No. 22 MBB Seeks 20-Win Season Tuesday
2/15/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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| #22/22 Baylor (19-5, 6-4) vs. Texas Tech (16-8, 4-6) Feb. 16, 2010 | 7:05 p.m. CST Waco, Texas | Ferrell Center (10,284) TV: FOX Sports Plus |
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GAME CENTER: GAME 25
MEDIA INFORMATION
Date: Tue., Feb. 16, 2010
Tip-Off: 7:05 p.m. CST
Location: Waco, Texas
Arena: Ferrell Center (10,284)
Television: FOX €ˆSports €ˆPlus, ESPN €ˆFull Court
Talent: Greg Lucas (pxp), Jim Haller €ˆ(analyst)
TV €ˆListings on FOX €ˆSports Plus -- Time Warner Digital Ch. 15, Grande Ch. 20 [Complete TV Listings]
Radio: Baylor ISP Sports Network; ESPN/KRZI 1660 AM €ˆ(Waco); FamilyNet/Sirius (Ch. 161)
Talent: John Morris (pxp), Pat Nunley (analyst)
Baylor Record When Ranked in AP €ˆPoll: 16-9
Series: Texas Tech leads 74-44
Live Stats: www.BaylorBears.com
Audio Web Stream: www.BaylorBears.com
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In-Game Blog: www.BaylorBears.com
GAME DAY STORY LINES
• Baylor (19-5, 6-4) seeks its third consecutive 20-win season -- and sixth in the program's 104-year history -- when its host the Texas Tech Red Raiders (16-8, 4-6) Tuesday in the Ferrell Center.
• Texas €ˆTech leads the all-time series, 74-44, but Baylor has won three of the last four and five of the last seven meetings.
• Baylor leads the series in Waco, 29-25, and has won four straight over the Red Raiders in the Ferrell Center.
• Baylor is 16-9 (.640) -- 15-8 (.652) in the Scott Drew era -- when ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll and 9-5 (.643) when ranked in the ESPN/USA €ˆToday Coaches €ˆTop 25 Poll.
• Baylor is ranked in the €ˆAP €ˆTop 25 for the sixth consecutive week -- the second-longest streak in school history.
• Baylor is 26-7 (.788) in its last 33 games, dating back to the end of the 2008-09 regular season.
• Ekpe Udoh has delivered three game-winning shots for the Bears this season, including in each of the last two games.
• Since posting a 21-53 record (.284) in Drew's first three seasons, Baylor is 79-47 (.627) in its last 126 games.
• Udoh (100) now holds the Baylor single-season blocked shots record, breaking the previous mark held by Brian Skinner (98). He needs 19 more blocks to break the Big 12 single-season blocked shots record (Iowa State's Kelvin Cato, 118).
• Udoh is the only Bear who has recorded at least one assist in all 24 games this season.
• Tweety Carter has made a 3-point field goal in 19 consecutive games -- the fourth-longest streak in school history.
• Baylor leads the Big 12 with a school-record 175 blocked shots and 7.29 blocks per game.
• In their first 12 games of 2010, the Bears are shooting 78.7 percent (203-of-258) from the free throw line with four players shooting 75 percent or better -- LaceDarius Dunn (90.0), Anthony Jones (83.3), Carter (82.2)and Udoh (75.8).
• Baylor has shot 80 percent or better from the free throw line in three straight games for the first time since the 2002-03 season.
• Through games of Feb. 14, Baylor ranks in the top 20 of five different categories. Baylor is fourth in blocked shots per game, sixth in rebounding margin, sixth in field goal percentage defense, 14th in FG percentage and 17th in scoring margin.
• Through games of Feb. 14, Udoh ranks fifth nationally in blocked shots per game, 18th in rebounds per game, 24th in double doubles and 83rd in FG percentage. Carter ranks 11th nationally in assists per game, 45th in 3FG percentage and 44th in assist-to-turnover ratio and 50th in 3FGM per game. LaceDarius Dunn ranks ninth nationally in 3FGM per game, 35th in 3FG percentage and 51st in scoring.
SERIES HISTORY
• Tuesday is the 119th meeting between Baylor and Texas Tech.
• Texas €ˆTech leads the all-time series, 74-44, but Baylor has won three of the last four and five of the last seven meetings.
• Texas €ˆTech leads the Big 12-era series, 17-10.
• Baylor leads the series in Waco, 29-25, and has won four straight over the Red Raiders in the Ferrell Center.
• Tuesday will mark the second consecutive season that Baylor is ranked when Texas Tech visits the Ferrell Center.
• Baylor is 4-2 in Waco vs. Texas Tech under head coach Scott Drew.
• Drew is 5-7 all-time vs. Texas Tech.
THE CENTURY MARK
• Baylor's 64-62 last-second win Feb. 13 over Missouri was Scott Drew's 100th victory as Baylor head coach. He became the fifth coach in school history to amass 100 or more career wins at Baylor, joining Bill Henderson (201), Ralph Wolf (151), Bill Meneffee (149) and Jim Haller (104).
• Drew currently stands fifth all-time at Baylor in coaching victories, four shy of Haller (104) for fourth place.
• Drew enters Tuesday with an 100-100 mark as Baylor's head coach and is one of only three BU €ˆcoaches with a .500 winning percentage or higher.
21-GAME LITMUS TEST
• Baylor's 84-63 win Feb. 3 over Iowa State was its 17th victory through the first 21 games of the season.
• The win marked the fourth time in the program's 104-year history -- and second in the last three seasons -- that Baylor has won at least 17 of its first 21 games. The Bears started the 1948 and 2008 seasons with identical 17-4 records, while the 1946 team started 19-2. All three teams won at least 20 games and advanced to the NCAA €ˆTournament.
