Men's Hoops Game Day: at Oklahoma State
2/19/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 19, 2009
Live Stats (courtesy OKState.com)
GAME CENTER: GAME 26
BAYLOR BEARS (16-9, 4-7) AT OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS (16-9, 5-6)
Date: Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009
Tip-Off: 12:45 p.m. CT
Location: Stillwater, Okla.
Arena: Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611)
Television: Big 12 Network (rebranded ESPN Plus) [Complete TV Listings]
KWTX, The CW, KBTX-DT2 locally in Central Texas
Also available on ESPN Full Court
Talent: Bob Carpenter (pxp), Stephen Howard (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)
Series: Oklahoma State leads 47-15
Tickets: (254) 710-1000
GAME NIGHT STORY LINES
• After snapping its six-game losing streak, Baylor will go for its first season series sweep in the Big 12 when the Bears visit the Oklahoma State Cowboys Saturday at Gallagher-Iba Arena. Tip-off is set for 12:45 p.m. on the Big 12 Network.
• Baylor is 6-39 in its last 45 Big 12 road games, including a 5-8 mark dating back to last season. Scott Drew is 0-5 at OSU.
• Baylor is 2-21 all-time in Stillwater and has not won at Gallagher-Iba Arena since Feb. 15, 2003. Baylor is 1-11 at Oklahoma State in the Big 12 era.
• Baylor has defeated OSU twice in a season only once - 1922 vs. then-Oklahoma A&M. Both wins came in Waco.
• In the previous series meeting on Jan. 17 in Waco, Baylor overcame its largest deficit in a victory, when the Bears rallied from a 17-point Oklahoma State lead to win 98-92 in overtime.
• LaceDarius Dunn has missed his last nine 3-point field goal attempts, dating back to the Texas Tech game on Feb. 7. He is 2-for-his-last 13 3-point field goal attempts.
• Baylor has trailed at halftime in eight of its 11 Big 12 games this season.
• Baylor seniors Curtis Jerrells, Henry Dugat and Kevin Rogers have accounted for 49.4 percent of the Bears' offense since arriving in 2005-06. The trio has scored 3,948 of Baylor's 8,000 points in 105 games.
• Kevin Rogers has scored in double figures in 16 straight games - the second-longest streak by a Bear this season.
• Tweety Carter has made at least one 3-point field goal in 13 consecutive games.
• After scoring nine total points in a two-game stretch against Missouri and Kansas, Curtis Jerrells is averaged 17.7 points in his last three games.
• Baylor is eight points away (1,992) from posting its third-straight 2,000-point season under head coach Scott Drew.
• Curtis Jerrells has dispersed a career-best 129 assists this season season. He is on pace to post only the eighth 150-assist season in school history.
SERIES HISTORY
• Oklahoma State leads the all-time series 47-15, with the Bears winning three of the last four meetings - all three wins coming in Waco.
• Baylor is 2-21 all-time in Stillwater and has not won at Gallagher-Iba Arena since Feb. 15, 2003. Baylor is 1-11 at Oklahoma State in the Big 12 era.
• Baylor has never swept a season series with Oklahoma State in the Big 12 era.
• Baylor has defeated Oklahoma State twice in a season only once - 1922 vs. then-Oklahoma A&M. Both wins came in Waco.
• In the Big 12 era, Baylor is 6-21 against Oklahoma State.
OKLAHOMA STATE SCOUTING REPORT
• Since losing 98-92 in overtime to Baylor last month in Waco, Oklahoma State has lost five of its last nine Big 12 games. Three of those five losses have come by double-digit margins.
• Wednesday night, the Cowboys handed Texas Tech a 92-82 defeat in Lubbock. Terrel Harris led all scorers with 27 points on 9-of-13 shooting, while James Anderson chipped in 24 points.
• Four Cowboys are averaging more than 10.0 points through 25 games, led by Anderson's 18.0-point average. Harris (14.8), Byron Eaton (14.5) and Obi Muonelo (14.2) round out Oklahoma State's double-digit scorers.
LAST TIME VS. OKLAHOMA STATE - JAN. 17, 2009
• Tweety Carter hit two 3-pointers to start overtime and finally put No. 21 Baylor ahead to stay in a 98-92 victory over Oklahoma State that was filled with wild swings.
• Curtis Jerrells led the Bears with 31 points and 10 assists, but missed a chance to win the game in regulation when he made only one free throw with 2.5 seconds left.
• Carter, who had three points while playing 32 minutes in regulation, broke the 82-82 tie 12 seconds into overtime. He hit another 3 on the Bears' next possession, then added a floater and a steal to finish with 11 points.
