PREVIEW: #7/7 Men’s Basketball Travels to Face Baylor on Saturday

Saturday, January 10

Waco, Texas

Noon

University of Houston

Baylor

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PREVIEW: #7/7 Men’s Basketball Travels to Face Baylor on Saturday

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Cougars meet Bears at Noon inside Foster Pavilion in Big 12 Conference game airing on Peacock

WACO, Texas – Winners of its last eight games, the #7/7 University of Houston Men's Basketball program returns to the road when it travels to face Baylor at Noon, Saturday, inside Foster Pavilion.

The Cougars (14-1 • 2-0 Big 12) enter this weekend's game following a gritty 69-65 win over #14/14 Texas Tech inside Fertitta Center on Tuesday night.

Freshman point guard Kingston Flemings scored nine points in the final two-and-a-half minutes, including a clutch 3-pointer with Houston holding a 1-point lead and only 30 seconds left to lead the Cougars. The San Antonio, Texas, native added three rebounds and a team-high five assists in the win.

Junior forward Joseph Tugler (11 pts., 10 rebs) and freshman center/forward Chris Cenac Jr. (11 pts., 11 rebs) each finished with double-doubles against the Red Raiders and became the first Cougar duo to record double-doubles in the same game since center Josh Carlton and Kyler Edwards accomplished the feat in a double-overtime win at Wichita State on February 2, 2022.

With his performance, Flemings moved into the team lead with 16.1 points per game and ranks among the Big 12 Top-20 leaders in steals per game (t-5^th), assists per game (9^th), assist-turnover ratio (9^th) and field goal percentage (11^th).

Cenac enjoyed his team-leading third double-double of the season and leads the Cougars with 7.7 rebounds per game. With 2.0 steals and 1.7 blocks per game, Tugler is the only student-athlete to rank among the Big 12's Top-Eight leaders in both categories.

Fans can view Saturday's digital game program by clicking here.

NOTES
• Houston will put its 15-game road winning streak on the line at Baylor on Saturday. The 15-game streak (all in Big 12 Conference) games is a league record, the nation's longest active streak and ties the school record. Houston is the only school in the nation with active road AND home winning streaks of at least 13 games.
• The Cougars have been ranked in each of the last 115 AP polls for the nation's longest active streak and the 14th longest streak in NCAA history.
• Since 2017-18, Houston is the nation's winningest team with a 257-45 record. The Cougars also are the nation's winningest team over the last 2+ (81), 3+ (114), 4+ (146), 5+ (173), 6+ (197) and 7+ (230) seasons.
• Senior guard Emanuel Sharp continues to rise on UH career charts. The four-year letterman now tied for fifth in wins (109), 22nd in points (1,370), third in 3-point field goals (253) and posted a 28-game streak with at least one 3-point field made, tying for the fifth-longest streak in UH history.
• Sharp and Flemings were named to the John R. Wooden Award Midseason Watch List on January 7. The Wooden Award is presented annually to the nation's top player. Houston was one of four schools with multiple student-athletes on the Watch List.

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TUNE IN
• Fans can watch Saturday's game on Peacock with John Fanta (play-by-play) and Jess Settles (analyst) calling.
• Fans can hear Saturday's game on 950 AM KPRC, the Varsity Network app and SiriusXM Ch. 211 or Ch. 199 with Jeremy Branham (play-by-play) and Hall of Famer Elvin Hayes (analyst) calling. The pregame show begins at 11:45 a.m. Saturday.
• Fans can follow live stats from Saturday's game on StatBroadcast.

ABOUT BAYLOR
• Baylor enters Saturday's game with a 10-4 overall record. The Bears are 0-2 in Big 12 Conference play to tie for 12th.
• Baylor has lost its last two games. Those losses snapped the Bears' four-game winning streak.
• Baylor is 8-1 in home games this season.
• In its most recent action, Baylor dropped a 70-60 decision to #3/3 Iowa State in Waco, Texas, on Wednesday night.
• Against Iowa State, sophomore guard Cameron Carr totaled 17 points with five rebounds, two assists, two steals and a pair of blocked shots. Senior center Caden Powell came off the bench to post 11 points with a team-high 11 rebounds while freshman guard Tounde Yessoufou posted 10 points with eight rebounds, an assist, blocked shot and steal.
• This season, Carr leads Baylor with 20.7 points and 1.7 blocked shots per game. Yessoufou is second on the team with 18.0 points per game but leads the team with 2.3 steals per game. Senior guard Dan Skillings Jr. is third among the Bears with 11.8 points per game but leads Baylor with 7.1 rebounds per game. Fifth-year guard Obi Agbim stands fourth with 10.8 points per game but leads with 3.7 assists per game while sophomore guard Isaac Williams IV is the fifth Bear averaging double-digit points with 10.6 points per contest.
• Head Coach Scott Drew is in his 23rd season at Baylor and his 24th year as a collegiate head coach.
• Drew has built a 474-263 record with Baylor and is 494-273 during his career.
• He previously posted a 20-11 record at Valparaiso (2002-03).
• Drew has posted an 1-2 record against Houston during his career with all three previous meetings coming during his Baylor tenure.
• Drew has posted a 1-9 record against Houston Head Coach Kelvin Sampson during his Baylor and Sampson's Houston careers.
• Drew is a 1993 graduate of Butler.

SERIES HISTORY vs. BAYLOR
• Houston owns a 41-16 lead against Baylor in the series, which began during the 1952-53 season.
• Saturday's game will be the first of two regular-season meetings against the Bears during the 2025-26 season. Baylor visits Fertitta Center at 8 p.m., Wednesday, March 4, in the Cougars' final regular-season home game of the year.
• At 57 games, the series against Baylor is the ninth -most played in Houston history.
• This marks the third straight season in which the Cougars will face Baylor as Big 12 Conference rivals. The two schools competed as Southwest Conference rivals from the 1975-76 season through the 1995-96 campaign.
• Saturday's game marks the fifth straight encounter in which Houston was ranked. The Cougars are 3-1 in those games.
• Houston has won the last three meetings against Baylor and five of the last seven.
• In the most recent meeting, #3/3 Houston closed the 2024-25 regular season with a 65-61 win over the Bears in Waco, Texas, on March 8, 2025.
• In the series' first meeting, Houston dropped a 77-62 decision to Baylor in Waco, Texas, on January 26, 1953.
on Road: Houston owns an 16-10 lead against Baylor in road games played in Waco, Texas, during the series history.
• Houston has won the last three road meetings in Waco, Texas. The Cougars' last road loss at Baylor was a 97-89 setback on February 22, 1995.
• In the most recent road meeting, #3/3 Houston closed the 2024-25 regular season with a 65-61 win over the Bears in Waco, Texas, on March 8, 2025.
• In the first road game at Baylor, Houston dropped a 77-62 decision to Baylor in Waco, Texas, on January 26, 1953.

UP NEXT
• Following Saturday's game, Houston returns to Fertitta Center to host a pair of home games.
• The homestand begins at 7:30 p.m., January 13 against West Virginia in the lone regular-season meeting against the Mountaineers . That game will air on FS1.
• From there, the Cougars face Arizona State on January 18. Tipoff time for that game has not been finalized with the game airing on ESPN or ESPN2.
• Houston wraps up the regular-season series against #14/14 Texas Tech when it meets the Red Raiders at 5:30 p.m., January 24 in Lubbock, Texas. That game will air on ESPN.
• All Houston Men's Basketball games can be heard on 950 AM KPRC, the Varsity Network app and Sirius XM Radio.

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