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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Complete game notes attached. MBB Media Materials:
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><a href="http://baylorbea.rs/MediaMBB">http://baylorbea.rs/MediaMBB</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><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 (4-0) at KANSAS STATE (3-4)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dec. 19, 2020 • 3 p.m. CT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Manhattan, Kan. • Bramlage Coliseum (12,528)<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">LIVE STATS: baylorstats.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">WATCH: Big 12 Now on ESPN+<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Talent: Mark Neely (pxp), Bryndon Manzer (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: John Morris (pxp) and 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">2/2 BAYLOR BEARS (4-0, 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">KANSAS STATE WILDCATS (3-4, 1-0)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Location: Manhattan, Kan. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Head Coach: Bruce Weber (Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1978)<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 Baylor opens Big 12 play at Kansas State on Saturday, ending a 9-day stretch without a game.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• This is the earliest conference game in program history (previously Dec. 29 in 1937 and 2017).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU enters Big 12 play ranked for the 7th time in 8 seasons – 4th time in top-10 (2014, 2017, 2020, 2021).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is opening Big 12 play vs. K-State for the first time – BU's 11th different opponent in a Big 12 opener.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU swept the season series vs. K-State last season, snapping a 6-game series losing streak. The Bears never trailed in either game and built a 16-point lead in Manhattan and a 34-point lead in Waco.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is the Big 12's final undefeated team. The Bears lead the league in scoring (90.8), scoring margin (+27.0), field goal pct. (.508), 3-point pct. (.468), 3-pointers made (11.0), assists (20.0) and
steals (9.0).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 41-40 in Big 12 road games over the last 10 seasons, second-best behind Kansas (51-27).<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 has scored 80+ points in 4 straight games for the first time since December 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU has won all 4 games by 13+ points and averages a +27.0 margin of victory (3 wins of 30+).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's bench has 34+ points in every game and is out-scoring opposing benches 40-17 on average.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is on a school-record streak of 15 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 24 consecutive AP polls ranked is 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 20 of 34 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 forced a Ferrell Center-record 35 turnovers with 40 points off turnovers in its last game, a win over SFA.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has led by at least 5 points in 34 straight games and built a double-digit lead in 28 of 34 games.
<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">• Baylor is playing its 246th 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 243 of 425 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 at least 18 games in each of the last 12 seasons since 2007-08, 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 (346-213).<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">• 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">• BU has advanced to 8 consecutive postseasons, tied as the nation's 10th-longest active streak.
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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">QUICK HITS <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU was picked to win the Big 12 in the league's preseason coaches' poll for the first time.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 55-5 when leading at halftime over the last 4 seasons since 2017-18 (21-2 in 2019-20, 4-0 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 (173-21).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is 118-23 since 2015-16 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game (30-3 since 2019-20).
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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).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<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).
<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 seasons after recording only three 20-win seasons in the previous 100 years of Baylor Basketball (1946, 1948, 1988).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 221-97 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 221 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (270).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 312-144 since 2007-08, the first year Drew's staff had a full allotment of scholarships.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<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.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<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).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<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"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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">• Saturday is the 44th all-time series meeting. K-State leads the series 23-20, but BU leads 19-18 in the Big 12 era.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor swept the season series last season, ending a 6-game losing streak in the series.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• The Bears are 8-7 vs. Kansas State since 2014, including a 4-3 mark in Manhattan.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Since Big 12 double round-robin play began in 2012, BU has swept the season series three times (2014, 2016, 2020) and K-State has swept three times (2013, 2018, 2019). The teams split in 2012, 2015 and 2017.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• The Bears won 73-67 in Manhattan and 85-66 in Waco last season.
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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 SEASON VS. K-STATE <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor swept the season series vs. K-State last season for the first time since 2016.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• The Bears never trailed in either game and built a 16-point lead in Manhattan and a 34-point lead in Waco.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's three starting guards combined for 48 of the Bears' 73 points in Manhattan. Jared Butler posted 20 points, while Davion Mitchell added 13 points and 7 assists and MaCio Teague contributed 15 points.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Five Bears scored in double-figures in Waco, led by Matthew Mayer's career-high 19 points in 20 minutes off the bench. Mitchell posted his career-first double-double with 14 points and 10 assists.<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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