<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]--><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal">Complete game notes attached.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Media materials available here: <a href="http://baylorbea.rs/MediaMBB">
http://baylorbea.rs/MediaMBB</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="928" style="width:696.0pt">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="75" valign="top" style="width:56.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="102" height="121" style="width:1.0625in;height:1.2604in" id="Picture_x0020_15" src="cid:image006.png@01D82FE5.EF305CD0" alt="BU Logo"><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td width="275" valign="top" style="width:206.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">#3/4 BAYLOR BEARS (25-5, 13-4)</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/Affiliation:</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=1756">Scott Drew</a></span></dfn> (Butler, 1993)<br>
<br>
<a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster">Roster</a> | <a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats">Stats</a> | <a href="https://baylorbears.com/documents/2022/3/4/BU_MBB_Game_Notes_21_22_31_Iowa_State.pdf">Game Notes (PDF)</a><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td width="578" rowspan="3" valign="top" style="width:433.5pt;background:whitesmoke;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">nr/rv IOWA STATE</span></b><span style="color:black"> (20-10, 7-10) vs. <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">#3/4 BAYLOR</span></strong> (25-5, 13-4)<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">March 5, 2022 • 5:00 p.m. CT</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Waco, Texas • Ferrell Center (10,248) </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">LIVE STATS: </span></strong><a href="http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?t=1&gid=bay" target="_blank">Stat Broadcast</a><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">WATCH:</span></strong> ESPN2<br>
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Talent:</span></i></strong> Rich Hollenberg<i> (pxp), Chris Spatola (analyst)</i><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">LISTEN: </span></strong>Learfield / 1660 AM & 92.3 FM in Central Texas<br>
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Talent</span></i></strong>:
<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>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">SIRIUS XM:</span></strong> Sirius 83, XM, 83, Internet 83<br>
<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Baylor Social Media: </span></strong><a href="https://twitter.com/BaylorMBB" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="20" height="20" style="width:.2083in;height:.2083in" id="Picture_x0020_14" src="cid:image001.png@01D82FE5.D3B30250" alt="auto twitter icon"></span></a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/baylormbb" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="20" height="20" style="width:.2083in;height:.2083in" id="Picture_x0020_13" src="cid:image002.png@01D82FE5.D3B30250" alt="instagram png"></span></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BaylorMBB" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="20" height="20" style="width:.2083in;height:.2083in" id="Picture_x0020_12" src="cid:image003.png@01D82FE5.D3B30250" alt="Facebook PNG"></span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height:3.75pt">
<td colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:3.75pt"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="75" valign="top" style="width:56.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="115" height="115" style="width:1.1979in;height:1.1979in" id="Picture_x0020_11" src="cid:image004.png@01D82FE5.D3B30250" alt="logo"><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">nr/rv IOWA STATE CYCLONES (20-10, 7-10)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Location: Ames, Iowa</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Conference/Affiliation:</span></strong> Big 12<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Head Coach:</span></strong> T.J. Otzelberger (Wisc.-Whitewater, 2001)<br>
<br>
<a href="https://cyclones.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster" target="_blank">Roster</a> | <a href="https://cyclones.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats" target="_blank">Stats</a><a href="https://uapblionsroar.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats"> </a>| <a href="https://baylorbears.com/documents/2022/3/4/Iowa_State_Game_Notes_Gm31_atBaylor_3_5_22.pdf">Game
Notes (PDF)</a><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>STORY LINES<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">•No. 3 Baylor takes on Iowa State at 5 p.m. CT Saturday for Senior Night at the Ferrell Center.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">•Baylor can clinch at least a share of their 2nd-straight conference title with a win. It would be the 7thconference title in program history (1932, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 2021, 2022).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">•BU honors seniors James Akinjo, Matthew Mayer, Flo Thamba and Mitchell Paul in a pregame ceremony.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">•Saturday is the 44th series meeting, and the home team is 30-8 in the series in campus-site games.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">•Baylor is 13-3 against Iowa State since 2015 and 19-13 vs. ISU during the 19-year Scott Drew era.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">•Baylor is 16-2 at home against Iowa State, with the only losses in 2000 and 2013.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">•BU has won 8-straight home games against Iowa State, including 4 times against ranked ISU teams.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">•Baylor has won each of the last two series meetings by a score of 77-72.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">•No. 1 BU won a matchup of undefeated teams against No. 8 Iowa State on New Years Day in Ames. The Bears never trailed in the game and got 29 bench points (13-Cryer, 12-Sochan, 4-Tchatchoua).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• In the last meeting in Waco, BU played for the first time in 21 days (COVID pause). The Bears fell behind 32-15, cut the deficit to 37-32 at the half and took their first lead with 4:26 left.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">•Baylor was No. 5 overall (top 2-seed) in the latest NCAA Top 16 bracket overall announced Feb. 19.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">•Baylor is No. 4 in the NET rankings and leads the nation with 12 Quadrant 1 wins (12-4).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">•With BU ranked No. 3 for Saturday's game, half (308) of 616 games under Scott Drew will have been as a ranked team, a remarkable feat considering BU was unranked for the first 122 games of Drew's tenure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">•Six of Baylor's rotation players have been injured this season – Tchamwa Tchatchoua and Langston Love are out for the year, while Akinjo, Flagler, Sochan and Cryer have all missed multiple Big 12 games.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• BU is coming off a 68-61 win at No. 21 Texas on Monday and an 80-70 win over No. 5 Kansas on Saturday.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">•Akinjo (15) and Flagler (16) combined to score 31 second-half points to overcome a 30-27 halftime deficit. Akinjo led BU in points (19), rebounds (career-high 8), assists (7), steals (2) and minutes (38).