• Obi Muonelo had 21 points and James Anderson added 20 for Oklahoma State, which needed a 13-0 run in the second half to regain the lead after blowing a 17-point advantage built over the game's first 14 minutes.
• Quincy Acy, a freshman making his first career start for Baylor, had 17 points and 12 rebounds, while Kevin Rogers had 14 points, LaceDarius Dunn 13 and Dugat 12.
• Byron Eaton had 17 points, while Terrel Harris had 12 and Page 11 for the Cowboys, who had won by an average margin of nearly 24 points during their winning streak.
LAST TIME OUT - BAYLOR 72, TEXAS A&M 68
• Curtis Jerrells broke loose for a key layup with 12 seconds to play, then eluded Texas A&M defenders long enough to dribble out the final seconds in a 72-68 victory that ended Baylor's six-game losing streak.
• A physical game that included two first-half technicals ended with some pushing and shoving after the buzzer, and coaches and referees had to separate players and lead them off the court. There were no official ejections.
• A five-point lead for the Bears was cut to 70-68 on a 3-pointer by Texas A&M's Donald Sloan with 43 seconds left, and Baylor put the ball in Jerrells' hands at the other end.
• Jerrells was face-to-face with Sloan, who ran into a screen by Kevin Rogers. Jerrells then paused for a half-second in front of Bryan Davis and blew past him for the layup and a four-point lead with 12 seconds left.
• After Sloan missed another 3-point try and Texas A&M quickly fouled, Jerrells took an inbounds pass and dribbled out the clock before the Aggies could foul him.
• Jerrells and Tweety Carter scored 14 points apiece to lead Baylor in a game featuring two teams desperate to hang on to fading NCAA tournament hopes.
UP NEXT - IOWA STATE (FEB. 24)
• Following Saturday's contest at Oklahoma State, Baylor will return to action Tuesday, Feb. 24, when the Bears travel to Ames, Iowa, to face the Iowa State Cyclones. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m. on the Big 12 Network. Be sure to check BaylorBears.com for the syndicated affiliates in your viewing area.
THE 2008-09 BIG 12 NETWORK TELEVISION PACKAGE
• This season for the first time, regionally syndicated games will be televised on the Big 12 Network as part of the conference's agreement with ESPN Regional Television.
• The games, previously branded as ESPN Plus, are broadcast throughout the conference's geographic footprint. Many of the Big 12 Network games will also be available as part of ESPN Full Court, the pay subscription college basketball outer-market service. In addition, numerous games will be available 72 hours after completion via the newly-designed Big 12 web site at Big12Sports.com. Below is a listing of affiliates carrying Saturday's game:
STATIONS CARRYING THE OKLAHOMA STATE GAME INCLUDE:
TEXAS MARKETS: Abilene/Sweetwater - KIDZ-LP; Amarillo - KCPN; Beaumont/Port Arthur - KBTV; Dallas/Fort Worth - KTXA; Houston - KNWS; Odessa/Midland - KOSA-DT2; San Antonio/Austin - KCWX-DT1; Sherman - KXII-DT2; Tyler/Longview/Lufkin - KFXK; Waco/Temple/Bryan - KWTX-TV (CBS), The CW (Time Warner Channel 165/Grande Channel 15) and KBTX (Digital Tier - KBTX-DT2)
OUT-OF-STATE MARKETS: Chicago, Ill. - WLS-DT2; Fort Smith/Fayetteville/Springfield, Ark. - KFTA-DT1; Little Rock/Pine Bluff, Ark. - KASN-DT1; Oklahoma City, Okla. - KOCB (The CW); Toledo, Ohio - WTVG-DT2; Topeka, Kan. - KSNT; ESPN Full Court and ESPN360.com
DOUBLE TROUBLE
• Senior forward Kevin Rogers has scored in double figures in a career-best 16 consecutive games this season.
• In the last 16 games, Rogers ranks third on the team with 14.0 points, while grabbing a team-high 8.3 rebounds.
• Rogers' streak is the second-longest on the team behind Curtis Jerrells' 20-game streak from Nov. 15, 2008-Jan. 27, 2009.
A ROAD WIN IN THE BIG 12 IS HARD TO FIND
• Baylor is 6-39 in its last 45 Big 12 road games, including a 5-8 mark dating back to last season.
• Baylor's 18-point win at Kansas State in January was its first win in Manhattan under Scott Drew.
• After defeating Texas A&M on the road in 2004, Baylor lost 25 straight Big 12 road games until beating Nebraska in 2008.
