Baylor MBB Opens 3-Game Homestand vs. SFA

Mon Dec 17 15:35:56 CST 2018

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BAYLOR BEARS (6-3)
Location: Waco, Texas
Conference: Big 12
Head Coach: Scott Drew<https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=378> (Butler, 1993)

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BAYLOR (6-3) VS. STEPHEN F. AUSTIN (5-4)
December 18, 2018 • 7:35 p.m. CT
Waco, Texas • Ferrell Center (10,284)
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STEPHEN F. AUSTIN LUMBERJACKS (5-4)
Location: Nacogdoches, Texas
Conference: Southland
Head Coach: Kyle Keller (Oklahoma State, 1990)

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STORY LINES
• Baylor returns to Waco to begin a stretch of 3 straight home games before opening Big 12 play.
• BU hosts SFA at 7:35 p.m. CT Tuesday. The game will be televised on Fox Sports Southwest-Alternate.
• Baylor and Stephen F. Austin are meeting for the 17th time. BU leads the series 10-6 (5-2 in Waco).
• Scott Drew<https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=378> is in his 16th season in Waco and is the Bears' all-time wins leader (302-198).
• BU is coming off a 58-49 win at Arizona. The Bears out-rebounded UA 51-19 and BU became the first team to hold Arizona below 50 points since Feb. 26, 2011 – breaking a streak of 271 games scoring 50+ points.
• The win at Arizona snapped the Wildcats 52-game non-conference home winning streak.
• BU was the first team to hold Arizona below 50 points since 2011 and the first in Tucson since 2009.
• BU has used 9 different starters in its first 9 games, including 4 players making their first DI starts.
• Baylor returned 3 letterwinners from last year's team, the nation's fewest among Power-5 teams.
• King McClure<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7064> is the lone returning senior, while Tristan Clark<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7060> and Mark Vital<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7066> are back as sophomores.
• BU added 9 newcomers for 2018-19, including 5 transfers (two Division I, two JuCo, one Division III).
• Makai Mason<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7071> is the first grad transfer in program history after graduating from Yale in May.
• Mario Kegler<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7062> (Mississippi State) and Freddie Gillespie<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7061> (Carleton) are eligible after sitting out 2017-18.
• Darius Allen<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7068> (Palm Beach State) and Devonte Bandoo<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7069> (Hutchinson) joined the Bears as JuCo transfers.
• BU also added prep players Jared Butler<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7072>, Matthew Mayer<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7074>, Flo Thamba<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7067> and Jackson Moffatt<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7073>.
• Clark leads the nation with a .762 field goal percentage, averaging just 1.6 missed shots per game.
• McClure has scored 20+ points 3 times this season after doing so in 1 of 100 games over his first 3 years.
• Kegler went 629 days between games before making his BU debut on Nov. 27.
• Drew is 1 of 17 Division I coaches with 300+ wins at his current school (1 of 9 in Power-5 conferences).
• Baylor is 56-3 in its last 59 non-conference home games dating back to Dec. 12, 2012.
• Baylor is 30-4 in home games against unranked opponents since 2016-17.
• Baylor is 121-15 in non-conference home games in the Drew era, including 95-7 since 2007-08.
• Baylor is 56-13 against in-state opponents since the start of the 2011-12 season.
• BU is 29-1 in December games against unranked opponents dating back to 2013. The Bears' only loss against an unranked team in that span was Dec. 1 at Wichita State.
• Baylor is 42-3 in regular-season non-conference games against unranked teams since December 2014.
• Baylor is 32-8 in games against non-Big 12 teams over the last 3 seasons since 2016-17.
• Baylor is 1 of 16 teams nationally to appear in every postseason since 2012 (5 NCAAs, 2 NITs).
• Baylor is 19-1 when leading at halftime since the start of the 2017-18 season (4-1 this season).
• Drew is coaching his 501st game at Baylor (302-198). His .604 winning percentage is best in BU history among coaches with 40+ games, and his teams have a .675 winning percentage since 2007-08 (268-129).
• BU is 74-16 since 2015-16 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game (19-6 last year).
• Baylor has posted a combined 143-32 record in November and December games during the Drew era, including a 61-10 mark in November and December games since 2013.
QUICK HITS
• Baylor is one of nine teams to be nationally ranked in each of the last 11 seasons dating back to 2007-08 – Baylor, Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville, Michigan State, Notre Dame and North Carolina.
• BU is 103-86 in Big 12 play in 11 seasons since 2008 after going 45-131 in the league's first 11 seasons.
• BU is 38-67 against AP-ranked teams since 2007-08 after going 0-27 in Drew's first 4 rebuilding seasons.
• Baylor has defeated 6 top-10 teams in the last two seasons entering 2018-19.
• Baylor is 11-21 against AP Top 10 teams since March 2012. BU started the Drew era 1-26 vs. top-10.
• Baylor has won 89% of its games when leading at the half since 2011-12 (137-17).
• BU has recorded double-digit non-conference wins in 11 of the last 12 seasons (all except 2012-13).
• Baylor is 177-82 over the last 7 seasons, averaging 24.4 wins per season since 2012.
• Baylor's 177 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (219).
• Baylor is 268-129 since 2007-08, the first year Drew's staff had a full allotment of scholarships.
• Baylor has the nation's 11th-longest active streak with at least one 3-point FG made in 878 straight games.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
• Drew is in his 16th season at Baylor and is the school's all-time wins leader (301).
• Baylor is one of nine teams to be nationally ranked in each of the last 11 seasons dating back to 2007-08 – Baylor, Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville, Michigan State, Notre Dame and North Carolina.
• Baylor has had a nation-leading four players selected in the NBA Draft since 2010 who weren't ranked in the ESPN100 out of high school — Quincy Acy, Ekpe Udoh, Pierre Jackson and Taurean Prince.
• Six Baylor players have been selected in the last six NBA Drafts, 10th-most nationally.
• In Drew's first 15 seasons at Baylor, 38 players have gone on to professional careers.
• Drew (48) is the youngest of 11 coaches to take his current program to four Sweet 16s since 2010.
• The Bears have advanced to postseason play in a school-record seven straight seasons (5 NCAA, 2 NIT).
• BU is 20-4 in regular-season tournaments since 2013-14, including wins in 14 of its last 15 games.
• Drew has won 20+ games in nine of the last 11 years — the Bears had 3 seasons of 20+ wins prior to his arrival.

