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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Complete game notes attached. Media materials available here:
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><a href="http://baylorbea.rs/MediaMBB">http://baylorbea.rs/MediaMBB</a><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 (15-0, 8-0) vs. AUBURN (10-7, 4-5)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Jan. 30, 2021 • 3 p.m. CT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Waco, Texas • Ferrell Center (10,284)<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">WATCH: ESPN<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Talent: Jon Sciambi (pxp), Fran Fraschilla (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 Sports Network | ESPN Central Texas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Talent: John Morris (pxp) and Pat Nunley(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">LIVE STATS: baylorstats.com<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 (15-0, 8-0)<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">AUBURN TIGERS (10-7, 4-5)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Location: Auburn, Ala.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Head Coach: Bruce Pearl (Boston College, 1982)<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 breaks from Big 12 play to host Auburn in the 8th-annual Big 12/SEC Challenge.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's 6-1 Big 12/SEC Challenge record is the best by any team in either league.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU's 10-2 record in conference challenge games is best in the Big 12 (6-1 SEC, 3-1 Pac-12, 1-0 Big East).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 11-5 against Southeastern Conference teams since the 2012-13 season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has won 17 straight non-conference games (+22.8 average margin) dating back to Nov. 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is facing Auburn for the first time since a 74-72 BU win at Auburn in the 2009 NIT quarterfinals.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 1 of 4 undefeated teams (min. 5 gms) and is the last remaining undefeated Power-5 team.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU leads the nation in scoring margin (+25.7) and 3-point percentage (.440) and is top-10 nationally in steals (5th, 9.9), scoring (6th, 87.5), effective FG% (3rd, 59.2), offensive rebound pct. (4th, 38.5),
assists (8th, 18.6), turnover margin (5th, +6.3), turnovers forced (5th, 18.9) and defensive turnover pct. (2nd, 26.5).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is the nation's only team to win every game by 8+ points this season (13 of 15 wins by 11+).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is the nation's only team top-5 ranked in adjusted offensive (3rd) and defensive (1st) efficiency.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU has led by at least 10 points in every game this season and has led by 13+ at halftime in 10 of 15.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has trailed for only 44:20 of 600 minutes (7.4%) this season and led wire-to-wire in 7 games.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU has tied the 2nd-longest winning streak to start a season in school history (17 in 2012, 15 in 2017).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's 23-3 record in Big 12 play over the last 2 seasons is the league's best record in that span.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 21-1 at home over the last 2 seasons, with the lone loss by 3 points to Kansas on 2/22/20.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Jared Butler was named National Player of the Week after averaging 26.0 points and 7.0 assists in wins vs. Kansas and at Oklahoma State. He shot 13-of-16 (81.3%) from 3-point range last week.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 41-4 since MaCio Teague and Davion Mitchell became eligible at the start of 2019-20.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Mitchell had a career-high 31 points Wednesday vs. K-State, including 22 pts in 12 second-half minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU has 3 of 15 players on the Naismith Defensive POY midseason watch list – Mitchell, Vital and Butler.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU's bench is out-scoring opposing benches 33-17 on average and has scored 33+ points in 10 games.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Six Baylor players are shooting at least 38% on 3FGs and averaging at least one 3FG made per game: Butler (48%), Mitchell (47%), Mayer (44%), Flagler (43%), Cryer (43%) and Teague (38%).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Three members of the BU bench average 8+ ppg – Flagler (9.7), Tchatchoua (8.3) and Mayer (8.1).<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 (357-213).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is playing its 257th 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 254 of 436 games.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has been top-5 ranked for 21-straight weeks. BU was top-5 for 12 weeks all-time prior to this streak.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU's streak of 30-straight AP polls ranked is the nation's 4th-longest active streak and longest in BU history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has led by at least 5 points in all 45 games over the last 2 seasons (double-digit lead in 39 of 45).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU's defense has forced 14+ TOs in 11 of its last 12 games, including 7 games with 20+ TOs forced.<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 1 of 5 Power-5 schools (Duke, Kentucky, UNC, Michigan St.) to win 18+ every year since 2008.<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's 15-game winning streak is tied for 3rd-longest in program history (23 in 2020, 17 in 2012, 15 in 2017).
<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) in November. 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 was picked to win the Big 12 in the league's preseason coaches' poll for the first time.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 64-5 when leading at halftime over the last 4 seasons (34-2 over last 2 seasons, 13-0 this season).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has won 90% of its games when leading at the half since 2011-12 (182-21).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is 129-23 since 2015-16 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game (41-3 last 2 seasons).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<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 last year 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 232-97 over the last 10 seasons, averaging 24 wins per season since 2011-12.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's 232 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (274).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 323-144 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">• 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 947 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 7th all-time meeting and the first since BU won at Auburn in the 2009 NIT quarterfinals.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU leads the series 4-2, including 3-1 at Auburn, 0-1 in Waco and 1-0 in Oklahoma City.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• This is the second time the meets have met in Waco – AU won 84-63 in the prior meeting on Dec. 9, 1995.
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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">BIG 12'S MOST WINS IN CONFERENCE CHALLENGES
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 10-2 in conference challenges – 6-1 in Big 12/SEC Challenge, 3-1 in Big 12/Pac-10, 1-0 in Big 12/Big East.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU's 6-1 Big 12/SEC Challenge record includes wins vs. Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Georgia, Ole Miss, Alabama and Florida.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's 6-1 record is the best record by any team in the Big 12/SEC Challenge. Kansas, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State are 5-2, while TCU and Texas Tech are 4-3, K-State, Texas and Iowa State are 3-4 and West
Virginia is 2-5. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's 10-2 record in conference challenges is best in the Big 12, followed by Oklahoma State at 9-4, Kansas at 8-5, Oklahoma at 7-6, Iowa State at 6-6, Texas at 6-7, K-State and Texas Tech at 5-7, TCU
at 4-5 and West Virginia at 3-6.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><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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