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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">7/6 BAYLOR BEARS (9-1)</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/2019/12/28/BU_MBB_Game_Notes_19_20_11_JACKSON_STATE.pdf" target="_blank">Game
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">BAYLOR</span></strong> <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">(9-1) vs. JACKSON STATE (3-9)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dec. 30, 2019 • 2 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: baylorstats.com</span></strong><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> <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/staff-directory/john-morris/52">John Morris</a> (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: Pat Nunley (pxp), <a href="https://baylorbears.com/staff-directory/david-kaye/34">
David Kaye</a> (analyst)</span></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>NR/NR JACKSON STATE (3-9)</b><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Jackson, Miss.<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Conference: </span></strong>SWAC<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Head Coach:</span></strong> Wayne Brent (Louisiana-Monroe, 1989) <br>
<a href="https://gojsutigers.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/2019-20">Roster</a> | <a href="https://gojsutigers.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats">Stats</a><o:p></o:p></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. 7 Baylor hosts Jackson State at 2 pm CT Monday in its final game before Big 12 play.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is riding an 8-game winning streak, the nation's 5th-longest active streak.<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">• BU needs a win to go undefeated in December for the 8th time in the last 13 seasons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has led for 97% of game time over its last 4 games (154:35 of 160 minutes).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 8-0 all-time against Jackson State, with a +26.1 average scoring margin. All of Baylor's wins vs. Jackson State have been by 14+ points, and BU is 58-1 against current SWAC teams.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has started 9-1 or better thru 10 games for the 8th time in the last 13 seasons (since 2007-08). The Bears had only five starts of 9-1 or better in the program's previous 101 seasons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's defense has forced 15+ turnovers in 8 of 10 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. 7 in the most recent AP Top 25 and has been ranked in all 8 AP polls this season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's streak of 8 consecutive AP polls ranked is 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. 7 ranking is its highest since the Bears were No. 4 on Feb. 13, 2017. It's the first time BU has been ranked No. 7 since Jan. 6, 2014 and Baylor's 36th time voted into the AP Top 10.<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 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 45-11 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 59-6 this year and all four are currently top-10 ranked (No. 3 VB, No. 6 WBB, No. 7 FB, No. 7 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 (325-210).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Drew is coaching his 536th game at Baylor (325-210). His .607 winning percentage is best in BU history among coaches with 40+ games, and his teams have a .674 winning percentage since 2007-08 (291-141).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is playing its 222nd 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 219 of 401 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 has posted a 70-11 mark in November and December games since 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has recorded a combined 152-34 record in November and December games during the Drew era.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 51-5 in regular-season non-conference games against unranked teams since December 2014.<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">• Baylor is 36-4 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 89% of its games when leading at the half since 2011-12 (154-20).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is 97-21 since 2015-16 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game (9-1 this season).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 200-94 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 200 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 291-141 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 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 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 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 913 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">• Monday is the 9th series meeting between Baylor and Jackson State, all since 2007. The Bears are 8-0 all-time against JSU, including a 7-0 mark in Waco. Baylor is 58-1 against current SWAC teams.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• All 8 series meetings have been decided by 14+ points, with Baylor posting a +26.1 average margin of victory.
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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 64-4 in its last 68 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 40-7 in home games against unranked opponents (including Big 12 play) since 2016-17.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 129-16 in non-conference home games in the Drew era, including 103-8 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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