Baylor Brew 1/10: Bridges To Victory

Veteran leads Bears past #18 BYU

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January 10, 2024

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🐻 The Official Daily Newsletter For Baylor Athletics

Good Morning Baylor Fam. The Golden Gate Bridge. The Brooklyn Bridge. The Tower Bridge. The Sydney Harbor Bridge. So many famous bridges in the world.

For BU fans, its all about Jalen Bridges.

The senior stepped up in a MAJOR way on Tuesday night to help the Bears grind out a top-20 win and we’ve got all the details for you!

What all do we have stirrin’ in today’s abbreviated Brew? Check it out!

🏀 Bridges To Victory
🚌 Taking This Show On The Road
🎟 Don’t Miss Out!
🐻 And much, much more!

🎙 SIC ‘EM POD WITH COACH NICKI

Women’s Basketball at Baylor University has seen tremendous success over the years, and thanks to Head Coach Nicki Collen, it feels as if that level of success is going to continue for a long time.

In her first 2 years at Baylor, Coach Nicki has led the program to back-to-back 20-plus win seasons, back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances, and already has a BIG12 title under her belt. Now, in year 3, all of the pieces are coming together.

She is a mother, a former WNBA coach of the year, a relentless competitor, and is proud to be the head women’s basketball coach at Baylor University.

📈 STOCK UP

🔺 Bridges To Victory. One of the best parts of this year’s Baylor’s men’s basketball team is that you just never know who’s night it’s going to be.

Is it Ja’Kobe’s night? Is it RayJ’s night? Is it Langston tonight?

On Tuesday, the bridges led BU to a top-20 victory, Jalen Bridges that is. The senior poured in a season-high 25 points to help the Bears get past a gritty 18th-ranked BYU squad, 81-72, at a raucous Foster Pavilion.

Bridges scored 17 of his 25 in the second half and helped seal the victory with two free-throws with under a minute to play.

The game featured eight ties and 16 lead changes, but a layup by Jayden Nunn with less than 10 minutes to play gave BU the lead that they would never relinquish.

🔺 Visiting Dorothy and Toto. Off to a program record start of 14-0 (matching the 40-0 undefeated season), the Baylor women’s hoops is taking its show on the road.

Tonight kicks off back-to-back road games for the Green & Gold as the Bears look for their 20th straight win over Kansas.

Baylor is currently one of three undefeated teams in the country, along with #1 South Carolina and #2 UCLA.

🎙 INSIDE BAYLOR SPORTS

Jan. 10th Edition:
A Thriller at Foster

Obim Okeke and Justin Hoff breakdown last night’s 81-72 win over BYU for your Baylor Men’s Basketball team.

We’ll also take a look at the latest Big 12 standings and tell you who Baylor’s biggest competition in conference will be this season.

🤔 SIC ’EM TRIVIA

Jalen Bridges’ season-best night came at the perfect time, helping BU grab a critical Big 12 victory over BYU.

His 25 points was the second time this season he scored 20+ or a game.

15 games into the 2023-24 season, five different Bears (including Bridges) have scored 20+ in a game this season. Can you name the other four that have done so?

Think you got it?

Scroll on down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

🎟 DON’T MISS OUT!

Eight-time NCATA Champion.
Three home meets.

We promise, you DO NOT want to miss out! The Baylor Acrobatics and Tumbling squads are just a few weeks away from starting their 2024 season and BU fans will have three chances to catch the Bears in action at home this season.

Sun, Feb. 11 @ 3 pm vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor
Sun, Feb. 25 @ 3 pm vs. Oregon
Sat, Mar. 16 @ 5 pm vs. Gannon

🐻 THE FOLLOW: RELIVING OPENING WEEK

Best way to get ready for another big night at Foster?

Relive last week’s incredible week!

A new era began with the opening of Foster Pavilion and Baylor+ was there every step of the way.

Last week was so good, it couldn’t just be one episode of the Follow, we’ve got ✌️ brand new episodes for you!

📬 STICK WITH US

Did someone send you the Baylor Brew? Well, the first thing you should do is thank them. The next thing you should do is subscribe here and get it in your inbox every weekday morning just in time for your first cup of coffee!

🗓 ON THE DOCKET

Wednesday, January 10
🏀 Women’s Basketball at Kansas @ 6:30pm

Saturday, January 13
🏀 Women’s Basketball at Iowa State @ 12pm
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. Abilene Christian @ 12pm
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. Lamar @ 6pm
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Cincinnati @ 7pm
👟 Track & Field at McFerrin-12 Degree Invitational (College Station, Tex.)

Tuesday, January 16
🏀 Men’s Basketball at Kansas State @ 7pm

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Ja’Kobe Walter (five times), Jayden Nunn, RayJ Dennis and Langston Love (two times).

🐻 Have a great Wednesday, y’all!

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