No. 2 Baylor MBB Hosts No. 6 Kansas on ESPN's Big Monday

Sun Jan 17 14:57:34 CST 2021

Baylor game notes and extended stats package attached. Media materials available for download here: http://baylorbea.rs/MediaMBB

BAYLOR (12-0, 5-0) vs. KANSAS (10-3, 4-2)
Jan. 18, 2021 • 8 p.m. CT
Waco, Texas • Ferrell Center (10,284)
WATCH: ESPN
Talent: Dan Shulman (pxp), Jay Bilas (analyst)

LISTEN: Westwood One
Talent: Craig Way (pxp) and Fran Fraschilla (analyst)

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

LIVE STATS: baylorstats.com

2/2 BAYLOR BEARS (12-0, 5-0)
Location: Waco, Texas
Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler, 1993)

6/7 KANSAS JAYHAWKS (10-3, 4-2)
Location: Lawrence, Kan.
Head Coach: Bill Self (Oklahoma State, 1985)

STORY LINES
• No. 2 Baylor hosts No. 6 Kansas at 8 pm CT Monday in the 6th top-10 matchup in Ferrell Center history.
• Monday is the 40th series meeting. BU is 6-33 in the series, but 2-3 in the last 5 matchups.
• Baylor is 1 of 4 undefeated teams (min. 7 gms) and is the last remaining undefeated Power-5 team.
• BU leads the nation in scoring margin (+26.2) and ranks top-10 nationally in 3FG% (6th, 42.2), scoring (6th, 87.2), assists (9th, 18.6), steals (6th, 9.5), effective FG% (9th, 58.4), offensive rebound pct. (8th, 38.2), turnover margin (4th, +7.0), turnovers forced (4th, 19.3) and defensive turnover pct. (3rd, 26.9).
• Baylor is the nation's only team to win every game by 8+ points this season. BU won a school-record 11-straight games by 10+ points before Saturday's 8-point win at No. 15 Texas Tech.
• BU is the nation's only team top-10 ranked in adjusted offensive (4th) and defensive (1st) efficiency.
• BU has led by at least 10 points in every game this season and has led by 13+ at halftime in 8 of 12.
• Baylor's largest deficit this season is 4 points, and BU has trailed for only 23:54 of 480 minutes (5.0%).
• With a win, BU will start a season 13-0 for the 4th time in program history (1912, 2012, 2017).
• BU looks to start 6-0 in Big 12 play for the 2nd time in program history (first time was last season).
• Baylor is 8-1 against ranked teams over the last two seasons, including 3-1 at home.
• BU is 9-9 vs. top-10 teams over the last 5 seasons, including a 6-4 mark vs. top-10 teams in Waco.
• Baylor is 19-1 at home over the last 2 seasons, with the lone loss by 3 points to Kansas on 2/22/20.
• BU's bench is out-scoring opposing benches 35-16 on average and has scored 33+ points in 9 of 12 games.
• Three members of the BU bench average 8.8+ ppg – Flagler (10.6), Mayer (8.8) and Tchatchoua (8.8).
• Six Bears are averaging at least one made 3-pointer per game and shooting at least 39% from 3-point range: Mayer (46), Flagler (45), Cryer (45), Butler (42), Mitchell (42) and Teague (39).
• Head coach Scott Drew is in his 18th season in Waco and is BU's all-time wins leader (354-213).
• Baylor is playing its 254th 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 251 of 433 games.
• Baylor has been top-5 ranked for 20-straight weeks. BU was top-5 for 12 weeks all-time prior to this streak.
• BU's streak of 29-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 42 games over the last 2 seasons (double-digit lead in 36 of 42).
• BU has held 6 of its last 9 opponents to season-lows in points-per-poss., including 3 of the last 4 games.
• BU's defense has forced 14+ turnovers in 8 of its last 9 games, including 6 games with 20+ TOs forced.
• Baylor joins Duke, Gonzaga and Kansas as the only programs ranked No. 1 in 3 of the last 5 seasons.
• BU is 1 of 5 Power-5 schools (Duke, Kentucky, UNC, Michigan St.) to win 18+ every year since 2008.
• 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 signed the highest-ranked recruiting class in program history (No. 4) in November. 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.

QUICK HITS
• Baylor needs a win to tie the 4th-longest winning streak in program history at 13-straight.
• BU was picked to win the Big 12 in the league's preseason coaches' poll for the first time.
• Baylor is 62-5 when leading at halftime over the last 4 seasons (32-2 last 2 seasons, 11-0 this season).
• Baylor has won 90% of its games when leading at the half since 2011-12 (180-21).
• BU is 126-23 since 2015-16 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game (38-3 last 2 seasons).
• 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 229-97 over the last 10 seasons, averaging 24 wins per season since 2011-12.
• Baylor's 229 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (273).
• Baylor is 320-144 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.
• 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 944 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 40th all-time meeting between Baylor and Kansas. BU is 6-33 against the Jayhawks.
• Both teams won on the road as they split the series last year, and the Bears are 2-3 in their last 5 games vs. Kansas.
• Baylor's wins in the series came in 2001 vs. No. 6 Kansas (Waco), in 2009 vs. No. 14 Kansas (Oklahoma City), in 2012 vs. No. 3 (Kansas City), in 2013 vs. No. 4 Kansas (Waco), in 2018 vs. No. 10 Kansas (Waco) and in 2020 at No. 3 Kansas (Lawrence).
• The Bears are 3-14 all-time against Kansas in Waco, with wins in 2001, 2013 and 2018.

LAST SEASON VS. KANSAS
• Baylor broke through for its first win at Kansas (in its 18th attempt) and its first-ever road win against a top-5 team (in its 23rd attempt) by knocking off No. 3 Kansas, 67-55, at Allen Fieldhouse on Jan. 11.
• The 55 points scored by Kansas matched its fewest in a home game since 2000.
• BU trailed 20-15 with 8 minutes left in the first half, then closed the half on a 22-4 run to take a 37-24 lead to the break. Kansas would cut the deficit to 5 points with 13 minutes left, but couldn't get any closer.
• Jared Butler scored 10 straight BU points in the final 8 minutes, and BU led by double-digits the rest of the way.
• In the rematch in Waco on Feb. 22, College Gameday came and saw Kansas win 64-61 in a hard-fought battle.
• BU's MaCio Teague returned after missing only 2 games with a broken wrist, but KU led for nearly 36 minutes and held off a late rally by the Bears. BU trailed 62-55 with 0:34 left, then got back-to-back treys from Butler and Teague to cut it to 62-61 with 0:18 left. After a pair of free throws, Butler was just short on a potential game-tying trey at the buzzer.

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

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