• Under Drew, Baylor has posted road wins against five different Big 12 schools, but the Bears are still winless on the road at six others.
• Baylor still visits three of those schools this season - Oklahoma State (0-5), Iowa State (0-2) and Texas (0-5).
AN UNFAVORABLE ROAD AHEAD
• Baylor is a combined 2-28 all-time on the road against its next two Big 12 opponents - Oklahoma State and Iowa State.
• BU is 0-5 at OSU under sixth-year head coach Scott Drew and 1-11 in the Big 12 era. Baylor is 2-21 all-time in Stillwater with its only wins coming in 1972 and 2003.
• Baylor has never won in Ames, posting a 0-7 record all-time.
BAYLOR'S SUCCESS VS. BIG 12 OKLAHOMA SCHOOLS
• Under head coach Scott Drew, Baylor is a combined 3-20 (.130) against the Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.
• Baylor is 0-26 vs. Oklahoma in the Big 12 era.
• In the Big 12 era, BU is 6-47 (.113) vs. Oklahoma (0-26) and Oklahoma State (6-21).
SEASON-HIGH CROWD WITNESSES END OF BAYLOR'S SIX-GAME LOSING STREAK VS. TEXAS A&M
• A season-high crowd of 10,407 witnessed Baylor snap its six-game losing streak with a 72-68 win over long-time rival Texas A&M Saturday at the Ferrell Center.
• Saturday's crowd was the 5th-largest in Ferrell Center history and the 3rd-largest of the Scott Drew Era.
• After 16 home games, Baylor's attendance is at 112,294. Baylor's next home game crowd will eclipse last season's record-setting attendance total.
WELCOME TO THE SHOW, ROOK
• Freshman forward Anthony Jones made the most of his career-high 27 minutes in Baylor's win vs. Texas A&M on Feb. 14 as the Houston native poured in a career-high 12 points on 4-of-6 shooting.
• For Jones, it was only his third Big 12 game of the season as well as his third game of the 2009 calendar year.
• In his previous three games played prior to Texas A&M on Feb. 14, Jones played a combined 28 minutes, scoring eight points on 3-of-9 shooting.
DUNN FINISHES STREAK ONE GAME SHY OF RECORD
• Sophomore LaceDarius Dunn's streak of 28 consecutive games with at least one 3-pointer made came to an Feb. 11 vs. Oklahoma after going 0-for-6 from the beyond the arc.
• Dunn fell one game shy of tying the school record held by Tevis Stukes (1999-2000).
• Dunn was held without a made 3-pointer for the first time since Feb. 27, 2008, at Colorado.
LACE BECOMING UN-DUNN
• After rattling off a streak of 28 consecutive games with at least one 3-pointer made, LaceDarius Dunn has missed his last nine 3-point field attempts and has connected on only 2 of his last 13 attempts from beyond the arc.
• Dunn has made a 3-pointer in 52 of his 56 career games. He did not make a triple vs. Iowa State (1/12/08), at Colorado (2/27/08) and vs. Oklahoma (2/11/09).
CONSECUTIVE GAMES STREAK WITH A 3-POINTER CONTINUES
• Baylor has made at least one 3-point field goal in 537 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.
TRACKING ANOTHER 3-POINT STREAK
• Junior Tweety Carter has made at least one 3-point field goal in 13 consecutive games and is three games away from breaking into the Top 10 for the longest streak in Baylor history.
• Carter has made a 3-point field goal in 20 of his 22 games this season, failing to connect from downtown vs. Providence (0-2) on Nov. 27 and vs. Portland State (0-4) on Dec. 29.
TWEETY OVER FREE THROW TROUBLES?
• Through the first 12 games of the season, Tweety Carter was an 80 percent free throw shooter (28-of-35). However, over the next nine games, Carter went a dismal 2-for-10 (20.0 pct), including an 0-for-5 performance vs. Texas on Jan. 27.
• In last Saturday's win over Texas A&M, Carter was a perfect 4-for-4 from the free throw line, making his first free throws since going 1-for-3 vs. Oklahoma State on Jan. 17.
ROGERS COULD JOIN ANOTHER ELITE CLASS
• Senior Kevin Rogers has grabbed a team-high 193 rebounds in 25 games (an average of 7.7 boards) and is on pace to become only the sixth player in Baylor history to lead the team for three consecutive seasons - Jerry Mallett (1954-56), Darrell Hardy (1964-66), Terry Teagle (1979-81), Darryl Middleton (1985-87) and Brian Skinner (1995-97).
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.
