No. 24 Men's Hoops to Face Huskers in Lincoln
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| #24/RV Baylor (17-5, 4-4) vs. Nebraska (13-10, 1-7) Feb. 10, 2010 | 8:05 p.m. CST Lincoln, Neb. | Devaney Center (13,595) TV: ESPN2 |
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GAME CENTER: GAME 23
MEDIA INFORMATION
Date: Wed., Feb. 10, 2010
Tip-Off: 8:05 p.m. CST
Location: Lincoln, Neb.
Arena: Devaney Center (13,595)
Television: ESPN2
Talent: Ron Franklin (pxp), Bill Raftery (analyst)
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: 14-9
Series: Nebraska leads 12-8
Scott Drew Record vs. Nebraska: 3-4
Live Stats: www.BaylorBears.com
Audio Web Stream: www.BaylorBears.com
Video Web Stream: www.ESPN360.com
In-Game Blog: None
GAME DAY STORY LINES
• Baylor (17-5, 4-4) will try to snap its four-game Big 12 North road losing streak when the Bears visit Nebraska (13-10, 1-7) Wednesday in the Devaney Center on ESPN2.
• Nebraska leads the all-time series, 12-8, but Baylor has won three of the last four meetings.
• Baylor is 1-7 all-time in Lincoln after snapping its seven-game losing streak in its last trip to Nebraska - a 72-70 win in 2008.
• Baylor is 7-45 (.135) in its last 52 Big 12 road games, including a 6-14 mark over the previous two-plus seasons (1-7 last season).
• The Bears are 3-1 against Big 12 South schools and 1-3 against Big 12 North schools this season.
• Baylor is 14-9 (.609) - 13-8 (.619) in the Scott Drew era - when ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll.
• Drew is tied with Gene Iba for the fifth-most wins in school history with 98 wins.
• Baylor is 24-7 (.774) in its last 31 games, dating back to the end of the 2008-09 regular season (finished 17-13 before postseason run).
• Since posting a 21-53 record (.284) in Drew's first three seasons, Baylor is 77-47 (.621) in its last 124 games.
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Ekpe Udoh (91) needs eight blocks to establish a new Baylor single-season blocks record (current mark is 98 by Brian Skinner).
• Tweety Carter has made a 3-point field goal in 17 consecutive games - the ninth-longest streak in school history.
• Udoh enters Wednesday's game with a Big 12-leading 91 blocked shots - 21 more blocks than the entire Nebraska team (70).
• Udoh is the only Bear who has recorded at least one assist in all 22 games this season.
• Baylor ranks second in the Big 12 in both field goal percentage (49.1 percent) and field goal percentage defense (37.2).
• Baylor leads the Big 12 with a school-record 161 blocked shots and 7.32 blocks per game.
• Through games of Feb. 7, Baylor ranks in the top 20 of six different categories. Baylor is fourth in blocked shots per game (7.3), sixth in rebounding margin (8.0), seventh in field goal percentage defense (37.2), 10th in field goal percentage (49.1), 12th in scoring margin (13.9) and 18th in 3-point field goal percentage (39.6).
• Through games of Feb. 7, Udoh ranks fifth nationally in blocked shots per game (4.1), 17th in rebounds per game (10.4), 22nd in double doubles (11.0) and 88th in field goal percentage (49.6). Carter ranks sixth nationally in assists per game (6.3), 32nd in 3-point field goals per game (2.8), 39th in 3-point field goal percentage (39.8) and 44th in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.26). LaceDarius Dunn ranks fourth nationally in 3-point field goals per game (3.3), 27th in 3-point field goal percentage (41.2) and 48th in scoring (18.7).
SERIES HISTORY
• Wednesday is the 21st meeting between Baylor and Nebraska.
• Nebraska leads the all-time series, 12-8, but Baylor has won three of the last four meetings.
• Nebraska leads the Big 12-era series, 9-7.
• Baylor is 1-7 all-time in Lincoln after snapping its seven-game losing streak in its last trip to Nebraska - a 72-70 win in 2008.
• Baylor is 1-2 in Lincoln under head coach Scott Drew.
• Baylor has scored 70-plus points only four times in 20 series meetings against Nebraska, including twice in the last eight games.
• Baylor has won the regular season meeting in two of the last three seasons.
• Drew is 3-4 all-time vs. Nebraska.
A ROAD WIN IN THE BIG 12 IS HARD TO FIND
• Baylor is 7-45 (.135) in its last 52 Big 12 road games, including a 6-14 mark over the previous two-plus seasons (1-3 this season).
• Baylor's 80-77 overtime win Jan. 30 at then-No. 6 Texas snapped an eight-game Big 12 road losing streak.
• Under Scott Drew, Baylor has posted road wins against six different Big 12 schools, including Nebraska.
BAYLOR MORE SUCCESSFUL AGAINST BIG 12 NORTH
• Since the 2000-01 season, Baylor has had much more success against Big 12 North schools than those in the South. Baylor is 24-34 (.414) the last nine seasons vs. Northern schools in the regular season and just 20-73 (.215) against the South.
• Baylor is 15-25 (.375) in 40 regular season games against the Big 12 North in the Scott Drew era. In the seven previous Big 12 seasons prior to Drew's arrival, the Bears were 15-28 (.349) against Northern schools.
• The Bears are 3-1 against Big 12 South schools and 1-3 against Big 12 North schools this season.
• Baylor hasn't won consecutive games against Big 12 €ˆNorth schools since winning three straight during the 2007-08 season (Feb. 23 vs. Kansas State, Feb. 27 at Colorado and March 1 vs. Missouri).
