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2016-17 BAYLOR BASKETBALL GAME NOTES BASKETBALLGAME 1 — ORAL ROBERTS GAME NOTES Follow Baylor Basketball on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook: @BaylorMBB GAME 24 1/1 BAYLOR (22-1, 11-0 Big 12) vs. 14/14 WEST VIRGINIA (18-6, 6-5 Big 12) Feb. 15, 2020 • 3:00 p.m. CT • Watch: Big 12 Now on ESPN+ • Listen: ESPN Central Texas & TuneIn App Waco, Texas • Ferrell Center (10,284) • Social Media: @BaylorMBB | #SicEm | #1TGF MEDIA INFORMATION STORY LINES TV: Big 12 Now on ESPN+ • No. 1 Baylor carries a school-record 21-game winning streak into Saturday’s game vs. No. 14 WVU. Talent: Mark Neely (pxp), Lance Blanks (analyst) • Baylor’s 21-game streak is the 2nd-longest in Big 12 history (Kansas won 22 straight in 1997). BU Radio: Baylor-IMG College / ESPN Central Texas • BU’s 11-game Big 12 streak is tied for the 3rd-longest conference-only winning streak in league history. Talent: John Morris (pxp), Pat Nunley (analyst) • Baylor’s 11-0 start to Big 12 play is tied for 3rd-best start in league history (16-0 Kansas in 2002, Satellite Radio: Sirius 84, XM 84, Internet 84 13-0 Kansas in 2010, 11-0 Texas in 2011, 11-0 Oklahoma in 2009). Social Media: @BaylorMBB | #SicEm | #1TGF All-Time Series Baylor leads 10-7 • BU’s 11-game conference winning streak is tied for the longest in school history (11 in 1946 SWC). Waco Baylor leads 4-3 • Saturday is the 18th series meeting, all since 2011. Baylor leads 10-7, including 4-3 in Waco. Morgantown Baylor leads 4-3 • The teams have alternated wins in Waco (BU in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019; WVU in 2014, 2016, 2018). Neutral Baylor leads 2-1 • BU is No. 1 in the AP Top 25. BU moved up in the poll 9 straight weeks until reaching No. 1 on Jan. 20. Drew Era Baylor leads 10-7 First Meeting 12/23/11 – BU 83-81 OT (Las Vegas) • BU’s 4 straight weeks as the AP No. 1 team ties Gonzaga for the nation’s longest streak this season and Last Season 1/21/19 — BU 85-73 (Morgantown) is the longest by a team from the state of Texas since Houston was No. 1 for the final 8 weeks of 1968. 2/23/19 — BU 82-75 (Waco) • Baylor is 11-0 at home this season and hasn’t trailed by more than 2 points in any home game. 2019-20 SCHEDULE & RESULTS • Baylor has trailed for only 2.8% of game time over 11 home games this season (12:38 of 440:00). DATE BU OPP OPPONENT TV TIME • Baylor has won 20+ games for the 11th time in the last 13 years. The Bears reached the 20-win mark N5 16/18 — CENTRAL ARKANSAS Big 12 Now/ESPN+ W, 105-61 only 3 times in 101 seasons prior to 2008. BU is averaging 24 wins per season since 2008. N8 16/18 rv/rv vs. Washington1 ESPN L, 64-67 N15 24/18 — TEXAS STATE Big 12 Now/ESPN+ W, 72-63 • BU’s 22-1 is its best 23-game start in program history. BU’s best 24-game start is 21-3 in 2012 & 2017. N21 24/23 — vs. Ohio2 ESPN2 W, 76-53 • Baylor’s 21-game winning streak is the nation’s 2nd-longest behind SDSU (25). N22 24/23 — at Coastal Carolina2 ESPNU W, 77-65 N24 24/23 17/15 vs. Villanova2 ESPN W, 87-78 • BU is 8-0 in road games, the 2nd-longest road winning streak in program history – 12 in 1945-46. D3 18/16 — MD. EASTERN SHORE Big 12 Now/ESPN+ W, 78-46 • Baylor (5-0) and Iowa (5-3) are the nation’s only teams with 5 wins vs. AP Top 25 ranked team. D7 18/16 12/11 ARIZONA ESPNU W, 63-58 • Baylor has gone 28-32 against ranked teams over the last 6 seasons since 2014-15. D10 11/11 18/19 BUTLER3 ESPN2 W, 53-52 • Baylor ranks 5th nationally in scoring defense (58.3) and 10th nationally in scoring margin (+13.2). D18 10/11 — vs. UT-Martin4 ESPNU W, 91-63 D30 6/4 — JACKSON STATE Big 12 Now/ESPN+ W, 83-57 • Baylor’s 2-point FG% defense ranks 8th nationally (.427) and effective FG% defense ranks 10th (.448). J4 6/4 — • TEXAS ESPN2 W, 59-44 • BU is coming off a 52-45 win at Texas on Monday, holding UT to its fewest points at home since 1983. J7 4/4 22/21 • at Texas Tech