DREW ERA HIGHLIGHTS
• Drew is coaching his 501st game at Baylor (302-198). His .604 winning percentage is best in BU history, and he's the program's all-time wins leader by 101 victories over the next closest coach.
• Baylor has a .675 winning percentage (268-129) since Drew's first year with no scholarship restrictions in 2007-08 and a .683 winning percentage (177-82) over the last 7 seasons since 2011-12.
• In Drew's 16 seasons as Baylor head coach, BU has been ranked in 211 of 500 games. Prior to Drew, BU was ranked in 2 of 2,197 games over 97 seasons. In 10 seasons since 2008-09, BU has been ranked in 208 of 365 games.
• BU has graduated 91 percent of its scholarship seniors since Drew took over in 2003 (31 of 34).
• In Drew's first 15 seasons at Baylor, 38 players have gone on to professional careers.
• Baylor has won 5 tournament titles under Drew — 2007 Paradise Jam, 2011 Las Vegas Classic, 2013 Postseason NIT, 2016 Battle 4 Atlantis and 2017 Hall of Fame Classic. BU is 20-4 in regular-season tournaments since 2013-14.

A WIN WOULD ...
• Be Scott Drew<https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=378>'s 303rd win at Baylor, 102 more than any coach in program history.
• Make Baylor 33-8 in games against non-Big 12 teams since 2016-17.
• Make Baylor 144-32 in November/December games under Drew, including 72-18 in December games.
• Improve BU's record to 75-38 during King McClure's<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7064> 4-year career and 72-38 in games McClure has played.
• Make Baylor 43-3 in its last 46 non-conference games against unranked teams.
• Improve Baylor to 57-3 in its last 60 non-conference home games, 57-13 against in-state opponents since 2011-12, 122-15 in non-conference home games in the Drew era and 31-4 in home games vs. unranked teams since 2016-17.

