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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Complete game notes attached.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">10/11 BAYLOR BEARS (8-1)</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://baylorbears.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats">Stats</a> | <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/documents/2019/12/17/BU_MBB_Game_Notes_19_20_10_vs_UT_Martin.pdf" target="_blank">Game
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">BAYLOR</span></strong> (7-1) <b>vs. UT MARTIN (3-6)</b><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dec. 18, 2019 • 9 p.m. CT</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Houston, Texas • Toyota Center (18,300)</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: ESPNU and ESPN app</span></strong><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Talent:</span></em> <i>Robert Ford (pxp), Lance Blanks (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: <a href="https://baylorbears.com/staff-directory/john-morris/52">John Morris</a> (pxp), Pat Nunley (analyst)</span></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>NR/NR UT MARTIN (3-6)</b><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Martin, Tenn.<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Conference: </span></strong>OVC<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Head Coach:</span></strong> Anthony Stewart (Mount Union, 1993)<br>
<a href="https://utmsports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster">Roster</a> | <a href="https://static.utmsports.com/custompages/stats/MBasketball/1920/MBB_Cumes.pdf">Stats</a>
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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. 10 Baylor heads to Houston to face UT Martin in the Battleground 2k19 at Toyota Center.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is coming off a pair of wins against top-20 opponents, knocking off No. 12 Arizona and No. 18 Butler despite shooting a combined 33 percent across those two games (38-of-116).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU has defeated 3 ranked teams prior to January for the 2nd time in program history (4-0 in 2016-17).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is playing in Houston for the first time since the 2010 Elite Eight at Reliant Stadium, and the Bears are playing in Toyota Center for the first time in the arena's 17-year history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's defense has forced 15+ turnovers in 7 of 9 games after doing so in 7 of 34 games last year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is No. 10 in the most recent AP Top 25 and has been ranked in all 7 AP polls this season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's streak of 7 consecutive AP polls ranked ties the 7th-longest in program history (all since 2009).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's No. 10 ranking is its highest since the Bears were No. 9 entering the 2017 Big 12 tournament.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• The Bears have now been ranked in every AP Top 25 spot except No. 8 during the 17-year Drew era.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU has won 7 straight games, its longest non-conference winning streak since starting 15-0 in 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU won its third tournament title in 4 years by beating Villanova to win the Myrtle Beach Invitational.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 1 of 6 Power-5 programs to win 18+ games in each of the last 12 seasons since 2008, joining Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan State and North Carolina.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 44-11 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">• Baylor is the only school with FB, MBB, WBB & VB all ranked. Those teams are a combined 56-5 this year. All of those teams are currently top-10 ranked (No. 1 VB, No. 7 WBB, No. 8 FB, No. 10 MBB).<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 (324-210).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Drew is coaching his 535th game at Baylor (324-210). His .607 winning percentage is best in BU history among coaches with 40+ games, and his teams have a .673 winning percentage since 2007-08 (290-141).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is playing its 221st game as a ranked team under Drew – BU was ranked in 2 of 2197 games over the program's 97 seasons prior to Drew. Since 2008-09, BU has been ranked in 218 of 400 games.<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 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">• 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">• BU has advanced to the postseason in 8 straight seasons, tied as the nation's 10th-longest active streak.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's streak of 11 consecutive seasons ranked was snapped last season, but the Bears have now been ranked in 12 of 13 seasons since 2007-08. BU was ranked only twice prior to the Drew era.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU has ranked top-10 nationally in offensive rebounding pct. in 6 straight seasons (No. 2 last year).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU has been top-25 nationally in adj. offensive efficiency in 7 of the last 8 seasons (No. 20 last year).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 60-31 against non-conference teams in neutral-road games during the Drew era, including a 32-16 record in away games against non-Big 12 teams since 2011-12.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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">• 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 Gillespie (11) and Devonte Bandoo (7).
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<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 are now starters after sitting out last season – Davion Mitchell and MaCio Teague.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Eight of Baylor's 14 players either have used or are currently using a redshirt year. Five after transferring to BU – Flagler, Gillespie, Mitchell, Tchamwa Tchatchoua and Teague, and three as freshmen —
Moffatt, Turner and Vital. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Eight of Baylor's nine starting point guards under Drew have earned All-Big recognition (14 of last 15 seasons).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is 44-72 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 35-4 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 (153-20).
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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 nationally (1 of 6 in Power-5) 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 96-21 since 2015-16 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game (8-1 this season).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 199-94 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 199 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (245).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 290-141 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">• BU is 5-1 all-time in Big 12/SEC Challenges, the best record of any team in either league. Combined with a 3-1 mark in the Big 12/Pac-10 Series and 1-0 in the Big 12/Big East Battle, Baylor is 9-2 in conference
challenges. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<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 912 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">SERIES HISTORY <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Wednesday is the first series meeting between Baylor and UT Martin. The Bears are 3-3 all-time against current OVC members – 2-2 vs. Murray State, 1-0 vs. Morehead State, 0-1 vs. Eastern Kentucky.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Wednesday is Baylor's first game against an Ohio Valley Conference opponent since a 71-66 win vs. Morehead State in Las Vegas on Dec. 21, 1982.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">BACK-TO-BACK TOP-20 WINS KEYED BY DEFENSE
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has knocked off No. 12 Arizona and No. 18 Butler in its last two games, despite shooting 35 percent against Butler (21-60) and 30 percent against Arizona (17-56). The Bears shot .327 (38-116) over
those two games. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• The Bears led for 75:30 of 80:00 minutes in those two games, holding a lead for 94 percent of game time.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU limited Arizona to .269 (14-52) from the field, the Wildcats' lowest in a game since at least 2000.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• The Bears held Butler to .392 (20-51) from the field and each team had 11 turnovers, but Baylor turned those 11 Butler turnovers into 17 points, while limiting the Bulldogs to 5 points off turnovers.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">THREE WINS VS. TOP-20 TEAMS <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 3-0 this season against ranked opponents, defeating No. 12 Arizona, No. 17 Villanova and No. 18 Butler.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Those three teams all remain top-20 ranked and have a combined 28-2 record in all other games.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU's only loss this season was by 3 points on a neutral court against current No. 22 Washington.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• The Bears have 3 wins against teams currently ranked in the KenPom Top 20 (No. 10 Butler, No. 15 Arizona, No. 19 Villanova). Duke and Gonzaga are the only other teams with multiple top-20 wins, and they
have two apiece.<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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">C: 254-709-5147<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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