No. 2 Baylor MBB Returns Home to Host UAPB

Sun Dec 20 21:42:01 CST 2020

Complete game notes attached. Media materials link: http://baylorbea.rs/MediaMBB

BAYLOR (5-0) vs. ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF (1-7)
Dec. 21, 2020 • 7 p.m. CT
Waco, Texas • Ferrell Center (10.284)
2/2 BAYLOR BEARS (5-0, 1-0)
Location: Waco, Texas
Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler, 1993)

UAPB GOLDEN LIONS (1-7, 0-0)
Location: Pine Bluff, Ark.
Head Coach: George Ivory (Mississippi Valley, 1988)

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STORY LINES
• No. 2 Baylor returns home to host Arkansas-Pine Bluff at 7 pm CT Monday at the Ferrell Center.
• Baylor is the Big 12's final undefeated team. The Bears lead the league in scoring (92.6), scoring margin (+27.8), field goal pct. (.521), 3-point pct. (.468), 3-pointers made (11.8/gm), assists (20.8/gm), assist-to-turnover ratio (1.60), rebounding margin (+11.4) and steals (9.0/gm).
• Baylor returned four All-Big 12 players from a 2019-20 team which went 26-4 and spent five weeks ranked No. 1 nationally. The Bears finished last season ranked No. 4 in the coaches poll (No. 5 in AP).
• Baylor has scored 80+ points in 5 straight games for the first time since December 2017. The Bears are looking for to reach 80+ points for a 6th-straight game for the first time since 1994.
• BU is looking to start a season 6-0 for the first time since starting 15-0 on its way to No. 1 in 2016-17.
• BU has won all 5 games by 13+ points and averages a +27.8 margin of victory (4 of 5 wins by 30+).
• Baylor's bench has 33+ points in every game and is out-scoring opposing benches 38-21 on average.
• Baylor is on a school-record streak of 16 straight weeks top-5 ranked (previously 6 straight in 2017).
• BU's streak of 25 consecutive AP polls ranked ties the longest in program history (25 in 2016-17).
• Baylor's defense forced 15+ turnovers in 20 of 35 games since the start of the 2019-20 season.
• BU became the first team since 1992 to score 100 points in Manhattan in Saturday's win at K-State.
• BU forced a Ferrell Center-record 35 turnovers with 40 points off turnovers in the Dec. 9 win over SFA.
• Baylor has led by at least 5 points in 35 straight games and built a double-digit lead in 29 of 35 games.
• Among BU returners is Jared Butler, who is the first preseason AP All-American in program history.
• BU also welcomes back MaCio Teague, an all-conference pick in all 3 of his collegiate seasons.
• BU returns two players who were semifinalists for the 2020 Naismith Defensive Player of the Year. Mark Vital was 1 of 4 finalists, while Davion Mitchell joined Vital among the 10 semifinalists.
• BU has 4 of the Big 12's top-15 scorers – Teague (6th), Flagler (7th), Butler (9th) and Mitchell (15th).
• Baylor is playing its 247th game as a ranked team under Drew – BU was ranked in 2 of 2197 games over the program's 97 seasons prior to Drew. Since 2008-09, BU has been ranked in 244 of 426 games.
• Baylor is 51-11 in games against non-Big 12 teams over the last 5 seasons since 2016-17.
• Baylor is 105-8 in non-conference home games since 2007-08, including 66-4 since December 2012.
• BU has been top-10 nationally in offensive rebounding percentage a nation's-best 7 straight years.
• Baylor is 1 of 5 Power-5 programs to win at least 18 games in each of the last 12 seasons since 2007-08, joining Duke, Kansas, Kentucky and Michigan State.
• Baylor has won 20+ games in 11 of the last 13 years. The Bears reached the 20-win mark only 3 times in 101 seasons prior to 2008. BU is averaging 24 wins per season since 2008.
• Head coach Scott Drew is in his 18th season in Waco and is BU's all-time wins leader (347-213).
• Baylor joins Duke, Gonzaga and Kansas as the only programs ranked No. 1 in 3 of the last 5 seasons.
• Baylor signed the highest-ranked recruiting class in program history (No. 4) earlier this month. BU inked 5-star Kendall Brown, 4-star Langston Love and 4-star Jeremy Sochan for the 2021-22 season.

GAME-BY-GAME
• Baylor opened with a 112-82 win over ULL on Nov. 28. BU's 112 points were its most since 2017.
• BU then beat Washington 86-52 on Nov. 29 in Las Vegas, out-rebounding the Huskies 50-19.
• Baylor won 82-69 over No. 5 Illinois in Indianapolis on Dec. 2, recording the 9th top-5 win in program history.
• BU defeated SFA 83-52 on Dec. 9, turning a Ferrell Center-record 35 turnovers into 40 points off turnovers.
• Baylor won its Big 12 opener at K-State 100-69, becoming the first team to score 100 in Manhattan since 1992.

QUICK HITS
• BU was picked to win the Big 12 in the league's preseason coaches' poll for the first time.
• Baylor is 56-5 when leading at halftime over the last 4 seasons since 2017-18 (21-2 in 2019-20, 5-0 this season).
• Baylor has won 89% of its games when leading at the half since 2011-12 (174-21).
• BU is 119-23 since 2015-16 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game (31-3 since 2019-20).
• Baylor's 23-game winning streak last season was the longest ever by a Big 12 team (previously 22 by 1996-97 KU).
• BU's 13-game conference winning streak was the longest in school history (previously 11 in 1946 SWC).
• Baylor has won 20+ games in 11 of the last 13 seasons after recording only three 20-win seasons in the previous 100 years of Baylor Basketball (1946, 1948, 1988).
• Baylor is 222-97 over the last 10 seasons, averaging 24 wins per season since 2011-12.
• Baylor's 222 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (271).
• Baylor is 313-144 since 2007-08, the first year Drew's staff had a full allotment of scholarships.
• BU returned 8 players with at least 30 games of DI experience, including a pair of sophomore transfers who joined the rotation after sitting out last season – Adam Flagler and Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua.
• Eight of Baylor's players either have used or are currently using a redshirt year. Four after transferring to BU – Flagler, Mitchell, Tchamwa Tchatchoua and Teague, and four as freshmen — Moffatt, Turner, Vital and Dainja.
• Nine of Baylor's 10 starting point guards under Drew have earned All-Big recognition (15 of last 16 seasons).
• Baylor is 1 of 14 teams nationally to appear in every postseason since 2012 (6 NCAAs, 2 NITs).
• Baylor has the nation's 10th-longest active streak with at least one 3-point FG made in 937 straight games — the last time Baylor failed to make a 3-pointer was more than 30 years ago, on Feb. 21, 1990 vs. Texas Tech (0-8).

SERIES HISTORY
• Monday is the 4th series meeting and the first since 2004, a 63-53 Baylor win at the Ferrell Center.
• All four series meetings have been at the Ferrell Center, with Baylor winning 72-45 in the first series meeting on the day before Y2K, Dec. 31, 1999. The Bears then won 85-40 on Nov. 22, 2000 and 63-53 on Dec. 1, 2004.

LAST TIME VS. UAPB
• Baylor recorded the 10th win of the Drew era when the Bears defeated UAPB 63-53 on Dec. 1, 2004.
• BU had only 5 scholarship players for the game, and three walk-ons combined to play 41 minutes off the bench.
• Aaron Bruce posted a game-high 17 points, while Patrick Fields added 16 points and a team-best 4 assists, Kevin Shipman had 15 points and Tommy Swanson recorded a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds.

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