2016-17 BAYLOR BASKETBALL GAME NOTES BASKETBALLGAME 1 — ORAL ROBERTS GAME NOTES Follow Baylor Basketball on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook: @BaylorMBB GAME 34 NR/NR BAYLOR (19-14, 8-10 Big 12) vs. NR/NR MISSISSIPPI STATE (23-11, 9-9 SEC) March 18, 2018 • 11:00 a.m. CT • Watch: ESPN and WatchESPN • Listen: ESPN Central Texas & TuneIn App Waco, Texas • Ferrell Center (10,284) • Social Media: @BaylorMBB | #SicMSU | #NIT MEDIA INFORMATION STORY LINES TV: ESPN and WatchESPN • No. 1 seed Baylor hosts No. 4 Mississippi State in an NIT second round game at 11 a.m. CT Sunday. Talent: Chuckie Kempf (pxp), Fran Fraschilla (analyst) • Baylor is making its school-record 7th consecutive postseason appearance (5 NCAA, 2 NIT). BU Radio: Baylor-IMG College / ESPN Central Texas • Baylor is 1 of 16 teams nationally to appear in every postseason since 2012. Talent: John Morris (pxp), Pat Nunley (analyst) • Baylor has advanced to postseason play in 10 of 11 seasons since 2008 and is 19-8 in those games. Social Media: @BaylorMBB | #SicMSU • Baylor needs a win to reach the 20-win mark for a 7th straight season and 10th time in 11 years. All-Time Series Mississippi State leads 2-1 BU is 0-1 in Starkville and 1-1 at neutral sites • BU is making its 6th NIT appearance. The Bears are 10-4 all-time in the NIT, including 5-0 in home games. Baylor In NIT Baylor is 10-4 • Baylor is 10-1 in NIT appearances under Scott Drew (2009 runner-up, 2013 champion). Waco Baylor is 5-0 • Baylor is 31-17 in Big 12, NCAA and NIT postseason tournaments over 10 seasons since 2009. Road Games Baylor is 2-3 • BU has won 49 consecutive non-conference home games against unranked opponents. New York Baylor is 3-1 • Baylor’s last non-conference home loss to an unranked team was Dec. 4, 2012, 74-70 to Northwestern. Drew Era Baylor is 10-1 Last Time 3/13/18 – BU 80, Wagner 59 (first round) • Baylor is 52-1 in its last 53 non-conference home games (loss to No. 8 Wichita State on Dec. 2, 2017). • Baylor is 26-2 in home games against unranked opponents over the last 2 seasons (both losses vs. K-State). SCHEDULE/RESULTS • Baylor is 117-13 in non-conference home games in the Drew era, including 91-5 since 2007-08. DATE BU OPP OPPONENT TV TIME N10 24/24 –/– CENTRAL ARKANSAS1 FSSW W, 107-66 • Baylor is 9-3 against Southeastern Conference teams since the 2012-13 season. N13 25/24 — TAMU-CORPUS CHRISTI FCS W, 70-46 • Baylor is 26-4 in games against non-Big 12 teams over the last two seasons – the only losses were in N17 25/24 — ALCORN STATE1 FCS W, 78-61 N20 22/24 rv/rv vs. Wisconsin2 ESPN2 W, 70-65 the 2017 Sweet 16 vs. South Carolina, at No. 21 Xavier, vs. No. 8 Wichita State and at No. 20 Florida. N21 22/24 rv/rv vs. Creighton2 ESPN2 W, 65-59 • Baylor is facing Mississippi State for the 4th time. BU won 54-52 in Dallas when the teams last met on N28 16/16 21/20 at Xavier FS1 L, 63-76 Dec. 28, 2011. MSU won the only previous postseason meeting, 84-75, in Starkville in the 1990 NIT. D2 16/16 8/8 WICHITA STATE ESPNU L, 62-69 • Baylor went 2-7 in the first half of Big 12 play and recovered to go 6-3 in the second half. The Bears’ D4 23/22 — SAM HOUSTON STATE FSSW+ W, 84-56 D9 23/22 — RANDALL3 FSSW+ W, 105-82 8-10 record snapped a 6-season streak of finishing .500 or better in league play. D14 21/21 — TEXAS SOUTHERN ESPN2 W, 99-68 • BU was alone in 10th place in the Big 12 at 2-7 on Feb. 2, but the Bears finished in 6th place. D17 21/21 — SAVANNAH STATE FSSW W, 118-86 D20 18/18 — SOUTHERN FCS W, 80-60 • Baylor has posted more bench points than its opponent in 14 of its last 15 games. BU’s bench has out- D29 18/17 22/21 • at Texas Tech FCS L, 53-77 scored opponents 396-163 (26.4 ppg to 10.9 ppg) in that 15-game span. J2 rv/rv 16/15 • TCU ESPNEWS L, 78-81 ot • Big 12 Sixth Man Award winner Terry Maston has out-scored opposing benches 182-142 since Jan. 22. J6 rv/rv rv/rv • TEXAS ESPNU W, 69-60 • Manu Lecomte was named All-Big 12 Second Team, the 13th