22nd-ranked Men's Hoops Hosts Oklahoma State
1/15/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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| #22/24 Baylor (13-2, 1-1) vs. Oklahoma State (13-3, 1-1) Jan. 16, 2010 | 3 p.m. CST Waco, Texas| Ferrell Center (10,284) TV: Big 12 Network |
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GAME CENTER: GAME 16
MEDIA INFORMATION
Date: Sat., Jan. 16, 2010
Tip-Off: 3 p.m. CST
Location: Waco, Texas
Arena: Ferrell Center €ˆ(10,284)
Television: Big 12 Network, ESPN €ˆFull Court
Talent: Mitch Holthus (pxp), Bryndon Manzer (analyst)
Locally on The CW (Time Warner 165, Grande 15) [Complete TV Listings]
Radio: Baylor ISP Sports Network; ESPN/KRZI 1660 AM €ˆ(Waco)/Sirius (Ch. 161)
Talent: John Morris (pxp), Pat Nunley (analyst)
Series: Oklahoma €ˆState leads 48-15
Baylor Record at Ferrell Center: 203-128 (.613)
Drew Era following Loss: 33-57 (.367)
Drew Era in January: 18-32 (.360)
Live Stats: www.BaylorBears.com
Audio Web Stream: www.BaylorBears.com
Video Web Stream: www.ESPN360.com
In-Game Blog: www.BaylorBears.com
GAME DAY STORY LINES
• After seeing its nine-game win streak come to an end Tuesday, Baylor (13-2, 1-1) will look to extend its home win streak to 10 games when the Bears host the Oklahoma €ˆState €ˆCowboys (13-3, 1-1) Saturday in the €ˆFerrell Center.
• Baylor's nine-game home win streak is the sixth-longest in school history and the longest since winning nine straight in 2008-09.
• Oklahoma State leads the all-time series 48-15, but Baylor has won three of the last five meetings.
• Baylor has won the last three series meetings in Waco.
• Entering Saturday's game, Baylor is two wins shy of posting its fourth consecutive seasons with 15 or more wins. It would be just the second time in program history that the Bears have posted 15-plus wins in four consecutive seasons -- 1967-68, 1968-69, 1969-70 and 1970-71.
• Baylor has won 73 games over the last three-plus seasons and needs one win to tie the school record for most wins during a four-year stretch. From 1945-49, Baylor won 74 games and made two NCAA €ˆTournament appearances.
• Baylor is 12-7 (.632) in its last 19 Big 12 Conference home games and 7-4 (.636) in Big 12 home games over the last two-plus seasons.
• Baylor is 10-6 (.625) -- 9-5 (.643) in the Scott Drew era -- when ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll and 7-4 (.636) when ranked in the ESPN/USA €ˆToday Coaches €ˆTop 25 Poll.
• Since posting a 21-53 record (.284) in Drew's first three seasons, Baylor is 73-44 (.624) in its last 117 games.
• Ekpe Udoh, the Big 12 Conference's leading shot-blocker, has more blocked shots (68) in 15 games than the entire Oklahoma State Cowboys team (48) in 16 games. Udoh is averaging 4.53 blocks, while Oklahoma State is averaging 3.00.
• Baylor has held its opponents to under 40 rebounds in all 15 games this season.
• Baylor has outrebounded all 15 opponents this season, including nine by double figures. Last season, the Bears outrebounded their opponents in only 16 of their 39 games.
• Through games of Jan. 10, Baylor leads the nation in rebounding margin (+11.4). Entering Saturday, Baylor leads the Big 12 Conference in rebounding defense (31.7) and rebounding margin (+11.5). The Bears also rank second in rebounding (43.1) -- behind Texas (44.9).
• Through 15 games, Baylor has 28 more assists (237) than it did at this time one year ago (209). Four players -- Tweety Carter (76), Ekpe Udoh (43), A.J. Walton (34) and LaceDarius Dunn (32) -- have combined for 185 of Baylor's 237 assists.
SERIES HISTORY
• Saturday is the 64th meeting in the series.
• Oklahoma State leads the all-time series 48-15, but Baylor has won three of the last five meetings.
