No. 2 Baylor MBB Hosts Oklahoma

Tue Jan 5 16:11:27 CST 2021

Game notes and stats package attached.

BAYLOR (9-0, 2-0) vs. OKLAHOMA (6-2, 2-1)
Jan. 6, 2021 • 8 p.m. CT
Waco, Texas • Ferrell Center (10,284)

LIVE STATS: baylorstats.com

WATCH: ESPN2
Talent: Rich Hollenberg (pxp), Chris Spatola (analyst)

LISTEN: Baylor Sports Network | ESPN Central Texas
Talent: John Morris (pxp) and Pat Nunley (analyst)

2/2 BAYLOR BEARS (9-0, 2-0)
Location: Waco, Texas
Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler, 1993)
Roster | Stats | Game Notes (PDF)

NR/NR OKLAHOMA SOONERS (6-2, 2-1)
Location: Norman, Okla.
Head Coach: Lon Kruger (Kansas State, 1975)

STORY LINES
• No. 2 Baylor hosts its first Big 12 home game of the season vs. Oklahoma at 8 pm CT Wednesday on ESPN2.
• Wednesday is the 65th series meeting. BU trails 19-45, but the Bears are 14-10 vs. OU since 2010.
• Baylor is 7-1 vs. Oklahoma over the last 4 seasons, including season sweeps in 2017, 2019 and 2020.
• BU has won 5-straight vs. OU for the first time. The Bears' longest previous streak was 3 vs. OU.
• Baylor is 1 of 10 remaining undefeated teams and joins Michigan as the only undefeated Power-5 teams.
• BU leads the nation in 3-point percentage (.438) and scoring margin (+30.3), ranks 2nd nationally in scoring (92.9) and assists (20.8), 4th in turnover margin (+7.9), 9th in steals (10.1) and 9th in A-T ratio (1.72).
• Baylor has won a school-record 9 consecutive games by double-digits (previous record 8 in 2011-12).
• Baylor is the nation's only team to win every game by 10+ points this season (min. 3 games played).
• BU has built a lead of at least 13 points in every game this season and has won 7 of 9 by 25+ points.
• BU is looking to start a season 10-0 for the 5th time in program history (1912, 2001, 2012, 2017).
• Baylor is seeking the 9th double-digit winning streak in program history (5th in last 10 years).
• BU's bench is out-scoring opposing benches 39-19 on average and has scored 33+ points in 8 of 9 games.
• Four members of the BU bench average 8+ ppg – Flagler (11), Tchatchoua (10), Mayer (9), Cryer (8).
• Head coach Scott Drew is in his 18th season in Waco and is BU's all-time wins leader (351-213).
• With a win, Drew would pass his father Homer Drew's career Division I wins total (371 in 22 years at Valpo).
• Baylor is playing its 251st 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 248 of 430 games.
• Baylor has been top-5 ranked for 18-straight weeks. BU was top-5 for 12 weeks all-time prior to this streak.
• BU's streak of 27-straight AP polls ranked is the nation's 5th-longest active streak and longest in BU history.
• Baylor has led by at least 5 points in all 39 games since the start of 2019-20 (double-digit lead in 33 of 39).
• Baylor's defense forced 15+ turnovers in 24 of 39 games since the start of the 2019-20 season.
• BU became the first team since 1992 to score 100 points in Manhattan in the Dec. 19 win at K-State.
• 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 is 43-40 in Big 12 road games over the last 10 seasons, second-best behind Kansas (55-27).
• 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.
• BU has advanced to 8 consecutive postseasons, tied as the nation's 10th-longest active streak.
• Baylor joins Duke, Gonzaga and Kansas as the only programs ranked No. 1 in 3 of the last 5 seasons.
• 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.
• The Bears have now been ranked in every AP Top 25 spot except No. 8 during the 17-year Drew era.

QUICK HITS
• BU was picked to win the Big 12 in the league's preseason coaches' poll for the first time.
• Baylor is 60-5 when leading at halftime over the last 4 seasons since 2017-18 (21-2 in 2019-20, 9-0 this season).
• Baylor has won 89% of its games when leading at the half since 2011-12 (178-21).
• BU is 123-23 since 2015-16 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game (35-3 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 last year 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 226-97 over the last 10 seasons, averaging 24 wins per season since 2011-12.
• Baylor's 226 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (272).
• Baylor is 317-144 since 2007-08, the first year Drew's staff had a full allotment of scholarships.
• 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.
• Baylor joins Duke, Gonzaga and Kansas as the nation's only teams ranked No. 1 in 3 of the last 5 seasons.
• 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 941 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
• Baylor trails 19-45 in the all-time series, including a 7-23 mark in Norman and a 14-22 record in the Drew era.
• BU has won 7 of its last 8 games vs. Oklahoma, including sweeping the season series in 2017, 2019 and 2020.
• BU has won 5 straight vs. OU for the first time in series history, which has been played twice annually since 1997.
• Baylor is 14-10 against OU since snapping a 30-game losing streak in the series in 2010.
• Baylor has swept the season series 5 times in the last 11 years (2010, 2012, 2017, 2019, 2020), while OU has swept the season series 3 times in the last 11 years (2013, 2014, 2016). The teams split in 2011, 2015 and 2018.

LAST SEASON VS. OKLAHOMA
• Baylor took an 11-point halftime lead and led for the final 31 minutes in a 61-57 win in Waco on Jan. 20.
• The Bears led 59-51 with 1:30 remaining, but OU hit consecutive 3-pointers to cut it to 59-57 with 42 seconds remaining. After a Baylor turnover, OU missed a potential go
ahead 3-pointer with 6 seconds left.
• In the rematch in Norman, BU rushed out to a 13-point lead with 4 minutes left in the first half, but OU cut it to 39-38 with 12 minutes to play. Baylor responded with a 6-0 run and led by at least 5 points the rest of the game.
• Jared Butler had a game-high 22 points in the win at OU, while Mark Vital added 10 points and 6 boards.

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David Kaye | Assistant AD for Communications
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 254-709-5147

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