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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Complete game notes attached.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">BAYLOR BEARS (5-3)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Waco, Texas <br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Conference:</span></strong> Big 12<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Head Coach: </span></strong><dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=378">Scott Drew</a></span></dfn> (Butler, 1993)<br>
<a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball">Roster</a> | <a href="https://baylorbears.com/cumestats.aspx?path=mbball">Stats</a> | <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/documents/2018/12/13/BU_MBB_Game_Notes_18_19_09_at_Arizona.pdf?id=10076" target="_blank">Game
Notes</a></span></strong><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">BAYLOR</span></strong> (5-3)
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">at ARIZONA</span></strong> (7-3)<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">December 15, 2018 • 10 p.m. CT</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tucson, Ariz. • McKale Memorial Center (14,545)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">LIVE STATS: </span></strong><a href="https://arizonawildcats.com/sports/2018/8/24/210276803.aspx" target="_blank">Stat Broadcast</a><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">WATCH: </span></strong>ESPN2 | ESPN APP<br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Talent:</span></em> Roxy Bernstein (pxp), Bill Walton (analyst)<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">LISTEN:</span></strong> Baylor-IMG College / ESPN Central Texas<br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Talent:</span></em> <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/staff.aspx?staff=52">John Morris</a></span></dfn> (pxp), Pat Nunley (analyst)<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">ARIZONA WILDCATS (7-3)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Location: </span></strong>Tucson, Ariz.<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Conference:</span></strong> Pac-12<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Head Coach: </span></strong>Sean Miller (Pittsburgh, 1992)<br>
<a href="https://arizonawildcats.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball">Roster</a> | <a href="https://arizonawildcats.com/cumestats.aspx?path=mbball">Stats</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">STORY LINES</span></strong> <br>
• Baylor heads to Tucson for a marquee non-conference matchup against Arizona at 10 p.m. CT Saturday.<br>
• The game will be televised on ESPN2 with Roxy Bernstein and Bill Walton calling the action.<br>
• Baylor and Arizona are meeting for the 9th time overall and the first time in 21 seasons.<br>
• Arizona leads the series 5-3, including a 3-0 mark in Tucson (UA wins in 1947, 1969 and 1993).<br>
• The Arizona game will be Baylor head coach <dfn><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=378">Scott Drew</a></span></b></dfn><b>'s
</b>500th game leading the Bears.<br>
• <b>Drew </b>is in his 16th season in Waco and is the Bears' all-time wins leader (301-198).<br>
• <b>Drew </b>is 9-4 against Pac-12 teams (4-0 vs. ASU, 2-1 vs. CU, 1-2 vs. WSU, 1-1 vs. UO, 1-0 vs. USC).<br>
• Baylor is coming off a 71-63 loss at Wichita State. BU cut a 33-point deficit to 5 in the final minutes.<br>
• BU has used 9 different starters in its first 8 games, including 4 players making their first DI starts.<br>
• Baylor returned 3 letterwinners from last year's team, the nation's fewest among Power-5 teams.<br>
• <dfn><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7064">King McClure</a></span></b></dfn><b>
</b>is the lone returning senior, while <dfn><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7060">Tristan Clark</a></span></b></dfn><b>
