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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">2/2 BAYLOR BEARS (25-3, 14-2)</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/2020/3/1/BU_MBB_Game_Notes_19_20_29_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">(25-3, 14-2) vs. </span></strong><b>TEXAS TECH (18-11, 9-7)</b><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">March 2, 2020 • 8 p.m. CT</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Lubbock, 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: ESPN2 and ESPN App</span></strong><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Talent:</span></em> <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Bob Wischusen<span style="background:white"> (pxp), Fran
</span>Fraschilla<span style="background:white"> (analyst), </span>Holly Rowe (reporter)</span></em><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>22/21 TEXAS TECH (18-11, 9-7)</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/documents/2019/11/9/TTU_Stats.pdf">Stats</a> | <u><a href="https://texastech.com/documents/2020/3/1/TTU_Game_Notes_at_Baylor.pdf"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">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. 2 Baylor hosts Texas Tech for Senior Day on ESPN's Big Monday at 8 p.m. CT Monday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• The Bears will honor seniors Freddie Gillespie and Devonte Bandoo prior to their final BU home game.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 20-9 vs. Texas Tech since 2006, including 12-2 in the last 14 meetings in Waco.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's 14 conference wins are the most in program history (beating 12-6 in 2012 & 12-6 in 2017).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is looking to sweep its school-record 6th Big 12 opponent this season (ISU, KSU, OU, OSU, UT).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is 13-1 at home this season and has trailed by more than 2 points in only one home game (Kansas).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor won 57-52 at No. 22 Texas Tech on Jan. 7. BU out-rebounded Tech 44-25, led by Mark Vital's 13 boards and Freddie Gillespie's 10 rebounds. Davion Mitchell (14) was BU's only double-figure scorer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU held Texas Tech to its fewest points in a home game (52) in nearly 5 years (Jan. 17, 2015 vs. TCU).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor was No. 1 in the AP Top 25 for 5 straight weeks, tying the longest streak since Kentucky in 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU has been top-2 ranked for 7 consecutive weeks after being top-2 for 3 total weeks prior to 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is on a school-record streak of 8 straight weeks top-5 ranked (previously 6 straight in 2017).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU has led by at least 5 points in every game and has built a double-digit lead in 24 of 28 games, while the Bears have trailed by double-digits only 3 times all season (win at OSU, losses vs. Kansas & at
TCU).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has trailed in the 2nd half only 3 times since December 1 (win at OSU, losses vs. Kansas & at TCU).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor (10-1) has the nation's best record in NET Quadrant 1 games (min. 5 games). The Bears join Kansas (11-3) and Seton Hall (10-5) as the nation's only teams with double-digit Quadrant 1 wins.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor (6-1) has the nation's best record vs. AP Top 25 ranked teams (min. 3 games).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• All 3 of Baylor's losses this season have been by 3 points (vs. Washington, vs. Kansas, at TCU).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor ranks 5th nationally in scoring defense (59.3) and 10th nationally in scoring margin (+12.1).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's 59.3 ppg allowed is on pace to break the Big 12 scoring defense record (59.4 TAMU in 2007).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's 2-point FG% defense ranks 13th nationally (.436) and effective FG% defense ranks 14th (.446).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU's 25-3 is its best 28-game mark in program history. BU's best 29-game start is 24-5 in 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's streak of 17 consecutive AP polls ranked is tied for 3rd-longest in program history (all since 2010).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU has trailed for only 13.7% of game time over 22 total games since December 1 (120:25 of 880:00).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU and KU are a combined 15-1 in Big 12 road games, while the rest of the league is a combined 12-52.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU has held 8 Big 12 opponents to 55 or fewer points, the program record for most in a single season.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is No. 5 in the NET with 6 top-25 NET wins: No. 1 (road), No. 11, No. 16, No. 19, No. 21, No. 23 (road).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's defense has forced 15+ turnovers in 16 of 28 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">• Baylor has held 5 high-major opponents to their season-low scoring totals – Arizona (58), Butler (52), Texas (44), Texas Tech (52) and Kansas (55). BU has held 25 of 28 opponents below 70 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is the only team with 2 Naismith Defensive POY semifinalists (Mark Vital & Davion Mitchell).<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 93-9 this year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is playing its 240th 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 237 of 419 games.<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">• Baylor's 23-game winning streak was the longest ever by a Big 12 team (previously 22 by 1996-97 KU).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU's 13-game conference winning streak was the longest in school history (previously 11 in 1946 SWC).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has won 20+ games in 11 of the last 13 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">• Baylor is 51-5 when leading at halftime over the last 3 seasons since 2017-18 (21-2 this season).
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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 (169-21).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is 113-22 since 2015-16 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game (25-2 this season).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 216-96 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 216 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (262).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 307-143 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">• 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">• Baylor has the nation's 10th-longest active streak with at least one 3-point FG made in 931 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 is 6-1 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 10-2 in conference
challenges. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<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">HONORING SENIOR DUO <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU will honor seniors Devonte Bandoo and Freddie Gillespie prior to their final game in Waco. The duo has combined to record a 45-17 record in their two years competing for the Bears, including a 25-10 record
in Big 12 play. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Gillespie has grown from a walk-on Division III transfer, into a reserve as a junior last season and now a likely All-Big 12 selection as a senior. He ranks top-60 nationally in blocks (28th), double-doubles
(41st) and rebounding (56th). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Bandoo has played in all 62 games during his BU career, providing a spark in memorable comeback wins vs. Texas in 2019 and at Oklahoma State in 2020. He currently ranks 7th in program history with a .388
career 3-point percentage. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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 140th all-time series meeting between Baylor and Texas Tech dating back to 1937.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 59-80 in the series, including a 37-27 mark in Waco and a 20-13 mark in the Scott Drew era.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 20-9 vs. Texas Tech since 2006, including 12-2 in the last 14 meetings in Waco.<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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