Baylor MBB Hosts No. 7 Kansas

Fri Jan 11 11:10:27 CST 2019

Complete game notes attached.

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BAYLOR BEARS (9-5, 1-1)
Location: Waco, Texas
Conference: Big 12
Head Coach: Scott Drew<https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=378> (Butler, 1993)
Roster<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball> | Stats<https://baylorbears.com/cumestats.aspx?path=mbball> | Game Notes<https://baylorbears.com/documents/2019/1/11/BU_MBB_Game_Notes_18_19_15_KANSAS.pdf?id=10143>

BAYLOR (9-5, 1-1) vs. #7 KANSAS (13-2, 2-1)
January 12, 2018 • 3:05 p.m. CT
Waco, Texas • Ferrell Center (10,284)
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#7 KANSAS JAYHAWKS (13-2, 2-1)
Location: Lawrence, Kan.
Conference: Big 12
Head Coach: Bill Self (Oklahoma St., 1985)
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STORY LINES
• Baylor hosts No. 10 Kansas in its second straight game vs. a ranked opponent at 3 p.m. CT Saturday.
• Saturday's game will be televised on ESPN with Rich Hollenberg and Fran Fraschilla on the call.
• Saturday is the 35th series meeting. KU leads the series 22-4, including an 11-3 mark in Waco.
• Baylor and Kansas split the series last year. KU won by 3 in Lawrence and BU won by 16 in Waco.
• Baylor is seeking consecutive wins against Kansas for the first time in series history.
• BU is also seeking consecutive wins against ranked opponents for the 4th time in program history. The previous 3 times were all in the last 4 seasons (February 2015, February 2016, November 2016).
• Baylor beat Kansas in Waco in 2001, 2013 and 2018. BU also won in OKC in 2009 and KC in 2012.
• Baylor is 5-2 in home games vs. top-10 teams over the last 3 seasons – BU defeated No. 4 Oregon, No. 7 Xavier and No. 10 West Virginia in 2016-17 and No. 10 Kansas and No. 7 Texas Tech last season.
• Scott Drew<https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=378> is in his 16th season in Waco and is the Bears' all-time wins leader (305-200).
• BU defeated No. 20 Iowa State 73-70 on Tuesday, winning its first game vs. a ranked team this season.
• Makai Mason<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7071> had a season-high 25 points vs. ISU. He had 7 points in the final 2 minutes, including the game-tying bucket with 1:48 left and the free throw that gave the Bears the lead for good with 0:38 left.
• BU has built double-digit leads in 9 of 14 games this season and is 7-2 when building a double-digit lead.
• BU has used 9 different starters in its first 14 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).
• Mason is the first grad transfer in program history after graduating from Yale in May.
• Mason missed the first 3 games, but has played the last 11 games. He leads BU with 3.0 assists/game.
• Kegler, a Mississippi State transfer, has started the last 8 games after missing the season's first 6 games.
• Clark was named Big 12 Player of the Week on Dec. 31 after 17 pts, 12 rebs, 5 blks vs. UNO (12/29).
• Clark leads the nation with a 73.7 field goal pct., currently the 4th-best season mark in NCAA history.
• Vital leads the nation with a 95.2 free throw rate, attempting nearly as many FTs (59) as FGs (62).
• Baylor ranks 5th nationally in block percentage (16.9), while Clark is 18th nationally with 2.4 bpg.
• BU is 16th nationally in offensive rebounding percentage (36.7), and Vital ranks 24th nationally (14.7).
• BU has held opponents to 30 or fewer 1st-half points in 10 of 14 games after doing so in 13 of 34 last year.
• Drew is 1 of 17 Division I coaches with 300+ wins at his current school (1 of 9 in Power-5 conferences).
• BU is 104-87 in Big 12 play in 11 seasons since 2008 after going 45-131 in the league's first 11 seasons.
• Baylor is 1 of 16 teams nationally to appear in every postseason since 2012 (5 NCAAs, 2 NITs).
• Baylor is 22-2 when leading at halftime since the start of the 2017-18 season (7-2 this season).
• BU is 77-17 since 2015-16 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game (9-2 this season).
• Drew is coaching his 506th game at Baylor (305-200). His .604 winning percentage is best in BU history among coaches with 40+ games, and his teams have a .674 winning percentage since 2007-08 (271-131).