</b>and <dfn><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7066">Mark Vital</a></span></b></dfn><b>
</b>are back as sophomores.<br>
• BU added 9 newcomers for 2018-19, including 5 transfers (two Division I, two JuCo, one Division III). <br>
<b>• <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7071">Makai Mason</a></span></dfn>
</b>is the first grad transfer in program history after graduating from Yale in May.<br>
• <dfn><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7062">Mario Kegler</a></span></b></dfn><b>
</b>(Mississippi State) and <dfn><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7061">Freddie Gillespie</a></span></b></dfn><b>
</b>(Carleton) are eligible after sitting out 2017-18.<br>
• <dfn><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7068">Darius Allen</a></span></b></dfn><b>
</b>(Palm Beach State) and <dfn><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7069">Devonte Bandoo</a></span></b></dfn><b>
</b>(Hutchinson) joined the Bears as JuCo transfers.<br>
• BU also added prep players <dfn><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7072">Jared Butler</a></span></b></dfn>,
<dfn><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7074">Matthew Mayer</a></span></b></dfn>,
<dfn><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7067">Flo Thamba</a></span></b></dfn><b>
</b>and <dfn><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7073">Jackson Moffatt</a></span></b></dfn>.<br>
• <b>Clark </b>leads the nation with a .759 field goal percentage, averaging just 1.75 missed shots per game. He also leads the Big 12 and ranks 7th nationally with 3.0 blocked shots per game.<br>
• <b>McClure </b>has scored 20+ points 3 times this season after doing so in 1 of 100 games over his first 3 years.<br>
• <b>McClure </b>officially graduates from Baylor on Saturday with a degree in health, kinesiology & leisure studies. With his graduation, 31 of 34 scholarship seniors (91%) during the Drew era have earned their degrees.<br>
• <b>Kegler </b>went 629 days between games before making his BU debut on Nov. 27.<br>
• <b>Drew </b>won his 301st game at Baylor on Nov. 27, giving him 100 more victories than any prior BU coach.<br>
• <b>Drew </b>is 1 of 17 Division I coaches with 300+ wins at his current school (1 of 9 in Power-5 conferences).<br>
• BU is 28-1 in December games against unranked opponents dating back to 2013. The Bears' only loss against an unranked team in that span was Dec. 1 at Wichita State.<br>
• Baylor is 41-3 in regular-season non-conference games against unranked teams since December 2014.<br>
• Baylor is 31-8 in games against non-Big 12 teams over the last 3 seasons since 2016-17.<br>
• Baylor is 1 of 16 teams nationally to appear in every postseason since 2012 (5 NCAAs, 2 NITs).<br>
• Baylor is 19-1 when leading at halftime since the start of the 2017-18 season (4-1 this season).<br>
• Drew is coaching his 500th game at Baylor (301-198). His .603 winning percentage is best in BU history among coaches with 40+ games, and his teams have a .674 winning percentage since 2007-08 (267-129).<br>
• BU is 73-16 since 2015-16 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game (19-6 last year).<br>
• Baylor has posted a combined 142-32 record in November and December games during the Drew era, including a 60-10 mark in November and December games since 2013. <br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">ON THE CALL</span></strong><br>
• Saturday's game will be broadcast on ESPN2 and the ESPN App with Roxy Bernstein and Bill Walton on the call.<br>
• Headers in the next four pages of these notes include "Waltonisms" and Grateful Dead song titles in honor of Walton calling his first Baylor game.<br>
• Bernstein will be calling a Baylor game for the 5th time – he called three games during the 2012-13 season (at Gonzaga, at Texas Tech and vs. Providence) and did the Wichita State game in Waco on Dec. 2 last season.
