Baylor MBB Heads to Oklahoma State for Monday Matchup

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BAYLOR BEARS (9-6, 1-2)
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/2019/1/13/BU_MBB_Game_Notes_18_19_16_at_Oklahoma_State.pdf?id=10153>


BAYLOR (9-6, 1-2) at OKLAHOMA STATE (8-8, 2-2)
January 14, 2018 • 8:05 p.m. CT
Stillwater, Okla. • Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611)

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OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS (8-8, 2-2)
Location: Stillwater, Okla.
Conference: Big 12
Head Coach: Mike Boynton (South Carolina, 2003)
Roster<https://okstate.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball> | Stats<https://okstate.com/cumestats.aspx?path=mbball&> | Game Notes<https://baylorbears.com/documents/2019/1/13/01_14_19_Baylor_Game_Notes.pdf?id=10154>


STORY LINES
• Baylor hits the road to face Oklahoma State in Stillwater at 8 p.m. CT Monday.
• Monday's game will be televised on ESPNU with Kevin Connors and Chris Spatola on the call.
• Monday is the 83rd series meeting. OSU leads the series 54-28, including a 26-8 mark in Stillwater.
• BU swept the series for a 3rd straight time last year, winning 76-60 in Waco and 67-56 in Stillwater.
• BU has won 6 straight games vs. Oklahoma State, doubling its longest prior streak vs. OSU (3 in 2012-13).
• The Bears are 5-2 in their last 7 trips to Gallagher-Iba after going 3-24 prior to 2012.
• Baylor's wins in Stillwater came in 1959, 1972, 2003, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018.
• BU's 67-56 win in Stillwater last year beat its largest previous margin of victory at OSU (76-70 in 2014).
• BU is 11-4 vs. OSU since 2012 and 16-15 in the Drew era. Prior to Drew, BU was 12-39 vs. OSU.
• Baylor is 15-8 vs. OSU since March 2007 after going 12-46 in the previous 58 games in the series.
• BU has swept the series in 5 of the last 7 seasons after not doing so in any of the Big 12's first 15 years.
• Baylor is 30-34 in Big 12 road games since 2012, second-best in the league behind only Kansas (43-22).
• Scott Drew<https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=378> is in his 16th season in Waco and is the Bears' all-time wins leader (305-201).
• BU is coming off a 73-68 loss to No. 7 Kansas. The Bears started 0-for-15 from the field and trailed 18-2, then cut it to 24-22. BU later trailed by 20 with 4 minutes left and cut it to 4 in the final minute.
• Makai Mason<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7071> has scored in double-figures in a career-best 7 straight (15.9 ppg, 33.0 mpg during streak).
• BU has used 5 different starting lineups and 9 different starting players over its first 15 games.
• 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 12 games. He leads BU with 14.8 ppg.
• Kegler, a Mississippi State transfer, has started the last 9 games after missing the season's first 6 games.
• Clark was ruled out for the season after suffering a left-knee injury in Tuesday's win over Iowa State.
• Vital moved to the starting 5-spot with Clark out and had 8 offensive rebounds vs. Kansas (KU had 4).
• Jared Butler<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7072> joined the starting lineup with Clark out and led BU with 14 points and 4 assists vs. KU.
• Baylor ranks 7th nationally in block percentage (16.6) and 36th in defensive 2-point FG pct. (.456).
• BU is 9th nationally in offensive rebounding percentage (38.0), and Vital ranks 16th nationally (15.5).
• Drew is 1 of 17 Division I coaches with 300+ wins at his current school (1 of 9 in Power-5 conferences).
• BU is 104-88 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 507th game at Baylor (305-201). His .603 winning percentage is best in BU history among coaches with 40+ games, and his teams have a .672 winning percentage since 2007-08 (271-132).

ON THE CALL
• Monday's game will be broadcast on ESPNU with Kevin Connors and Chris Spatola calling the action.
• Connors is calling his 2nd Baylor game, while Spatola is calling his 3rd Baylor game this season and 5th overall. The pair worked together on Baylor's Jan. 8 win vs. No. 20 Iowa State, and Spatola called BU's Big 12 opener at TCU.

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 39-68 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 11-22 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 180-85 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 (224).
• Baylor is 271-132 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 884 straight games.

SERIES HISTORY VS. OKLAHOMA STATE
• Monday's game is the 83rd all-time meeting between Baylor and OSU. BU trails 28-54 in the series
• Baylor is 8-26 all-time in Stillwater, but the Bears have are 5-2 in their last 7 trips to Gallagher-Iba Arena.
• Baylor is 16-8 against OSU since March 2007 after going 12-46 vs. the Cowboys from 1917 through 2006.
• BU swept the series vs. OSU last year for the 5th time (2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018) – all in the last 8 seasons.
• OSU has swept the series 8 times, but only once since 2006 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2015).
• The home team has won 16 of 22 regular-season series meetings since 2008.

TWENTY-ONE WINS VS. RANKED TEAMS IN LAST FOUR-PLUS SEASONS
• Baylor has gone 21-28 against ranked teams since the start of the 2014-15 season (1-1 this season).
• BU is 39-68 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 3 seasons (6-7 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 78-41 during King McClure's<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7064> 4-year career and 75-41 in games McClure has played.
• Extend Baylor's winning streak against Oklahoma State to 7 straight, more than double its previous long streak vs. OSU.
• Improve Baylor's record against OSU to 29-54 overall, including 17-15 in the Drew era and 9-26 in Stillwater.
• Make Baylor 16-8 vs. OSU since March 2007 (including 12-4 since 2012) after going 12-46 in the prior 58 games.
• Make Baylor 6-2 in Stillwater since 2012 after going 3-24 in its first 27 trips to Gallagher-Iba Arena.
• Improve Baylor's record to 105-88 in Big 12 play since 2008 after going 45-131 in the league's first 11 seasons.