ESPN2 W, 57-52 • Baylor’s defense has forced 15+ turnovers in 14 of 23 games after doing so in 7 of 34 games last year. J11 4/4 3/3 • at Kansas CBS W, 67-55 J15 2/2 — • IOWA STATE Big 12 Now/ESPN+ W, 68-55 • Baylor has held 5 high-major opponents to their season-low scoring totals – Arizona (58), Butler (52), J18 2/2 — • at Oklahoma State ESPN2 W, 75-68 Texas (44), Texas Tech (52) and Kansas (55). BU has held 21 of 23 opponents below 70 points. J20 1/2 — • OKLAHOMA ESPN W, 61-57 • BU has held 7 Big 12 opponents to 55 or fewer points, the program record for most in a single season. J25 1/2 rv/rv at Florida5 ESPN W, 72-61 J29 1/1 — • at Iowa State ESPNU W, 67-53 • BU is No. 3 in the NET with 5 top-25 NET wins: No. 4 (road), No. 11, No. 13, No. 17 (road), No. 21 (n). F1 1/1 — • TCU ESPN2 W, 68-52 • BU is the only team with 2 players on the Naismith Defensive POY Midseason Team (Vital & Mitchell). F3 1/1 — • at Kansas State ESPN2 W, 73-67 • BU and KU are both 6-0 in Big 12 road games, while the rest of the league is a combined 8-35. F8 1/1 — • OKLAHOMA STATE ESPN2 W, 78-70 F10 1/1 — • at Texas ESPN W, 52-45 • Baylor is the only school with FB, MBB, WBB & VB all ranked. Those teams are a combined 85-7 this F15 1/1 14/14 • WEST VIRGINIA Big 12 Now/ESPN+ 3 p.m. year and all four are top-12 ranked (No. 1 MBB, No. 1 WBB, No. 3 VB, No. 12 FB). F18 — — • at Oklahoma ESPN2 8 p.m. • Head coach Scott Drew is in his 17th season in Waco and is BU’s all-time wins leader (338-210). F22 — — • KANSAS ESPN 11 a.m. F25 — — • KANSAS STATE Big 12 Now/ESPN+ 7 p.m. • Baylor is playing its 235th game as a ranked team under Drew – BU was ranked in 2 of 2197 games over F29 — — • at TCU ESPN/2/U 1 p.m. the program’s 97 seasons prior to Drew. Since 2008-09, BU has been ranked in 232 of 414 games. M2 — — • TEXAS TECH ESPN 8 p.m. M7 — — • at West Virginia Big 12 Now/ESPN+ 12 p.m. TEAM INFORMATION BAYLOR 2019-20 STATS M11-14 Big 12 Championship6 ESPN/2/U TBD BAYLOR (22-1, 11-0 Big 12) # P NAME YR PPG RPG APG MPG 12 G Jared Butler So. 15.0 2.6 3.0 29.4 SCHEDULE KEY Ranking 1st — AP, 1st — Coaches 31 G MaCio Teague RJr. 14.4 5.0 2.0 32.8 1 – Armed Forces Classic (Anchorage); 2 – Myrtle Beach Invitational Head Coach Scott Drew (Butler, 1993) (Conway, S.C.); 3 – Big East/Big 12 Battle (Waco, Texas); Career Record 358-221 (18th season) 45 G Davion Mitchell RSo. 9.8 2.8 3.4 31.2 33 F Freddie Gillespie RSr. 9.8 8.9 2.3* 27.6 4 – The Battleground 2k19 (Houston); 5 — Big 12/SEC Challenge BU Record 338-210 (17th season) (Gainesville, Fla.); 6 — Big 12 Championship (Kansas City) 2 G Devonte Bandoo Sr. 7.8 4.0 1.6 24.8 vs. WVU 10-7 Rankings: AP/Coaches; All times Central 11 F Mark Vital RJr. 6.2 6.3 1.9 26.3 WEST VIRGINIA (18-6, 6-5 Big 12) 25 F Tristan Clark Jr. 4.2 2.3 0.3 13.7 BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Ranking 14th — AP, 14th — Coaches 24 F Matthew Mayer So. 3.6 1.7 0.9 10.4 DAVID KAYE Assistant AD Head Coach Bob Huggins (West Virginia, 1977) 0 F Flo Thamba So. 2.5 2.3 0.6* 8.5 254-709-5147 • [email protected] Career Record 878-368 (38th season) 15 G Obim Okeke Sr. 0.0 1.0 1.0 3.6 WVU Record 288-157 (13th season) 13 F Jackson Moffatt RFr. 0.0 0.3 0.0 2.5 vs. Baylor 7-10 5 F Jordan Turner Fr. — — — — SID Bryan Messerly — [email protected] * - blocks per game GAME 24 — WEST VIRGINIA 2019-20 BAYLOR BASKETBALL GAME NOTES PRONUNCIATIONS QUICK HITS John JAKUS JAYK-us • Baylor has won 20+ games in 11 of the last 13 seasons after recording only three 20-win seasons in the previous 100 years of Baylor Basketball (1946, 1948, 1988). Matthew MAYER MYE-er • Baylor is 48-4 when leading at halftime over the last 3 seasons since 2017-18 (18-1 this season). DAVION Mitchell DAY-vee-ahn • Baylor has won 89% of its games when leading at the half since 2011-12 (166-20). OBIM OKEKE OH-bihm oh-KAY-kay • BU is 110-21 since 2015-16 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game (22-1 this season).