time in 14 seasons that a Baylor point J9 rv/rv 2/2 • at West Virginia ESPN2 L, 54-57 J13 rv/rv — • at Iowa State ESPNEWS L, 65-75 guard has earned All-Big 12 recognition. Jo Lual-Acuil Jr. was selected to the All-Big 12 Third Team. J15 –/rv –/rv • OKLAHOMA STATE ESPNU W, 76-60 • Baylor has posted more points in the paint than its opponent in 29 of 33 games this season. J20 –/rv 10/10 • at Kansas ESPN L, 67-70 J22 — rv/rv • KANSAS STATE ESPNU L, 83-90 • Baylor ranks 10th nationally in offensive rebound percentage (35.2), BU’s 5th straight season in the top-10. J27 — 20/22 at Florida4 ESPN L, 60-81 • Baylor ranks 13th nationally in adjusted defensive efficiency (94.6), the 3rd time BU has ranked top-25 in the J30 — 12/15 • at Oklahoma ESPN2 L, 96-98 last 4 seasons. BU’s best adj. defensive efficiency ranking in Drew’s first 11 seasons was 34th in 2011-12. F3 — — • IOWA STATE ESPN2 W, 81-67 • BU is 15-0 this season when leading at halftime. The Bears have led at the half in 6 of the last 10 F6 — rv/– • at Oklahoma State ESPNU W, 67-56 F10 — 10/10 • KANSAS CBS W, 80-64 games (6-4) after snapping a streak of 11 straight games without a halftime lead (3-8). F12 — — • at Texas ESPN W, 74-73 2ot • BU is 18-1 this season when trailing by 3 or fewer at half and 1-13 when facing a 4+-point halftime deficit. F17 — 7/6 • TEXAS TECH ESPNU W, 59-57 F20 rv/rv 21/21 • WEST VIRGINIA ESPN2 L, 60-71 • Drew is coaching his 491st game at Baylor (296-194). His .604 winning percentage is best in BU history F24 rv/rv rv/rv • at TCU ESPN2 L, 72-82 among coaches with 40+ games, and his teams have a .678 winning percentage since 2007-08 (262-125). F27 — rv/rv • OKLAHOMA ESPN2 W, 87-64 M3 — — • at Kansas State ESPN L, 67-77 TEAM INFORMATION LAST GAME STARTERS M8 –/rv 18/18 vs. West Virginia5 ESPN2 L, 65-78 # P NAME YR PPG RPG APG MPG 6 BAYLOR (19-14, 8-10 Big 12) M13 — — WAGNER ESPN2 W, 80-59 20 G Manu Lecomte Sr. 16.3 2.2 3.6 34.0 M18 — — MISSISSIPPI STATE6 ESPN 11 a.m. Ranking NR — AP, RV-42nd — Coaches Head Coach Scott Drew (Butler, 1993) 0 F Jo Lual-Acuil Jr. Sr. 13.9 8.7 1.9* 30.8 21 F Nuni Omot Sr. 9.8 3.7 1.7 23.7 SCHEDULE KEY Career Record 316-205 (16th season) 1 – Hall of Fame Classic (Waco, Texas); 2 – Hall of Fame Classic (Sprint BU Record 296-194 (15th season) 11 F Mark Vital RFr. 6.8 5.6 2.2 23.9 3 G Jake Lindsey Jr. 4.6 2.6 3.3 23.5 Center; Kansas City, Mo.); 3 – at Abrams Gym (Fort Hood, Texas); vs. MSU 1-0 4 – Big 12/SEC Challenge (O’Connell Center; Gainesville, Fla.); 5 – Big 12 Championship (Sprint Center; Kansas City, Mo.) MISSISSIPPI STATE (23-11, 9-9 SEC) # P NAME YR PPG RPG APG MPG 6 – NIT (Ferrell Center; Waco, Texas) Ranking NR — AP, NR — Coaches 11 G Q. Weatherspoon Jr. 14.6 5.8 3.4 31.5 Rankings: AP/Coaches; All times Central Head Coach Ben Howland (Weber State, 1979) 1 G Lamar Peters So. 9.8 2.4 4.3 27.3 Career Record 452-252 (22nd season) 23 G Tyson Carter So. 8.4 1.9 1.3 22.9 BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS MSU Record 53-44 (3rd season) 24 F Abdul Ado Fr. 7.8 6.5 1.9* 26.6 DAVID KAYE Assistant AD vs. Baylor 0-0 3 F Xavian Stapleton Jr. 6.2 2.6 0.6 19.6 254-709-5147 • [email protected] SID Gregg Ellis — [email protected] * - blocks per game GAME 34 — NIT SECOND ROUND vs. MSU 2017-18 BAYLOR BASKETBALL GAME NOTES PRONUNCIATIONS QUICK HITS John JAKUS JAYK-us • Jo Lual-Acuil Jr. ranks 3rd in the Big 12 in rebounding (8.6), 5th in blocks (1.9) and 13th in scoring (13.9). • Manu Lecomte is 7th in the Big 12 in scoring (16.3), 5th in 3FGM/gm (2.8) and 1st in free throw pct. (.884). Jo LUAL-ACUIL Jr. LOO-ahl ah-CHU-ill • Jake Lindsey ranks 2nd in the Big 12 and 34th nationally with a 2.7 assist-to-turnover ratio. MANU LECOMTE MAHN-ew la-CONN-t • Terry Maston leads all Big 12 reserves with five 20-point games; he’s scored 23+ points in 4 of the last 11 games. OBIM OKEKE OH-bihm OH-kay-kay • Tristan Clark’s .608 FG% is 3rd-best by a freshman in program history (Quincy Acy .655, Brian Skinner .598).