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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">18/16 BAYLOR BEARS (5-1)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Waco, Texas <br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Conference:</span></strong> Big 12<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Head Coach: </span></strong><dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=378">Scott Drew</a></span></dfn> (Butler, 1993)<br>
<a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball">Roster</a> | <a href="https://static.baylorbears.com/custompages/sports/m-baskbl/stats/2018-2019/pdf/1819MBBSTATS.pdf">Stats</a> | <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/documents/2019/12/2/BU_MBB_Game_Notes_19_20_07_MARYLAND_EASTERN_SHORE.pdf" target="_blank">Game
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">BAYLOR</span></strong> (5-1) <b>vs. MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE</b> (0-9)<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dec. 3, 2019 • 6:30 p.m. CT</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Waco, Texas • Ferrell Center (10,284)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">LIVE STATS: </span></strong><a href="http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?t=1&gid=bay">www.baylorstats.com</a><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">WATCH: Big 12 Now on ESPN+</span></strong><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Talent:</span></em> <a href="https://baylorbears.com/staff-directory/john-morris/52"><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">John Morris</span></em></a><i> (pxp),
<a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/king-mcclure/7064">
King McClure</a> (analyst)</i><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">LISTEN:</span></strong> <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Baylor-IMG College | ESPN Central Texas</span></strong><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Talent: Dave Rosselli (pxp), Pat Nunley (analyst)</span></em></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>NR/NR MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE (0-9)</b><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Princess Anne, Md.<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Conference:</span></strong> MEAC<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Head Coach:</span></strong> Jason Crafton (Nyack College, 2003) <br>
<a href="https://easternshorehawks.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster">Roster</a> | <a href="https://easternshorehawks.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2019/pdf">Stats</a> </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">STORY LINES<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• No. 18 Baylor begins a 3-game homestand by hosting Maryland Eastern Shore at 6:30 pm CT Tuesday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• The game is on Big 12 Now on ESPN+ with John Morris and King McClure calling the action.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is coming off winning the Myrtle Beach Invitational, its 3rd tournament title in the last 4 years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• The Bears won Myrtle Beach with victories vs. Ohio, at Coastal Carolina and vs. No. 17 Villanova.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor and UMES are meeting for the 2nd time. BU won 97-73 in Waco on Dec. 22, 2004.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor leads the Big 12, ranks 21st nationally and 7th among Power-5 teams in 3-point shooting (.406).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Davion Mitchell leads a BU defense which has forced 15+ turnovers in 5 of 6 games. The Bears rank 18th nationally in turnover margin (+6.0) and 17th nationally in defensive turnover pct. (25.3).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Jared Butler has led BU in scoring in 5 of 6 games. He leads the Big 12 in 3FG% (.525), FT% (17-17), and 3FGs/gm (3.5), ranks 2nd in scoring (19.3), 3rd in FG% (.534), 5th in steals (2.0) and 11th in assists
(3.5).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Freddie Gillespie is tied for 2nd in the Big 12 with 3 double-doubles. He leads the league in offensive rebounding (4.2), ranks 5th in blocks (1.5), 6th in rebounding (7.8), 8th in steals (1.8) and 13th
in FT% (.727).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• MaCio Teague is 7th in the Big 12 in scoring (15.7), 3rd in 3FGs (2.8/gm), 3rd in 3FG% (.436), 4th in FT% (.882) and 11th in minutes (31.4). Teague joined Butler (MVP) on the Myrtle Beach All-Tournament
Team.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 41-11 in games against non-Big 12 teams over the last 4 seasons since 2016-17.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is the only school with FB, MBB, WBB & VB all ranked. Those teams are a combined 48-4 this year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Drew is coaching his 532nd game at Baylor (321-210). His .605 winning percentage is best in BU history among coaches with 40+ games, and his teams have a .671 winning percentage since 2007-08 (287-141).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is coming off its 10th 20-win season in the last 12 years. The Bears were a No. 9 seed in the 2019 NCAA Tournament, where they knocked off Syracuse before falling to No. 1 seed Gonzaga.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is No. 18 in the most recent AP Top 25 and has been ranked in all 5 AP polls this season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has been in the Preseason AP Top 25 in 7 of 10 seasons since its first preseason ranking in 2010-11.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Head coach Scott Drew is in his 17th season in Waco and is BU's all-time wins leader (321-210).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor returned 9 players with at least 26 games of Division I experience, including a pair of transfers who started in their BU debuts after sitting out last season – Davion Mitchell and MaCio Teague.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU returned 8 letterwinners from last season, including 5 players who made at least 7 starts – Mark Vital (34), Jared Butler (21), Tristan Clark (14), Freddie Gillepsie (11) and Devonte Bandoo (7).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU was picked 2nd in the Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll, tying the highest in program history (2012-13). The Bears were picked 9th in last year's poll, but overcame a multitude of injuries to finish in 4th