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">•Baylor is 22-6 against ranked teams over the last 3 seasons, including a 13-4 mark away from home.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">•Baylor finished 7-2 in Big 12 road games this season, two games better than all other teams.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 21-5 in Big 12 road games over the last 3 seasons (rest of league is 83-151 in B12 road games).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">•BU is 25-2 in home games over the last 2 seasons, with an average scoring margin of +22.7.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">•Baylor is 39-3 at home over the last 3 seasons, with two losses by 3 points against ranked teams.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">•Baylor has won 13+ conference games in 3-straight seasons after never doing so prior to 2019-20.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">•Baylor's 41-8 Big 12 record over the last 3 seasons is the best of any Power-5 team.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">•Baylor's 53-7 record over the last 2 seasons is the nation's best among Power-5 teams, and the Bears'79-11 record over the last 3 seasons is 2nd-best nationally, trailing only Gonzaga (86-7).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">•Baylor has reached the 25-win milestone in each of the last 3 seasons and in 7 of the last 13 years. Prior to that, BU reached 25 wins just once in the program's first 103 years (25-5 in 1945-46).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">•BU ranks 7th nationally in KenPom's offensive rebound pct (36.5), its 9th-straight year ranked top-10.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">•BU is 18-0 this season when winning points in the paint and 17-1 when committing fewer turnovers.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>SEEKING FIRST CONFERENCE TITLE IN 71 YEARS<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• BU needs one more win to clinch its second-consecutive conference championship.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor won its first conference title in 71 years a season ago. It was the Bears' first since the 1950 SWC.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has won six league titles in program history, the first five in the Southwest Conference – 1932 (10-2), 1946 (11-1), 1948 (11-1), 1949 (9-3), 1950 (8-4) and 2021 (13-1). The 1949 and 1950 titles were co-championships.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor's best Big 12 finish before 2021 was outright 2nd-place in 2020. BU also tied for 2nd in 2010 and 2017.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor's 15 Big 12 wins in 2020 were the most ever by a team that didn't claim the Big 12 title.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>QUICK HITS<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Over the last 3 seasons, Baylor is 63-4 when leading at the half and 79-6 when taking a 2nd-half lead.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is on a school-record streak of 46-straight weeks top-10 ranked (top-5 ranked in 39 of those).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• BU is on a school-record streak of 54-straight weeks ranked in the AP Top 25 (previous record was 25). It's the nation's 3rd-longest active streak behind Gonzaga (112) and Villanova (57).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has been ranked in all 10 spots in the AP Top 10 within the last 11 months (18 total weekly polls).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has been ranked in all 25 spots in the AP Top 25 at some point in the last 7 years.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has been No. 1 ranked in 4 of the last 6 seasons (Gonzaga, Duke and Kansas are only others).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor and Kansas are the only Power-5 schools to win 18+ games every year since 2008.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has built leads of 10+ points in 31 of 36 games since the start of the 2021 NCAA Tournament (31-5 record).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• BU has built double-digit leads in 76 of 90 games over the last 3 seasons (52 of 60 last 2 seasons).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Head coach Scott Drew is in his 19th season at Baylor with a school-record 395 career victories.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Drew has swept AP and coaches' Big 12 Coach of the Year honors each of the last two seasons.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• For a second-straight season, Baylor was one of the nation's final two undefeated teams.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• BU went 305 days between losses, the longest in program history (March 12, 2021 – Jan. 11, 2022).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• BU had a 36-game non-conference winning streak with 813 days between losses (Nov. 8, 2019 – Jan. 29, 2022).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• BU went 1,038 days without consecutive losses before dropping back-to-back games Jan. 11 and Jan. 15.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor became the first program to start consecutive seasons 15-0 since Syracuse in 2010-11 and 2011-12.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor's streak of 9 consecutive postseasons is tied as the nation's 7th-longest active streak.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 93-7 when leading at halftime over the last 5 seasons (63-4 over last 3 seasons, 24-0 last season).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has won 90% of its games when leading at the half since 2011-12 (211-23).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 270-104 over the last 11 seasons, averaging 24.5 wins per season since 2011-12.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor's 270 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (309).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 361-151 since 2007-08, the first year Drew's staff had a full allotment of scholarships.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Five of Baylor's players have used or are currently using a redshirt year. Two after transferring to BU (Flagler, Tchamwa Tchatchoua), one before transferring (Bonner) and two as freshmen — Turner and Langston Love.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Ten of Baylor's 11 starting point guards under Drew have earned All-Big recognition (16 of last 17 seasons).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 1 of 10 teams nationally to appear in every postseason since 2012 (7 NCAAs, 2 NITs).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has the nation's 9th-longest active streak with at least one 3-point FG made in 992 straight games — the last time Baylor failed to make a 3-pointer was nearly 32 years ago, on Feb. 21, 1990 vs. Texas Tech (0-8).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has won 8 tournament titles under Drew – 2007 Paradise Jam, 2011 Las Vegas Classic, 2013 NIT, 2016 & 2021 Battle 4 Atlantis, 2017 Hall of Fame Classic, 2019 Myrtle Beach Invitational and 2021 NCAA Championship.<o:p></o:p></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">-- </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#385623">David Kaye</span></b><span style="color:#385623"> </span><span style="color:black">| Assistant AD for Communications</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">C: 254-709-5147</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><img border="0" width="160" height="43" style="width:1.6666in;height:.4479in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image005.png@01D82FE5.D3B30250" alt="signature_1049805336"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>