2016-17 BAYLOR BASKETBALL GAME NOTES BASKETBALLGAME 1 — ORAL ROBERTS GAME NOTES Follow Baylor Basketball on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook: @BaylorMBB GAME 25 NR/NR BAYLOR (16-8, 7-4 Big 12) vs. 15/15 TEXAS TECH (20-5, 8-4 Big 12) Feb. 16, 2019 • 1:01 p.m. CT • Watch: ESPN2 and ESPN App • Listen: ESPN Central Texas and Sirius/XM Lubbock, Texas • United Supermarkets Arena (15,098) • Social Media: @BaylorMBB | #SicTech | #1TGF MEDIA INFORMATION STORY LINES TV: ESPN and ESPN App • Baylor looks for a season sweep of Texas Tech when the teams meet in Lubbock at 1 p.m. CT Saturday. Talent: Clay Matvick (pxp), Tim Welsh (analyst) • Saturday is the 138th all-time series meeting dating back to 1937. Baylor is 19-8 vs. Texas Tech since BU Radio: Baylor-IMG College / ESPN Central Texas 2006, including 7-6 in Lubbock in that span and 6-3 in Lubbock since 2010. Talent: John Morris (pxp), Pat Nunley (analyst) • Baylor defeated No. 8 Texas Tech 73-62 when the teams met in Waco on Jan. 19. BU looks to sweep Satellite: Sirius 135, XM 385, Internet 976 the season series vs. Tech for a 6th time in the last 12 seasons (2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015). Social Media: @BaylorMBB | #SicTech | #1TGF BU vs. AP Top 25 57-190 (40-95 Drew era) • BU is coming off a 59-53 win over Oklahoma on Monday, completing a sweep of the Sooners. All-Time Series Texas Tech leads 79-58 • BU snapped its first 2-game losing streak of the season and improved to 7-2 in its last 9 games. Waco Baylor leads 37-27 • BU played without Makai Mason (toe) and King McClure (knee) in last Saturday’s game vs. K-State, Lubbock Tech leads 48-18 and with Tristan Clark and Jake Lindsey out for the season, BU was without 4 projected starters. Neutral Tech leads 4-3 • Mason returned and had a career-high 8 assists on Monday vs. OU, while McClure was held out. Drew Era Baylor leads 19-12 First Meeting 1/2/37 — TTU 38-28 (Oklahoma City) • BU entered the season with 3 returning letterwinners after losing its top 4 scorers from last season. Last Season 12/29/17 — TTU 77-53 (Lubbock) • In 10 games since Tristan Clark’s season-ending injury, BU is shooting 39% on 3-pointers and making 2/17/18 — BU 59-57 (Waco) 9.7 treys per game. Those numbers are up from 29% and 6.6 made 3’s per game prior to the injury. This Season 1/19/19 — BU 73-62 (Waco) • Clark was ruled out for the season after suffering a left-knee injury in the Jan. 20 win over Iowa State. 2018-19 SCHEDULE & RESULTS • Four Bears are shooting 40%+ from 3-point range and making 1.5+ 3FGs/game since Clark’s injury – DATE BU OPP OPPONENT TV TIME Devonte Bandoo (49%, 1.9), McClure (43%, 1.9), Mason (42%, 2.4) and Jared Butler (40%, 2.5). N6 — — TEXAS SOUTHERN FSSW-Alt. L, 69-72 N10 — — SOUTHERN1 FSSW W, 80-53 • BU is averaging 73.3 ppg in 10 games since Clark’s injury, up from 71.4 ppg prior to losing Clark. N12 ­— — PRAIRIE VIEW A&M FSSW-Alt. W, 91-80 • Scott Drew is in his 16th season in Waco and is the Bears’ all-time wins leader (312-203). N16 — — NICHOLLS STATE1 FSSW W, 81-54 N23 — — vs. Ole Miss2 CBSSN L, 70-78 • Baylor is 28-2 when leading at halftime since the start of the 2017-18 season (13-2 this season). N24 — — vs. George Mason2 ECTV W, 72-61 • Mario Kegler is averaging 11.3 ppg and 5.4 rpg while shooting 52% over his last 7 games. N27 — — SOUTH DAKOTA FSSW+ W, 63-57 • Jared Butler joined the starting lineup with Clark out and is averaging 11.8 ppg and 3.7 apg in 10 starts. D1 — — at Wichita State CBSSN L, 63-71 • Butler is shooting 40% on 3FGs (25-62) since becoming a starter after 23% (10-44) in his first 14 games. D15 — –/rv at Arizona ESPN2 W, 58-49 D18 — — STEPHEN F. AUSTIN FSSW-Alt. L, 58-59 • Butler is 6th in the Big 12 with 3.5 assists/gm in league play. He has 49 assists in his last 13 games (3.8 D21 — — OREGON ESPN2 W, 57-47 apg) after 14 assists in his first 11 games (1.3 apg). He has also made a 3-pointer in 10 straight games. D29 — — NEW ORLEANS FSSW+ W, 84-44 • Mason needs 9 points to