DREW ERA HIGHLIGHTS
• Drew is coaching his 507th game at Baylor (305-201). His .603 winning percentage is best in BU history, and he's the program's all-time wins leader by 104 victories over the next closest coach.
• Baylor has a .672 winning percentage (271-132) since Drew's first year with no scholarship restrictions in 2007-08 and a .679 winning percentage (180-85) over the last 7 seasons since 2011-12.
• In Drew's 16 seasons as Baylor head coach, BU has been ranked in 211 of 507 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 372 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.

CLARK OUT FOR SEASON WITH LEFT KNEE INJURY
• Sophomore forward Tristan Clark<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7060> is out for the year after suffering a left-knee injury in the Jan. 8 win over Iowa State.
• Clark started the first 14 games this season and was leading the nation with a .737 field goal percentage, which was on pace to become the 4th-best single-season mark in NCAA Division I history.
• Clark averaged 14.6 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.4 blocks, 1.7 assists and 1.1 steals in 29.8 minutes per game prior to the injury. At the time of the injury, he was 7th in the Big 12 in scoring, 9th in rebounding and 3rd in blocks.

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. He has played in 115 games at Baylor, while his teammates who played in Saturday's game against Kansas have combined to play 135 games at BU.
• McClure slid to the starting 3-spot with Clark's injury and grabbed 10 rebounds against Kansas. He's made 2 starts this season at the 1-spot, 9 starts at the 2-spot and 4 starts at the 3-spot.
• 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 12 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 14.8 points, 2.9 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 11 of 12 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> slid to the starting 5-spot with Tristan Clark<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7060> out. Vital leads the Big 12 with 3.7 offensive rebounds per game, ranks 6th in rebounding (7.3 rpg) and 30th in minutes (27.0 mpg).
• Vital had 10 points and 9 rebounds Saturday vs. Kansas. He had twice as many offensive rebounds (8) as Kansas (4).
• Vital has scored in double-figures in 3 of the last 5 games after doing so in 2 of his first 10 games this season.
• Vital ranks 11th nationally in free throw rate (84.0). He has attempted more free throws (63) than 2-point FGs (60).
• 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 9 games and shown significant improvement shooting in the last 4 games. After going a combined 15-of-47 (32%) from the field in his first 5 games, he's shot 14-of-34 (41%) in the last 4 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 9 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 1.67 assist-to-turnover ratio (30a/18t). He's played in all 15 games and joined the starting lineup at the 2-spot with Tristan Clark's<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7060> injury.
• Butler led the team with 14 points, 4 assists and four 3-pointers made in 31 minutes of Saturday's game vs. KU.
• In his last 4 games, Butler has posted 16 assists and just 7 turnovers, averaging 9.0 ppg and 4.0 apg.
• Butler has scored in double-figures 4 times (3 off bench), including games with 22 and 16 points off the bench.
• Butler played a crucial role in Baylor's win over Oregon on Dec. 21, playing the final 9:32 without coming off the floor.

MAYER SCORING AT HIGH RATE OFF BENCH
• Freshman wing Matthew Mayer<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7074> ranks 2nd on the team with an average of 19.4 points per 40 minutes.
• Mayer has scored in double-figures off the bench 4 times, including two games with as many points as minutes — 18 points in 18 minutes vs. Nicholls State and 17 points in 14 minutes at TCU.
• Mayer has played turnover-free in 10 of 15 games and has 8 assists and 2 turnovers over his last 9 games.

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 40-67 in those.
• BU has led at halftime in 158 of 265 games over the last eight seasons, and BU is 180-85 since 2011-12.

BIG 12'S SECOND-BEST ROAD MARK SINCE 2012
• Baylor is 30-34 in Big 12 road games since 2012, second-best in the league behind only Kansas (43-22).
• BU is 21-25 in Big 12 road games since 2014, trailing only Kansas (30-17) and West Virginia (22-24).

TWO BIG DEFICITS TOO MUCH VS. NO. 7 KANSAS IN FIRST GAME WITHOUT CLARK
• Baylor lost 73-68 vs. No. 7 Kansas in its first game without Tristan Clark<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7060> on Jan. 12. The Bears started 0-of-15 from the field and fell behind 18-2, then cut that deficit to 24-22 late in the first half.
• KU closed the half on an 11-3 run to take a 10-point halftime lead, and the Bears fell behind by as many as 23.
• BU trailed 68-48 with 4 minutes left and mounted a ferocious comeback to cut it to 72-68 in the final minute.
• Baylor out-rebounded Kansas 49-30, including 26-4 in offensive boards. Mark Vital<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7066> had twice as many offensive rebounds (8) as the entire Kansas team (4) and finished with 10 points and 9 boards in his first start at the 5-spot.
• Jared Butler<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7072> led BU with 14 points and 4 assists in his first start since the season opener.

UP NEXT
• BU returns home to host another highly-ranked team in Texas Tech at 5 p.m. CT Saturday, Jan. 19, on ESPN2.
• The Bears then go back on the road for a Monday game on Jan. 21 at West Virginia. Tipoff is at 8 p.m. CT on ESPNU.


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