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<p><b>DREW'S CREW VS. "THE CONFERENCE OF CHAMPIONS"</b><br>
• <dfn><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=378">Scott Drew</a></span></b></dfn><b>
</b>has posted a 9-4 record against Pac-12 teams during his 16 seasons at Baylor. The most recent game against a Pac-12 team was Baylor's 82-78 win over USC in the 2017 NCAA Tournament Second Round in Tulsa. <br>
• Drew's 9-4 record includes games against 5 Pac-12 teams: Arizona State (4-0), Colorado (2-1), Washington State (1-2), Oregon (1-1) and USC (1-0). The Bears are 3-1 in home games, 4-2 at neutral sites and 2-1 in road games. <br>
• Baylor's wins were vs. No. 14 Arizona State (2008-09), at Washington State (2008-09), at Arizona State (2009- 10), at home against Arizona State (2010-11), vs. Colorado (2011-12), at home against Arizona State (2012-13), vs. Colorado (2013-14), at home against
No. 4 Oregon (2016-17) and vs. USC (2016-17). <br>
• Baylor's losses against Pac-12 teams under Drew were at home against No. 6 Washington State (2007-08), vs. Washington State (2010-11), vs. Colorado (2012-13) and at No. 25 Oregon (2015-16). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">"HISTORY IS MORE THAN WHAT HAPPENED THIS MORNING" – SERIES HISTORY VS. ARIZONA</span></strong><br>
• Saturday's game is the 9th series meeting between Baylor and Arizona and the first since Dec. 8, 1997.<br>
• Arizona leads the series 5-3, including a 3-0 mark in Tucson (1947, 1969 and 1993).<br>
• Baylor's wins in the series were in Dallas on consecutive days in March 1948 and in Waco on Dec. 11, 1970.<br>
• The game is part of a home-and-home series, with the teams meeting next season in Waco on Dec. 7, 2019. <br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">"YOU DON'T WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS BY BEING NORMAL, BY JUST BEING AVERAGE"</span></strong><br>
• Baylor is one of nine teams to be nationally ranked in each of the last 11 seasons dating back to 2007-08 – Baylor, Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville, Michigan State, Notre Dame and North Carolina.<br>
• BU is 103-86 in Big 12 play in 11 seasons since 2008 after going 45-131 in the league's first 11 seasons.<br>
• BU is 38-67 against AP-ranked teams since 2007-08 after going 0-27 in Drew's first 4 rebuilding seasons.<br>
• Baylor has defeated 6 top-10 teams in the last two seasons entering 2018-19.<br>
• Baylor is 11-21 against AP Top 10 teams since March 2012. BU started the Drew era 1-26 vs. top-10.<br>
• Baylor has won 89% of its games when leading at the half since 2011-12 (137-17).<br>
• BU has recorded double-digit non-conference wins in 11 of the last 12 seasons (all except 2012-13).<br>
• Baylor is 176-82 over the last 7 seasons, averaging 24.4 wins per season since 2012.<br>
• Baylor's 176 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (218).<br>
• Baylor is 267-129 since 2007-08, the first year Drew's staff had a full allotment of scholarships.<br>
• Baylor has the nation's 11th-longest active streak with at least one 3-point FG made in 877 straight games. <br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">A REBUILD THAT "BELONGS IN THE SMITHSONIAN"</span></strong><br>
• <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=378">Scott Drew</a></span></dfn> became Baylor head coach in 2003, starting of one of the greatest rebuilds in NCAA history.<br>
• Drew is now in his 16th season at Baylor and is the school's all-time wins leader (301).<br>
• Baylor is one of nine teams to be nationally ranked in each of the last 11 seasons dating back to 2007-08 – Baylor, Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville, Michigan State, Notre Dame and North Carolina.<br>
• Baylor has had a nation-leading four players selected in the NBA Draft since 2010 who weren't ranked in the ESPN100 out of high school — Quincy Acy, Ekpe Udoh, Pierre Jackson and Taurean Prince.<br>
• Six Baylor players have been selected in the last six NBA Drafts, 10th-most nationally.<br>
• In Drew's first 15 seasons at Baylor, 38 players have gone on to professional careers.<br>
• Drew (48) is the youngest of 11 coaches to take his current program to four Sweet 16s since 2010.<br>
• The Bears have advanced to postseason play in a school-record seven straight seasons (5 NCAA, 2 NIT).<br>
• BU is 20-4 in regular-season tournaments since 2013-14, including wins in 14 of its last 15 games.<br>
• Drew has won 20+ games in nine of the last 11 years — the Bears had 3 seasons of 20+ wins prior to his arrival.<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">"INCALCULABLE NUMBERS OF REMARKABLE HAPPENINGS" IN NON-CONFERENCE PLAY</span></strong><br>
• Baylor is 31-8 in games against non-Big 12 teams since 2016-17 – losses in the 2017 Sweet 16 vs. South Carolina, at No. 21 Xavier, vs. No. 8 Wichita State, at No. 20 Florida, vs. Mississippi State, vs. Texas Southern, in a neutral-site game vs. Ole Miss and