reach 1,000 for his Division I career (680 at Yale, 311 at Baylor). J5 — rv/rv • at TCU ESPNU L, 81-85 • Mark Vital leads the Big 12 and ranks 12th nationally with 3.5 offensive rebounds per game. J8 — 20/21 • IOWA STATE ESPNEWS W, 73-70 J12 — 7/9 • KANSAS ESPN L, 68-73 • Flo Thamba and Freddie Gillespie have combined for 8.7 ppg, 7.8 rpg and 2.2 bpg in 32.2 mpg in 10 J14 — — • at Oklahoma State ESPNU W, 73-69 games since Clark’s injury. Prior to the injury they averaged 2.4 ppg, 2.9 rpg and 0.9 bpg in 12.8 mpg. J19 — 8/9 • TEXAS TECH ESPN2 W, 73-62 J21 — — • at West Virginia ESPNU W, 85-73 • Bandoo is 2nd in the Big 12 in 3FG% in league play (.512) and is averaging 17.0 ppg in the last 2 games. J26 — — ALABAMA3 ESPNU W, 73-68 • Gillespie is averaging 8.2 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 1.7 bpg and shooting 77% (23-30) in 20.3 mpg over the last 6 games. J28 –/rv rv/rv • at Oklahoma ESPNU W, 77-47 He entered that stretch with 25 points all season, including 8 DNPs in 9 games preceding Clark’s injury. F2 –/rv rv/rv • TCU ESPNU W, 90-64 • Baylor is 33-35 in Big 12 road games since 2012, second-best in the league behind only Kansas (43-23). F6 rv/rv –/rv • at Texas LHN L, 72-84 F9 rv/rv rv/rv • KANSAS STATE ESPN2 L, 63-70 • BU is 2nd nationally in offensive rebounding percentage (38.4), its 6th straight year in the nation’s top 10. F11 — — • OKLAHOMA ESPN2 W, 59-53 • In Big 12 play, Baylor leads the league in scoring (74.0), scoring margin (+5.8), assists (15.6/game), F16 — 15/15 • at Texas Tech ESPN 1 p.m. F19 — — • at Iowa State ESPN2 8 p.m. rebounding margin (+5.8), effective FG% (.534), 3-point pct. (.392) and 3-pointers made (9.4/game). F23 — — • WEST VIRGINIA ESPNU 1 p.m. F27 — — • TEXAS ESPN2/U 8 p.m. TEAM INFORMATION LAST GAME STARTERS M2 — — • at Kansas State ESPN2/U 7 p.m. BAYLOR (16-8, 7-4 Big 12) # P NAME YR PPG RPG APG MPG M6 — — • OKLAHOMA STATE ESPN2/U 8 p.m. Ranking NR — AP, NR — Coaches 10 G Makai Mason RSr. 15.6 2.3 3.3 31.7 M9 — — • at Kansas ESPN/2 1 p.m. Head Coach Scott Drew (Butler, 1993) 4 F Mario Kegler RSo. 9.1 5.8 0.9 26.4 M13-16 Big 12 Championship4 TBD TBD Career Record 332-214 (17th season) 12 G Jared Butler Fr. 8.7 2.7 2.6 24.4 BU Record 312-203 (16th season) 11 F Mark Vital RSo. 6.4 7.0 2.0 26.9 SCHEDULE KEY 33 F Freddie Gillespie RJr. 4.6 3.9 0.9* 15.3 1 – Emerald Coast Classic (Waco, Texas); 2 – Emerald Coast Classic vs. Texas Tech 18-12 (Niceville, Fla.); 3 – SEC/Big 12 Challenge (Waco, Texas); # P NAME YR PPG RPG APG MPG 4 – Big 12 Championship (Sprint Center; Kansas City, Mo.) TEXAS TECH (20-5, 8-4 Big 12) 23 G Jarrett Culver So. 17.7 6.2 3.6 31.2 Rankings: AP/Coaches; All times Central Ranking 15th — AP, 15th — Coaches 13 G Matt Mooney Sr. 10.8 3.3 2.9 29.2 Head Coach Chris Beard (Texas, 1995) 25 G Davide Moretti So. 10.6 1.8 2.5 29.9 BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Career Record 95-34 (4th season) 11 F Tariq Owens Sr. 8.3 5.4 2.4* 24.3 DAVID KAYE Assistant AD TTU Record 65-29 (3rd season) 32 C Norense Odiase Sr. 4.1 5.3 1.0* 16.5 254-709-5147 • [email protected] vs. Baylor 2-3 SID Wes Bloomquist — [email protected] * - Blocks per game GAME 25 — at TEXAS TECH 2018-19 BAYLOR BASKETBALL GAME NOTES PRONUNCIATIONS ON THE CALL John JAKUS JAYK-us • Saturday’s game will be broadcast on ESPN with Clay Matvick and Tim Welsh calling the action. • Matvick is working his 2nd Baylor game this season. He called Baylor’s 90-64 win over TCU two weeks ago. Matthew MAYER MYE-er • Welsh is calling his 3rd BU game this season after working Baylor’s last two Saturday games vs. TCU and K-State. OBIM OKEKE OH-bihm oh-KAY-kay • The duo is also scheduled to call Baylor’s next two Saturday games vs. West Virginia and at Kansas State. MACIO Teague may-SEE-oh Mark VITAL VYE-tuhl QUICK HITS • BU is 84-18 since 2015-16 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game (16-3 this season). • BU is 96-73 in Big 12 play in 10 seasons since 2010 after going 59-149 in the league’s first 13 seasons.