Another Road Test Awaits No. 6 MBB at BYU
12/15/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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| 6/7 Baylor at BYU Dec. 17, 2011 | 1 p.m. CT Provo, Utah | Marriott Center (22,700) TV: BYUtv |
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• No. 6/7 Baylor (8-0) €ˆwill face its second non-conference true road game test of the season when it travels to Provo, Utah, to face BYU €ˆ(8-2). Saturday's game will tip at 1 p.m. CST €ˆon BYUtv (free live video at BYUtv.org/watch).
• In addition to facing the Cougars, Baylor will be competing against one of the nation's best home-court advantages, Marriott Center, where BYU is 48-1 in its last 49 non-conference home games.
• Saturday will be the eighth series meeting between Baylor and BYU and the first since 1979. BYU leads the all-time series 5-2 and has won each of the last four meetings.
• Baylor has won six straight non-conference true road games and is 7-4 in such games in the Scott €ˆDrew era.
• Baylor has won 15 of its last 21 non-conference games away from home since the 2007-08 season.
• Sophomore G €ˆGary Franklin is scheduled to make his Baylor debut at BYU. He transferred in January 2011 from Cal and sat out the spring 2011 and fall 2011 semesters to satisfy the NCAA's year-in-residence transfer rule.
• Baylor is in search of only the third 9-0 season start in program history and first since 2000-01.
• Baylor's No. 6 ranking in the latest €ˆAP €ˆTop 25 is the highest in program history (previous was €ˆNo. 7). Baylor's No. 7 ranking in the USA €ˆTODAY/ESPN Top 25 is also the highest coaches poll ranking in program history.
• Baylor (8-0) is one of only nine undefeated Division I teams remaining - Illinois, Indiana, Louisville, Marquette, Missouri, Murray State, Syracuse and Xavier are the others.
• Baylor has made at least one 3-point field goal in 627 consecutive games - the second-longest active streak in the Big 12.
• Senior €ˆF €ˆQuincy Acy became the 25th 1,000-point scorer in program history - and seventh of the Scott Drew era - in Baylor's win Dec. 14 vs. Bethune-Cookman.
• Senior F Quincy Acy and redshirt sophomore F Cory Jefferson rank second and fourth, respectively, among Big 12 players in blocked shots. Acy (26) is averaging 3.3 blocks-per-game, while Jefferson (22) owns a 2.8 rejections-per-game average.
• Baylor is the only school with multiple players ranked in the Top 20 nationally in blocked shots - Acy (14th), Jefferson (t18th).
• Brady Heslip (20-of-50), Pierre Jackson (12-of-20), Anthony Jones (9-of-24) and Quincy Miller (7-of-15) are shooting a combined 44 percent from 3-point range, accounting for 48 of Baylor's 53 3-point FG through six games.
UP NEXT
• Sixth-ranked €ˆBaylor returns to home Dec. 19 to host Paul Quinn in the second home game of the 2011 Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic. Baylor follows with a trip to Las Vegas for the final two games of the Las Vegas Classic to play Saint Mary's (Dec. 22, ESPN3) and West Virginia (Dec. 23, ESPN).
TELEVISION COVERAGE
• Baylor's game at BYU will be televised on the school's television network, BYUtv (DirecTV 374, Dish Network 9403). Dave McCann (play-by-play) and Blaine Fowler (analyst) will serve as the talent for the €ˆtelecast. Free live video will also be available at www.BYUtv.org/watch.
SERIES HISTORY
• Saturday will be the eighth series meeting between Baylor and BYU and the first since 1979. BYU leads the all-time series 5-2 and has won each of the last four meetings. Baylor is 1-4 in Provo and hasn't won on BYU's home floor since Dec. 18, 1954.
SERIES NOTES: Baylor defeated BYU 56-55 in the 1950 NCAA €ˆWest Regional semifinal at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo. ... Baylor finished fourth nationally in 1950, later losing to Bradley 68-66 in the NCAA €ˆWest Regional final and 53-41 to N.C. State in the NCAA €ˆnational third-place game in New €ˆYork City ... In last series meeting, BYU, ranked 15th in the nation, won handily 100-58 in Provo ... Saturday will mark only second series meeting featuring a nationally ranked team.
