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RV/RV Baylor (13-5, 3-2) at RV/24 Kansas State (13-7, 1-4) Jan. 24, 2011 | 8:05 p.m. CST| Manhattan, Kan. | Bramlage Coliseum (12,528) TV: ESPN/ESPN HD(ESPN "Big Monday")

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GAME CENTER: GAME 19
MEDIA INFORMATION
Date: Mon., Jan. 24, 2011
Tip-Off: 8:05 p.m. CST
Location: Manhattan, Kan.
Arena: Bramlage Coliseum (12,528)
Television: ESPN/ESPN HD
Talent: Brent Musburger (pxp), Bob Knight (analyst), Holly Rowe (sideline)
Radio: Baylor IMG College Radio Network/ESPN Central Texas;
1660 AM €ˆ(Waco); 106.9 FM (Killeen); 101.3 €ˆFM €ˆ(Waco); 100.9 FM €ˆ(Temple); Sirius 122/XM 143
Talent: John Morris (pxp), Pat Nunley (color)
Series (Overall): Kansas State leads 12-10
Series (Big 12 era): Baylor leads 9-7
Series (in Manhattan): K-State leads 7-4
Current Series Streak: K-State, 2 wins
Scott Drew Record vs. KS: 3-5
Live Stats: www.BaylorBears.com
Audio Web Stream: www.BaylorBears.com
Video Web Stream: www.ESPN3.com
In-Game Blog: None

QUICK HITS
• Baylor (13-5, 3-2) is in search for its first win against the Big 12 North this season when it travels to Manhattan, Kan., to face Kansas €ˆState (13-7, 1-4) on ESPN.
• Baylor will play on the €ˆESPN "Big Monday" platform for the second consecutive week and for only the fifth time in school history (Baylor is 1-3 in four "Big Monday" appearances).
• Baylor hasn't lost back-to-back Big 12 road games since Jan. 2010 at Colorado and Kansas.
• Baylor is 28-25 in the Big 12 in the last three-plus seasons (Baylor was 27-85 from 2001-07).
• Baylor has made at least one 3-point field goal in 606 consecutive games.
• G LaceDarius Dunn ranks second all-time in school history with 2,058 career points. Dunn needs 132 points to become Baylor's all-time leading scorer (Terry Teagle; 2,189). Dunn needs 199 points to surpass Texas Tech's Andre Emmett (2,256) as the Big 12's career scoring leader.
• Dunn leads the Big 12 in scoring (21.3) and leads the nation in 3FG €ˆmade per game (3.87).
• Dunn has made a 3-point field goal in a school-record 32 consecutive games.
• PG €ˆA.J. Walton leads the Big 12 in steals-per-game (2.35) and ranks second in assists-per-game (5.41).
• F Perry Jones III has scored in double figures in 15 of 18 games this season and leads all Big 12 freshmen in overall and conference-only FG €ˆpercentage.
• Jones III and F Anthony Jones have both improved their FG €ˆshooting in conference play. PJ3 leads Baylor with 70.6 percent (36-of-48), while Jones ranks second on the team at 68.9 percent (20-of-29).

TELEVISION COVERAGE
• For the second consecutive week, Baylor will play on the ESPN "Big Monday" platform against a team from the Sunflower State. This time, the Bears will travel to Manhattan, Kan., to face the Kansas State Wildcats at 8:05 p.m. CST €ˆon ESPN. Brent Musburger (play-by-play), Bob Knight (analyst) and Holly Rowe (sideline) will serve as the talent for the ESPN broadcast.
• Baylor is 1-3 all-time on the ESPN €ˆ"Big Monday" platform and has lost the last three "Big Monday" appearances since upsetting No. 6 Kansas, 85-77, in its inaugural "Big Monday" appearance in 2001.

BAYLOR/KANSAS STATE SERIES HISTORY
• Monday marks the 23rd series meeting and the 17th in the Big 12 era.
• Kansas State leads the series 12-10, but Baylor has won three of the last five meetings in Manhattan.
• In Baylor's last trip to Manhattan, LaceDarius Dunn scored 33 points and tied a then-school record with nine 3-pointers as the 23rd-ranked Bears won, 83-65.
• Baylor is 9-7 against K-State in the Big 12 era and the Wildcats won both series meetings in 2009-10.
• Scott Drew is 3-5 vs. Kansas State.

