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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Game Notes attached.<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">BAYLOR (3-0) vs. GONZAGA (3-0)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dec. 5, 2020 • Noon CT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Indianapolis, Ind. • Bankers Life Fieldhouse (20,000)
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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">LIVE STATS: baylorstats.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">WATCH: CBS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Talent: Tom McCarthy (pxp), Bill Raftery (analyst)<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">LISTEN: Baylor-IMG College | ESPN Central Texas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Talent: Pat Nunley (pxp), David Kaye (analyst)<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">2/1 BAYLOR BEARS (3-0, 0-0)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Location: Waco, Texas <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler, 1993)<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">1/2 GONZAGA BULLDOGS (3-0, 0-0)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Location: Spokane, Wash. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Head Coach: Mark Few (Oregon, 1987)<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">STORY LINES<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• No. 2/1 Baylor takes on No. 1/2 Gonzaga in just the 3rd all-time meeting of two No. 1-ranked teams.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• The only previous 1 vs. 1 games were Ohio State vs. Wisconsin (2007) and Kansas vs. Oklahoma (2016).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is seeking its first win over a top-2 ranked team. BU is 0-18 all-time vs. top-2 teams (0-9 in Drew era).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• This is the seventh top-5 matchup in Baylor program history and the second in a 4-day span.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor joins Duke, Gonzaga and Kansas as the only programs ranked No. 1 in 3 of the last 5 seasons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is facing Gonzaga for the 6th time and is 0-5 in the all-time series (1991, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2019).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor returned four All-Big 12 players from a 2019-20 team which went 26-4 and spent five weeks ranked No. 1 nationally. The Bears finished last season ranked No. 4 in the coaches poll (No. 5 in AP).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor opened with a 112-82 win over ULL on Saturday. BU's 112 points were its most since 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU then beat Washington 86-52 on Sunday in Las Vegas, out-rebounding the Huskies 50-19.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor won 82-69 over No. 5 Illinois in Indianapolis, recording the 9th top-5 win in program history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is on a school-record streak of 13 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's streak of 22 consecutive AP polls ranked ties the 2nd-longest in program history (25 in 2016-17).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's defense forced 15+ turnovers in 19 of 33 games since the start of the 2019-20 season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU has led by at least 5 points in 33 consecutive games and built a double-digit lead in 27 of 33 games. The last game BU didn't take a 5+point lead was the 2019 NCAA Tournament 2nd round vs. No. 4 Gonzaga.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 7-1 against ranked teams since that loss to Gonzaga, including a 4-0 mark away from home.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Among BU returners is Jared Butler, who is the first preseason AP All-American in program history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU also welcomes back MaCio Teague, an all-conference pick in all 3 of his collegiate seasons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU returns two players who were semifinalists for the 2020 Naismith Defensive Player of the Year. Mark Vital was 1 of 4 finalists, while Davion Mitchell joined Vital among the 10 semifinalists.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Vital scored a career-high 17 points in the last game vs. Gonzaga. He and Butler are the Bears' only starters remaining from that game, and Flo Thamba and Matthew Mayer played 3 minutes apiece.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is playing its 245th 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 242 of 424 games.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU has been top-10 nationally in offensive rebounding percentage a nation's-best 7 straight years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 1 of 5 Power-5 programs to win 18+ games in each of the last 12 seasons since 2008, joining Duke, Kansas, Kentucky and Michigan State.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has won 20+ games in 11 of the last 13 years. The Bears reached the 20-win mark only 3 times in 101 seasons prior to 2008. BU is averaging 24 wins per season since 2008.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Head coach Scott Drew is in his 18th season in Waco and is BU's all-time wins leader (345-213).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 9-9 against top-10 teams since 2016-17, including a 6-4 mark vs. top-10 teams in Waco.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is 13-2 all-time as a No. 1-ranked team, including 11-1 over the last two seasons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor signed the highest-ranked recruiting class in program history (No. 4) earlier this month. BU inked 5-star Kendall Brown, 4-star Langston Love and 4-star Jeremy Sochan for the 2021-22 season.<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 54-5 when leading at halftime over the last 4 seasons since 2017-18 (21-2 in 2019-20, 3-0 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 (172-21).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is 117-23 since 2015-16 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game (26-3 last season).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's 23-game winning streak last season 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 220-97 over 9+ seasons, averaging 24 wins per season since 2011-12.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's 220 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (265).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 311-144 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 players with at least 30 games of DI experience, including a pair of sophomore transfers who joinec the rotation after sitting out last season – Adam Flagler and Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Eight of Baylor's players either have used or are currently using a redshirt year. Four after transferring to BU – Flagler, Mitchell, Tchamwa Tchatchoua and Teague, and four as freshmen — Moffatt, Turner,
Vital and Dainja. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Nine of Baylor's 10 starting point guards under Drew have earned All-Big recognition (15 of last 16 seasons).
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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 936 straight games — the last time Baylor failed to make a 3-pointer was more than 30 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"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">THIRD ALL-TIME MATCHUP OF NO. 1-RANKED TEAMS
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Saturday's game is only the third all-time matching No. 1 in the AP Top 25 against No. 1 in the coaches' poll.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• The only previous 1 vs. 1 meetings were when Ohio State (No. 1 coaches') beat Wisconsin (No. 1 AP) 48-47 in 2007 and when Kansas (No. 1 AP) defeated Oklahoma (No. 1 coaches') 109-106 in triple overtime in
2016. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• This is the 43rd time in AP poll history that the AP's No. 1 will meet No. 2. Top-ranked teams have a 22-20 edge in the previous meetings, but No. 2-ranked teams have a 1-point edge in point differential.
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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">BAYLOR SEEKING FIRST WIN OVER NO. 1-RANKED TEAM
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 0-8 all-time against No. 1-ranked teams, with the most recent matchup on March 11, 2016 vs. Kansas.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• The Bears' losses vs. No. 1 teams were in 1950 vs. Bradley (68-66), 1970 at UCLA (108-77), 1978 at Arkansas (82-56), 1983 vs. Houston (93-64), 1997 vs. Kansas (87-68), 2012 NCAA Elite Eight vs. Kentucky
(82-70), 2016 vs. Oklahoma (82-72) and 2016 Big 12 Championship semifinals vs. Kansas (70-66).
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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">SERIES HISTORY VS. GONZAGA <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor and Gonzaga will meet for the sixth time, and the Bears are 0-5 in the previous meetings (0-4 in Drew era).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Previous BU-GU matchups were 1991 in Fresno (87-57 GU), 2006 in Spokane (78-69 GU win), 2010 in Dallas (68-64 GU win), 2012 in Spokane (94-87 GU win) and 2019 in Salt Lake City (83-71 GU win).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU was successful in pursuing its first win vs. Illinois in the same building Wednesday, improving to 1-3 vs. the Illini.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#385623">David Kaye</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#385623">
</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>
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