No. 24 Baylor MBB Opens Myrtle Beach Invitational vs. Ohio

Wed Nov 20 13:16:00 CST 2019

Complete game notes attached.

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24/23 BAYLOR BEARS (2-1)
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/2019/11/19/BU_MBB_Game_Notes_19_20_04_vs_Ohio.pdf>
BAYLOR (2-1) vs. OHIO (3-1)
Nov. 21, 2019 • 3:30 p.m. CT
Conway, S.C. • HTC Center (3,212)
LIVE STATS: www.baylorstats.com<http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?t=1&gid=bay>
WATCH: ESPN2 and ESPN App
Talent: Rich Hollenberg (pxp), Fran Fraschilla (analyst)
LISTEN: Baylor-IMG College | ESPN Central Texas
Talent: Pat Nunley (pxp), David Kaye<https://baylorbears.com/staff-directory/david-kaye/34> (analyst)
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NR/NR OHIO (3-1)
Location: Athens, Ohio
Conference: Mid-American
Head Coach: Jeff Boals (Ohio, 1995)
Roster<https://ohiobobcats.prestosports.com/sports/mbkb/2019-20/roster> | Stats<https://ohiobobcats.com/sports/mbkb/2019-20/teams/ohio>

STORY LINES
• Baylor opens the Myrtle Beach Invitational on Thursday at 3:30 pm CT against Ohio.
• The game will be shown on ESPN2 with Rich Hollenberg and Fran Fraschilla calling the action.
• BU is facing a MAC team for the first time since defeating UNI on 12/22/03, the 5th win of the Drew era.
• Baylor is 33-12 in regular-season tournaments during the Drew era, including 20-4 since 2013-14.
• Baylor has trailed for only 3:39 of 120:00 game time this season, and never by more than 3 points.
• BU won its season-opener vs. UCA 105-61, draining 18 3-pointers, the 2nd-most in program history.
• The Bears led for 36:27 vs. Washington in their 2nd game, but UW rallied to win 67-64 in Alaska.
• BU fought off a tough Texas State team in Game 3 to win 72-63 without Tristan Clark on Friday.
• Jared Butler has led the Bears in scoring in all 3 games this season (30-UCA, 18-UW, 15-TXST).
• Butler leads the Big 12 in scoring (21.0) and 3FGs (4.7), ranks 2nd in 3FG% (.560) and 4th in FG% (.583)
• Freddie Gillespie is 1 of 4 Big 12 players with multiple double-doubles. He ranks 3rd in the Big 12 in steals (2.7), 4th in blocks (2.0), 5th in rebounding (9.3) and 6th in field goal pct. (.536).
• MaCio Teague is 7th in the B12 in assists (4.3), 5th in 3FGs (2.3), 12th in steals (1.7) & 18th in scoring (12.7).
• 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 of Syracuse before falling to No. 1 seed Gonzaga.
• BU is No. 24 in the most recent AP Top 25 and No. 23 in the preseason coaches' poll.
• 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 (318-210).
• 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's streak of 11 consecutive seasons ranked was snapped last season, but the Bears have now been ranked in 12 of 13 seasons since 2007-08. BU was ranked only twice prior to the Drew era.
• Baylor is 38-11 in games against non-Big 12 teams over the last 4 seasons since 2016-17.
• Drew is coaching his 529th game at Baylor (318-210). His .602 winning percentage is best in BU history among coaches with 40+ games, and his teams have a .668 winning percentage since 2007-08 (284-141).
• Baylor is 47-5 in regular-season non-conference games against unranked teams since December 2014.
• BU has ranked top-10 nationally in offensive rebounding pct. in 6 straight seasons (No. 2 last year).
• BU has been top-25 nationally in adj. offensive efficiency in 7 of the last 8 seasons (No. 20 last year).
• Baylor is 57-31 against non-conference teams in neutral/road games in the Drew era, including a 34-16 record in away games against non-Big 12 teams since 2011-12.

QUICK HITS
• Five of Baylor's 12 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 41-72 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 31-4 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 (149-20).
• 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 90-21 since 2015-16 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game (2-1 this season).
• Baylor is 193-94 over the last 9 seasons, averaging 24 wins per season since 2012.
• Baylor's 193 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (238).
• Baylor is 284-141 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 906 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 5 tournament titles under Drew (2007 Paradise Jam, 2011 Las Vegas Classic, 2013 NIT, 2016 Battle 4 Atlantis and 2017 Hall of Fame Classic).

SERIES HISTORY
• Thursday is Baylor's first time facing Ohio and just the 4th time the Bears have faced a current MAC team.
• BU's previous games against current members of the MAC were in 1962 vs. Toledo (loss), 1975 vs. Eastern Michigan (loss) and 2003 vs. Northern Illinois (win). The win vs. Northern Illinois was Drew's 5th victory at Baylor.

SUCCESS IN TOURNAMENTS
• Baylor is 33-12 in regular-season tournaments during the Scott Drew era.
• The Bears are 20-4 in their six regular-season tournaments since 2013-14, going 3-1, 3-1, 3-1, 4-0, 4-0 and 3-1.
• BU advanced to championship games in the 2007 Paradise Jam (won), 2008 76 Classic (lost), 2011 Las Vegas Classic (won), 2013 Maui Invitational (lost), 2014 Las Vegas Invitational (lost), 2016 Battle 4 Atlantis (won) and 2017 Hall of Fame Classic (won).
• Baylor has won four regular-season tournament titles under Drew – the 2017 Hall of Fame Classic, the 2016 Battle 4 Atlantis, the 2011 Las Vegas Classic and the 2007 Paradise Jam.

WINNING AWAY FROM HOME VS. NON-BIG 12 TEAMS
• Baylor is 57-32 against non-conference teams in neutral/road games in the Scott Drew era, including a 34-17 record in away games against non-Big 12 teams since 2011-12.
• Baylor is 54-26 in road/neutral non-conference games since the 2007-08 season (0-1 in 2019-20, 3-3 in 2018-19; 2-2 in 2017-18; 6-1 in 2016-17; 1-3 in 2015-16; 3-2 in 2014-15; 6-2 in 2013-14; 5-2 in 2012-13; 8-1 in 2011-12; 1-3 in 2010-11; 8-2 in 2009-10; 6-2 in 2008-09; 5-2 in 2007-08).

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David Kaye | Assistant AD for Communications
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
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