No. 2 Baylor MBB Hosts Texas Tech for Senior Day

Sun Mar 1 18:19:07 CST 2020

Complete game notes attached.

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2/2 BAYLOR BEARS (25-3, 14-2)
Location: Waco, Texas
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/sports/mens-basketball/stats> | Game Notes<https://baylorbears.com/documents/2020/3/1/BU_MBB_Game_Notes_19_20_29_TEXAS_TECH.pdf>

BAYLOR (25-3, 14-2) vs. TEXAS TECH (18-11, 9-7)
March 2, 2020 • 8 p.m. CT
Lubbock, Texas • Ferrell Center (10,284)
LIVE STATS: baylorstats.com
WATCH: ESPN2 and ESPN App
Talent: Bob Wischusen (pxp), Fran Fraschilla (analyst), Holly Rowe (reporter)
LISTEN: Baylor-IMG College | ESPN Central Texas
Talent: John Morris<https://baylorbears.com/staff-directory/john-morris/52> (pxp), Pat Nunley (analyst)
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22/21 TEXAS TECH (18-11, 9-7)
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Head Coach: Chris Beard (Texas, 1995)
Roster<https://texastech.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster> | Stats<https://texastech.com/documents/2019/11/9/TTU_Stats.pdf> | Game Notes<https://texastech.com/documents/2020/3/1/TTU_Game_Notes_at_Baylor.pdf>

STORY LINES
• No. 2 Baylor hosts Texas Tech for Senior Day on ESPN's Big Monday at 8 p.m. CT Monday.
• The Bears will honor seniors Freddie Gillespie and Devonte Bandoo prior to their final BU home game.
• Baylor is 20-9 vs. Texas Tech since 2006, including 12-2 in the last 14 meetings in Waco.
• Baylor's 14 conference wins are the most in program history (beating 12-6 in 2012 & 12-6 in 2017).
• BU is looking to sweep its school-record 6th Big 12 opponent this season (ISU, KSU, OU, OSU, UT).
• BU is 13-1 at home this season and has trailed by more than 2 points in only one home game (Kansas).
• Baylor won 57-52 at No. 22 Texas Tech on Jan. 7. BU out-rebounded Tech 44-25, led by Mark Vital's 13 boards and Freddie Gillespie's 10 rebounds. Davion Mitchell (14) was BU's only double-figure scorer.
• BU held Texas Tech to its fewest points in a home game (52) in nearly 5 years (Jan. 17, 2015 vs. TCU).
• Baylor was No. 1 in the AP Top 25 for 5 straight weeks, tying the longest streak since Kentucky in 2015.
• BU has been top-2 ranked for 7 consecutive weeks after being top-2 for 3 total weeks prior to 2020.
• Baylor is on a school-record streak of 8 straight weeks top-5 ranked (previously 6 straight in 2017).
• BU has led by at least 5 points in every game and has built a double-digit lead in 24 of 28 games, while the Bears have trailed by double-digits only 3 times all season (win at OSU, losses vs. Kansas & at TCU).
• Baylor has trailed in the 2nd half only 3 times since December 1 (win at OSU, losses vs. Kansas & at TCU).
• Baylor (10-1) has the nation's best record in NET Quadrant 1 games (min. 5 games). The Bears join Kansas (11-3) and Seton Hall (10-5) as the nation's only teams with double-digit Quadrant 1 wins.
• Baylor (6-1) has the nation's best record vs. AP Top 25 ranked teams (min. 3 games).
• All 3 of Baylor's losses this season have been by 3 points (vs. Washington, vs. Kansas, at TCU).
• Baylor ranks 5th nationally in scoring defense (59.3) and 10th nationally in scoring margin (+12.1).
• Baylor's 59.3 ppg allowed is on pace to break the Big 12 scoring defense record (59.4 TAMU in 2007).
• Baylor's 2-point FG% defense ranks 13th nationally (.436) and effective FG% defense ranks 14th (.446).
• BU's 25-3 is its best 28-game mark in program history. BU's best 29-game start is 24-5 in 2012.
• Baylor's streak of 17 consecutive AP polls ranked is tied for 3rd-longest in program history (all since 2010).
• BU has trailed for only 13.7% of game time over 22 total games since December 1 (120:25 of 880:00).
• BU and KU are a combined 15-1 in Big 12 road games, while the rest of the league is a combined 12-52.
• BU has held 8 Big 12 opponents to 55 or fewer points, the program record for most in a single season.
• BU is No. 5 in the NET with 6 top-25 NET wins: No. 1 (road), No. 11, No. 16, No. 19, No. 21, No. 23 (road).
• Baylor's defense has forced 15+ turnovers in 16 of 28 games after doing so in 7 of 34 games last year.
• Baylor has held 5 high-major opponents to their season-low scoring totals – Arizona (58), Butler (52), Texas (44), Texas Tech (52) and Kansas (55). BU has held 25 of 28 opponents below 70 points.
• BU is the only team with 2 Naismith Defensive POY semifinalists (Mark Vital & Davion Mitchell).
• Baylor is the only school with FB, MBB, WBB & VB all ranked. Those teams are a combined 93-9 this year.
• Baylor is playing its 240th 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 237 of 419 games.

