Men's Hoops Game Day: vs. 2/2 Oklahoma
2/10/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 10, 2009
GAME CENTER: GAME 24
[2/2] OKLAHOMA SOONERS (23-1, 9-0) AT BAYLOR BEARS (15-8, 3-6)
Date: Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009
Tip-Off: 8 p.m. CT
Location: Waco, Texas
Arena: Ferrell Center (10,284)
Television: ESPN2
Talent: Terry Gannon (pxp), Stephen Bardo (color)
Radio: Baylor ISP Sports Network | ESPN/KRZI 1660 AM (Waco)/Sirius Satellite (Ch. 161) | BaylorBears.com
Talent: John Morris (pxp), Pat Nunley (color)
Live Stats: BaylorBears.com
Web Stream: ESPN360.com and BaylorBears.com (live audio)
BAYLORBEARS.COM DELAYED VIDEO WILL BE AVAILABLE AFTER THE GAME
Series: Oklahoma leads 34-5
Tickets: (254) 710-1000
GAME NIGHT STORY LINES
• Baylor looks to snap its season-high five-game losing streak Wednesday when the Bears try to upset the 2nd-ranked Oklahoma Sooners at the Ferrell Center. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m. on ESPN2.
• Baylor's current five-game losing streak is the longest since the Bears lost six straight at the start of the 2005-06 season - that was the freshman season of this year's senior class.
• Baylor has lost 29 straight games to Oklahoma and has not defeated the Sooners since Dec. 6, 1977, in Norman. Baylor's last win over Oklahoma in Waco came on Dec. 14, 1954.
• Wednesday's game will be Baylor's 10th on the ESPN family of networks this season (Baylor is 4-5 this season).
• LaceDarius Dunn currently owns a streak of 28 consecutive games with at least one 3-pointer made - tied for the second-longest streak in Baylor history. He is one game shy of tying Tevis Stukes (29) for the school record. He has made at least one 3-point field goal in 52 of his 54 career games.
• Baylor has trailed at halftime in seven of its nine Big 12 games this season.
• Baylor's senior class has amassed 55 victories (55-48 in three-plus seasons) and needs eight more wins to become the winningest senior class in school history.
• In the last nine games, Quincy Acy and Kevin Rogers are shooting a combined 55.2 percent from the floor (80-of-145), while the rest of the team is shooting 39.7 percent (189-of-476).
• Baylor seniors Curtis Jerrells, Henry Dugat and Kevin Rogers have accounted for 49.3 percent of the Bears' offense since arriving in 2005-06. The trio has scored 3,880 of Baylor's 7,865 points in 103 games.
• Curtis Jerrells is six starts away from becoming the school's all-time leader in career games started.
• Kevin Rogers has scored in double figures in 14 straight games.
• Curtis Jerrells snapped his streak of 15 consecutive field goals missed Saturday at Texas Tech, scoring a game-high 20 points on 7-of-16 shooting.
SERIES HISTORY
• Oklahoma leads the all-time series 34-5 and 15-2 Waco.
• Baylor is 0-11 vs. Oklahoma under head coach Scott Drew and have not defeated the Sooners since Dec. 6, 1977, in Norman (a 75-69 BU victory).
• Oklahoma has won the last 29 meetings (all 25 Big 12 era meetings).
• Last season, Baylor fell short of snapping its losing streak to Oklahoma in a 92-91 overtime thriller in Norman.
OKLAHOMA SCOUTING REPORT
• Since suffering an eight-point loss at Arkansas at the end of the 2008 calendar year, Oklahoma has reeled off 11 straight wins and is the 2nd-ranked team in the nation.
• Oklahoma (23-1, 9-0), which is averaging 80.0 points through 24 games, has been held to less than 80 points in each of its last three games.
• Oklahoma's 95 points vs. Baylor on Jan. 24 was the Sooners' second-largest offensive output this season (100 vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore on Jan. 5).
• Preseason Big 12 Player of the Year Blake Griffin paces the Oklahoma offense, averaging a double-double with 22.3 points and 14.0 rebounds. Willie Warren ranks second on the team with 15.0 points, followed by Tony Crocker with 10.5 points.
• OU is holding opponents to 66.2 points and just 39.0 percent from the floor in 24 games.
• The Sooners are 9-1 away from the Lloyd Noble Center (6-1 in true road games) and have won their last four road games.
LAST TIME VS. OKLAHOMA - JAN. 24, 2009
• Curtis Jerrells scored a game-high 26 points, while LaceDarius Dunn chipped in 20 as the 23rd-ranked Baylor Bears fell 95-76 at No. 5 Oklahoma.
