Baylor MBB Returns Home to Host South Dakota

Mon Nov 26 17:29:02 CST 2018

Complete game notes attached.

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BAYLOR BEARS (4-2)
Location: Waco, Texas
Conference: Big 12
Head Coach: Scott Drew<https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=378> (Butler, 1993)
Roster<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball> | Stats<https://baylorbears.com/cumestats.aspx?path=mbball> | Game Notes<https://baylorbears.com/documents/2018/11/26/BU_MBB_Game_Notes_18_19_07_SOUTH_DAKOTA.pdf?id=9053>

BAYLOR (4-2) VS. SOUTH DAKOTA (3-2)
November 27, 2018 • 7 p.m. CT
Waco, Texas • Ferrell Center (10,284)

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SOUTH DAKOTA COYOTES (3-2)
Location: Vermillion, S.D.
Conference: Summit League
Head Coach: Todd Lee (South Dakota, 1986)

Roster<https://olemisssports.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball> <https://goyotes.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball> | Stats<https://goyotes.com/cumestats.aspx?path=mbball&year=2018&> | Game Notes<https://baylorbears.com/documents/2018/11/26/Game_6_Baylor.pdf?id=9054>

STORY LINES
• Baylor hosts South Dakota at 7 p.m. CT Tuesday in a non-conference game at the Ferrell Center.
• The game will be televised on Fox Sports Southwest-Plus and the Fox Sports App.
• Baylor and South Dakota are meeting for the first time in almost 50 years — the only previous matchup was a 95-75 Baylor win on Dec. 19, 1969, at the Cowboy Classic in Abilene, Texas.
• Head coach Scott Drew<https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=378> is in his 16th season in Waco and is the BU's all-time wins leader (300-197).
• Baylor is coming off Saturday's 72-61 win over George Mason. BU finished 3-1 in the Emerald Coast Classic, marking a 6th straight season with a 3-1 or better mark in its regular-season tournament.
• Drew won his 300th game at Baylor when the Bears defeated George Mason on Saturday.
• Drew became the 17th active Division I coach with 300+ wins at his current school.
• King McClure<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7064> posted career-highs of 27 points and 14 rebounds in a career-high 36 minutes for his career-first double-double. His 14 rebounds were the most by a Baylor guard in program history.
• Baylor returned 3 letterwinners from last year's team, the nation's fewest among Power-5 teams.
• McClure is the lone returning senior, while Tristan Clark<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7060> and Mark Vital<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7066> are back as sophomores.
• BU added 9 newcomers for 2018-19, including 5 transfers (two Division I, two JuCo, one Division III).
• Makai Mason<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7071> is the first grad transfer in program history after graduating from Yale in May.
• Mario Kegler<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7062> (Mississippi State) and Freddie Gillespie<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7061> (Carleton) are eligible after sitting out 2017-18.
• Darius Allen<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7068> (Palm Beach State) and Devonte Bandoo<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7069> (Hutchinson) joined the Bears as JuCo transfers.
• BU also added prep players Jared Butler<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7072>, Matthew Mayer<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7074>, Flo Thamba<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7067> and Jackson Moffatt<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7073>.
• BU hasn't played a game at full strength, with Mason missing the first 3 and Kegler missing all 6 games.
• Clark has scored in double-figures in 5 of 6 games this season after doing so in 10 of 33 games last year. He ranks 2nd nationally with an .800 field goal percentage and averages only 1.5 missed shots per game.
• McClure has scored 20+ points 3 times this season after doing so in 1 of 100 games over his first 3 years.
• Mason has posted 18 points in each of his last 2 games after scoring 11 in his Baylor debut on Nov. 16.
• Baylor is 55-3 in its last 58 non-conference home games dating back to Dec. 12, 2012.
• Baylor is 29-4 in home games against unranked opponents since 2016-17.
• Baylor is 40-2 in regular-season non-conference games against unranked teams since December 2014.
• Baylor is 30-7 in games against non-Big 12 teams over the last 3 seasons since 2016-17.
• Baylor is 120-15 in non-conference home games in the Drew era, including 94-7 since 2007-08.
• Baylor is 1 of 16 teams nationally to appear in every postseason since 2012 (5 NCAAs, 2 NITs).
• Baylor is 19-1 when leading at halftime since the start of the 2017-18 season (4-1 this season).
• Drew is coaching his 498th game at Baylor (300-197). His .604 winning percentage is best in BU history among coaches with 40+ games, and his teams have a .675 winning percentage since 2007-08 (266-128).
• BU is 72-16 since 2015-16 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game (19-6 last year).
• Baylor has posted a combined 141-31 record in November and December games during the Drew era, including a 59-9 mark in November and December games since 2013.

