MBB Looks to Extend Home Win Streak vs. Tech
2/17/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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| RV/RV Baylor (17-8, 6-5) vs. Texas Tech (11-15, 3-8) Feb. 19, 2011 | 7:10 p.m. CST| Waco, Texas | Ferrell Center (10,284) TV: FOX Sports Southwest |
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GAME CENTER: GAME 26
MEDIA INFORMATION
Date: Sat., Feb. 19, 2011
Tip-Off: 7:10 p.m. CST
Location: Waco, Texas
Arena: Ferrell Center (10,284)
Television: FOX Sports Southwest
Talent: Greg Lucas (pxp), Jim Haller (analyst)
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 125/XM 231
Talent: John Morris (pxp), Pat Nunley (analyst)
Series (Overall): Texas Tech leads 74-47
Series (Big 12 era): Texas Tech leads 17-13
Series (in Waco): Baylor leads 30-25
Current Series Streak: Baylor, 3 wins
Scott Drew Record vs. TT: 8-7
Live Stats: www.BaylorBears.com
Audio Web Stream: www.BaylorBears.com
Video Web Stream: www.BaylorBears.com and www.ESPN3.com
In-Game Blog: www.BaylorBears.com
QUICK HITS
• Baylor (17-8, 6-5) will try to extend its February home winning streak to nine games Saturday when the Bears host Texas Tech (11-15, 3-8) at the Ferrell Center.
• Baylor has made at least one 3-point field goal in 613 consecutive games.
• Baylor is 8-2 over the last two seasons against its three in-state Big 12 opponents -- Texas €ˆ(3-1), Texas €ˆA&M €ˆ(2-1), Texas €ˆTech (3-0). BU has won four straight home games vs. its three in-state Big 12 rivals.
• Baylor is 29-2 at home in the last two seasons, including a 14-1 record in 2010-11.
• Baylor has won eight straight February home games dating back to the 2008-09 season.
• G LaceDarius Dunn, Baylor's all-time leading scorer with 2,196 careerpoints, needs 61 points to surpass Texas Tech's Andre Emmett (2,256) as the Big 12's career scoring leader.
• Dunn is the NCAA Division I €ˆactive career leader with 378 3FG and is tied for 14th on the NCAA €ˆDivision I €ˆcareer list. He needs 12 treys to become the Big 12's all-time leader.
• Dunn has made a 3FG in a school-record 39 consecutive games.
• Dunn has scored 20+ second-half points four times this season, including the last two games.
• PG A.J. Walton leads the Big 12 in steals-per-game (2.21) and ranks second in assists-per-game (5.08).
• F Perry Jones III leads all Big 12 freshmen in scoring and FG €ˆpercentage.
• F Quincy Acy needs one blocked shot to become the sixth player in school history with 100+ career blocks.
• F Anthony Jones has started 61 consecutive games.
TELEVISION COVERAGE
• Saturday's Big 12 home game between Baylor and Texas Tech will be televised live regionally on FOX €ˆSports €ˆSouthwest at 7 p.m. CST €ˆ(7:10 p.m. CST tip). Greg €ˆLucas (play-by-play) and Jim Haller (analyst) will serve as the talent for the €ˆFSN broadcast. Live video will also be available online at www.BaylorBears.com (subscription required) and www.ESPN3.com. The game will also be available on ESPN €ˆFull Court (pay-per-view).
FS SOUTHWEST CLEARANCES
Cable (in Central Texas): Time Warner (26), Grande (27/827 HD)
National Satellite: DirecTV €ˆ(659, 676, 678), Dish Network (416, 447)
Also available on ESPN3.com and ESPN €ˆFull Court (pay-per-view)
BAYLOR/TEXAS TECH SERIES HISTORY
• Saturday is the 122nd series meeting -- the seventh-most played series in Baylor history.
• Texas Tech leads the all-time series, 74-47, but BU has won six of the last seven meetings.
• Texas Tech leads the Big 12-era series, 17-13.
• Baylor is 30-25 all-time vs. the Red €ˆRaiders in Waco and has won five straight series meetings at home.
• Head €ˆCoach Scott Drew is 8-7 all-time vs. Texas Tech.
