2013-14 BAYLOR MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES David Kaye, Associate Director of Athletic Communications • Office: (254) 710-4389 • Cell: (254) 709-5147 E-mail: [email protected] • Twitter: @BaylorMBB • Facebook.com/BaylorAthletics • www.BaylorBears.com GAME INFORMATION GAME 27 MORGANTOWN, W.VA. (WVU COLISEUM) Date / Time: Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014 / 12:47 p.m. CT Site: Morgantown, W.Va. / WVU Coliseum (14,000) BAYLOR BEARS (17-9, 5-8) TV: Big 12 Network & WatchESPN Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler, 1993) Talent: Mark Neely (pxp), Stephen Howard (analyst) Career Record: 215-158 (12th season), Record at BU: 195-147 (11th season) BU Radio: Baylor-IMG College / ESPN Central Texas Talent: John Morris (pxp), Pat Nunley (analyst) vs Satellite Radio: Sirius 137 / XM 193 RV/RV WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINEERS (15-11, 7-6) Live Stats: BaylorBears.com Twitter Updates: @BaylorMBB Head Coach: Bob Huggins (West Virginia, 1977) Series vs. West Virginia: Baylor leads, 3-1 Career Record: 738-297 (32nd season), Record at WVU: 148-86 (7th season) Drew vs. WVU: 3-1 Waco: Series tied, 1-1 STORY LINES Morgantown: Baylor leads, 1-0 § Saturday is the 5th series meeting. BU is 3-1 all-time against WVU, with all games in the last three seasons. Neutral: Baylor leads, 1-0 § Baylor won the first three series meetings, including a 65-62 win in the lone game in Morgantown on Feb. 27, First Meeting: BU, 83-81 (OT), Las Vegas (Dec. 23, 2011) 2013, but West Virginia won 66-64 when the teams met in Waco on Jan. 28 this season. Last Season: Baylor 80, WVU 60, Waco (Feb. 13) § Brady Heslip needs 7 points and Cory Jefferson needs 19 points to join Baylor’s 1,000-point club. The first to Baylor 65, WVU 62, Morgantown (Feb. 27) reach that number will become the 27th 1,000-point scorer in Baylor history (9th of Drew era). This Season: WVU 66, Baylor 64, Waco (Jan. 28) § Baylor is looking for its 4th straight win in Big 12 play, which would be the Bears’ 2nd-longest single-season SCHEDULE / RESULTS conference winning streak in the Big 12 era, trailing only the 5 straight wins in January 1998. § Baylor is 54-3 when leading at the half since 2011-12 — 11-1 in 2013-14, 17-1 in 2012-13 and 26-1 in 2011-12. DATE BU OPP OPPONENT TV TIME § N8 25/rv rv/rv vs. Colorado FSSW W, 72-60 BU has led at halftime in 57 of 101 games over the last three seasons, but BU has won 70 of those 101 games. N12 23/25 — SOUTH CAROLINA ESPN W, 66-64 § Baylor is 7-2 this season in games decided by 5 points or less or in OT — BU was 3-8 in those games last year. N17 23/25 — LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE FSSW W, 87-68 § Baylor is 22-9 in its last 31 games, with six of the nine losses against ranked teams. N20 20/21 — CHARLESTON SOUTHERN FSSW W, 69-64 § Baylor has out-shot 20 of 26 opponents this season and has been out-rebounded only five times in 26 games. EA Sports Maui Invitational (Lahaina Civic Center — Maui, Hawaii) § Nine Baylor players average 11+ minutes per game, and Baylor’s bench is averaging 27.3 points per game, while N25 18/17 — vs. Chaminade ESPNU W, 93-77 holding opponents to 14.6 bench points per game. BU’s bench has out-scored opposing benches in 21 of 26 games. N26 18/17 — vs. Dayton ESPN W, 67-66 N27 18/17 8/7 vs. Syracuse ESPN L, 67-74 § Baylor leads the Big 12 in 3-point percentage (.398), rebounding margin (+8.3) and offensive rebound percentage (.416). § Since the start of the 2007-08 season, Baylor is 161-78 (24 wins per season) and has made five postseason D1 18/17 — HARDIN-SIMMONS FSSW W, 104-59 appearances (2008 NCAA, 2009 NIT, 2010 NCAA, 2012 NCAA; 2013 NIT) with five 20-win seasons. D6 20/20 3/4 vs. Kentucky ESPN W, 67-62 § D18 12/15 — NORTHWESTERN STATE FS-PLUS W, 91-84 (OT) Baylor has 13 more Big 12 wins in the last seven years (58-55) than its first 11 years in the league combined (45-131). D22 12/15 — SOUTHERN FSSW W, 81-56 § Baylor is 22-34 in Big 12 road games over the last seven seasons after going 8-80 over the league’s first 11 years. D30 9/11 — ORAL ROBERTS FS-PLUS W, 81-55 § Baylor is 23-16 in the month on February since the 2010 season. § This is the 7th straight season Baylor has reached 17 wins — BU