No. 4 Baylor MBB Hosts WVU for 95th Anniversary Immortal Ten Game

Sun Jan 30 14:54:52 CST 2022

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#4/4 BAYLOR BEARS (18-3, 6-2)
Location: Waco, Texas
Conference/Affiliation: Big 12
Head Coach: Scott Drew<https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1625> (Butler, 1993)

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WEST VIRGINIA (13-7, 2-5) vs. #4/4 BAYLOR (18-3, 6-2)
Jan. 31, 2022 • 8:00 p.m. CT
Waco, Texas • Ferrell Center (10,248)

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WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINEERS (13-7, 2-5)
Location: Morgantown, WV.
Conference/Affiliation: Big 12
Head Coach: Bob Huggins
 (West Virginia, 1977)

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STORY LINES

• No. 4 Baylor looks to bounce back from its first non-conference loss in 813 days when it hosts West Virginia for the 95th-anniversary Immortal Ten Game at 8 p.m. CT Monday on ESPN.

• Baylor is 13-8 all-time against West Virginia, including a 5-1 mark over the last 4 seasons (2-0 in Waco).

• BU is looking to sweep the home-and-home with WVU for a 4th time (2013, 2015, 2019).

• The Bears won 77-68 when facing WVU in Morgantown on Jan. 18. James Akinjo and Jeremy Sochan missed the game with injuries, but LJ Cryer (25) and Matthew Mayer (20) both scored career-highs.

• Baylor's 18-3 record is its lowest winning percentage through 21 games since 2018-19. BU was 20-1 in 2020 & 2021. The Bears are a combined 58-5 through their first 21 games over the last 3 seasons.

• BU is 33-2 vs. unranked teams over the last 2 seasons (+22.1 avg margin) with all wins by 5+ points.

• Baylor is coming off an 87-78 loss at Alabama on Saturday. BU's allowed 1.26 points-per-possession, its worst since March 14, 2019 vs. Iowa State (1.31 PPP), including 22-of-28 on 2-point field goals.

• BU looks to start 7-2 or better in Big 12 play for a 3rd-straight season (once in first 23 seasons – 2012).

• Jeremy Sochan had career-highs of 17 points and 32 minutes and added 8 rebounds at Alabama. The Bears also got a full game from James Akinjo (32 minutes) for the first time since his Jan. 11 injury.

• BU is playing its 299th game as a ranked team under Drew – BU was ranked in 2 of 2,197 games over the program's 97 seasons prior to Drew. Since January 2010, BU has been ranked in 284 of 421 games.

• Baylor has been No. 1 ranked in 4 of the last 6 seasons (Gonzaga, Duke and Kansas are only others).

• Baylor's 34-6 Big 12 conference record over the last 3 seasons is the best of any Power-5 team.

• Baylor's 46-5 record over the last 2 seasons is the nation's best among Power-5 teams, and the Bears' 72-9 record over the last 3 seasons is 2nd-best nationally, trailing only Gonzaga (79-5).

• BU is 15-0 this season when winning points off turnovers and 14-0 when winning points in the paint.

• Baylor is the nation's only team ranked top-40 in scoring offense (30th) and scoring defense (20th).

• Baylor ranks top-25 nationally in scoring margin (5th, +18.0), assists (11th, 17.2), steals (12th, 9.6), rebounding margin (21st, +7.2), turnovers forced (19th, 17.2), turnover margin (23rd, +4.0),

offensive rebound percentage (5th, 37.7) FG% (25th, .481) and effective FG% (18th, .552).

• Over the last 3 seasons, Baylor is 61-3 when leading at the half and 72-5 when taking a 2nd-half lead.

• BU has forced 10+ turnovers in 29-straight games, including 12+ TOs in 20 of 21 games this season.

• BU is 21-2 in home games over the last 2 seasons, with an average scoring margin of +24.8.

• Baylor is 35-3 at home over the last 3 seasons, with two losses by 3 points against ranked teams.

• Baylor is on a school-record streak of 41-straight weeks top-10 ranked (top-5 ranked in 38 of those).

• BU is on a school-record streak of 49-straight weeks ranked in the AP Top 25 (previous record was 25). It's the nation's 3rd-longest active streak behind Gonzaga (107) and Villanova (52).

• Baylor has been ranked in all 25 spots in the AP Top 25 at some point in the last 7 years.