QUICK HITS
• The Bears were picked 9th in the Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll, the lowest since 2009-10 (10th).
• Baylor is one of nine teams to be nationally ranked in each of the last 11 seasons dating back to 2007-08 – Baylor, Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville, Michigan State, Notre Dame and North Carolina.
• BU is 103-86 in Big 12 play in 11 seasons since 2008 after going 45-131 in the league's first 11 seasons.
• BU is 38-67 against AP-ranked teams since 2007-08 after going 0-27 in Drew's first 4 rebuilding seasons.
• Baylor has defeated 6 top-10 teams in the last two seasons entering 2018-19.
• Baylor is 11-21 against AP Top 10 teams since March 2012. BU started the Drew era 1-26 vs. top-10.
• Baylor has won 89% of its games when leading at the half since 2011-12 (137-17).
• BU has recorded double-digit non-conference wins in 11 of the last 12 seasons (all except 2012-13).
• Baylor is 175-81 over the last 7 seasons, averaging 24.4 wins per season since 2012.
• Baylor's 175 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (215).
• Baylor is 266-128 since 2007-08, the first year Drew's staff had a full allotment of scholarships.
• Baylor has the nation's 11th-longest active streak with at least one 3-point FG made in 875 straight games.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
• Drew is in his 16th season at Baylor and is the school's all-time wins leader (300).
• Baylor is one of nine teams to be nationally ranked in each of the last 11 seasons dating back to 2007-08 – Baylor, Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville, Michigan State, Notre Dame and North Carolina.
• Baylor has had a nation-leading four players selected in the NBA Draft since 2010 who weren't ranked in the ESPN100 out of high school — Quincy Acy, Ekpe Udoh, Pierre Jackson and Taurean Prince.
• Six Baylor players have been selected in the last six NBA Drafts, 10th-most nationally.
• In Drew's first 15 seasons at Baylor, 38 players have gone on to professional careers.
• Drew (48) is the youngest of 11 coaches to take his current program to four Sweet 16s since 2010.
• The Bears have advanced to postseason play in a school-record seven straight seasons (5 NCAA, 2 NIT).
• BU is 20-4 in regular-season tournaments since 2013-14, including wins in 14 of its last 15 games.
• Drew has won 20+ games in nine of the last 11 years — the Bears had 3 seasons of 20+ wins prior to his arrival.

DREW ERA HIGHLIGHTS
• Drew is coaching his 498th game at Baylor (300-197). His .604 winning percentage is best in BU history among coaches with 40+ games, and he's the program's all-time wins leader by 99 victories over the next closest coach.
• Baylor has a .675 winning percentage (266-128) since Drew's first year with no scholarship restrictions in 2007-08 and a .684 winning percentage (175-81) over the last 7 seasons since 2011-12.
• In Drew's 16 seasons as Baylor head coach, BU has been ranked in 211 of 497 games. Prior to Drew, BU was ranked in 2 of 2,197 games over 97 seasons. In 10 seasons since 2008-09, BU has been ranked in 208 of 362 games.
• BU has graduated 91 percent of its scholarship seniors since Drew took over in 2003 (30 of 33).
• In Drew's first 15 seasons at Baylor, 38 players have gone on to professional careers.
• Baylor has won 5 tournament titles under Drew — 2007 Paradise Jam, 2011 Las Vegas Classic, 2013 Postseason NIT, 2016 Battle 4 Atlantis and 2017 Hall of Fame Classic. BU is 20-4 in regular-season tournaments since 2013-14.

A WIN WOULD ...
• Be Scott Drew<https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=378>'s 301st win at Baylor, exactly 100 more than any coach in program history.
• Make Baylor 31-7 in games against non-Big 12 teams since 2016-17.
• Make Baylor 142-31 in November/December games under Drew, including 72-14 in November games.
• Improve BU's record to 73-37 during King McClure's<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7064> 4-year career and 70-37 in games McClure has played.

300 WINS AT BAYLOR
• Head coach Scott Drew<https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=378> earned his 300th win at Baylor with the Bears' victory over George Mason on Nov. 24.
• Drew is 1 of 17 active coaches with 300 wins at his current school (thru 11/25/18): Mike Krzyzewski (1032), Jim Boeheim (929), Tom Izzo (579), Bob McKillop (559), Mark Few (541), Bill Self (452), Phil Martelli (433), Roy Williams (430), Jay Wright (427), Mike Brey (408), Randy Bennett (395), Rick Byrd (393), Greg Kampe (342), Fran O'Hanlon (315), Leonard Hamilton (310), Scott Drew<https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=378> (300) and Matt Painter (300).

SUCCESS IN NONCONFERENCE PLAY
• Baylor is 30-7 in games against non-Big 12 teams since 2016-17 – losses in the 2017 Sweet 16 vs. South Carolina, at No. 21 Xavier, vs. No. 8 Wichita State, at No. 20 Florida, vs. Mississippi State, vs. Texas Southern and in a neutral-site game vs. Ole Miss.
• Among the 30 wins are home victories against No. 4 Oregon and No. 7 Xavier, neutral site wins vs. No. 10 Louisville, vs. No. 24 Michigan State, vs. VCU, vs. USC, vs. Wisconsin and vs. Creighton and a road win at Ole Miss.
SERIES HISTORY
• Tuesday is the 2nd series meeting between Baylor and South Dakota. The only prior meeting was a 95-75 Baylor win on Dec. 19, 1969, at the Cowboy Classic in Abilene, Texas.
• Baylor is 8-1 all-time against current members of the Summit League — the Bears have faced Oral Roberts (6-0), South Dakota (1-0), South Dakota State (1-0) and Denver (0-1).

MCCLURE GOES OFF IN WIN OVER GEORGE MASON
• King McClure<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7064> posted career-highs of 27 points and 14 rebounds for his career-first double-double to lead Baylor to a 72-61 win over George Mason on Nov. 24 at the Emerald Coast Classic.
• McClure set a school record for rebounds by a guard and became the first BU guard to record a points-rebounds double-double since Kenny Chery had 20 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists in an OT win vs. K-State on Feb. 15, 2014.
• McClure also recorded a game-high 4 assists and went 5-of-11 from 3-point range. The rest of the team combined to shoot 1-of-15 from downtown. Makai Mason<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7071> had his second-consecutive 18-point game.

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