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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Complete game notes and extended stats package 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 (16-0, 8-0) at TEXAS (11-3, 5-2)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Feb. 2, 2021 • 6 p.m. CT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Austin, Texas • Frank Erwin Center (16,734)<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), Dick Vitale (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 (16-0, 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">6/6 TEXAS LONGHORNS (11-3, 5-2)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Location: Austin, Texas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Head Coach: Shaka Smart (Kenyon, 1999)<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 returns to Big 12 play in Austin against No. 6 Texas at 6 pm CT Tuesday on ESPN.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is 1 of 3 undefeated teams (Gonzaga, Drake) and is the last remaining undefeated Power-5 team.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Tuesday is the 257th series meeting – the most-played rivalry in Baylor history dating back 106 years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 9-1 in its last 10 games vs. Texas since Feb. 20, 2016 (4-0 in Waco, 4-1 in Austin, 1-0 in KC).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is 18-8 vs. Texas since snapping a 24-game series losing streak at the 2009 Big 12 Championship.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor swept Texas last year, winning 59-44 in Waco on Jan. 4 and 52-45 in Austin on Feb. 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU leads the nation in scoring margin (+24.8) and 3-point percentage (.434) and is top-10 nationally in steals (4th, 9.7), scoring (5th, 87.2), effective FG% (2nd, 58.6), offensive rebound pct. (4th, 38.6),
assists (6th, 18.5), turnover margin (5th, +6.2), turnovers forced (6th, 18.6) and defensive turnover pct. (4th, 26.0).<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 (14 of 16 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 16.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has trailed for only 45:21 of 640 minutes (7.1%) 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">• Baylor is 9-1 against ranked teams over the last two seasons, including 3-0 in true road games.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor needs a win to tie the best start to a season in program history (17-0 in 2011-12).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's 16-game winning streak is the 3rd-longest in program history (23 in 2020, 17 in 2012).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU looks to start 9-0 in Big 12 play for the 2nd time in program history (first was 13-0 start last season).<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">• BU is 12-2 in Big 12 road games over the last 2 seasons (rest of league is 42-74 in B12 road games).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Jared Butler was named National Player of the Week on Jan. 26 after averaging 26.0 points and 7.0 assists in wins vs. Kansas and at OSU. 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 42-4 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 11 games.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Six Baylor players are shooting at least 37% on 3FGs and averaging at least one 3FG made per game: Mitchell (47%), Butler (45%), Mayer (45%), Flagler (43%), Cryer (43%) and Teague (37%).<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 (10.4), Mayer (8.4) and Tchatchoua (8.2).<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 (358-213).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is playing its 258th 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 255 of 437 games.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has been top-5 ranked for 22-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 31-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 46 games over the last 2 seasons (double-digit leads in 40 of 46).<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"><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 16-game winning streak is 3rd-longest in program history (23 in 2020, 17 in 2012).
<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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 65-5 when leading at halftime over the last 4 seasons (35-2 over last 2 seasons, 14-0 this season).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has won 90% of its games when leading at the half since 2011-12 (183-21).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is 130-23 since 2015-16 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game (42-3 last 2 seasons).
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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 last year 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 233-97 over the last 10 seasons, averaging 24 wins per season since 2011-12.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's 233 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 324-144 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">• Ten of Baylor's 11 starting point guards under Drew have earned All-Big recognition (15 of last 16 seasons).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<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 948 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">• Sunday is the 257th all-time meeting between Baylor and Texas, the most-played rivalry for both schools.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 18-8 in the series since snapping a 24-game series losing streak in March 2009.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 93-163 all-time against Texas, including a 32-89 mark in Austin and an 18-21 mark in the Drew era.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has swept the season series vs. Texas 5 times in the last 11 years (2010, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2020). BU swept the series only once in the first 13 years as Big 12 rivals (1998).<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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">C: 254-709-5147<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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