Baylor MBB Hosts Maryland Eastern Shore

[Kaye, David]

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18/16 BAYLOR BEARS (5-1)
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://static.baylorbears.com/custompages/sports/m-baskbl/stats/2018-2019/pdf/1819MBBSTATS.pdf> | Game Notes<https://baylorbears.com/documents/2019/12/2/BU_MBB_Game_Notes_19_20_07_MARYLAND_EASTERN_SHORE.pdf>
BAYLOR (5-1) vs. MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE (0-9)
Dec. 3, 2019 • 6:30 p.m. CT
Waco, Texas • Ferrell Center (10,284)
LIVE STATS: www.baylorstats.com<http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?t=1&gid=bay>
WATCH: Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Talent: John Morris<https://baylorbears.com/staff-directory/john-morris/52> (pxp), King McClure<https://baylorbears.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/king-mcclure/7064> (analyst)
LISTEN: Baylor-IMG College | ESPN Central Texas
Talent: Dave Rosselli (pxp), Pat Nunley (analyst)
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NR/NR MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE (0-9)
Location: Princess Anne, Md.
Conference: MEAC
Head Coach: Jason Crafton (Nyack College, 2003)
Roster<https://easternshorehawks.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster> | Stats<https://easternshorehawks.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2019/pdf>


STORY LINES
• No. 18 Baylor begins a 3-game homestand by hosting Maryland Eastern Shore at 6:30 pm CT Tuesday.
• The game is on Big 12 Now on ESPN+ with John Morris and King McClure calling the action.
• BU is coming off winning the Myrtle Beach Invitational, its 3rd tournament title in the last 4 years.
• The Bears won Myrtle Beach with victories vs. Ohio, at Coastal Carolina and vs. No. 17 Villanova.
• Baylor and UMES are meeting for the 2nd time. BU won 97-73 in Waco on Dec. 22, 2004.
• Baylor leads the Big 12, ranks 21st nationally and 7th among Power-5 teams in 3-point shooting (.406).
• Davion Mitchell leads a BU defense which has forced 15+ turnovers in 5 of 6 games. The Bears rank 18th nationally in turnover margin (+6.0) and 17th nationally in defensive turnover pct. (25.3).
• Jared Butler has led BU in scoring in 5 of 6 games. He leads the Big 12 in 3FG% (.525), FT% (17-17), and 3FGs/gm (3.5), ranks 2nd in scoring (19.3), 3rd in FG% (.534), 5th in steals (2.0) and 11th in assists (3.5).
• Freddie Gillespie is tied for 2nd in the Big 12 with 3 double-doubles. He leads the league in offensive rebounding (4.2), ranks 5th in blocks (1.5), 6th in rebounding (7.8), 8th in steals (1.8) and 13th in FT% (.727).
• MaCio Teague is 7th in the Big 12 in scoring (15.7), 3rd in 3FGs (2.8/gm), 3rd in 3FG% (.436), 4th in FT% (.882) and 11th in minutes (31.4). Teague joined Butler (MVP) on the Myrtle Beach All-Tournament Team.
• Baylor is 41-11 in games against non-Big 12 teams over the last 4 seasons since 2016-17.
• BU is the only school with FB, MBB, WBB & VB all ranked. Those teams are a combined 48-4 this year.
• Drew is coaching his 532nd game at Baylor (321-210). His .605 winning percentage is best in BU history among coaches with 40+ games, and his teams have a .671 winning percentage since 2007-08 (287-141).
• Baylor is coming off its 10th 20-win season in the last 12 years. The Bears were a No. 9 seed in the 2019 NCAA Tournament, where they knocked off Syracuse before falling to No. 1 seed Gonzaga.
• BU is No. 18 in the most recent AP Top 25 and has been ranked in all 5 AP polls this season.
• Baylor has been in the Preseason AP Top 25 in 7 of 10 seasons since its first preseason ranking in 2010-11.
• Head coach Scott Drew is in his 17th season in Waco and is BU's all-time wins leader (321-210).
• Baylor returned 9 players with at least 26 games of Division I experience, including a pair of transfers who started in their BU debuts after sitting out last season – Davion Mitchell and MaCio Teague.
• BU returned 8 letterwinners from last season, including 5 players who made at least 7 starts – Mark Vital (34), Jared Butler (21), Tristan Clark (14), Freddie Gillepsie (11) and Devonte Bandoo (7).
• BU was picked 2nd in the Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll, tying the highest in program history (2012-13). The Bears were picked 9th in last year's poll, but overcame a multitude of injuries to finish in 4th place.
• BU has advanced to the postseason in 8 straight seasons, tied as the nation's 10th-longest active streak.
• Baylor is 126-16 in non-conference home games in the Drew era, including 100-8 since 2007-08.
• Baylor is 61-4 in its last 65 non-conference home games dating back to Dec. 12, 2012.
• Baylor has posted a combined 148-34 record in November and December games during the Drew era, including a 66-11 mark in November and December games since 2013.