ROAD -- AND NEUTRAL -- WARRIORS
• When Baylor takes the court at Kansas State, the Bears will be playing their third true road game this season.
• In the last four seasons under eighth-year head coach Scott Drew, Baylor has won 17 neutral-site and 17 true road games -- a combined 34-28 record away from home.
• In Baylor's first 11 seasons in the Big 12, it won a combined 28 games away from Waco (13 road wins).

A ROAD WIN IN THE BIG 12 IS HARD TO FIND
• Baylor is 11-47 in its last 58 Big 12 road games, but has won four of its last five Big 12 road games.
• Under eighth-year head coach Scott Drew, Baylor has posted road wins against seven different Big 12 schools.

UP NEXT
• Baylor will return home to host the Colorado Buffaloes on Saturday, Jan. 29, at 12:47 p.m. CST on the Big 12 Network (Time Warner 165, Grande 15). Mitch Holthus (play-by-play) and Stephen Howard (analyst) will serve as the talent for the ESPN €ˆRegional Television broadcast.

BEARS FARING BETTER AGAINST THE BIG 12 NORTH
• Since the 2000-01 season, Baylor has had much more success against the Big 12 North schools than those in the South. Baylor is 26-36 over the last 11 seasons vs. Big 12 North schools in the regular season, while posting just a 30-73 against the South.
• Baylor is 16-28 in 44 regular-season games against the Big 12 €ˆNorth and 24-49 against the Big 12 South in the Scott Drew era. In the seven previous Big 12 seasons prior to Drew's arrival, the Bears were 15-27 against the North.

THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE KANSAS
• Between Allen Fieldhouse and Bramlage Coliseum, senior G €ˆLaceDarius Dunn has been very successful in his previous three trips to the Sunflower State. Dunn is averaging 27.7 points and 6.3 3FG made in three games in Kansas -- 23 points (5-10 3FG) at Kansas in 2008, 33 at Kansas State (9-12 3FG) in 2009 and 27 (5-8 3FG) at Kansas in 2010.
• In Dunn's only other trip to Bramlage €ˆColiseum, he scored a game-high 33 points and connected on a then-school-record-tying nine 3-pointers in Baylor's 83-65 win.

SUCCESS AGAINST THE SUNFLOWER STATE
• LaceDarius Dunn is averaging 20.4 points in nine career games against Kansas and Kansas State. Dunn has scored 20+ points in five of his nine games against the Big 12's Kansas schools -- three vs. Kansas and two vs. Kansas State.
• Dunn is a career 50.7-percent 3-point shooter (34-of-67) against the Kansas schools, including a 48.4 percent mark (15-of-31) in four career games vs. Kansas State.

KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES
• Two-thirds of Baylor's starting front court is named Jones and neither is related. Freshman F Perry Jones III and junior F €ˆAnthony Jones have both improved their scoring production in 2011. In Baylor's first seven games of 2011, the Joneses have combined to average 27.1 points and 9.9 rebounds. Since the start of 2011, Jones III ranks second on the team in scoring (15.6), while A. Jones is fourth with 10.6 points-per-game.
• The Joneses are shooting 65.7 percent from the floor (67-of-102), 69.2 percent from 3-point range (9-of-13) and 78.3 percent at the FT €ˆline (47-of-60) in the first seven games to start 2011. By comparison, the Joneses averaged 20.2 points and 14.2 rebounds, but shot 49.4 percent from the floor (88-of-178), 17.6 percent from 3-point range (6-of-34) and 65.6 percent at the FT €ˆline (40-of-61) in Baylor's 11 games of 2010.

PJ3'S BIG 12 TURNAROUND
• Since starting his career averaging 11.8 points and 7.5 rebounds in his first 13 games, freshman F Perry Jones III is averaging 19.8 points and 5.6 rebounds in five Big 12 contests. Jones III is shooting a league-leading 70.6 percent (36-of-51) from the floor and 79.4 percent (27-of-34) at the FT €ˆline in Big 12 play.
• Jones III opened Big 12 play with back-to-back 20-point games -- a then-career-high-tying 20 points at Texas Tech (Jan. 8), followed by a career-high 25 points vs. Oklahoma (Jan. 11). PJ3 became the first Baylor freshman to post back-to-back 20-point games since LaceDarius Dunn did it twice during the 2007-08 season.
• PJ3 has four 20-point games in Baylor's first five Big 12 contests. Jones III leads all Big 12 freshmen in both scoring (14.1) and FG €ˆpercentage (57.5). He ranks 11th overall in scoring, ninth in rebounding (9.0) and third in FG €ˆpercentage, while ranking third in Big 12-only scoring (19.8).