Baylor MBB Hosts Texas

Tue Feb 26 13:35:53 CST 2019

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BAYLOR BEARS (18-9, 9-5)
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/2019/2/26/BU_MBB_Game_Notes_18_19_28_TEXAS.pdf?id=11357>

BAYLOR (18-9, 9-5) vs. TEXAS (15-12, 7-7)
February 27, 2019 • 8:05 p.m. CT
Waco, Texas • Ferrell Center (10,284)
LIVE STATS: Stat Broadcast<https://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=234260>
WATCH: ESPN2 | ESPN App
Talent: Mark Neely (pxp), Lance Blanks (analyst)
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Talent: John Morris<https://baylorbears.com/staff.aspx?staff=52> (pxp), David Kaye<https://baylorbears.com/staff.aspx?staff=34> (analyst)
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TEXAS LONGHORNS (15-12, 7-7)
Location: Austin, Texas
Conference: Big 12
Head Coach: Shaka Smart (Kenyon, 1999)
Roster<https://texassports.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball> | Stats<https://texassports.com/documents/2018/11/10/texas_mbb_stats_2018_19.pdf?id=12492> | Game Notes<https://baylorbears.com/documents/2019/2/26/Texas_notes_at_Baylor_.pdf?id=11356>

STORY LINES
• Baylor looks to avenge its loss 3 weeks ago in a rematch against Texas Wednesday night in Waco.
• Wednesday is the 254th series meeting – the most-played rivalry in Baylor history dating back 104 years.
• BU is 15-8 vs. Texas since snapping a 24-game series losing streak at the 2009 Big 12 Championship.
• Baylor is 6-1 in its last 7 games vs. Texas and 3-1 in its last 4 home games vs. Texas.
• BU has swept the season series vs. Texas 5 times in the Big 12 era (1998, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2018).
• Baylor lost to Texas in Austin, 84-72, on February 6. The Bears look to avoid a regular-season series sweep by UT for the first time since 2014, but BU beat Texas at the Big 12 Championship that season.
• A win would give Baylor double-digit Big 12 wins for the 4th time in the last 5 seasons and 6th time in 10 years. Prior to 2010, Baylor hadn't won 10+ conference games since 1988 Southwest Conference play.
• Baylor is coming off wins at No. 19 Iowa State and at home vs. West Virginia last week.
• Jared Butler<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7072> was named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week after averaging 14.5 ppg, 4.5 apg and 4.0 rpg.
• Mario Kegler<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7062> posted his first double-double with career-highs of 23 points and 10 boards vs. WVU.
• Devonte Bandoo<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7069> added 22 points vs. WVU and has scored in double-figures in 4 of the last 5 games.
• Freddie Gillespie<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7061> had his first double-double with 14 points (7-of-8 FGs) and 10 rebounds at Iowa State.
• Makai Mason<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7071> has missed 2 of the last 5 games with a toe injury, King McClure<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7064> has missed 5 straight with a knee injury, Tristan Clark<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7060> has missed 13 straight games, and Jake Lindsey<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7063> has missed the entire season.
• All told, those 4 projected starters have missed 54 total games, including 33 in Big 12 play.
• In 13 games since Clark's season-ending injury, BU is shooting 39% on 3-pointers, making 9.5 3FGs per game and scoring 73.0 ppg. Those are up from 29%, 6.6 3FGs and 71.4 ppg prior to the injury.
• Five Bears are shooting 37%+ from 3-point range since Clark's injury – Butler (44%, 2.7/gm), McClure (43%, 1.9/gm), Bandoo (42%, 2.0/gm), Mason (37%, 2.2/gm) and Kegler (37%, 1.1/gm).
• Flo Thamba<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7067> and Gillespie have combined for 8.8 ppg, 8.1 rpg and 2.0 bpg in 32.3 mpg in 13 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.
• Gillespie is averaging 7.2 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 1.6 bpg and shooting 74% (31-42) in 20.6 mpg over the last 9 games. He entered that stretch with 25 points all season, including 8 DNPs in 9 games preceding Clark's injury.
• Butler joined the starting lineup with Clark out and is averaging 12.5 ppg and 3.8 apg in 13 starts.
• Butler is shooting 44% on 3FGs (35-79) 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 has 62 assists in his last 16 games (3.9 apg) after 14 assists in his first 11 games (1.3 apg). He has also made a 3-pointer in 13 straight games.
• Bandoo is averaging a team-high 14.8 ppg, 4.4 rpg and 2.6 made 3FGs/game over the last 5 games
• Over his last 10 games, Kegler is averaging 12.6 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 61% on 2-pointers and 39% on 3-pointers.
• Mark Vital<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7066> leads the Big 12 and ranks 9th nationally with 3.6 offensive rebounds per game.
• BU is 2nd nationally in offensive rebounding percentage (38.9), its 6th straight year in the nation's top 10.
• In Big 12 play, Baylor leads the league in offensive efficiency (112.1), scoring offense (73.6), assists (14.7/gm), 3-point pct. (.386), 3-pointers made (9.3/gm) and rebounding margin (+6.3/gm).

ON THE CALL
• Wednesday's game will be broadcast on ESPN2 with Mark Neely and Lance Blanks calling the action.
• Neely is calling his 4th BU game this season, all in Waco. He called Baylor wins over Oregon, Texas Tech and Oklahoma.
• Blanks is calling his 2nd BU game this season, both vs. Texas. He was on the call for Baylor's loss in Austin on Feb. 6.