• Baylor is 6-22 against the Cowboys in the Big 12 era, including two Big 12 Championship meetings (1997, 1999).
• Baylor is 11-15 all-time at home against the Cowboys and has won the last three series meetings in the Ferrell Center.
BEARS SEEKING FIRST AGAINST BIG 12 OKLAHOMA SCHOOLS
• Baylor is a combined 21-83 (.202) against Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.
• Baylor has never defeated both schools in the same season.
ANOTHER MILESTONE ON THE HORIZON
• Entering Saturday's game with Oklahoma State, Baylor is two wins shy of posting its fourth consecutive seasons with 15 or more wins.
• It would be just the second time in program history that the Bears have posted 15-plus wins in four consecutive seasons -- 1967-68: 15, 1968-69: 18, 1969-70: 15, 1970-71: 18.
• Baylor has won 73 games over the last three-plus seasons and needs one win to tie the school record for most wins during a four-year stretch. From 1945-49, Baylor won 74 games and made two NCAA €ˆTournament appearances.
BAYLOR IN BIG 12 HOME GAMES
• Baylor is 12-7 (.632) in its last 19 Big 12 Conference home games.
• Baylor is 7-4 (.636) in Big 12 home games over the last two-plus seasons.
• Baylor has won its first two Big 12 home games in each of the last two seasons.
BAYLOR AS A NATIONALLY RANKED TEAM
• Baylor is 10-6 (.625) -- 9-5 (.643) in the Scott Drew era -- when ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll and 7-4 (.636) when ranked in the ESPN/USA €ˆToday Coaches €ˆTop 25 Poll.
• Baylor is 6-3 (.667) all-time -- all nine games have been in the last two seasons -- when ranked simultaneously in both polls.
• Baylor is 8-3 (.727) at home when nationally ranked in either poll.
A BAYLOR WIN WOULD...
• Tie a Ferrell Center record with its 10th consecutive home win.
• Increase its Scott Drew era-best home win streak to 10 games.
• Be its 10th in the last 11 games.
• Be its 10th as a nationally ranked team in the Drew era.
• Be its fourth straight in Waco over Oklahoma State.
• Mark the first time in program history that the Bears defeated both Oklahoma and Oklahoma State in the same season.
• Improve Baylor's record to 21-4 in its last 25 games.
• Improve Baylor's record in January to 19-32 in the Drew era.
• Be €ˆBaylor's 12th win in its last 19 January games.
UP NEXT FOR THE BEARS
• After Saturday's home game against the Cowboys, Baylor will visit Allen Fieldhouse and third-ranked Kansas Wednesday, Jan. 20, at 8 p.m. CST €ˆon ESPN2. Ron Franklin (pxp) and Hubert Davis (analyst) will serve as the talent for the ESPN €ˆtelecast.
• Baylor, which trails the all-time series to Kansas 14-2, has never won in Lawrence and snapped an eight-game losing streak to the Jayhawks in the 2009 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship quarterfinals.
AFTER KANSAS
• Baylor will take a break from Big 12 play when the Bears host the UMass €ˆMinutemen from the Atlantic 10 Conference Sat., Jan. 23, at 3 p.m. CST €ˆon ESPNU. Clay Matvick (pxp) and Stephen Howard (analyst) will serve as the talent for the ESPNU broadcast.
• It will be the first meeting between the schools.
• Current Baylor Director of Basketball Operations Tim Maloney served on Travis Ford's staff at UMass for three seasons, including as associate head coach during UMass' 2008 NIT €ˆrunner-up team.
OPPONENTS STRUGGLING AGAINST BAYLOR
• Opponents are averaging 61.9 points per game against the Bears, down 3.2 points per game (65.1 points per game in 2008-09) from this time last season.
• Baylor is also holding opponents to 35.8 percent from the floor (40.3 percent last season), 61.5 percent from the free throw line (66.4 percent last season) and 31.7 rebounds per game (35.0 boards last season).
