2011-2012 BAYLOR BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Chris Yandle, Associate Director of Athletic Communications • Office: (254) 710-3638 • Cell: (254) 652-9068 E-mail: [email protected] • Twitter: @BaylorMBB • Facebook.com/BaylorAthletics • www.BaylorBears.com GAME INFORMATION GAME 8 WACO, TExAS (FERRELL CENTER) Date / Time: Wed., Dec. 14 / 7 p.m. CST Site: Waco, Texas / Ferrell Center (10,284) 6/7 BAYLOR BEARS (7-0) TV: FOX Sports Southwest / ESPN Full Court Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler, 1993) Talent: Greg Lucas (pxp), Jim Haller (analyst) Career Record: 154-127 (10th season), Record at BU: 134-116 (9th season) Radio: Baylor-IMG College / ESPN Central Texas Talent: John Morris (pxp), Pat Nunley (analyst) vs Satellite Radio: Sirius 113 / XM 192 NR/NR BETHUNE-COOKMAN WILDCATS (3-6) Live Stats: BaylorBears.com Live Video: BaylorBears.com (All-Access) / ESPN3 Head Coach: Gravelle Craig (Cleveland State, 1999) Live In-Game Blog: None Career Record: 3-6 (1st season), Record at B-CU: Same Twitter Updates: twitter.com/BaylorMBB Series: Baylor leads, 1-0 STORY LINES Waco: Baylor leads, 1-0 Last Meeting: Dec. 15, 2010 — BU, 83-39 § After a 10-day break to focus on final exams, No. 6/7 Baylor (7-0) returns to the hard- wood Wednesday when it hosts Bethune-Cookman (3-6) in the first game of the 2011 Continental Tire Las Vegas. Wednesday’s game will tip at 7:06 p.m. CST on FOX Sports SCHEDULE / RESULTS Southwest, ESPN Full Court and ESPN3. DATE BU OPP OPPONENT TV RESULT § 2011 Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III will be honored during halftime of N11 12/12 — TEXAS SOUTHERN W 77-57 Wednesday’s sixth-ranked Baylor’s men’s basketball game against Bethune-Cookman. The halftime presentation will begin with N13 12/12 — JACKSON STATE W 92-59 a highlight video, followed by Griffin III’s entrance with the Heisman Trophy and RG3 addressing the crowd. Commemorative N15 11/12 rv/- SAN DIEGO STATE ESPN W 77-67 RG3 posters will also be available. N22 9/10 — SOUTH CAROLINA ST. W 70-50 § Baylor is 48-3 in its last 51 non-conference home games, dating back to the 2006-07 season (did not play a non-conference N23 9/10 — UT ARLINGTON FSSW W 75-65 schedule in 2005-06 due to NCAA sanctions). Baylor has won 24 consecutive non-conference home games. N29 7/8 — PRAIRIE VIEW A&M FSSW W 90-54 § Wednesday will be the second series meeting between the schools. Baylor leads the brief series 1-0. § Baylor is in search of only the fifth 8-0 season start in program history and first since 2000-01. DATE BU OPP OPPONENT TV TIME § D4 7/8 — at Northwestern BTN W 69-41 Baylor’s No. 6 ranking in the latest AP Top 25 is the highest in program history (previous was No. 7). Baylor’s No. 7 ranking in D14 6/7 — BETHUNE-COOKMAN FSSW 7 p.m. the USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 is also the highest coaches poll ranking in program history. D17 6/7 — at BYU BYUtv 1 p.m. § Baylor (7-0) is one of only nine undefeated Division I teams remaining — Illinois, Indiana, Louisville, Marquette, Missouri, Murray D19 — — PAUL QUINN 7 p.m. State, Syracuse and Xavier are the others. Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic (Orleans Arena — Las Vegas, Nev.) § Baylor has made at least one 3-point field goal in 626 consecutive games — the second-longest active streak in the Big 12. D22 — — vs. Saint Mary’s 9 p.m. § Senior F Quincy Acy needs 9 points to become the 25th 1,000-point scorer in program history. Acy would be the seventh D23 — — vs. West Virginia ESPN2 8 p.m. 1,000-point scorer of the Scott Drew era, joining Aaron Bruce, Curtis Jerrells, Henry Dugat, Kevin Rogers, Tweety The Showcase (American Airlines Center — Dallas, Texas) Carter and LaceDarius Dunn. D28 — — vs. Mississippi State ESPN2 8 p.m. § Senior F Quincy Acy and redshirt sophomore F Cory Jefferson rank second and third, respectively, among Big 12 players in DATE BU OPP OPPONENT TV TIME blocked shots. Acy (22) is averaging 3.1 blocks-per-game, while Jefferson (20) owns a 2.9 rejections-per-game average. J2 — — § TEXAS A&M ESPNU 6 p.m. § Baylor is the only school with multiple players ranked in the Top 20 nationally in blocked shots — Acy (14th), Jefferson (t18th). J7 — — § at Texas Tech BIG 12 12:45 p.m. § Brady Heslip (19-of-47), Pierre Jackson (10-of-18), Anthony Jones (8-of-22) and Quincy Miller (6-of-13) are shooting a J10 — — § at Kansas State FSSW 7 p.m. combined 43 percent from 3-point range, accounting for 43 of Baylor’s 47 3-point FG through six games. J14 — — § OKLAHOMA STATE ESPN2 2 p.m. J16 — — § at Kansas ESPN 8:30 p.m. UP NExT J21 — — § MISSOURI ESPN 1 p.m. § Baylor will face its second non-conference true road test Dec. 17, when it travels to Provo, Utah, to face the BYU Cougars. J24 — — § at Oklahoma BIG 12 7 p.m. BYU is 48-1 in its last 49 non-conference home games at the Marriott Center. J28 — — § TEXAS CBS 12 p.m. DATE BU OPP OPPONENT TV TIME F1 — — § at Texas A&M ESPN2 8 p.m. BAYLOR PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP F4 — — § at Oklahoma State BIG 12 12:45 p.m. F8 — — § KANSAS ESPN/2 6 p.m. F11 — — § at Missouri BIG 12 12:45 p.m. F13 — — § IOWA STATE ESPNU 6 p.m. F18 — — § KANSAS STATE BIG 12 12:45 p.m. F20 — — § at Texas ESPN 8 p.m. F25 — — § OKLAHOMA BIG 12 12:45 p.m. F27 — — § TEXAS TECH ESPNU 8 p.m. DATE BU OPP OPPONENT TV TIME M3 — — § at Iowa State CTN 6 p.m. G • 22 • JR G • 5 • SO G • 5 • SO F • 4 • SR F • 1 • SO All times Central and Subject to change A.J. Brady Quincy Quincy Perry Rankings: AP/USA TODAY Walton Heslip Miller Acy Jones III § Big 12 Conference game PTS 3.4 PTS 9.6 PTS 13.2 PTS 12.3 PTS 19.5 REB 3.3 REB 2.3 REB 5.2 REB 7.7 REB 6.0 AST 4.9 FG% 38.2 AST 3.0 BLK 3.1 FG% 68.2 STL 2.0 3FG% 40.4 FG% 44.4 FG% 63.6 FT% 81.8 Click to read the official Baylor Basketball Blog, Baylor Athletics @BaylorMBB / @BaylorAthletics Full Court Press GAME 8 — BETHUNE-COOKMAN 2011-12 BAYLOR BASKETBALL GAME NOTES BAYLOR WEEKLY MEDIA PLANNER 13 TUE 14 WED 15 THU 16 FRI 17 SAT 18 SUN 19 MON Media Availability Baylor No Media Availability No Media Availability Baylor at BYU No Media Availability Baylor vs. Paul Quinn 2 p.m. vs. Bethune-Cookman Travel Day 1 p.m. (BYUtv) 7 p.m. Ferrell Center 7 p.m. (FSSW) Postgame Postgame Postgame Press Conference Press Conference Press Conference Baylor locker room is closed Baylor locker room is closed Baylor locker room is closed Scott Drew, approximately Scott Drew, approximately Scott Drew, approximately 20 minutes after game; 20 minutes after game; 20 minutes after game; players following Drew players following Drew players following Drew BAYLOR MEDIA WEBSITE QUICK HITS An all-in-one-place media page is can be found at Baylor’s website § Baylor’s NCAA Rankings (thru games Dec. 11): 1st in FG percentage defense (32.9), 4th in blocked shots per game (8.0), at: http://www.BaylorBears.com/ot/bay-media.html. Among the 6th in scoring margin (22.4), 16th in scoring defense (56.1), 18th in steals per game (9.6), 21st in FT percentage (75.1), information available at the site are links and pdfs of statistics, game 24th in assists per game (16.3), 32nd in FG percentage (48.1) and 37th in scoring offense (78.6). notes, quick facts and directions as well as photo/logo downloads and video FTP information. § Baylor has won 16 straight December home games and hasn’t lost at home in December since Dec. 9, 2006, to South Carolina. § Since the start of the 2007-08 season, Baylor is 98-47 and has made three postseason appearances (2008 NCAA, 2009 NIT, BIG 12 TELECONFERENCE 2010 NCAA) and posted three 20-win seasons. In conjunction with the Big 12 Conference, Baylor head coach § Sophomore G Gary Franklin will be eligible for Baylor’s Dec. 17 game at BYU. He transferred in January 2011 from Cal and Scott Drew will participate in the league’s weekly teleconference on sat out the spring 2011 and fall 2011 semesters to satisfy the NCAA’s year-in-residence transfer rule. selected Mondays during the season: Dec. 12, Jan. 2, Jan. 9, Jan. 16, § Baylor is shooting 56 percent (57-of-102) from the floor and 26 percent (8-of-31) from 3-point range, but shot 45 percent (125- Jan. 23, Jan. 30, Feb. 6, Feb. 13, Feb. 20, Feb. 27, March 5 and of-276) in the first five games, including a 42 percent clip (39-of-93) from beyond the arc. March 12 (postseason coaches only). § Baylor has held each of its first seven opponents to fewer than 70 points. Baylor has won 42 of its last 44 non-conference Media representatives wishing to participate in the teleconference games when holding opponents below the 70-point mark. Baylor is 92-25 in the Scott Drew era when holding opponents to should consult contact the league communications staff for further fewer than 70 points.