at Wichita State.<br>
• Among the 31 wins are home victories against No. 4 Oregon and No. 7 Xavier, neutral site wins vs. No. 10 Louisville, vs. No. 24 Michigan State, vs. VCU, vs. USC, vs. Wisconsin and vs. Creighton and a road win at Ole Miss.<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">SCOTT DREW "IS DOING THINGS WE'VE NEVER SEEN FROM ANYBODY – FROM ANY PLANET!"</span></strong><br>
• Drew is coaching his 500th game at Baylor (301-198). His .603 winning percentage is best in BU history, and he's the program's all-time wins leader by 100 victories over the next closest coach.<br>
• Baylor has a .674 winning percentage (267-129) since Drew's first year with no scholarship restrictions in 2007-08 and a .682 winning percentage (176-82) over the last 7 seasons since 2011-12.<br>
• In Drew's 16 seasons as Baylor head coach, BU has been ranked in 211 of 499 games. Prior to Drew, BU was ranked in 2 of 2,197 games over 97 seasons. In 10 seasons since 2008-09, BU has been ranked in 208 of 364 games.<br>
• BU has graduated 91 percent of its scholarship seniors since Drew took over in 2003 (30 of 33).<br>
• In Drew's first 15 seasons at Baylor, 38 players have gone on to professional careers.<br>
• Baylor has won 5 tournament titles under Drew — 2007 Paradise Jam, 2011 Las Vegas Classic, 2013 Postseason NIT, 2016 Battle 4 Atlantis and 2017 Hall of Fame Classic. BU is 20-4 in regular-season tournaments since 2013-14. <br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">"BOTH OF THOSE STATEMENTS ARE CORRECT" - A WIN WOULD ...</span></strong><br>
• Be <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=378">Scott Drew</a></span></dfn>'s 302nd win at Baylor, 101 more than any coach in program history.<br>
• Make Baylor 32-8 in games against non-Big 12 teams since 2016-17.<br>
• Make Baylor 143-32 in November/December games under Drew, including 71-18 in December games.<br>
• Improve BU's record to 74-38 during <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7064">King McClure's</a></span></dfn> 4-year career and 71-38 in games McClure has played.<br>
• Make Baylor 42-3 in its last 45 non-conference games against unranked teams.<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">"HE'S LIKE A FOUR-ARMED DIKEMBE MUTOMBO AROUND THE BASKET"</span></strong><br>
• Sophomore forward <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7060">Tristan Clark</a></span></dfn> leads the nation with a .759 field goal percentage, averaging just 1.75 missed field goals per game.
Over his first 41 collegiate games, Clark has made 65% of his shots.<br>
• Clark also leads the Big 12 and ranks 7th nationally with 3.0 blocks per game, and with 24 blocks through 8 games, he's nearly surpassed last season's blocked shots total (29 blocks in 33 games).<br>
• Clark's 24 blocked shots are more than 83 Division I teams (thru Dec. 10), and he's blocked multiple shots in all 8 games this season after doing so in 9 of 33 games as a freshman last season.<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">"IT'S AS IF MICHELANGELO WERE READING AND A LIGHTNING BOLT FLASHED BEFORE HIM"</span></strong><br>
• Senior <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7064">King McClure</a></span></dfn>, Baylor's lone player with 3+ years in the program, has taken his game to a new level this season. He's averaging
a team-best 13.6 points per game, up 5.5 points from last year's 8.1 ppg average.<br>
• McClure is shooting 48% from the field (up 9% from last year), 43% from 3-point range (up 8%), has more than doubled his rebounding average to 5.9 rpg (up from 2.5 rpg) and is averaging 2.9 assists per game (up from 1.7 apg).<br>
• McClure has posted 20+ points 3 times this season after doing so in 1 of 100 games over his first 3 years.<br>
• McClure set a program record for rebounds by a guard when he grabbed 14 boards against George Mason (11/24).<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">"HEALTH IS EVERYTHING. WITH IT, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE AND WITHOUT IT, YOU CAN'T GET IT DONE NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY."</span></strong><br>
• <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7071">Makai Mason</a></span></dfn> has started the last 5 games after missing the majority of the previous 2+ seasons due to injury.<br>
• Mason played in only 1 game over his last two seasons at Yale before joining the Bears as a grad transfer. He also missed the first 3 games at Baylor with an ankle injury before debuting as the first grad transfer in program history on Nov. 16.<br>
• Mason ranks 3rd on the team with 13.2 points per game and 2nd with 2.6 assists per game.<br>
• He has scored 9+ points in all 5 games played, including consecutive 18-point games in the Emerald Coast Classic.
