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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Complete game notes and stats package attached.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor Media Materials: <a href="http://baylorbea.rs/MediaMBB">
<span style="color:#954F72">http://baylorbea.rs/MediaMBB</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Big 12 Media Materials: <a href="http://big12.us/30b7fe0" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#954F72">http://big12.us/30b7fe0</span></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 (22-1, 13-1) vs. OKLAHOMA STATE (19-7, 11-7)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">March 12, 2021 • 5:30 p.m. CT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Kansas City, Mo. • T-Mobile Center (18, 972)<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: Bob Wischusen (pxp), Fran Fraschilla (analyst), Holly Rowe (reporter)<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 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">2/2 BAYLOR BEARS (22-1, 13-1)<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">12/14 OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS (19-7, 11-7)<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, 2004)<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 won the Big 12 for the first time and claimed its first conference title since 1950.<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">• BU swept Oklahoma State this season and is looking to beat OSU 3 times in a season for the first time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU has gone 3-0 vs. an opponent 4 times in B12 history (2010 UT, 2014 TCU, 2015 WVU, 2021 K-State).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is 0-3 all-time against OSU at Big 12 Championships (1997 1RD, 1999 1RD, 2013 QTRF).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 11-1 vs. Oklahoma State since 2016 (lone loss 2019 in Waco) and 16-5 vs. OSU since 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is looking for its 4th Big 12 Championship finals appearance (0-3 – 2009, 2012, 2014).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU has won 7 consecutive neutral-site games, with its last neutral loss Nov. 8, 2019 vs. Washington.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is seeking its 15th win vs. a Big 12 team this season, which would tie a school record (15-3 in 2020).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• The Bears' 22-1 start ties the best 23-game record in program history (2019-20).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is playing its 5th ranked opponent in the last 6 games – Nos. 17, 6, 17, 18 and 12.<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 72, 71, 89, 70, 73, 68 in the last 6 games.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is 7-1 vs. AP Top 25 teams this season, including 4-0 against AP Top 10 teams.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is 13-2 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 (.428) and is top-10 nationally in scoring margin (2nd, +19.1), scoring (2nd, 84.8), effective FG% (2nd, 58.3), steals (7th, 9.1), turnover margin (3rd, +5.1), turnovers
forced (10th, 17.5), defensive turnover pct. (3rd, 24.9) and offensive rebound pct. (4th, 37.4).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU has led by at least 10 points in 21 of 23 games this year (4 of 6 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 53 games over the last 2 seasons (double-digit leads in 45 of 53).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU's 3FG% (.428) leads the Big 12 by so much, BU could miss 111 more attempts and still lead the league.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's current .428 team 3FG% would break the Big 12 record (.426 by OSU in 2004-05).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Jared Butler (Cousy, Wooden, Naismith semi/finalist), MaCio Teague (West Award finalist), Davion Mitchell & Mark Vital (Naismith Defensive POY Semifinalists) are all national award candidates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Butler is AP Big 12 Player of the Year, Baylor's first conference POY since David Wesley (1992 SWC).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Butler (1st Team) and Mitchell (3rd Team) were both named Sporting News All-Americans, and Teague (3rd Team) was named a NCAA.com All-American, giving BU 3 All-America honorees.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Mitchell (coaches) and Vital (The Athletic) both earned Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year honors.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• For a second-straight year, BU has 60% of the Big 12 All-Defensive Team (Vital, Mitchell and Butler).<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 (.444) and steals (2.1), ranks 2nd in assists (5.0), 3rd in scoring (17.1), 3rd in FG% (.493) and 7th in ast-to ratio (1.76).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Teague was named AP 2nd Team All-Big 12 and has been all-conference in all 4 collegiate seasons.<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">• Scott Drew earned AP and coaches' Big 12 Coach of the Year for a second-consecutive season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Six Baylor players are shooting at least 39% on 3FGs and averaging at least one 3FG made per game: Mitchell (47%), Butler (44%), Teague (39%), Flagler (41%), Mayer (43%) and Cryer (41%).<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">FIRST CONFERENCE TITLE IN 71 YEARS
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor won its first conference championship in 71 seasons (1950 Southwest Conference).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has won six league titles in programs history, four of them outright – 1932 (10-2), 1946 (11-1), 1948 (11-1), 1949 (9-3), 1950 (8-4) and 2021 (13-1). The 1949 and 1950 titles were co-championships.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's best previous Big 12 finish was outright 2nd-place last season. BU also tied for 2nd in 2010 and 2017.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's 15 Big 12 wins last season were the most ever by a team that didn't claim the Big 12 title.
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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">• Baylor is guaranteed to finish with its fewest losses since going 13-0 in 1911-12.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 25-1 at home over the last 2 seasons, with the lone loss by 3 points to Kansas on 2/22/20.
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<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 59-99 in B12 road games).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has been top-5 ranked for 27-straight weeks. BU was top-5 for 12 weeks all-time prior to this streak.
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<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 is 48-5 since Teague and Mitchell became eligible at the start of 2019-20.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Vital holds the BU record for career Big 12 wins at 45-22. The previous record was A.J. Walton's 39.
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<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.
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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">• Head coach Scott Drew is in his 18th season in Waco and is BU's all-time wins leader (364-214).
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<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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor won double-digit Big 12 games for the 8th time (2010, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 70-5 when leading at halftime over the last 4 seasons (40-2 over last 2 seasons, 19-0 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 (188-21).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is 48-3 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game over the last 2 seasons (136-23 last 6 seasons).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has won 20+ games in 12 of the last 14 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 239-98 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 239 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (284).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 330-145 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 (16 of last 17 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).
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<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 955 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">BAYLOR VS. OSU THIS SEASON <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor trailed 34-25 late in the first half in Stillwater, but the Bears fought back to win 81-66 on Jan. 23. 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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• In Waco, BU built an 11-point halftime lead and led for 38:42 of game time, never trailing by more than 1 point.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Department of Athletics | Baylor University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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