ON THE CALL
• Saturday's game will be broadcast on ESPN with Rich Hollenberg and Fran Fraschilla calling the action.
• Hollenberg is calling his first Baylor game since the Bears played at Kansas on Jan. 20 last season, while Fraschilla was on the call when the Bears defeated Oregon 57-47 on Dec. 21. Fraschilla called 8 Baylor games last season.

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 39-67 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 (140-18).
• Baylor is 180-84 over the last 7 seasons, averaging 24.4 wins per season since 2012.
• Baylor's 180 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (223).
• Baylor is 271-131 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 883 straight games.

SERIES HISTORY VS. KANSAS
• Saturday is the 36th all-time meeting between Baylor and Kansas. BU is 5-30 against the Jayhawks.
• Baylor lost 11 straight against Kansas before snapping the streak with an 80-64 win in Waco last season.
• Baylor's wins in the series came in 2001 vs. No. 6 Kansas (Waco), in 2009 vs. No. 14 Kansas (Oklahoma City), in 2012 vs. No. 3 (Kansas City), in 2013 vs. No. 4 Kansas (Waco) and in 2018 vs. No. 10 Kansas (Waco).
• The Bears are 0-16 all-time in Lawrence, and 13 of those 16 games have been decided by double-digits – the lone exceptions were 2010 (81-75), 2017 (73-68) and 2018 (70-67).

NON-CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
• Baylor went 8-4 in non-conference play, marking a 13th consecutive season entering Big 12 play at 8-4 or better.
• BU held Oregon to 47 points on Dec. 15, the Ducks' fewest in a game since scoring 46 vs. Cal on Feb. 21, 2013.
• BU won 58-49 at Arizona on Dec. 1, becoming the first team to hold UA below 50 points since Feb. 26, 2011.
• The win at Arizona snapped the Wildcats 52-game non-conference home winning streak.
• With the wins at Arizona and vs. Oregon, Baylor improved to 11-4 vs. the Pac-12 in the Drew era.
• Baylor is 34-9 in games against non-Big 12 teams over the last 3 seasons, including home victories against No. 4 Oregon, No. 7 Xavier and vs. Oregon, neutral site wins vs. No. 10 Louisville, vs. No. 24 Michigan State, vs. VCU, vs. USC, vs. Wisconsin and vs. Creighton and road wins at Arizona and Ole Miss.

TWENTY-ONE WINS VS. RANKED TEAMS IN LAST FOUR-PLUS SEASONS
• Baylor has gone 21-27 against ranked teams since the start of the 2014-15 season (1-0 this season).
• BU is 39-67 against AP-ranked teams since 2007-08 after going 0-27 in Drew's first four rebuilding seasons.
• Baylor has won multiple games vs. AP Top 25 teams in each of the last 11 seasons entering 2018-19. The Bears have defeated at least five ranked teams in four of the last five seasons dating back to 2013-14.
• BU has knocked off six AP top-10 teams in the last 2 seasons entering 2018-19 (6-6 vs. AP Top 10).

A WIN WOULD ...
• Be Scott Drew<https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=378>'s 306th win at Baylor and the 326th of his Division I coaching career.
• Improve BU's record to 78-40 during King McClure's<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7064> 4-year career and 75-40 in games McClure has played.
• Be the 4th time in program history Baylor won consecutive games against ranked opponents – all since 2014-15.
• Give Baylor consecutive wins against Kansas for the first time in series history.
• Improve Baylor's record against Kansas to 6-29 overall, including 4-11 in Waco and 5-22 in the Drew era.
• Improve BU's record to 6-2 in home games vs. top-10 ranked teams over the last 3 seasons.
• Make Baylor 15-5 in Big 12 home games since 2017, including 5-3 vs. ranked opponents.
• Improve Baylor's record to 105-87 in Big 12 play since 2008 after going 45-131 in the league's first 11 seasons.

