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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">4/4 BAYLOR BEARS (11-1)</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">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/2020/1/6/BU_MBB_Game_Notes_19_20_13_at_Texas_Tech.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">(11-1) vs. TEXAS TECH (10-3)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Jan. 7, 2020 • 8 p.m. CT</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Lubbock, Texas • United Supermarkets Arena (15,000)</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: ESPN2 and ESPN app</span></strong><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Talent:</span></em> <i>Jon Sciambi (pxp), Fran Fraschilla (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),
<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>22/21 TEXAS TECH (10-3)</b><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Lubbock, Texas<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Head Coach:</span></strong> Chris Beard (Texas, 1995)<br>
<a href="https://texastech.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster">Roster</a> | <a href="https://texastech.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2019-20">Stats</a> | <a href="https://texastech.com/documents/2020/1/6/TTU_Game_Notes_Baylor_Jan_7.pdf"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue;text-decoration:none">Game
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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. 4/4 Baylor heads to Lubbock to face No. 22/21 Texas Tech at 8 p.m. CT Tuesday on ESPN2.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Tuesday is the 139th all-time series meeting dating back to 1937. Baylor is 19-9 vs. Texas Tech since 2006, including a 7-7 mark in Lubbock in that span. BU is 6-4 in its last 10 trips to Lubbock.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• The teams split the series last season, with each winning on its home court. Jared Butler led Baylor in scoring in both games, as the Bears won 73-62 in Waco and lost 86-61 in Lubbock.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is riding a 10-game winning streak, the 8th-longest streak in program history. It's also the nation's 3rd-longest active streak behind San Diego State (15) and Auburn (13).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU 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 leads the Big 12 and ranks 11th nationally in scoring defense (58.9). BU ranks No. 9 nationally in defensive efficiency (87.4), on pace to be the best defense of the Drew era (16th at 92.9 in 2016-17).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 34-38 in Big 12 road games since 2012, 2nd-best in the league behind only Kansas (45-28).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU reached double-digit non-conference for the 6th time in the last 7 seasons and 12th time in 14 years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has led or been tied for 98% of game time over its last 6 games (234:09 of 240:00).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's defense has forced 15+ turnovers in 9 of 12 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. 4 in the most recent AP Top 25 and has moved up in the rankings in 7 consecutive weeks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's No. 4 AP ranking is its highest since the Bears were No. 4 on Feb. 13, 2017.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's streak of 10 consecutive AP polls ranked is the 6th-longest in program history (all since 2010).<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 the only school with FB, MBB, WBB & VB all ranked. Those teams are a combined 63-7 this year and all four are currently top-10 ranked (No. 3 VB, No. 4 MBB, No. 6 WBB, No. 7 FB).<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 (327-210).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Drew is coaching his 538th game at Baylor (327-210). His .609 winning percentage is best in BU history among coaches with 40+ games, and his teams have a .675 winning percentage since 2007-08 (293-141).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is playing its 224th 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 221 of 403 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">• BU has ranked top-10 nationally in offensive rebounding pct. in 6 straight seasons (No. 7 this year).<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 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 38-4 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 (156-20).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is 99-21 since 2015-16 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game (11-1 this season).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 202-94 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 202 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (247).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 293-141 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">• 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 915 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 12 of the last 13 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">• Tuesday is the 139th all-time series meeting dating back to 1937.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 58-80 in the series, including an 18-49 mark in Lubbock and a 19-13 mark in the Scott Drew era.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 19-9 vs. Texas Tech since 2006, including 7-7 in Lubbock in that span (6-4 in Lubbock since 2010).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">LAST TIME VS. TEXAS TECH IN LUBBOCK
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor played without four projected starters in an 86-61 loss at No. 15 Texas Tech on Feb. 16, 2019.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU held Tech to .407 from the field (22-of-54), but the Red Raiders converted 30-of-35 free throws.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Freshman Jared Butler had team-highs of 16 points, 4 assists and 37 minutes, while Mario Kegler added 15 points.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• The 25-point margin-of-defeat was Baylor's worst since Jan. 2, 2016 at Kansas.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">LAST TIME VS. TEXAS TECH IN WACO
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Freshman Jared Butler led the Bears with 19 points and 5 assists (14 points, 2 assists and 3 steals in the 2nd half), while Makai Mason added 16 points to help the Bears to a 73-62 win over No. 8 Texas Tech
on Jan. 19, 2019. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor trailed 23-10 midway through the 1st half, but BU closed the half on a 23-8 run to lead 33-31 at halftime.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Butler scored Baylor's first 8 points in the 2nd half, and after Tech cut the BU lead to 2 points with 5 minutes left, Butler made a 3-pointer and converted a 3-point play on consecutive possessions to extend
the lead back to 8 points. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU went 10-of-10 at the foul line in the final 3 minutes, with Freddie Gillespie and Mason making 4 apiece.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">| Assistant AD for Communications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<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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