• BU has defeated 3 currently top-25 ranked teams this season – No. 10 Michigan State (75-58 in Battle 4 Atlantis title game), No. 14 Villanova (57-36 in Waco) and No. 23 Iowa State (77-72 in Ames).

QUICK HITS

• Baylor has built leads of 11+ points in 25 of 27 games since the start of the 2021 NCAA Tournament.

• BU has built double-digit leads in 70 of 81 games over the last 3 seasons (46 of 51 last 2 seasons).

• Baylor is 4-0 in Big 12 road games this season, while the rest of the league is a combined 12-22.

• For a second-straight season, Baylor was one of the nation's final two undefeated teams.

• BU went 305 days between losses, the longest in program history (March 12, 2021 – Jan. 11, 2022).

• BU had a 36-game non-conference winning streak with 813 days between losses (Nov. 8, 2019 – Jan. 29, 2022).

• BU went 1,038 days without consecutive losses before dropping back-to-back games Jan. 11 and Jan. 15.

• Baylor became the first program to start consecutive seasons 15-0 since Syracuse in 2010-11 and 2011-12.

• Head coach Scott Drew is in his 19th season at Baylor with a school-record 388 career victories, including a 17-8 mark in NCAA Tournaments, which is the 7th-best mark among active coaches.

• BU ranks 5th nationally in KenPom's offensive rebound pct (37.7), its 8th-straight year ranked top-10.

• Baylor and Kansas are the only Power-5 schools to win 18+ games every year since 2008.

• Baylor's streak of 9 consecutive postseasons is tied as the nation's 7th-longest active streak.

• Baylor has won 20+ games in 12 of the last 14 seasons after recording only three 20-win seasons in the previous 100 years of Baylor Basketball (1946, 1948, 1988).

• Baylor is 91-6 when leading at halftime over the last 5 seasons (61-3 over last 3 seasons, 24-0 last season).

• Baylor has won 90% of its games when leading at the half since 2011-12 (208-22).

• BU is 72-5 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game over the last 3 seasons.

• Baylor is 263-102 over the last 10+ seasons, averaging 24.5 wins per season since 2011-12.

• Baylor's 263 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (302).

• Baylor is 354-149 since 2007-08, the first year Drew's staff had a full allotment of scholarships.

• Five of Baylor's players have used or are currently using a redshirt year. Two after transferring to BU (Flagler, Tchamwa Tchatchoua), one before transferring (Bonner) and two as freshmen — Turner and Langston Love.

• Ten of Baylor's 11 starting point guards under Drew have earned All-Big recognition (16 of last 17 seasons).

• Baylor is 1 of 10 teams nationally to appear in every postseason since 2012 (7 NCAAs, 2 NITs).

• Baylor has the nation's 9th-longest active streak with at least one 3-point FG made in 983 straight games — the last time Baylor failed to make a 3-pointer was more than 30 years ago, on Feb. 21, 1990 vs. Texas Tech (0-8).

• Baylor has won 8 tournament titles under Drew – 2007 Paradise Jam, 2011 Las Vegas Classic, 2013 NIT, 2016 & 2021 Battle 4 Atlantis, 2017 Hall of Fame Classic, 2019 Myrtle Beach Invitational and 2021 NCAA Championship.

NOTABLE STREAKS

• Baylor has taken a lead in 107-consecutive games (last wire-to-wire loss Dec. 1, 2018 at Wichita State).

• BU has won 58-straight when shooting a higher percentage than its opponent (last loss March 2, 2019 at K-State).

• Baylor has won 35-straight games when shooting 50% or higher (last loss March 18, 2018 vs. Mississippi State).

• Baylor has won 34-straight games when scoring 80+ points (last loss Jan. 5, 2019 vs. TCU).

• Baylor has had at least 3 players make 3-pointers in 24-consecutive games (last on March 27, 2021 vs. Villanova).

• Baylor has made 3+ 3-pointers in 110-consecutive games (last on Nov. 23, 2018 vs. Ole Miss).

• Baylor has won 9-consecutive games against AP Top-10 ranked opponents (last loss Feb. 22, 2020 vs. Kansas).

• Baylor has won 9-consecutive neutral-site games – (last loss Nov. 8, 2019 vs. Washington in Alaska).

• Baylor has won 21-consecutive non-conference home games (last loss Dec. 18, 2018 vs. SFA).

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David Kaye | Assistant AD for Communications
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
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