SCOUTING TEXAS TECH
• Since evening its record to 11-11 after an OT win Jan. 29 against Oklahoma State, Texas Tech (11-15, 3-8) has lost four straight Big 12 games -- all to teams ranked in the top 25. The Red Raiders are 1-7 on the road this season and have lost their last two contests away from Lubbock.
• More than half (38.1) of Texas Tech's total scoring production (73.3) comes from three seniors -- John Roberson (13.7), Mike €ˆSingletary (12.8) and Brad Reese (11.6). Singletary, whose younger brother is on the Baylor football team, leads the Red Raiders with 5.7 rebounds-per-game and ranks second in assists (2.5 assists-per-game).
• Roberson ranks sixth in the Big 12 with 4.04 assists-per-game and 10th in assist-to-turnover ration (1.39).
UP NEXT
• Baylor will face its final Big 12 North opponent of the regular season Feb. 23 when the Bears travel to Columbia, Mo., to face the Missouri Tigers at 8 p.m. CST €ˆon ESPN2. The Bears are 2-9 all-time at Missouri and have lost their last nine trips to Columbia (last wins at Mizzou both in 1948).
BAYLOR'S NEW SCORING KING
• Senior G LaceDarius Dunn became Baylor's all-time scoring leader Feb. 15 in a non-conference win against NAIA member Wayland Baptist. With his fastbreak layup at the 6:31 mark of the second half, Dunn passed Terry Teagle (2,189) for the school's career scoring record.
• Dunn ranks fifth among NCAA €ˆDivision I active scorers with 2,196 career points and is one of 11 Division I current players with at least 2,000 career points.
DUNN CLOSING IN ON BIG 12 SCORING RECORD
• LaceDarius €ˆDunn, who ranks third on the Big 12 career scoring list with 2,196 career points, needs 61 points to surpass Texas Tech's Andre Emmett (2,256) as the Big 12's career scoring leader.
• Dunn trails Texas Tech's Jarrius Jackson (2,221) by 25 points for second place on the Big 12 scoring list.
NOT DUNN YET -- TRIPLE STREAK CONTINUES
• Senior LaceDarius €ˆDunn has made a 3-point field goal in a school-record 39 consecutive games, surpassing the previous school mark of 29 games held by Tevis €ˆStukes. Dunn's current streak is the fourth-longest in Big 12 Conference history.
• Dunn, who is the only player in school history with multiple 3-point streaks of 20 games or more, owns every major 3-point record at Baylor. He has made a 3-point field goal in 121 of his 128 career games.
LOOKING FOR MORE THREE-POINT RECORDS
• LaceDarius Dunn has made a Baylor-record 378 career 3FG and is the only player in program history to make 300+ 3FG. After draining a school-record 10 treys Jan. 4 vs. Morgan State, Dunn moved into second place on the Big 12's career list, passing Missouri's Clarence Gilbert (332) and Kansas' Jeff Boschee (338).
• Dunn needs 12 treys to surpass Texas' A.J. Abrams (389) as the Big 12 career leader.
QUEST FOR 400
• LaceDarius Dunn, who is the NCAA €ˆDivision I €ˆactive career leader in 3FG, is tied with UMKC's Ronnie Schmitz for 14th on the NCAA €ˆDivision I €ˆlist with 378 career 3-point field goals.
• Dunn needs 22 3FG to become only the 11th player in NCAA €ˆDivision I history with 400+ career 3FG.
TEXAS-SIZED SUCCESS
• Baylor is 8-2 over the last two seasons against its three in-state Big 12 opponents -- Texas €ˆ(3-1), Texas €ˆA&M €ˆ(2-1), Texas €ˆTech €ˆ(3-0).
• BU has won four straight home games vs. its three in-state Big 12 rivals.
• Prior to its recent in-state success, the Bears were a combined 10-27 against Texas, Texas €ˆA&M and Texas Tech in Scott Drew's first six seasons at Baylor.
CLOSER TO 20 WINS, AGAIN
• Baylor enters Saturday's game vs. Texas Tech three wins shy of posting its school-record fourth consecutive 20-win season. Prior to the current run, Baylor had won 20 or more games only three times in the program's 101 years of competition.
WINNING IN FEBRUARY
• Baylor enters Saturday riding an eight-game February home winning streak, dating back to the 2008-09 season. Four of Baylor's last eight February home wins have been decided by fewer than five points.