CLARK EFFICIENT ON BOTH ENDS
• Sophomore forward Tristan Clark<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7060> leads the nation with a .737 field goal percentage, which is currently the 4th-best single-season mark in NCAA history (Devontae Cacok, UNCW .800 in 2017; Udoka Azubuike, Kansas .770 in 2018, Steve Johnson, Oregon State .746 in 1981).
• Clark ranks 3rd in the Big 12 and 18th nationally with 2.43 blocks per game, and with 34 blocks through 14 games, he's surpassed last season's blocked shots total (29 blocks in 33 games).
• Clark's 34 blocked shots are more than 43 Division I teams (thru Jan. 10), and he's blocked multiple shots in 11 of 14 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 10.2 points per game, up 2.1 points from last year's 8.1 ppg average.
• McClure is shooting 41% from the field (up 2% from last year), 37% from 3-point range (up 2%), has nearly doubled his rebounding average to 4.9 rpg (up from 2.5 rpg) and is averaging 2.4 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 11 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 15.1 points, 3.0 assists and 32.1 minutes 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.
• Mason has a season-high 25 points in the win over No. 20 Iowa State (1/8), including 7 points in the final 2 minutes.
• He has scored 10+ points in 10 of 11 games played, including 4 games with 18+ points.

VITAL DOING THE DIRTY WORK
• Despite being undersized at 6-foot-5, Mark Vital<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7066> leads the Big 12 with 3.4 offensive rebounds per game. He also ranks 6th in rebounding (7.2 rpg), 15th in steals (1.3 spg), 13th in blocks (0.7 bpg) and 30th in minutes (27.1 mpg).
• Vital leads the nation with a 95.2 free throw rate, attempting nearly as many free throws (59) and field goals (62).
• Vital posted 17 rebounds in Baylor's win at Arizona, which were 3 more than all Arizona players combined (14).

KEGLER SETTLING IN AFTER LONG LAYOFF
• Mario Kegler<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7062> went 629 days between games after sitting out the 2017-18 following his transfer from Mississippi State and then missing the first 6 games this season.
• Kegler had started the last 8 games and shown significant improvement shooting in the last 3 games. After going a combined 15-of-47 (32%) from the field in his first 5 games, he's shot 12-of-26 (46%) in the last 3 games.
• Kegler had a career-high 10 rebounds, 7 points, 2 assists, 1 block and 1 steal in the win over No. 20 Iowa State.
• Kegler has played at 22+ minutes and grabbed 5+ rebounds in all 8 games played this season.

BUTLER MANAGING GAME OFF BENCH
• Freshman guard Jared Butler<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7072> leads the team with a 1.7 assist-to-turnover ratio (26a/15t). He's played in all 14 games and has come off the bench in the last 13 games, averaging 20.6 minutes per game.
• In his last 3 games, Butler has posted 12 assists and just 4 turnovers, averaging 7.3 ppg and 4.0 apg.
• Butler has scored in double-figures 3 times off the bench, including games with 22 and 16 points.
• Butler played a crucial role in Baylor's win over Oregon on Dec. 21, playing the final 9:32 without coming off the floor.

PROTECTING HALFTIME LEADS
• Baylor went 15-0 last season when leading at halftime and is 25-2 in its last 27 games when leading at the half.
• Baylor has won 89% of its games (140-18) when leading at the half since 2011-12 (7-2 in 2018-19, 15-0 in 2017-18, 18-3 in 2016-17, 18-2 in 2015-16, 21-7 in 2014-15, 18-2 in 2013-14, 17-1 in 2012-13 and 26-1 in 2011-12).
• BU has won 37% of games in which its been tied or trailing at the half since 2011-12, going 40-66 in those.
• BU has led at halftime in 158 of 264 games over the last eight seasons, and BU is 180-84 since 2011-12.

BEARS CLOSE STRONG TO BEAT NO. 20 IOWA STATE
• Makai Mason<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7071> scored 7 of his game-high 25 points in the final 2 minutes, helping BU beat No. 20 Iowa State 73-70 on Jan. 8. Mason hit the game-tying bucket with 1:48 to play, then gave BU the lead for good with 38 seconds left.
• The Bears won despite shooting 6.4% lower (BU-.436; ISU-.500) and attempting one fewer field goal than Iowa State. BU went a season-best 17-of-20 at the free throw line.
• Devonte Bandoo<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7069> had 13 points off the bench, including 2 free throws with 5 seconds left to give BU a 3-point lead.

UP NEXT
• Following Saturday's game, Baylor heads back on the road to face Oklahoma State in Stillwater on Monday, Jan. 14. That game will tip at 8 p.m. CT on ESPNU.
• BU then returns home to host another highly-ranked team in Texas Tech at 5 p.m. CT Saturday, Jan. 19, on ESPN2.

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