place.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU has advanced to the postseason in 8 straight seasons, tied as the nation's 10th-longest active streak.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 126-16 in non-conference home games in the Drew era, including 100-8 since 2007-08.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 61-4 in its last 65 non-conference home games dating back to Dec. 12, 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has posted a combined 148-34 record in November and December games during the Drew era, including a 66-11 mark in November and December games since 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">QUICK HITS <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Five of Baylor's 11 active players have used a redshirt year at Baylor, and the Bears have three players currently sitting out as redshirts – Jordan Turner, Adam Flagler and Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Davion Mitchell took over as Baylor's starting point guard replacing Makai Mason. Eight of Baylor's nine starting point guards during the Drew era have earned All-Big recognition (14 of last 15 seasons).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is 42-72 against AP-ranked teams since 2007-08 after going 0-27 in Drew's first 4 rebuilding seasons.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 12-23 against AP Top 10 teams since March 2012. BU started the Drew era 1-26 vs. top-10.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has defeated 7 top-10 teams in the last 3 seasons, including a 6-3 mark vs. top-10 teams in Waco.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 32-4 when leading at halftime over the last 3 seasons since 2017-18.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has won 88% of its games when leading at the half since 2011-12 (150-20).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has won 20+ games in 10 of the last 12 seasons after recording only three 20-win seasons in the previous 100 years of Baylor Basketball (1946, 1948, 1988).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• The Bears are one of 11 programs to win 18+ games in every year since 2008.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 1 of 14 teams nationally to appear in every postseason since 2012 (6 NCAAs, 2 NITs).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is 93-21 since 2015-16 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game (5-1 this season).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 196-94 over the last 9 seasons, averaging 24 wins per season since 2012.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's 196 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (242).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 287-141 since 2007-08, the first year Drew's staff had a full allotment of scholarships.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 5-1 all-time in Big 12/SEC Challenges, the best record of any team in either league.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has the nation's 11th-longest active streak with at least one 3-point FG made in 909 straight games — the last time Baylor failed to make a 3-pointer was more than 29 years ago, on Feb. 21, 1990 vs.
Texas Tech (0-8). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU has recorded double-digit non-conference wins in 11 of the last 12 seasons (all except 2012-13).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> • Baylor has won 6 tournament titles under Drew (2007 Paradise Jam, 2011 Las Vegas Classic, 2013 NIT, 2016 Battle 4 Atlantis, 2017 Hall of Fame Classic and 2019 Myrtle Beach Invitational).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">MYRTLE BEACH INVITATIONAL CHAMPIONS
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor returns from a 9-day break after winning the Myrtle Beach Invitational Championship. The Bears claimed the tournament title with wins vs. Ohio, at Coastal Carolina and vs. No. 17 Villanova.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Jared Butler earned MVP honors after scoring 10 points in the final 6 minutes of the championship game, and he was joined on the All-Tournament Team by MaCio Teague, who led the Bears with 18.7 ppg in the
tournament. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Davion Mitchell averaged 12.3 points in the tournament after entering with a career single-game high of 10 points.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU overcame an early 7-point deficit on its way to a 76-53 win over Ohio in the quarterfinals, led by Butler's 19 points.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• The Bears trailed by 8 points with 15 minutes left at Coastal Carolina, but rallied to win 77-65 in the semifinals.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• The championship game vs. No. 17 Villanova featured 18 lead changes, but Baylor closed the game on a 23-12 run over the final 6 minutes to claim an 87-78 win. The Bears made 6-of-9 3-pointers in the 2nd
half. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">RANKED 18TH IN LATEST AP TOP 25
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor climbed to No. 18 in the latest AP Top 25 released on Monday. It's the Bears' 5th straight week ranked.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor was ranked No. 16 in the preseason AP Top 25 poll, which tied the 2nd-highest preseason ranking in BU history.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU has been in the preseason AP Top 25 in 7 of 10 seasons since the program's first preseason ranking in 2010-11.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Tuesday is Baylor's 217th game as a ranked team, with 215 of those coming in the last 13 seasons.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's highest preseason ranking was No. 12 in 2011-12. The Bears were No. 16 in 2010-11 and 2019-20, No. 19 in 2012-13, No. 22 in 2015-16, No. 24 in 2017-18 and No. 25 in 2013-14.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">IMPRESSIVE NON-CONFERENCE NUMBERS AT HOME
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 61-4 in its last 65 non-conference home games dating back to Dec. 12, 2012.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 39-7 in home games against unranked opponents since 2016-17.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 126-16 in non-conference home games in the Drew era, including 100-8 since 2007-08.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Department of Athletics | Baylor University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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