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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Complete game notes and extended stats package attached.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Media materials available for download 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>
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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 (17-0, 9-0) vs. IOWA STATE (2-16, 0-13)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Feb. 23, 2021 • 7 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">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">WATCH: Big 12 Now on ESPN+<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Talent: Ted Emrich (pxp), King McClure (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">2/2 BAYLOR BEARS (17-0, 9-0)<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">NR/NR IOWA STATE CYCLONES (2-16, 0-13)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Location: Ames, Iowa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Head Coach: Steve Prohm (Alabama, 1997)
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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">STORY LINES<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• No. 2 Baylor plays for the first time in 21 days when it hosts Iowa State at 7 pm CT Tuesday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• With a win, Baylor would break the record for best start in program history (17-0 in 2011-12).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Tuesday is the 42nd series meeting, and the home team is 29-7 in the series in campus-site games.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's 21-20 record vs. Iowa State marks the first time the Bears have led in the all-time series.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 11-3 against Iowa State since 2015 and 17-13 vs. ISU during the 18-year Scott Drew era.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 7-0 vs. ISU in Waco since 2014, and 4 of those wins were by 3 or fewer points or in OT.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• The Bears are looking to sweep the series vs. ISU for a 5th time in 7 years (2015, 2016, 2019, 2020).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is 10-1 vs. ranked teams the last 2 seasons, the first team since 1974-76 Indiana to win 10 of 11.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is the first team since UNLV in 1990-91 to win each of its first 17 games by 8+ points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor and Gonzaga are the last two undefeated teams and have been 1-2 in the rankings all season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU leads the nation in 3-point percentage (.439) and is top-5 nationally in scoring (2nd, 87.0), scoring margin (2nd, +24.2), effective FG% (2nd, 59.1), turnover margin (3rd, +6.1), turnovers forced (3rd,
18.5), defensive turnover pct. (3rd, 25.9), steals (5th, 9.7) and offensive rebound pct. (5th, 37.9).<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 17.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has trailed for only 46:29 of 680 minutes (6.8%) 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's 17-game winning streak is tied for 2nd-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 10-0 in Big 12 play for the 2nd time in program history (13-0 start last season).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's 24-3 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 22-1 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 1 of 5 finalists for the Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award on Monday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 43-4 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 is averaging 23.7 ppg over his last 3 games, including 31 vs. K-State and 27 at Texas.<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 32-16 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">• Five Baylor players are shooting at least 43% on 3FGs and averaging at least one 3FG made per game: Mitchell (49%), Butler (45%), Mayer (46%), Flagler (45%) and Cryer (44%).<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 (10.2), Mayer (8.3) and Tchatchoua (7.8).<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 (359-213).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is playing its 259th 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 256 of 438 games.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has been top-5 ranked for 25-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 34-straight AP polls ranked is the nation's 3rd-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 47 games over the last 2 seasons (double-digit leads in 41 of 47).<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 17-game winning streak is 2nd-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.
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<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 66-5 when leading at halftime over the last 4 seasons (36-2 over last 2 seasons, 15-0 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 (184-21).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is 131-23 since 2015-16 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game (43-3 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).
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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 234-97 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 234 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (281).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 325-144 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">• 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).
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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 949 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">• Tuesday is the 42nd series meeting. BU has won 11 of the last 14 to take its first lead in the series at 21-20.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• The home team is 29-7 in campus site games in the all-time series, and BU is 1-4 vs. ISU at neutral sites.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Since the Big 12 went to double round-robin play in 2012, the teams have split the regular-season series four times (2012, 2014, 2017, 2018), BU has swept four times (2015, 2016, 2019, 2020) and ISU has
swept once (2013). <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">THIS SEASON VS. IOWA STATE <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Despite season-lows of 76 points and 10 assists, BU held on for a hard-fought 76-65 win at Iowa State on Jan. 2.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor committed 17 turnovers, but forced 21 ISU turnovers. BU shot a season-worst 4-for-19 from 3-point range.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Jared Butler led BU with 21 points, 5 assists and 4 steals, while Mitchell and Teague added 13 points apiece.<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">-- <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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