CLARK EFFICIENT ON BOTH ENDS
• Sophomore forward Tristan Clark<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7060> leads the nation with a .762 field goal percentage, which is more than 5% better than the next closest player (Dayton's Obi Toppin at .710). Clark is averaging just 1.6 missed field goals per game.
• Clark also ranks 3rd in the Big 12 and 15th nationally with 2.7 blocks per game, and with 24 blocks through 9 games, he's nearly surpassed last season's blocked shots total (29 blocks in 33 games).
• Clark's 24 blocked shots are more than 60 Division I teams (thru Dec. 16), and he's blocked multiple shots in 8 of 9 games this season after doing so in 9 of 33 games as a freshman last season.

MCCLURE LEADING AS LONE RETURNING SENIOR
• Senior King McClure<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7064>, Baylor's lone player with 3+ years in the program, has taken his game to a new level this season. He's averaging 12.1 points per game, up 4.0 points from last year's 8.1 ppg average.
• McClure is shooting 47% from the field (up 8% from last year), 42% from 3-point range (up 7%), has more than doubled his rebounding average to 5.4 rpg (up from 2.5 rpg) and is averaging 2.9 assists per game (up from 1.7 apg).
• McClure has posted 20+ points 3 times this season after doing so in 1 of 100 games over his first 3 years.
• McClure set a program record for rebounds by a guard when he grabbed 14 boards against George Mason (11/24).

MASON BATTLING THROUGH INJURED ANKLE
• Makai Mason<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7071> has started the last 6 games after missing the majority of the previous 2+ seasons due to injury.
• Mason played in only 1 game over his last two seasons at Yale before joining the Bears as a grad transfer. He also missed the first 3 games at Baylor with an ankle injury before debuting as the first grad transfer in program history on Nov. 16.
• Mason leads the team with 14.7 points per game and ranks 2nd with 2.3 assists per game.
• Mason led the Bears to a huge road win at Arizona (12/15) with a game-high 22 points and career-high 7 rebounds.
• He has scored 9+ points in all 6 games played, including 3 games with 18+ points.

IMPRESSIVE NON-CONFERENCE NUMBERS AT HOME
• Baylor is 56-3 in its last 59 non-conference home games dating back to Dec. 12, 2012.
• Baylor is 30-4 in home games against unranked opponents since 2016-17 (losses vs. K-State (2), Miss. St, Texas So.).
• Baylor is 121-15 in non-conference home games in the Drew era, including 95-7 since 2007-08.
SERIES HISTORY
• Tuesday's game is the 17th series meeting between Baylor and Stephen F. Austin in a series that dates back to the 1930-31 season. Baylor leads the series 10-6, including a 5-2 mark in Waco and a 2-1 record in the Drew era.
• Baylor and SFA last met on Nov. 13, 2015, when the No. 22-ranked Bears rolled to a 97-55 victory in Waco.
• Baylor is 50-13 all-time against current Southland Conference teams. The Bears have faced 10 Southland teams: SFA (10-6), Sam Houston State (9-3), Lamar (10-1), Northwestern State (8-1), Abilene Christian (3-1), Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (3-1), McNeese State (3-0), Southeastern Louisiana (2-0), Nicholls State (1-0) and Central Arkansas (1-0).

BAYLOR SNAPS ARIZONA'S 52-GAME NON-CONFERENCE HOME WINNING STREAK
• An incredible rebounding effort helped the Bears record a marquee non-conference road win at Arizona, snapping the Wildcats' 52-game non-conference home winning streak with a 58-49 win on Dec. 15 in Tucson.
• Baylor became the first team to hold Arizona below 50 points since 2011 and the first to do so in Tucson since 2009.
• BU out-rebounded Arizona 51-19, and Mark Vital's<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7066> 17 rebounds were 3 more than all 9 Arizona players combined (14 player rebounds, 5 team rebounds). The Bears had 19 offensive rebounds and led 19-2 in second-chance points.
• Makai Mason<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7071> posted a game-high 22 points and a career-best 7 rebounds to lead the Bears to victory.

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