Baylor MBB Returns Home to Face Oklahoma State on Saturday

[Roberts, Matt]

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BAYLOR BEARS (11-5, 1-3 Big 12)
Location: Waco, Texas
Conference/Affiliation: Big 12
Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler, 1993)
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OKLAHOMA STATE (9-7, 1-3) vs. rv/rv BAYLOR (11-5, 1-3)
Jan. 14, 2022 • 5:00 p.m. CT
Waco, Texas • The Ferrell Center (10,284)

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OKLAHOMA STATE (9-7, 1-3 Big 12)
Location: Stillwater, Okla.
Conference/Affiliation: Big 12
Head Coach: Mike Boynton (South Carolina — 2004)
Roster<https://okstate.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster> | Stats<https://okstate.com/sports/2015/8/21/MBB_0821151355?path=mbball> | Game Notes (PDF)<file:///documents/2023/1/13/Baylor_Notes.pdf>

Story lines

• Baylor welcomes Oklahoma State, the Cowboys gave Baylor one of just two home losses a season ago.

• The Bears and Cowboys meet for the 92nd time, the 57th as Big 12 rivals. BU leads 31-25 since becoming Big 12 Rivals.

• BU trails in the all-time series 57-34, but leads with a 21-18 mark in Waco.

• The Bears have won 12 of the last 15 meetings between the two.

• All five of BU's losses have come against teams currently ranked in the AP Top 25

• Baylor's 43-11 Big 12 record over the last 3+ seasons is the 2nd best of any Power-5 team.

• BU is 157-92 in Big 12 play in 13 seasons since 2010 after going 59-149 in the league's first 13 seasons.

• The Bears are the best offense in the Big 12 (8th best in the nation) according to Ken Pom (116.1 Adj. Efficiency rating), averaging 81.0 points per game.

• With a KenPom experience rating of 1.72, the Bears are the second-youngest team in the Big 12.

• BU has won 72-straight when shooting a higher percentage than its opponent (last loss March 2, 2019 at K-State).

• Baylor is 24-8 against AP top 25 teams over the last four seasons, the nation's best mark against ranked teams. 15 of those wins came against top 25 teams away from home.

• Eleven of Baylor's 12 starting point guards during the Scott Drew era have earned All-Big 12 recognition.

• Baylor's starting point guard has earned All-Big 12 recognition in 17 of 18 seasons since 2004-05.

• Adam Flagler and Keyonte George were named to the Wooden Award Mid-season Top-25. BU is one of three schools with multiple players on the list (Kansas and North Carolina).

• George Has seven 20-point games this season, the most by a BU freshman since Aaron Bruce (9) (2004-05).

• George's 17.8 points per game rank second among freshman in the NCAA.

• George's 32 points at West Virginia were the most by a BU freshman since LaceDarius Dunn's 38 at Texas Tech (3/8/08).

• Baylor is 46-7 vs. unranked teams over the last three seasons.

• BU held NWST to 48 points and improved to 44-1 under Drew when holding an opponent under 50 points (12/20).

• The Bears spent a school record 54-straight weeks top-10 ranked in the AP Poll (12/19/19 -12/5/22).

• Flagler, George and L.J. Cryer are all in the top-12 in the Big 12 in points per game, one of four schools to have multiple players and the only one to have three in the top-12.

• George scored a game-high 19 points to lift BU to a win over Washington St., its seventh-straight win over a Pac-12 foe (12/18).

• BU held the nation's best offense in Gonzaga, to a season-low 63 points in a 64-63 win in the inaugural Peacock Classic (12/2).

• Cryer set career highs in points (28), field goals (10), rebounds (4) and minutes (35) against No. 8 UCLA (11/20).

• Cryer's 23.5 points per game in Las Vegas earned his first-career Big 12 Player of the Week Award.

• With a 95-62 win over Northern Colorado (11/14), Scott Drew became one of 10 active coaches with 400+ wins at his current institution.

• Drew has a winning percentage of .700 (373-158) since BU's first year with no scholarship restrictions in 2007-08.


Matt Roberts | Associate Director of Athletic Communications (MBB/MGOLF/ WGOLF/)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
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