Baylor MBB Hosts Oklahoma on Monday Night

[Kaye, David]

Complete game notes attached.

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BAYLOR BEARS (15-8, 6-4)
Location: Waco, Texas
Conference: Big 12
Head Coach: Scott Drew<https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=378> (Butler, 1993)
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BAYLOR (15-8, 6-4) vs. OKLAHOMA (15-9, 3-8)
February 11, 2018 • 8:01 p.m. CT
Waco, Texas • Ferrell Center (10,284)

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OKLAHOMA SOONERS (15-9, 3-8)
Location: Norman, Okla.
Conference: Big 12
Head Coach: Lon Kruger (K-State, 1975)
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STORY LINES
• Baylor looks to snap a season-long 2-game losing streak when it hosts Oklahoma at 8 p.m. CT Monday.
• Monday's game is televised on ESPN2 with Mark Neely and Chris Spatola on the call.
• Baylor is looking to sweep the season series vs. OU for a 4th time since 2010 (2010, 2012, 2017).
• The Bears won 77-47 at OU on Jan. 28, handing OU its largest home loss since 1963.
• BU is coming off a 70-63 loss to K-State on Saturday and an 84-72 loss at Texas on Wednesday.
• The Bears played without Makai Mason<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7071> (toe) and King McClure<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7064> (knee) in Saturday's game, and with Tristan Clark<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7060> and Jake Lindsey<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7063> out for the season, BU played without 4 projected starters.
• BU entered the season with 3 returning letterwinners after losing its top 4 scorer's from last season.
• Prior to 2 losses last week, BU was on a 6-game winning streak and hadn't lost consecutive games.
• In 9 games since Tristan Clark's<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7060> season-ending injury, BU is shooting 39% on 3-pointers and making 9.7 treys per game. Those numbers are up from 29% and 6.6 made 3's per game prior to the injury.
• Clark was ruled out for the season after suffering a left-knee injury in the Jan. 20 win over Iowa State.
• Four Bears are shooting 39%+ from 3-point range and making 1.5+ 3FGs/game since Clark's injury – Mason (46%, 2.8), Devonte Bandoo<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7069> (44%, 1.6), McClure (43%, 1.9) and Jared Butler<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7072> (39%, 2.4).
• BU is averaging 74.9 ppg in 9 games since Clark's injury, up from 71.4 ppg prior to losing Clark.
• BU has scored 72+ points in 7 of its last 8 games after doing so in only 7 of its first 15 games.
• Scott Drew<https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=378> is in his 16th season in Waco and is the Bears' all-time wins leader (311-203).
• Baylor is 28-2 when leading at halftime since the start of the 2017-18 season (13-2 this season).
• Mario Kegler<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7062> is averaging 11.7 ppg and 5.2 rpg while shooting 53% over his last 6 games.
• Jared Butler<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7072> joined the starting lineup with Clark out and is averaging 11.9 ppg and 3.9 apg in 9 starts.
• Butler is shooting 39% on 3FGs (22-56) since becoming a starter after 23% (10-44) in his first 14 games.
• Butler is 6th in the Big 12 with 3.6 assists/gm in league play. He had a season-high 6 assists Wednesday at Texas and has 47 assists in his last 12 games after posting 14 assists in his first 11 games.
• Mason needs 15 points to reach 1,000 for his Division I career (680 at Yale, 305 at Baylor).
• Mark Vital<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7066> is the nation's only player with as many offensive as defensive rebs. (81-81; min. 140 total).
• Flo Thamba<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7067> and Freddie Gillespie<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7061> have combined for 9.4 ppg, 7.8 rpg and 1.9 bpg in 31.8 mpg in 9 games since Clark's injury. Prior to the injury they averaged 2.4 ppg, 2.9 rpg and 0.9 bpg in 12.8 mpg.
• Bandoo joined the starting lineup Saturday and had 15 points in 36 minutes, both his most since Nov. 12.
• Gillespie is averaging 9.4 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 1.4 bpg and shooting 79% (22-28) in 21.4 mpg over the last 5 games. He entered that stretch with 25 points all season, including 8 DNPs in 9 games preceding Clark's injury.
• BU is 2nd nationally in offensive rebounding percentage (38.5), its 6th straight year in the nation's top 10.
• In conference games, Baylor leads the Big 12 in scoring (75.5), effective FG% (.539), 3-point pct. (.386), 3FGs made (9.3/game), scoring margin (+5.8), assists (15.7/game), rebounding margin (+6.3), offensive efficiency (113.7), rebounding offense (36.7)
and rebounding defense (30.4).
• Drew is coaching his 515th game at Baylor (311-203). His .605 winning percentage is best in BU history.

ON THE CALL
• Monday's game will be broadcast on ESPN2 with Mark Neely and Chris Spatola calling the action.
• Neely is called his 3rd Baylor game this season. He called Baylor wins over Oregon and No. 7 Texas Tech.
• Spatola is calling his 6th Baylor game this season and 8th overall. He called Baylor's Big 12 opener at TCU, its win over No. 20 Iowa State and three straight Monday games at Oklahoma State, at West Virginia and at Oklahoma.