• Blake Griffin had 20 points and 17 rebounds for his 16th double-double of the season.
• Baylor's 19 point loss (95-76) marked their worst loss since a 26 point defeat (82-56) vs. No. 8 Kansas on Jan. 24, 2007.
• OU's 58 first-half points were the most allowed by Baylor since giving up 65 at Texas Jan. 12, 2002.
• Jerrells reached the 400 career assists plateau and became just the second player in Baylor history to top 1,000 points, 400 assists and 100 steals.
• Anthony Jones saw his first action in a Big 12 game and finished with 3 points, making his only 3-point attempt, and 1 board in five minutes.
• Kendall Wright saw his first action in a Big 12 game and finished with 3 points, making his only 3-point attempt, in two minutes.
BAYLOR'S LAST WIN VS. OKLAHOMA [DEC. 6, 1977]
• It's been a little more than three decades since Baylor last defeated Oklahoma and nearly 55 years since the Bears beat the Sooners in Waco.
• Baylor's last win over the Sooners was a 76-69 triumph on Dec. 6, 1977, in Norman.
• Vinnie Johnson led all scoers with 31 points on 13-of-22 shooting, while pulling down nine boards in 37 minutes. Wendell Mays added 14 points and seven rebounds and Arthur Edwards chipped in 10 points and nine boards.
• Both teams sank 33 field goals, but Baylor was more successful at the free throw line. The Bears were 9-of-12, while the Sooners converted only 3-of-10 from the free throw line.
LAST TIME OUT - TEXAS TECH 83, BAYLOR 76
• Baylor let a 12-point lead midway through the second half evaporate and scored only one field goal in the final 3:29 of the game as the Bears dropped an 83-76 decision at Texas Tech.
• Alan Voskuil and John Roberson each scored 18 points, ending the Red Raiders' four-game losing streak.
• Curtis Jerrells snapped his recent offensive dry spell, scoring a game-high 20 points, while Kevin Rogers added 17.
UP NEXT - TEXAS A&M (FEB. 14)
• Baylor seeks redemption from its 84-73 loss in College Staton last month when it hosts the Texas A&M Aggies on Valentine's Day at the Ferrell Center.
• Baylor is 42-50 all-time vs. Texas A&M in Waco and trails the all-time series 126-72.
• Saturday's game will tip at 5 p.m. on FSN Southwest. Greg Lucas (pxp) and Jim Haller (color) will serve as the talent for the FSN production.
BAYLOR'S SUCCESS VS. BIG 12 OKLAHOMA SCHOOLS
• Under head coach Scott Drew, Baylor is a combined 3-19 (.136) against the Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.
• Baylor is 0-25 vs. Oklahoma in the Big 12 era.
• The Bears will have a chance for a season series sweep of Oklahoma State on Feb. 21 in Stillwater.
• In the Big 12 era, BU is 6-46 (.115) vs. Oklahoma (0-25) and Oklahoma State (6-21).
BAYLOR VS. TOP 25 IN THE DREW ERA
• Since the 1996-97 season, Baylor is 10-68 vs. nationally ranked opponents. BU is also 3-36 against Top 25 teams in Drew Era.
• Baylor snapped a 29-game losing streak to Top 25 teams with a thrilling 116-110 five-overtime win over then-No. 16 Texas A&M on Jan. 23, 2008. The Bears then lost three straight games against ranked teams before beating No. 24 Kansas State on Feb. 23, 2008.
DREW CLOSING IN ON 100 CAREER VICTORIES AT BAYLOR
• Entering Saturday's contest at Missouri, head coach Scott Drew is 72-88 in five-plus seasons at Baylor. Drew currently ranks 6th all-time at BU in victories and trails Gene Iba by 16 wins for 5th place.
THE BEST 3-POINT SHOOTING TEAM IN BU HISTORY?
• Four of the top seven 3-point shooters in Baylor history are on the current 2008-09 Bears roster. Senior Curtis Jerrells currently leads the group with 181 treys, good for 4th all-time.
• Tweety Carter ranks 5th with 158 treys, followed by Henry Dugat in 6th with 154. LaceDarius Dunn ranks 7th with 146 triples.
JERRELLS STARTING HIS WAY INTO THE RECORD BOOK
• Entering Wednesday vs. Oklahoma, senior guard Curtis Jerrells has started 103 consecutive games and is one of only four Baylor players to start 100 or more games in his career.
