We're doing a good job getting to the line this season.

Part of that seems by design. Part is that we appear to have no outside shooter at all. I love that we are pounding down low...have to find someone to shoot the ball at some point.
I think Freeman, McClure and Lecomte are good outside shooters.

Freeman is streaky. McClure has been non existent thus far and lecomte was turrible from the floor today. That we won with essentially no outside shooting is a testament.
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5:59p, 11/23/16
nein,

I agree we had no outside shooting today, but I think it's there for the team as a whole. Good adjustment by Drew to play high low with our post guys.
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9:39p, 11/23/16
Great win. VCU is a good team. Free throws and rebounding won it for us. Physical teams will give us fits this year. Ashley likes to talk about matchups and this one is a game we could have easily lost, but Drew adjusted well.
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