QUICK HITS
• BU is 83-18 since 2015-16 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game (15-3 this season).
• BU is 95-73 in Big 12 play in 10 seasons since 2010 after going 59-149 in the league's first 13 seasons.
• 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 40-68 against AP-ranked teams since 2007-08 after going 0-27 in Drew's first 4 rebuilding seasons.
• Baylor defeated 7 top-10 teams in the last 3 seasons, including a 6-3 mark vs. top-10 teams in Waco.
• Baylor is 12-22 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 (146-18).
• Baylor is 186-87 over the last 7 seasons, averaging 24.4 wins per season since 2012.
• Baylor's 186 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (228).
• Baylor is 277-134 since 2007-08, the first year Drew's staff had a full allotment of scholarships.
• Baylor beat Alabama to move to 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 892 straight games — the last time Baylor failed to make a 3-pointer was nearly 29 years ago, on Feb. 21, 1990 vs. Texas Tech (0-8).

SERIES HISTORY VS. OKLAHOMA
• Baylor trails 16-45 in the all-time series, including a 8-19 mark in Waco and an 11-22 record in the Drew era.
• Baylor has won 4 of its last 5 games vs. Oklahoma, including a 77-47 win in Norman earlier this season.
• Baylor is 11-10 against OU since snapping a 30-game losing streak in the series in 2010.
• Both teams have swept the season series 3 times since 2010 (BU in 2010, 2012, 2017; OU in 2013, 2014, 2016).

FOUR PROJECTED STARTERS MISSED SATURDAY'S GAME
• Baylor was playing without four projected starters in Saturday's game against Kansas State. Makai Mason<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7071> (toe) and King McClure<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7064> (knee) are day-to-day, while Tristan Clark<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7060> (knee) and Jake Lindsey<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7063> (hip) are out for the season.
• Clark is out for the year after suffering a left-knee injury in the Jan. 8 win over Iowa State.
• Clark started the first 14 games this season and was leading the nation with a .737 field goal percentage. He averaged 14.6 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.4 blocks, 1.7 assists and 1.1 steals in 29.8 minutes per game prior to the injury.
• Lindsey had played in all 103 games and made 18 starts over his first 3 seasons at Baylor.

SHORT-HANDED BEARS UNABLE TO FINISH POTENTIAL UPSET OF K-STATE
• A short-handed Baylor squad playing without 4 projected starters nearly pulled off an upset against the Big 12's top team before falling 70-63 on Feb. 9. The Bears led by 7 points with 9:50 remaining, but K-State closed on a 29-15 run.
• Devonte Bandoo<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7069> posted a team-high 15 points in 36 minutes, both his most since Nov. 12.
• Freddie Gillespie<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7061> made his first start since Nov. 12 and had career-highs with 13 points, 9 rebounds and 31 minutes.
• Walk-on Obim Okeke<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7065> played a career-high 10 minutes as back-up point guard, doubling his previous career-high.

3-GUARD LINEUP LEADING BEARS' RESURGENCE
• Baylor switched to a 3-guard lineup after Tristan Clark's<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7060> season-ending injury, swapping freshman guard Jared Butler<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7072> into the starting lineup. The Bears moved 6-foot-5 sophomore Mark Vital<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7066> to the starting 5-spot.
• In 9 games without Clark, Baylor is making 3.3 more 3-pointers per game (97 from 6.4) and shooting 9.6% higher from 3-point range (38.8 from 29.2). BU's 2-point percentage has suffered, dropping from 55% to 51%.
• Baylor is averaging 3.5 more points per game despite missing Clark's 14.6 PPG and 6.3 RPG.
• Butler is averaging 5.4 more ppg, 1.6 more rpg and 2.0 more apg in 9 games since joining the starting lineup.
• Freddie Gillespie<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7061> and Flo Thamba<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7067> are combining for 9.4 ppg, 7.8 rpg and 1.9 bpg in 31.8 mpg in 9 games since Clark's injury. Prior to the injury they averaged 2.4 ppg, 2.9 rpg and 0.9 bpg in 12.8 mpg.

A WIN WOULD ...
• Be Scott Drew<https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=378>'s 312th win at Baylor and the 332th of his Division I coaching career.
• Give Baylor 3 straight wins vs. OU, matching BU's longest winning streak in series history (1953-54, 2010-11).
• Make Baylor 12-10 against Oklahoma since snapping a 30-game series losing streak in 2010.
• Give Baylor its 4th season sweep of OU since 2010. BU was swept by OU in the first 13 seasons of Big 12 play.
• Make BU's record to 84-43 during King McClure's<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7064> 4-year career and 81-42 in games McClure has played.
• Improve Baylor's record to 96-73 in Big 12 play since 2010 after going 59-149 in the league's first 13 seasons.

PROTECTING HALFTIME LEADS
• Baylor went 15-0 last season when leading at halftime and is 31-2 in its last 33 games when leading at the half.
• Baylor has won 89% of its games (146-18) when leading at the half since 2011-12 (13-2 in 2018-19, 15-0 in 2017-18, 18-3 in 2016-17, 18-2 in 2015-16, 21-7 in 2014-15, 18-2 in 2013-14, 17-1 in 2012-13 and 26-1 in 2011-12).
• BU has won 37% of games in which its been tied or trailing at the half since 2011-12, going 40-69 in those.
• BU has led at halftime in 164 of 273 games over the last eight seasons, and BU is 186-87 since 2011-12.

UP NEXT
• BU heads out for consecutive road games at Texas Tech (Saturday) and at Iowa State (Feb. 19).
• The Bears have four remaining home games, with West Virginia up next on Feb. 23.


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