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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 (19-1, 11-1) vs. OKLAHOMA STATE (17-6, 10-6)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">March 4, 2021 • 6 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: ESPN2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Talent: Jason Benetti (pxp) and Jay Bilas (analyst)<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">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">3/3 BAYLOR BEARS (19-1, 11-1)<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">17/17 OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS (17-6, 10-6)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Location: Stillwater, Okla.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Head Coach: Mike Boynton (South Carolina, 2003)<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. 3 Baylor has clinched its first conference title since the 1950 Southwest Conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• The conference title is the 6th in program history and the 4th outright title (1932, 1946, 1948, 2021).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor won 81-65 at OSU on Jan. 23, but OSU led for more than 20 minutes in the game. Prior to its pause, OSU was the only team to lead Baylor for more than 7 minutes or by more than 4 points (9).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• The Bears' 19-1 start ties the best 20-game record in program history (2019-20).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is 4-0 vs. top-10 teams with wins at home (KU), on the road (UT & WVU) and neutral (Illinois).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Thursday is the 88th series meeting. OSU leads 55-32, but BU is 20-16 vs. OSU in the Drew era.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 10-1 vs. Oklahoma State since 2016 (lone loss 2019 in Waco) and 15-5 vs. OSU since 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU looks to sweep the series for the 7th time in the last 10 seasons. BU never swept OSU prior to 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU won 94-89 in overtime Tuesday at No. 6 West Virginia, improving to 4-0 vs. top-10 teams this season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Saturday's loss at KU was the first time Baylor trailed inside the final 4 minutes of a game this season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU held its first 9 Big 12 opponents below 70 points before allowing 72, 71 and 89 in the last 3 games.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is 11-2 vs. AP Top 25 teams the last 2 seasons, the nation's best record vs. ranked teams.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU leads the nation in 3-point percentage (.421) and is top-6 nationally in scoring margin (2nd, +20.4), scoring (4th, 85.4), effective FG% (3rd, 57.8), steals (6th, 9.3), turnover margin (4th, +6.1), turnovers
forced (6th, 18.1), defensive turnover pct. (3rd, 25.5) and offensive rebound pct. (5th, 37.0).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor became the first team since UNLV in 1990-91 to win its first 17 games by 8+ points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU has led by at least 10 points in 18 of 20 games this year, but just 1 of 3 games since the pause.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has led by at least 4 points in all 50 games over the last 2 seasons (double-digit leads in 42 of 50).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 23-1 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">• BU is 9-0 at home this season and looking for its undefeated home record since 1947-48 (9-0).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's 26-4 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 14-3 in Big 12 road games over the last 2 seasons (rest of league is 56-94 in B12 road games).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor finished 7-1 in road games this season, BU's best road record since going 13-1 in 1947-48.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Jared Butler (Cousy Award finalist), MaCio Teague (West Award finalist), Davion Mitchell & Mark Vital (Naismith Defensive POY Semifinalists) were all recognized as national award candidates last week.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Mitchell's Last 6 Games: 18.8 ppg, 4.7 apg, 3.1 A-T ratio (28a/9t), shooting 55% on 3FGs (21-38).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Butler leads the Big 12 in 3-pointers made (2.7/game), 3-point percentage (.435) and steals (2.2), ranks 3rd in assists (5.0), 3rd in scoring (16.9) and 5th in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.87).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Teague leads the 5 West Award finalists in career ppg, assists, steals, 3-pointers, FTM and FT%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Vital holds the BU record for career Big 12 wins at 43-22. The previous record was A.J. Walton's 39.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Five Baylor players are shooting at least 41% on 3FGs and averaging at least one 3FG made per game: Mitchell (47%), Mayer (47%), Butler (44%), Flagler (42%) and Cryer (41%).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 45-5 since Teague and Mitchell became eligible at the start of 2019-20.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has been top-5 ranked for 26-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"><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's streak of 35-straight AP pols ranked is the nation's 3rd-longest active streak and longest in BU history.
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<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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is 1 of 5 Power-5 schools (Duke, Kentucky, Kansas, Michigan St.) to win 18+ every year since 2008.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU's defense has forced 14+ TOs in 15 of its last 17 games, including 7 games with 20+ TOs forced.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Three members of the BU bench average 7+ ppg – Flagler (10.2), Mayer (8.1) and Tchatchoua (7.3).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU's bench is out-scoring opposing benches 30-16 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">• Head coach Scott Drew is in his 18th season in Waco and is BU's all-time wins leader (361-214).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's 18-game winning streak tied the 4th-longest in the Big 12's 25-year history. The Bears set the record with 23 straight last season, while Kansas had the 2nd and 3rd-longest streaks – 22 in 1997
and 20 in 2008. <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">• Baylor has won double-digit Big 12 games for the 8th time (2010, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 67-5 when leading at halftime over the last 4 seasons (37-2 over last 2 seasons, 16-0 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 (185-21).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is 133-23 since 2015-16 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game (45-3 last 2 seasons).
<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).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 236-98 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 236 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (282).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 327-145 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 952 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">THIS SEASON VS. OKLAHOMA STATE
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor trailed 34-25 late in the first half, the first time the Bears faced a deficit greater than 4 points all season, but the Bears turned up the intensity in the second half and pulled away for an 81-66
win at Oklahoma State on Jan. 23. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU trailed 50-48 with 12 minutes left, then went on a 19-1 run and led by double-digits the rest of the way.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Jared Butler hit 3-pointers on 3-consecutive trips to turn a 3-point lead into a 12-point lead with 8 minutes left.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Butler finished with 22 points, while Mark Vital had a career-high 19 points on 8-of-9 from the field.<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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