PROGRAM TURNAROUND
• Baylor's 45 wins in the last two seasons (21 in 2007-08, 24 in 2008-09) under head coach Scott Drew are more than the Bears' combined win total in his first four seasons (36). The 45 wins are the largest two-season win total in program history, surpassing Baylor's combined 41 wins in 1986-87 (18) and 1987-88 (23).
• Since posting a 21-53 record (.284) in Drew's first three seasons, Baylor is 73-44 (.624) in its last 117 games.
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.
• Freshman guard Keiton Page made an inside basket for the Cowboys, but missed a free throw that was rebounded by Muonelo. That led to a 3-pointer by Page with 12 seconds left for a one-point lead.
• 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 Henry Dugat 12.
FORMER ROCKETS GM DAWSON TO BE HONORED SATURDAY AS BAYLOR BASKETBALL LEGEND
• Former student-athlete, assistant coach and head coach Carroll Dawson will be honored Saturday as a 2010 Baylor Basketball Legend by the `B' Association.
• After earning All-American honors at Paris (Texas) Junior College, Dawson lettered two seasons for the Bears from 1959-60. He led the Bears in both scoring and rebounding in each of his two seasons. As a senior in 1960, he was named to the All-Southwest Conference first team after averaging 16.4 points through 24 games.
• Dawson returned to Baylor in 1963 as an assistant under head coach Bill Menefee. Ten years later, he succeeded Menefee as head coach in 1973, leading the Bears to 42 victories. After three years as Baylor's head coach, Dawson moved on to coach with the NBA's Houston Rockets, eventually serving as the club's general manager.
• Recognized as one of the NBA's top executives, Dawson transformed the Rockets into a regular playoff contender by acquiring such players as Clyde Drexler, Charles Barkley, Scottie Pippen, Hakeem Olajuwon, Cuttino Mobley and Yao Ming. He was also credited with teaching Olajuwon's patented jump hook. Dawson holds the distinction of being the only member of Houston's coaching staffs that advanced to the NBA Finals in 1981, 1986, 1994 and 1995.
• Dawson has been inducted into four halls of fame - Paris Junior College Hall of Fame in 1991, Baylor Athletic Hall of Fame in 1998, Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame in 2001 and the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 2003. He was also named Mr. Sportsman 2005 by Houston's Interfaith Charities. Dawson's initials, `CD', hang from the rafters of the Toyota Center in Houston.
PREVIEWING OKLAHOMA STATE
• Oklahoma State (13-3, 1-1) has won seven of its last nine games and enters the Ferrell Center after a 62-57 overtime loss Jan. 11 at Oklahoma. The Cowboys are 9-0 at home this season, but are 1-2 in true road games.
• James Anderson, Oklahoma State and Big 12 leading scorer, is averaging 21.7 points in 16 games. Obi Muonelo and Marshall Moses rank second and third in scoring with 11.4 and 10.9 points, respectively. Sophomore three-point shooter Keiton Page ranks fourth with 9.9 points per game and is shooting 35.5 percent from 3-point range.
• Moses is the Cowboys' leading rebounder with 9.7 boards per game. • Anderson has scored 20 or more points 10 times this season.
• Muonelo and Baylor junior power forward Ekpe Udoh were teammates at Santa Fe High School in Edmond, Okla.
DOUBLE-DOUBLE TROUBLE
• Through 15 games, Ekpe Udoh has nine double-doubles, the most by a Baylor player since Kevin Rogers posted 12 double-doubles during the 2007-08 season.
• Udoh's next double-double will move him into a 10th-place tie with Terry Teagle (1979-80), Willie Sublett (1991-92) and Brian Skinner (1997-98) on Baylor's single-season list.
HE HAS MORE BLOCKS THAN YOU
• Ekpe Udoh, the Big 12 Conference's leading shot-blocker, has more blocked shots (68) in 15 games than the entire Oklahoma State Cowboys team (48) in 16 games. Udoh is averaging 4.53 blocks, while Oklahoma State is averaging 3.00.
NUMBER 13 VS. 2008-09
• Last season, Baylor blocked 73 shots through the first 15 games. This season, Ekpe Udoh has 68 blocks alone in 15 games.
• Udoh has already doubled last season's team-leading total by Quincy Acy (34).