20-WIN TRIO
• Baylor is one win shy of posting its third consecutive 20-win season -- a program first -- and the sixth 20-win campaign in the program's 104-season history. The 19 wins currently are tied for the sixth-most in school history, matching its 19-win season in 2000-01.
• Scott Drew would become the first head coach in Baylor history with three 20-win seasons.
A BAYLOR WIN WOULD...
• Extend its February home win streak to five games.
• Be its fourth February victory -- the most since winning four during the 2002-03 season.
• Be its fifth straight home win over Texas Tech.
• Be Scott Drew's 101st victory at Baylor, pushing him over the .500 mark for the first time since Dec. 6, 2003 (3-2).
• Be its 20th of the season, marking the third consecutive 20-win season and sixth in school history.
• Be its seventh Big 12 victory -- the second-most in school history (nine in 2007-08).
• Be its 13th home win of the season
• Be its fifth win as a Top 25 team in the month of February.
• Be its 16th in the last 20 games.
• Be its 17th as a ranked team in the Drew era.
• Improve its record to 27-7 in its last 34 games.
• Improve its record in February to 15-36 in the Drew era.
DUNN, UDOH SWEEP BIG 12 WEEKLY HONORS MONDAY
• Baylor men's basketball juniors LaceDarius Dunn and Ekpe Udoh have been named as the Phillips 66 Big 12 Player and Rookie of the Week, respectively, Monday for games of Feb. 8-14 in voting by a panel of media covering the league. Both Dunn and Udoh earned their third player and rookie recognitions, respectively, this season, becoming the first Bears in the Big 12 era to earn three weekly honors in a single season. It is the second time this year the duo has won weekly accolades in the same week.
• The Monroe, La., native averaged a team-best 18.0 points and 6.0 rebounds as Baylor recorded wins Feb. 10 at Nebraska (55-53) and Feb. 13 at home over Missouri (64-62). The junior guard started with a game-high 19 points and seven rebounds at Nebraska, as Baylor snapped a four-game road losing streak in the month of February. He followed up with a 17-point, five-rebound effort in the victory over the Tigers. In two games, Dunn converted 91.7 percent (11-of-12) from the free throw line and currently sits atop the career free throw percentage list at Baylor with an .835 mark.
• Udoh hit two game-winning shots last week in the Baylor victories. The Edmond, Okla., native connected on a hook shot with 26 seconds remaining in the Nebraska game to put the Bears up for good. Against Missouri, he converted a tip-in on a missed field goal by Dunn with 1.3 seconds left to lift BU to the victory. In two games, Udoh averaged 7.0 points, 9.5 rebounds and 4.5 blocks in 34.0 minutes per contest.
• Udoh established a school single-season record by blocked his 100th shot, including six rejections at Nebraska. He leads the Big 12 in blocks and ranks second in rebounds with 10.3 per game this season.
BAYLOR IN BIG 12 HOME GAMES
• Since the 2006-07 season, Baylor is 17-12 (.586) in Big 12 Conference home games.
• Baylor is 15-8 (.652) in its last 23 Big 12 home games.
BAYLOR AS A NATIONALLY RANKED TEAM
• Baylor is 16-9 (.640) -- 15-8 (.652) in the Scott Drew era -- when ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll and 9-5 (.643) when ranked in the ESPN/USA €ˆToday Coaches €ˆTop 25 Poll.
• Baylor is 8-4 (.667) all-time -- all 12 games have been in the last two seasons -- when ranked simultaneously in both polls.
• Baylor is 12-4 (.750) at home when nationally ranked in either poll.
UP NEXT
• Baylor will head to the Sooner State Sat., Feb. 20, for the first of two consecutive Saturdays when the Bears visit the Oklahoma State Cowboys. Saturday's game will tip at 12:45 p.m. CST on the Big 12 Network.
• Baylor has lost its last six trips to Stillwater, Okla., and is 2-22 all-time at Oklahoma State.
• In its first meeting this season, Baylor raced past the Cowboys, 83-70, Jan. 13 in Waco.
FEAR THE UDOH
• Ekpe Udoh, nicknamed `The Nightmare', recorded his third game-winning basket -- and second in as many games -- of the season, lifting Baylor to a 64-62 last-second win Feb. 13 over Missouri in the Ferrell Center. For his efforts, he was named €ˆPhillips 66 Big 12 Rookie of the Week for the third time this season Monday.
• Udoh tipped in a LaceDarius Dunn miss with 1.3 seconds left to give Baylor the two-point win over Missouri.
• Earlier in the week, Udoh's hook shot with 26 seconds remaining put Baylor up for good in a 57-55 road win Feb. 10 at Nebraska.
• In just his second game of the season, Udoh hit a 21-foot fade-away jump shot as time expired to give Baylor a 71-69 home win over the Hartford Hawks.
BEARS FINDING WAYS TO WIN IN CLOSE GAMES
• Entering the season, Baylor was 14-23 in games decided by five points or less in the Scott Drew era.
• This season alone, the Bears are 6-2 in such games and have won their last three.
• Baylor's last two victories have been decided by two points and needed a game-winning shot by Ekpe Udoh.
• Baylor is now 20-25 in games decided by five points or less in the Drew era.
DUNN ON PRECIPICE OF REMARKABLE ONE-TWO RECORD PUNCH
• Junior guard LaceDarius Dunn is on the cusp on becoming Baylor's career leader in two major offensive categories -- 3-point field goals made and free throw percentage. Dunn is one of only two players in school history with 200+ 3FGM and an 80.0 or higher FT €ˆpercentage in a career.
• Dunn is the current Baylor career leader with an 83.5 free throw percentage -- three percentage points ahead of second-place John Lucas III €ˆ(83.2). Dunn needs seven 3-point field goals to become Baylor's career leader in the category.