BAYLOR VS. WEST COAST CONFERENCE
• Baylor is 7-11 all-time against West €ˆCoast Conference schools and has won two of its last three games against WCC €ˆmembers.
• BYU, formerly of the Mountain West Conference, is the first of two WCC €ˆopponents on Baylor's schedule. Next week in Las Vegas, Baylor and Saint Mary's will square off in a rematch of the 2010 NCAA €ˆSouth Regional Semifinals.
ACY JOINS BAYLOR'S 1,000-POINT CLUB
• Known for his ferocious dunks, senior F Quincy Acy became the 25th 1,000-point scorer in Baylor history Dec. 14 against Bethune-Cookman ... on a free throw at the 3:58 mark in the second half. Acy is the seventh 1,000-point scorer in the Scott Drew era, joining Aaron Bruce, Curtis Jerrells, Henry Dugat, Kevin Rogers, LaceDarius €ˆDunn and Tweety Carter.
• 38 percent of Acy's career points (384 of 1,001) have come from dunks.
MORE ON BAYLOR'S 1,000-POINT SCORERS
• In Scott Drew's nine seasons as head coach, Baylor has produced seven 1,000-point scorers - all in the last six seasons. Baylor's seven latest 1,000-point scorers have produced an average of 1,496 career points, while four of the last seven 1,000-point scorers currently rank in the top 10 in program history - LaceDarius Dunn (1st), Curtis Jerrells €ˆ(4th), Tweety Carter (8th) and Kevin Rogers (9th).
• Prior to the current run, Baylor had just 18 1,000-point scorers in the program's first 100 seasons (an average of 1,331 points per 1,000-point scorer).
NON-CONFERENCE TRUE ROAD GAMES ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN
• When Baylor faced Northwestern on Dec. 4 in Evanston, Ill., it had been 701 days since Baylor last played a non-conference true road game (Baylor won handily 69-41).
• Baylor has won six straight non-conference true road games, with its last loss coming Dec. 16, 2006, at €ˆNo. 23 Syracuse.
• Baylor is 7-4 in non-conference true road games in the Scott Drew era.
• Baylor did not play a true road non-conference game during the 2010-11 season (four neutral-site games).
WINNING AWAY FROM HOME IN NON-CONFERENCE
• Baylor is 18-12 in non-conference games away from the Ferrell Center (road and neutral) in the Scott Drew era.
• Baylor has saved its best for the last four-plus seasons, winning 15 of its last 21 non-conference games away from home since the 2007-08 season (Baylor was 1-3 in non-conference away games in 2010-11).
FRANKLIN SET FOR DEBUT
• After sitting out the second half of the 2010-11 season and the first half of this season, sophomore G Gary Franklin is scheduled to make his Baylor debut Dec. 17 at BYU. He transferred in January 2011 after playing 13 games - with 11 starts - as a freshman at Cal. He averaged 8.2 points in 25.7 minutes per game.
• Saturday would mark Franklin's first college game in 349 days. He last played Jan. 2, 2011, in Cal's 82-68 road loss at Stanford. Franklin scored 15 points in final game with the €ˆGolden Bears.
KEEPING IT UNDER 70
• Baylor has held each of its first eight opponents to fewer than 70 points. Baylor has won 43 of its last 45 non-conference games when holding opponents below the 70-point mark. Baylor is 93-25 in the Scott Drew era when holding opponents to fewer than 70 points.
• Baylor is 4-0 in non-conference true road games in the Drew era when holding opponents to fewer than 70 points.
A DIFFERENT GEAR
• Junior G €ˆPierre Jackson began his Baylor career by averaging 7.7 points on 39 percent shooting (7-of-18) and 5.3 assists in his first three games (24.7 minutes off the bench). Since then, Jackson is averaging 14.4 points on 71 percent shooting (22-of-31) and 3.8 assists in his last five games (21.8 minutes off the bench).
• Jackson is shooting 69 percent from 3-point range, knocking down 9-of-13 3-point shots, in the last five games. In his first three games, the Las Vegas, Nev., native was just 3-of-7 from 3-point range (43 percent).
