No. 2 Baylor MBB Heads to Stillwater to Face Oklahoma State

Thu Jan 21 14:15:13 CST 2021

Audio and video files of today’s media availability have been uploaded to http://baylorbea.rs/MediaMBB.
Complete game notes attached.

BAYLOR (13-0, 6-0) at OKLAHOMA STATE (9-3, 3-3)
Jan. 23, 2021 • 1 p.m. CT
Stillwater, Okla. • Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611)

LIVE STATS: baylorstats.com

WATCH: CBS
Talent: Tom McCarthy (pxp), Bill Raftery (analyst)

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

2/2 BAYLOR BEARS (13-0, 6-0)
Location: Waco, Texas
Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler, 1993)

rv/rv OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS (9-3, 3-3)
Location: Stillwater, Okla.
Head Coach: Mike Boynton (South Carolina, 2003)

STORY LINES
• No. 2 Baylor travels to Stillwater to face Oklahoma State at 1 pm CT Saturday on CBS.
• Saturday is the 87th series meeting. OSU leads 55-31, but BU is 19-16 vs. OSU in the Drew era.
• Baylor is 9-1 vs. Oklahoma State since 2016 (lone loss 2019 in Waco) and 14-5 vs. OSU since 2012.
• BU has won 5 in a row in Stillwater and is 7-2 at OSU since 2012 after being 3-24 at OSU prior to 2012.
• BU has swept the season series 6 times in 9 seasons since 2012. BU never swept OSU prior to 2012.
• 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 (+24.8) and is top-11 nationally in 3FG% (4th, 42.6), steals (7th, 9.5), scoring (9th, 86.5), effective FG% (7th, 58.6), offensive rebound pct. (6th, 38.4), assists (11th, 18.2), turnover margin (6th, +6.2), turnovers forced (4th, 19.0) and defensive turnover pct. (3rd, 26.7).
• Baylor is the nation's only team to win every game by 8+ points this season.
• BU is the nation's only team top-5 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 9 of 13.
• Baylor's largest deficit this season is 4 points, and BU has trailed for only 23:54 of 520 minutes (4.6%).
• With a win, BU will start a season 14-0 for the 3rd time in program history (2012, 2017).
• BU looks to start 7-0 in Big 12 play for the 2nd time in program history (first was 13-0 start last season).
• Baylor's 21-3 record in Big 12 play over the last 2 seasons is the league's best record in that span.
• BU is 11-2 in Big 12 road games over the last 2 seasons (rest of league is 39-69 in B12 road games).
• Baylor is 45-40 in Big 12 road games over the last 10 seasons, second-best behind Kansas (56-29).
• BU's bench is out-scoring opposing benches 34-16 on average and has scored 33+ points in 9 games.
• Three members of the BU bench average 8+ ppg – Flagler (10.1), Tchatchoua (8.8) and Mayer (8.2).
• Six Bears are averaging at least one made 3-pointer per game and shooting at least 37% from 3-point range: Butler (46), Mayer (46), Cryer (45), Mitchell (44), Flagler (41) and Teague (37).
• Head coach Scott Drew is in his 18th season in Waco and is BU's all-time wins leader (355-213).
• Baylor is playing its 255th 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 252 of 434 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 4th-longest active streak and longest in BU history.
• Baylor has led by at least 5 points in all 43 games over the last 2 seasons (double-digit lead in 37 of 43).
• Baylor's defense has held 6 of its last 10 opponents to season-lows in points-per-possession.
• BU's defense has forced 14+ turnovers in 9 of its last 10 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 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's 13-game winning streak is tied for 4th-longest in program history (23 in 2020, 17 in 2012, 15 in 2017).
• BU was picked to win the Big 12 in the league's preseason coaches' poll for the first time.
• Baylor is 63-5 when leading at halftime over the last 4 seasons (33-2 over last 2 seasons, 12-0 this season).
• Baylor has won 90% of its games when leading at the half since 2011-12 (181-21).
• BU is 127-23 since 2015-16 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game (39-3 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 230-97 over the last 10 seasons, averaging 24 wins per season since 2011-12.
• Baylor's 230 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (273).
• Baylor is 321-144 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 945 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
• Saturday's game is the 87th all-time meeting between Baylor and OSU. BU trails 31-55 in the series
• Baylor is 19-9 against OSU since March 2007 after going 12-46 vs. the Cowboys previously.
• The Bears have swept the season series 6 times in 9 seasons since 2012 after not doing so in any of the first 15 years of Big 12 play. BU has swept the season series vs. OSU in 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2020.
• OSU has swept the series 8 times, but only once since 2006 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2015).
• BU has won 5 straight in Stillwater and is 7-2 at OSU since 2012. BU was 3-24 in Stillwater prior to 2012.

LAST SEASON VS. OKLAHOMA STATE
• Baylor overcame a slow start to win 75-68 in Stillwater on Jan. 18. OSU took a 36-27 lead at the break and led 47-35 with 14 minutes left, but BU went on an 18-4 run to take its first lead of the game.
• The Bears got a season-high 16 points from Devonte Bandoo, including 14 in the 2nd half (4-4 3FGs, 2-2 FTs).
• In the rematch in Waco, Baylor took an early 24-10 lead and held off a late rally to win 78-70 over on Feb. 8.
• The teams committed a combined 51 fouls and shot a combined 55 free throws (42 in second half).
• MaCio Teague scored a season-high 24 points, including 6-of-6 free throws in the final 14 seconds.

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

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