QUICK HITS
• Baylor's 23-game winning streak 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 51-5 when leading at halftime over the last 3 seasons since 2017-18 (21-2 this season).
• Baylor has won 89% of its games when leading at the half since 2011-12 (169-21).
• BU is 113-22 since 2015-16 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game (25-2 this season).
• Baylor is 216-96 over the last 9 seasons, averaging 24 wins per season since 2012.
• Baylor's 216 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (262).
• Baylor is 307-143 since 2007-08, the first year Drew's staff had a full allotment of scholarships.
• 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 Gillespie (11) and Devonte Bandoo (7).
• Baylor returned 9 players with at least 26 games of Division I experience, including a pair of transfers who are now starters after sitting out last season – Davion Mitchell and MaCio Teague.
• Eight of Baylor's 14 players either have used or are currently using a redshirt year. Five after transferring to BU – Flagler, Gillespie, Mitchell, Tchamwa Tchatchoua and Teague, and three as freshmen — Moffatt, Turner and Vital.
• Eight of Baylor's nine starting point guards under Drew have earned All-Big recognition (14 of last 15 seasons).
• The Bears are one of 11 programs nationally (1 of 6 in Power-5) 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).
• Baylor has the nation's 10th-longest active streak with at least one 3-point FG made in 931 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 is 6-1 all-time in Big 12/SEC Challenges, the best record of any team in either league. Combined with a 3-1 mark in the Big 12/Pac-10 Series and 1-0 in the Big 12/Big East Battle, Baylor is 10-2 in conference challenges.
• 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).

HONORING SENIOR DUO
• BU will honor seniors Devonte Bandoo and Freddie Gillespie prior to their final game in Waco. The duo has combined to record a 45-17 record in their two years competing for the Bears, including a 25-10 record in Big 12 play.
• Gillespie has grown from a walk-on Division III transfer, into a reserve as a junior last season and now a likely All-Big 12 selection as a senior. He ranks top-60 nationally in blocks (28th), double-doubles (41st) and rebounding (56th).
• Bandoo has played in all 62 games during his BU career, providing a spark in memorable comeback wins vs. Texas in 2019 and at Oklahoma State in 2020. He currently ranks 7th in program history with a .388 career 3-point percentage.

SERIES HISTORY
• Monday is the 140th all-time series meeting between Baylor and Texas Tech dating back to 1937.
• Baylor is 59-80 in the series, including a 37-27 mark in Waco and a 20-13 mark in the Scott Drew era.
• Baylor is 20-9 vs. Texas Tech since 2006, including 12-2 in the last 14 meetings in Waco.
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David Kaye | Assistant AD for Communications
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 254-709-5147

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