QUICK HITS
• Scott Drew<https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=378> is in his 16th season in Waco and is the Bears' all-time wins leader (314-204).
• Drew is coaching his 519th game at Baylor (314-204). His .606 winning percentage is best in BU history. among coaches with 40+ games, and his teams have a .675 winning percentage since 2007-08 (280-135).
• Baylor is 1 of 16 teams nationally to appear in every postseason since 2012 (5 NCAAs, 2 NITs).
• Baylor is 29-2 when leading at halftime since the start of the 2017-18 season (14-2 this season).
• BU is 86-18 since 2015-16 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game (18-3 this season).
• BU is 98-74 in Big 12 play in 10 seasons since 2010 after going 59-149 in the league's first 13 seasons.
• BU has won 8+ Big 12 games in 8 straight seasons after winning 8+ just 3 times in the league's first 15 years.
• 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 41-69 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 (148-18).
• Baylor is 189-88 over the last 7 seasons, averaging 24.4 wins per season since 2012.
• Baylor's 189 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (231).
• Baylor is 280-135 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 896 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).

SERIES HISTORY VS. TEXAS
• Wednesday is the 254th all-time meeting between Baylor and Texas, the most-played rivalry for both schools.
• Baylor has won 15 of 23 games in the series after snapping a 24-game series losing streak in March 2009.
• Baylor is 90-163 all-time against Texas, including a 51-66 mark in Waco and a 15-21 mark in the Drew era.

FOUR PROJECTED STARTERS HAVE MISSED SIGNIFICANT TIME
• Baylor has had four projected starters miss significant time due to injuries. Makai Mason<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7071> (toe) has missed 2 of the last 5 and King McClure<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7064> (knee) has missed 5 straight, 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.
• Those four starters all missed the Feb. 9 game vs. K-State and the Feb. 16 game at Texas Tech, both losses.
• All told, those four starters have combined to miss 54 games this season, including 33 games in Big 12 play.
• Clark has missed 13 games and 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 played in all 103 games (18 starts) over his first 3 seasons at Baylor, but he has missed every game this season.

BEARS GRIND OUT WIN VS. WEST VIRGINIA
• Baylor trailed 70-66 with 3 minutes left, but BU went on a 10-0 run to pull out an 82-75 win over WVU on Feb. 23.
• Mario Kegler's<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7062> 3-pointer with 2:23 left gave Baylor the lead for good, and Jared Butler's<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7072> 3-point play with 1:21 remaining extended the lead to 75-70. Kegler made 6 straight free throws to close the game.
• Kegler had his first double-double with career-highs of 23 points and 10 rebounds, while Mark Vital<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7066> added his 2nd double-double with 15 points and 14 rebounds. Devonte Bandoo<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7069> had 22 points in 33 minutes off the bench.

3-GUARD LINEUP AND UNHERALDED BIG MEN 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 13 games without Clark, Baylor (9-4) is making 3.1 more 3-pointers per game (9.5 from 6.4), shooting 10% higher from 3-point range (39% from 29%) and scoring 1.6 more points per game (73.0 from 71.4).
• Butler in 13 games since becoming a starter — 12.5 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 3.8 apg, 2.7 3FGM/gm and 44% on 3-pointers.
• Butler's first 14 games prior to Clark injury — 6.5 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 1.9 apg, 0.7 3FGM/gm and 23% on 3-pointers.
• Freddie Gillespie<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7061> and Flo Thamba<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7067> combined in 13 games since Clark's injury — 8.8 ppg, 8.1 rpg, 2.0 bpg in 32.3 mpg.
• Prior to the injury Gillespie and Thamba combined to average 2.4 ppg, 2.9 rpg and 0.9 bpg in 12.8 mpg.
• Devonte Bandoo's<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7069> first 14 games — 6.8 ppg, 34% 3FGs; Bandoo's last 13 games — 10.0 ppg, 42% 3FGs.
• Mario Kegler<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7062> is also averaging 10.8 ppg, up from 8.8 ppg, and shooting 3-pointers at 37% (14-38), up from 8% (2-24).

A WIN WOULD ...
• Be Scott Drew<https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=378>'s 315th win at Baylor and the 335th of his Division I coaching career.
• Give BU double-digit Big 12 wins for the 4th time in the last 5 seasons and 6th time in the last 10 years.
• Make Baylor 16-8 vs. Texas since snapping a 24-game series losing streak at the 2009 Big 12 Championship.
• Give BU 19+ wins in 8 straight and 11 of the last 12 seasons. BU had 19+ wins in 4 of its previous 101 seasons.
• Clinch a top-6 seed at the Big 12 Championship and a bye through the first round.
• Improve Baylor's record to 99-74 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 32-2 in its last 34 games when leading at the half.
• Baylor has won 89% of its games (147-18) when leading at the half since 2011-12 (14-2 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 38% of games in which its been tied or trailing at the half since 2011-12, going 42-70 in those.
• BU has led at halftime in 165 of 277 games over the last eight seasons, and BU is 189-88 since 2011-12.

UP NEXT
• Baylor heads back on the road to face No. 16 Kansas State at 7 p.m. CT Saturday.
• BU then hosts Oklahoma State for Senior Night at 8 p.m. CT on March 6.
• The Bears wrap up the regular season with a trip to Lawrence, Kan., to face Kansas at 1 p.m. CT on March 9.

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