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<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">DREW KEEPS ON "TRUCKIN'," GRATEFUL TO JOIN ELITE COMPANY WITH 300TH WIN</span></strong><br>
• Head coach <dfn><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=378">Scott Drew</a></span></b></dfn><b>
</b>earned his 300th win at Baylor with the Bears' victory over George Mason on Nov. 24. <br>
• Drew is 1 of 17 active coaches with 300 wins at his current school (thru 12/13/18): Mike Krzyzewski (1036), Jim Boeheim (933), Tom Izzo (582), Bob McKillop (562), Mark Few (544), Bill Self (455), Phil Martelli (435), Roy Williams (431), Jay Wright (430),
Mike Brey (409), Randy Bennett (399), Rick Byrd (395), Greg Kampe (342), Fran O'Hanlon (315), Leonard Hamilton (313),
<dfn><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=378">Scott Drew</a></span></b></dfn><b> (301)
</b>and Matt Painter (301). <br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">"AROUND AND AROUND" – SEVEN CONSECUTIVE POSTSEASON BERTHS</span></strong><br>
• Baylor is on a school-record streak of seven consecutive postseason berths, matching the total number of postseason berths in the program's 97 seasons prior to the
<dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=378">Scott Drew</a></span></dfn> era.<br>
• Baylor is 1 of 16 teams to appear in every postseason since 2012, joining Arizona, BYU, Cincinnati, Duke, Gonzaga, Iona, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan State, New Mexico State, North Carolina, Oregon, Saint Mary's, Virginia and Wichita State.<br>
• The Bears earned NCAA Tournament bids in 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 and NIT bids in 2013 and 2018.<br>
• Baylor has made postseason appearances in 10 of 11 seasons since 2008. Prior to that, Baylor's only postseason berths were in 1946 (NCAA), 1948 (NCAA), 1950 (NCAA), 1987 (NIT), 1988 (NCAA), 1990 (NIT) and 2001 (NIT).<br>
• Baylor is 20-9 in postseason national tournaments during the Drew era after going 3-9 prior to Drew's arrival.<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">"I'M A BETTER PERSON BECAUSE OF MY FAILURES AND DISGRACES" –
</span></strong><b>RALLY FALLS SHORT AT WICHITA STATE</b><br>
• Baylor fell behind by 33 points last in the first half at Wichita State (42-9), and though the Bears rallied to cut the deficit to 5 points with 3:45 remaining, BU wouldn't get any closer in a 71-63 loss on Dec. 1. <br>
• The Bears were down 44-15 at the half, matching the fewest points in any half during the Drew era. <br>
• BU still trailed 59-39 with 7:15 remaining, but the Bears went on a 16-1 run to cut the deficit to 60-55 at 3:45. <br>
• Baylor had only 5 assists on 23 field goals, but BU forced 15 turnovers and held Wichita State to 39% shooting. <br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">UP NEXT</span></strong><br>
• Baylor returns home for its final three games before Big 12 play against SFA (Dec. 18), Oregon (Dec. 21) and New Orleans (Dec. 29). SFA tips at 7:30 p.m., Oregon tips at 6 p.m. and New Orleans tips at 5 p.m.<br>
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