No. 8 Texas men seek rare basketball season sweep against No. 9 Baylor
No. 8 Texas vs. No. 9 Baylor
1 p.m. Saturday, Farrell Center, Waco
TV/radio: ESPN/104.9
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About the series: Texas leads 164-96. Jabari Rice scored 21 points and Timmy Allen added 18 to lead Texas to a 76-71 win Jan. 30 at Moody Center.
About the Longhorns: With a win, Texas would complete a regular-season series sweep of Baylor for the first time since 2014. … Hunter, Carr and Rice each had a trio of 3-pointers in Tuesday’s 72-54 win over Iowa State, and Texas matched its Big 12 high with 12 made 3-pointers as a team. … With postseason tournaments less than two weeks away, the Longhorns are 9-6 in Quad 1 games; the nine Quad 1 wins are tied for the second-most nationally behind Kansas’ 13.
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About the Bears: The game against Texas will be the 261st meeting in the series, which is the most played rivalry in Baylor history. … Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua, a 6-foot-8 forward who suffered a season-ending knee injury in last season’s 80-63 win over Texas in Waco, returned to the court for the first time since his injury Feb. 4 against Texas Tech, and he recorded his first double-double since the injury with 11 points and 12 rebounds in a 75-65 loss to Kansas State on Tuesday. … George's16.9 points per game rank third among Division I freshmen.
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