QUICK HITS
• Five of Baylor's 11 active players have used a redshirt year at Baylor, and the Bears have three players currently sitting out as redshirts – Jordan Turner, Adam Flagler and Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua.
• Davion Mitchell took over as Baylor's starting point guard replacing Makai Mason. Eight of Baylor's nine starting point guards during the Drew era have earned All-Big recognition (14 of last 15 seasons).
• BU is 42-72 against AP-ranked teams since 2007-08 after going 0-27 in Drew's first 4 rebuilding seasons.
• Baylor is 12-23 against AP Top 10 teams since March 2012. BU started the Drew era 1-26 vs. top-10.
• Baylor has defeated 7 top-10 teams in the last 3 seasons, including a 6-3 mark vs. top-10 teams in Waco.
• Baylor is 32-4 when leading at halftime over the last 3 seasons since 2017-18.
• Baylor has won 88% of its games when leading at the half since 2011-12 (150-20).
• Baylor has won 20+ games in 10 of the last 12 seasons after recording only three 20-win seasons in the previous 100 years of Baylor Basketball (1946, 1948, 1988).
• The Bears are one of 11 programs to win 18+ games in every year since 2008.
• Baylor is 1 of 14 teams nationally to appear in every postseason since 2012 (6 NCAAs, 2 NITs).
• BU is 93-21 since 2015-16 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game (5-1 this season).
• Baylor is 196-94 over the last 9 seasons, averaging 24 wins per season since 2012.
• Baylor's 196 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (242).
• Baylor is 287-141 since 2007-08, the first year Drew's staff had a full allotment of scholarships.
• Baylor is 5-1 all-time in Big 12/SEC Challenges, the best record of any team in either league.
• Baylor has the nation's 11th-longest active streak with at least one 3-point FG made in 909 straight games — the last time Baylor failed to make a 3-pointer was more than 29 years ago, on Feb. 21, 1990 vs. Texas Tech (0-8).
• BU has recorded double-digit non-conference wins in 11 of the last 12 seasons (all except 2012-13).
 • Baylor has won 6 tournament titles under Drew (2007 Paradise Jam, 2011 Las Vegas Classic, 2013 NIT, 2016 Battle 4 Atlantis, 2017 Hall of Fame Classic and 2019 Myrtle Beach Invitational).

MYRTLE BEACH INVITATIONAL CHAMPIONS
• Baylor returns from a 9-day break after winning the Myrtle Beach Invitational Championship. The Bears claimed the tournament title with wins vs. Ohio, at Coastal Carolina and vs. No. 17 Villanova.
• Jared Butler earned MVP honors after scoring 10 points in the final 6 minutes of the championship game, and he was joined on the All-Tournament Team by MaCio Teague, who led the Bears with 18.7 ppg in the tournament.
• Davion Mitchell averaged 12.3 points in the tournament after entering with a career single-game high of 10 points.
• BU overcame an early 7-point deficit on its way to a 76-53 win over Ohio in the quarterfinals, led by Butler's 19 points.
• The Bears trailed by 8 points with 15 minutes left at Coastal Carolina, but rallied to win 77-65 in the semifinals.
• The championship game vs. No. 17 Villanova featured 18 lead changes, but Baylor closed the game on a 23-12 run over the final 6 minutes to claim an 87-78 win. The Bears made 6-of-9 3-pointers in the 2nd half.

RANKED 18TH IN LATEST AP TOP 25
• Baylor climbed to No. 18 in the latest AP Top 25 released on Monday. It's the Bears' 5th straight week ranked.
• Baylor was ranked No. 16 in the preseason AP Top 25 poll, which tied the 2nd-highest preseason ranking in BU history.
• BU has been in the preseason AP Top 25 in 7 of 10 seasons since the program's first preseason ranking in 2010-11.
• Tuesday is Baylor's 217th game as a ranked team, with 215 of those coming in the last 13 seasons.
• Baylor's highest preseason ranking was No. 12 in 2011-12. The Bears were No. 16 in 2010-11 and 2019-20, No. 19 in 2012-13, No. 22 in 2015-16, No. 24 in 2017-18 and No. 25 in 2013-14.

IMPRESSIVE NON-CONFERENCE NUMBERS AT HOME
• Baylor is 61-4 in its last 65 non-conference home games dating back to Dec. 12, 2012.
• Baylor is 39-7 in home games against unranked opponents since 2016-17.
• Baylor is 126-16 in non-conference home games in the Drew era, including 100-8 since 2007-08.
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David Kaye | Assistant AD for Communications
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 254-709-5147

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