MBB Box: No. 1 Baylor 79, No. 16 Hartford 55 (NCAA Tournament First Round - Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis)

[Kaye, David]

NOTE: I’ll send along details on Sunday’s second-round game ASAP. The opponent, arena, tip time and TV network are all to-be-determined. We will hold a Zoom media availability at a TBD time.


No. 1 Baylor 79 (23-2, 13-1 Big 12), No. 16 Hartford 55 (15-9, 8-6 America East)
Indianapolis, Ind. (Lucas Oil Stadium – Unity)
March 19, 2021


  *   Baylor improved to 15-14 all-time in 13 NCAA Tournament appearances, including 12-8 in the Scott Drew era.
  *   Baylor advanced to the NCAA Tournament Second Round for the second-consecutive tournament. BU is 4-1 in Second Round games in the Drew era.
  *   The Bears will face the winner of North Carolina vs. Wisconsin on Sunday at a to-be-determined time and site. The game will not be at Lucas Oil Stadium Unity or Mackey Arena.
  *   Baylor’s 15 steals broke the previous school record for most in an NCAA Tournament game (9, four times).
  *   Baylor’s 31 field goals made tied its 2nd-most and 75 field goal attempts were its most in an NCAA Tournament game.
  *   Baylor improved to 10-2 against 2021 NCAA Tournament teams.
  *   Baylor has now led by at least 4 points in all 55 games since the start of the 2019-20 season.
  *   Baylor has built double-digit leads in 22 of 25 games this season (all 17 before 21-day layoff, 5 of 8 since).
  *   Baylor is now 49-6 since MaCio Teague and Davion Mitchell joined the starting lineup at the start of the 2019-20 season.
  *   Jared Butler (9 assists) had the 3rd-most assists by a Baylor player in a NCAA Tournament game, trailing only Pierre Jackson’s 10 assists twice in 2012.
  *   Butler (5 steals) tied Pierre Jackson’s 5 steals vs. Colorado in 2012 for most by as BU player in a NCAA Tournament game.
  *   Teague’s team-high 22 points were the 6th-most by a BU player in an NCAA Tournament game – it was his 4th-straight game leading the team in scoring.
  *   Mark Vital started his 100th career game, becoming the 6th player in program history to reach that milestone (Curtis Jerrells, Doug Brandt, Micheal Williams, Brian Skinner, Kevin Rogers).



 Thanks,

DK


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

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