BAYLOR AS A NATIONALLY RANKED TEAM
• Baylor is 14-9 (.609) - 13-8 (.619) 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 4-3 (.571) when ranked in the top 20 of the AP €ˆTop 25 Poll.
• Baylor is 11-4 (.733) at home when nationally ranked in either poll.
A BAYLOR WIN WOULD...
• Snap a four-game road losing streak in the month of February.
• Snap a four-game Big 12 North road losing streak.
• Be its fourth win in the last five meetings vs. Nebraska.
• Be its second against the Big 12 €ˆNorth this season.
• Mark back-to-back wins against the Big 12 North - the longest streak since winning three straight during the 2007-08 season.
• Be Drew's 99th victory at Baylor, moving him into sole possession of fifth place on school's career wins list.
• Be its fourth road win of the season.
• Be its second straight win over Nebraska in Lincoln.
• Be its third win as a Top 25 team in the month of February.
• Be its 14th in the last 18 games.
• Be its 15th as a ranked team in the Drew era.
• Be Drew's fourth vs. Nebraska.
• Improve its record to 25-7 in its last 32 games.
• Improve its record in February to 13-36 in the Drew era.
UP NEXT
• Baylor returns home Saturday to host Missouri at 12:45 p.m. CST €ˆin the Ferrell Center on the Big 12 Network.
• Missouri leads the all-time series 12-9 and has won the previous two meetings, including a 73-60 win in the 2009 Big 12 Championship title game in Oklahoma City.
• Baylor is 5-2 in Waco vs. Missouri and has won the last two meetings in the Ferrell Center.
RECORDS WATCH
• Baylor has established a new single-season blocks record with 161 rejections (previous mark was 148 set in 1992-93).
• Ekpe Udoh (91) needs eight blocks to establish a new single-season blocks record (current mark is 98 by Brian Skinner).
• Udoh is the current Baylor single-season and career leader in blocked shots per game (4.14).
• Udoh is 28 blocks shy of establishing Big 12 Conference single-season rejections mark.
• LaceDarius Dunn (256) needs 13 more 3FGM to become Baylor's career leader in 3-point field goals made (current mark is 267 held by current Harlem Globetrotter Aundre Branch).
• Dunn is currently tied with John Lucas III for the career lead in career free throw percentage (83.2 percent).
• With Baylor's next Big 12 win, Tweety Carter (22) will become the school's career leader in Big 12 wins. He is currently tied with former teammates Curtis Jerrells, Kevin Rogers and Henry Dugat.
• Carter (399) is one assist shy of becoming fourth player in school history 400 or more career assists.
• Carter needs to play in three more games to become the school's career leader in games played. Curtis Jerrells is the current career leader with 119 games played.
STREAKS ARE MADE TO BE SET (AND BROKEN)
• Baylor has been ranked in the €ˆAP €ˆTop 25 Poll for five consecutive weeks - the second-longest streak in program history.
• BU established a Ferrell Center record this season with 11 consecutive home wins. The win streak was snapped Jan. 26 vs. Kansas State.
• Baylor snapped its 30-game losing streak to Oklahoma with a 91-60 rout Jan. 9 in Waco.
• Baylor hasn't lost when holding an opponent to 60 points or fewer in 26 consecutive games.
• Baylor has won 18 of its last 19 games when scoring 80 or more points. The Bears' last loss when scoring 80-plus occurred Jan. 2, 2009, in an 85-84 last-second loss to South Carolina in Waco.
• Less than a year after snapping its 24-game series losing streak to Texas, Baylor snapped an 11-game losing streak to the Longhorns in Austin with an 80-77 OT win Jan. 30.
• Baylor has won 15 or more games in four consecutive seasons for just the second time in school history.
• LaceDarius Dunn scored 20 or more points in four consecutive games (Jan. 9-20, 2010).
• Tweety Carter scored 20 or more points in three consecutive games two different times (Nov. 29-Dec. 15, 2009; Jan. 23, 2010-present).
• Carter has made a 3-point field goal in 17 consecutive games - the ninth-longest streak in school history.
• Ekpe Udoh is the only Bear who has recorded at least one assist in all 22 games this season.
• Udoh has recorded at least one block in 26 consecutive games, including the last four contests of the 2007-08 season at €ˆMichigan.
SCORING IN BUNCHES OF 20 OR MORE
• With his game-high 23 points in a Feb. 6 loss at Texas €ˆA&M, junior LaceDarius Dunn has 10 20-point games this season and 25 for his career, which ranks 10th on Baylor's career list.
• Dunn trails David Wesley and Curtis €ˆJerrells (both with 26) by one for eighth all-time. Last season, Jerrells had a team-best nine 20-point outings in 39 games.
BLOCKING HIS WAY TO BIG 12 HISTORY
• Ekpe Udoh ranks seventh on the Big 12 single-season list with 91 rejections. Udoh needs just 28 blocks (2.8 per game in his remaining eight regular season contests) to set a new conference record. Iowa State's Kelvin Cato is the current Big 12 single-season leader with 118 blocks during the 1996-97 season.
• Udoh needs just nine blocks to become just the third player in Big 12 history to reach the 100-rejection plateau (Cato, Colorado's David Harrison).
HE HAS MORE BLOCKS THAN YOU
• Ekpe Udoh enters Wednesday's game at Nebraska with a Big 12-leading 91 blocked shots - 21 more blocks than the entire Nebraska team (70) in 23 games.