• Jerrells is currently third all-time with 103 starts. He is five shy of tying the school record held by Doug Brandt (108).
JERRELLS BREAKS THROUGH, SNAPS 0-FOR-15 SLUMP
• Heading into Saturday's game at Texas Tech, Curtis Jerrells was struggling offensively, missing his last 14 field goal attempts and was held to nine total points in the last two games.
• Jerrells finally broke through his slump in the first half Saturday against the Red Raiders, scoring a game-high 20 points.
• Jerrells' 3-point field goal at the 10:14 mark of the first half snapped his 0-for-15 slump from the floor.
• His nine-point total in the two previous games was the lowest two-game total of his career (5 at Mizzou; 4 vs. Kansas).
SHARING THE ROCK
• Through 23 games, Curtis Jerrells leads the team with a career-high 122 assists - an average of 5.3 per game.
• Jerrells' assists average is up more than 1.5 since last season's 3.78 in 32 games. The senior dished out 121 assists last season.
AUTOMATIC FROM THE CHARITY LINE
• In Saturday's loss to Texas Tech, Baylor was almost perfect at the free throw line, connecting 22 times on 23 attempts - that's a season-high 95.7 percent.
• It was the second time Baylor shot 80 percent or better from the free throw line this season (84.0 pct at Washington State).
• It was the highest free throw percentage - with 10 or more free throw attempts - by any Baylor team of the Scott Drew era. Last season, BU shot 100 percent vs. Washington State, going 5-for-5.
SENIOR CLASS SCORING TRIFECTA
• Baylor seniors Curtis Jerrells, Henry Dugat and Kevin Rogers could very well be the most prolific group of senior scorers in Baylor history by season's end. Jerrells, Dugat and Rogers are the first senior class at Baylor with three players on the school's 1,000-point scoring list.
• Together, they have scored 3,880 points, accounting for 49.3 percent of Baylor's offense since arriving in 2005-06. BU has scored 7,865 points in the 103 games.
DOUBLE TROUBLE
• Senior forward Kevin Rogers has scored in double figures in a career-best 14 consecutive games this season.
• In the last 14 games, Rogers ranks third on the team with 14.4 points, while grabbing a team-high 8.6 rebounds.
CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH A 3-POINTER STREAK
• Baylor has made at least one 3-point field goal in 535 straight games - the 2nd longest active streak in the Big 12 (Texas). Baylor has connected from 3-point range at least once in every game since going 0-for-8 in a home win vs. Texas Tech on Feb. 21, 1990.
• LaceDarius Dunn currently owns a streak of 28 consecutive games with at least one 3-pointer made.
• Dunn has made a 3-pointer in 52 of his 54 career games. He did not make a triple vs. Iowa State (1/12/08) and at Colorado (2/27/08).
CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH 3-POINT FG STREAKS (SINCE 1986)
| Player [Season(s)] | Streak | Dates |
| Tevis Stukes [1999-2000] | 29 | 11/20/99-3/10/00 |
| LaceDarius Dunn [2007-08, 2008-09] | 28 | 3/1/08-present |
| Aaron Bruce [2004-05, 2005-06] | 28 | 12/4/04-1/18/06 |
BEARS BASKETBALL ON THE AIR
• Bear basketball is aired live via the Baylor-ISP SportsNetwork on flagship station 1660AM ESPN Radio (KRZI) in Waco and worldwide on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 161. All games are broadcast by the "Voice of the Bears" John Morris, a veteran broadcaster in his 14th season, and former BU basketball standout Pat Nunley, in his 27th season as analyst.
INSIDE BAYLOR SPORTS TV SHOW
• Inside Baylor Sports, the award winning weekly TV show that covers all aspects of Baylor athletics, returns for its 10th season in 2008-09.
• Senior Producer Robert Shiekh and Producer Lawrence Gilligan provide viewers an inside look at Baylor athletics with thorough highlights, in-depth interviews and imaginative features on all 18 sports presented in a fast-paced, entertaining style. Co-hosts John Morris and Lori Fogleman guide viewers through the best coverage of Baylor athletics on television.
• Inside Baylor Sports airs Sundays, Aug. 24, 2008 through June 7, 2009, at 10:30 p.m. CT on KCEN-TV in Central Texas. The program also airs weekly throughout the region on FS Southwest at 1 p.m. each Wednesday and is archived on the web at BaylorTV.com. Inside Baylor Sports also may been seen nationally on CBS College Sports Television.