reached 17 wins in consecutive seasons only one J3 9/11 — SAVANNAH STATE FS-PLUS W, 80-50 J7 7/9 9/7 § at Iowa State ESPN2 L, 72-87 time prior to the current stretch (1986-87 and 1987-88). J11 7/9 — § TCU BIG12 W, 88-62 § Head coach Scott Drew is seeking his 196th win at Baylor, which would place him five back of the school record. J15 12/13 — § at Texas Tech ESPNU L, 72-82 § Baylor has the nation’s best postseason winning percentage over the last five years (15-3; .833). J18 12/13 25/rv § OKLAHOMA ESPN L, 64-66 § Baylor is one of only 10 schools nationally to play in the Elite Eight in two of the last four seasons. J20 24/23 8/11 § at Kansas ESPN L, 68-78 § § Baylor’s four NBA Draft picks over the last two years ranks 3rd nationally behind Kentucky and North Carolina. J25 24/23 rv/rv TEXAS BIG12 L, 60-74 § J28 —/rv — § WEST VIRGINIA ESPN2 L, 64-66 BU has five 20-win seasons in the last six years. BU had only three 20-win seasons prior to Drew’s arrival. § Baylor has won multiple games against AP Top 25 teams for a 7th straight season (No. 3 Kentucky & No. 8 OSU). F1 —/rv 8/10 § at Oklahoma State ESPN W, 76-70 F4 —/rv 8/9 § KANSAS ESPN/2 L, 52-69 F8 —/rv 21/23 § at Oklahoma ESPN2 L, 72-88 BAYLOR PROJECTED STARTERS F12 — — § at TCU ESPNU W, 91-58 F15 — rv/rv § KANSAS STATE ESPNU W, 87-73 (2OT) F17 — — § OKLAHOMA STATE ESPN W, 70-64 (OT) F22 — rv/rv § at West Virginia BIG12 12:30 p.m. F26 — — § at Texas ESPNU 8 p.m. M1 — — § TEXAS TECH BIG12 12:30 p.m. M4 — — § IOWA STATE ESPN2 6 p.m. M8 — — § at Kansas State BIG12 12:30 p.m. M12-15 Big 12 Championship (Sprint Center; Kansas City, Mo.) F • 34 • JR C • 21 • SO G • 1 • JR G • 5 • SR F • 00 • JR All times Central and subject to change Rankings: AP/USA TODAY Cory Isaiah Kenny Brady Royce § Big 12 Conference game Jefferson Austin Chery Heslip O’Neale PPG 13.1 PPG 11.0 PPG 10.2 PPG 11.5 PPG 6.0 RPG 8.2 RPG 5.8 RPG 2.5 RPG 1.3 RPG 4.2 BPG 1.4 BPG 3.1 APG 4.9 APG 0.9 APG 2.7 FG% .524 FG% .443 FG% .435 FG% .444 FG% .505 FT% .655 FT% .698 FT% .833 FT% .694 FT% .565 @BaylorMBB / @BaylorAthletics /BaylorAthletics /BaylorAthletics @BaylorMBB / @BaylorAthletics GAME 27 — WEST VIRGINIA 2013-14 BAYLOR BASKETBALL GAME NOTES BAYLOR MEDIA WEBSITE QUICK HITS An all-in-one-place media page is can be found at Baylor’s website § 16 of Baylor’s 33 all-time wins versus AP Top 25 teams have come in the last seven seasons. BU is 16-37 at: http://www.BaylorBears.com/ot/bay-media.html. Among the information available at the site are links and pdfs of statistics, game against AP ranked teams since 2007-08 after going 17-122 vs. ranked opponents in its first 101 seasons. notes, quick facts and directions as well as photo/logo downloads and § Baylor is coming off a 2013 NIT title, which was the program’s first-ever national tournament championship. video FTP information. § The West Virginia game will be Baylor’s 92nd consecutive televised contest. § Baylor’s win vs. then-No. 3 Kentucky tied its highest AP-ranked win in program history. BU out-rebounded BIG 12 TELECONFERENCE Kentucky 41-25, after UK entered the game having out-rebounded every opponent by at least five boards. In conjunction with the Big 12 Conference, Baylor head coach § Scott Drew will participate in the league’s weekly teleconference Baylor has the Big 12’s 2nd-longest active streak with at least one 3-point FG made in 720 consecutive games. during the season. The next teleconference is Monday, Feb. 24, and § Cory Jefferson was named to the Maui Invitational All-Tournament team, which was his third all-tournament coach Drew’s time slot is 10:24 a.m. CT. honor over the last two seasons. He was previously honored on 2012 Charleston Classic and 2013 NIT teams. Media representatives wishing to participate in the teleconference § Jefferson (USA) and Heslip (Canada) played for their national teams in the 2013 World University Games. should contact the league communications staff for further details. A live audio stream of the teleconference can be heard at § Jefferson (86-32) is 5th on Baylor’s career wins list and has the highest winning percentage (.729) in BU history. www.Big12Sports.com. A replay of the teleconference will be available § Jefferson is 3rd in program history with 33 career wins in Big 12 Conference play.