No. 6 MBB, Texas Battle Saturday on CBS
1/26/2012 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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| 6/7 Baylor (18-2, 5-2) vs. NR/NR Texas (13-7, 3-4) Jan. 28, 2012 | 12:05 p.m. CST Waco, Texas | Ferrell Center (10,284) TV: CBS |
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STORY LINES
• After posting its third Big 12 road win of the season, No. 6/7 Baylor (18-2, 5-2) returns home Saturday to host long-time conference rival Texas (13-7, 3-4) at 12:05 p.m. CST €ˆon CBS.
• Saturday's game against Texas is the Baylor men's basketball program's second consecutive advance sellout. It is the ninth Ferrell Center sellout in Scott Drew's nine-year tenure. Baylor's 2010-11 regular-season finale against Texas set the Ferrell Center attendance record with 10,627.
• Baylor is 18-3 all-time when ranked in the Top 10 - 15 of those wins have come this season.
• Saturday will be the 237th series meeting between Baylor and Texas, the most-played basketball rivalry for both schools. Texas leads the all-time series 157-79 and 64-46 for games played in Waco.
• Baylor is 11-4 in its last 15 games against its three in-state Big 12 opponents - Texas A&M (4-1), Texas Tech (4-1) and Texas (3-2). Baylor is 2-0 against Texas Big 12 schools this season.
• Baylor is 18-2 to start the season for the first time in program history.
• Baylor is 4-1 in games decided by 5 points or fewer this season.
• Baylor has made at least one 3-point field goal in 639 consecutive games - the second-longest active streak in the Big 12.
• Junior G €ˆPierre Jackson, a finalist for the 2012 Bob Cousy Award, leads all Big 12 players in assists (6.00) and ranks second in steals (1.85). Jackson leads the Big 12 in both categories in conference-only games - assists (9.00) and steals (2.57).
• Jackson has 59 assists in the last 6 games (9.9 assists per game); he had 61 dimes in the first 14 games (4.4 per game).
• Five different Baylor players - Perry Jones III (14.2), Pierre Jackson (12.8), Quincy Acy (12.7), Quincy Miller (12.5) and Brady Heslip (10.0) - are averaging more than 10 points per game, combining for 59 double-digit scoring outings.
• Senior F Quincy Acy ranks 17th in school history with 1,159 points. He also ranks second in career FG percentage (60.8), second in career blocks (155) and t9th in career rebounding (681).
• Baylor has held 15 opponents to fewer than 70 points. Since the start of the 2007-08 season, Baylor is 69-9 when holding opponents below the 70-point mark. Baylor is 102-25 in the Scott Drew era when holding opponents to fewer than 70 points.
• In his last 51 games, Acy has blocked 93 shots, an average of 1.82 blocks per game (62 blocks in his first 70 games at Baylor).
• 55 of sophomore G Brady Heslip's 65 field goals have been from 3-point range. Heslip has made at least one 3FG in 19 games.
UP NEXT
• Baylor hits the road Feb. 1 to face Texas A&M for the 205th "Battle of the Brazos" - the final series meeting in College Station as Big 12 members. Texas A&M leads the all-time series 127-77, but Baylor has won five of the last six meetings.
• Wednesday's showdown will tip at 8 p.m. CST €ˆon ESPN2 (Jon Sciambi, play-by-play; Fran Fraschilla, analyst).
TELEVISION COVERAGE
• Saturday's showdown against long-time conference rival Texas will be televised nationally on CBS at 12:05 p.m. CST. Verne Lundquist (play-by-play) and Clark Kellogg (analyst) €ˆwill call the action.
• It marks the first national CBS €ˆregular-season home broadcast in program history. Baylor is 3-2 all-time on CBS €ˆ- all five appearances have coming during NCAA €ˆtournament play (0-1 in 2008, 3-1 in 2010).
ANOTHER ADVANCED SELLOUT
• Saturday's game against Texas is the Baylor men's basketball program's second consecutive advance sellout. Last Saturday's Top 5 matchup against then-No. 5 Missouri was the first advance sellout in program history.
• It is the ninth Ferrell Center sellout in Scott Drew's nine-year tenure. Baylor's 2010-11 regular-season finale against Texas set the Ferrell Center attendance record with 10,627.
SERIES HISTORY
• Saturday will be the 237th series meeting between Baylor and Texas, the most-played basketball rivalry for both schools. Texas leads the all-time series 157-79 and 64-46 for games played in Waco.
• Baylor is 7-27 against Texas in the Big 12 era series, while head coach Scott Drew is 4-15 all-time against the Longhorns.
SERIES NOTES: Saturday is the fourth time in the series that Baylor is ranked ... Before Texas swept regular-season series in 2010-11, Baylor had won four straight meetings, including a regular-season series sweep in 2009-10 (first time since 1997-98 season) ... Last season's regular-season finale was the site for College GameDay Driven by State Farm - a Baylor first for any sport ... LaceDarius Dunn became the Big 12's all-time leading scorer in the 2010-11 finale in Waco ... In 2009-10 finale in Waco, Quincy Acy posted his own SportsCenter highlight reel with 10 dunks against the Longhorns, earning the top two spots on SportsCenter Top 10 Plays later that night ... Baylor's 80-77 OT win at No. 6 Texas in 2010 was its first win in Austin since 1998 ... On Jan. 22, 1927, coach Ralph Wolf was taking his first Baylor basketball team to play a game in Austin against the University of Texas. Rain hampered the vision of the chartered bus driver as debris from the road sprayed the windshield of the bus. In Round Rock, Texas, just miles from the team's arrival in Austin, a speeding train from the I&GA Railroad Company rammed into the side of the bus at a railway crossing near the center of the city. Ten of the 21 players, coaches and fans in the Baylor party that traveled on the bus that day were killed (The Immortal Ten).
TEXAS-SIZED SUCCESS
• Baylor is 11-4 in its last 15 games against its three in-state Big 12 opponents - Texas A&M (4-1), Texas Tech (4-1) and Texas (3-2). Baylor is 2-0 against Texas Big 12 schools this season.
• Prior to its recent in-state success, the Bears were a combined 10-27 against Texas, Texas A&M and Texas Tech in Scott Drew's first six seasons at Baylor.
COACHES VS. CANCER ® SUITS AND SNEAKERS WEEKEND
• Coming up this Friday through Sunday (Jan. 27-29) is the annual Coaches vs. Cancer ® Suits and Sneakers awareness weekend, a collaborative initiative of the American Cancer Society and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). Participating NABC member coaches will wear sneakers instead of dress shoes with their suits during weekend games to demonstrate their support for the American Cancer Society and its vision of a world with less cancer and more birthdays.
• Fans may support this cause by texting COACH to 20222 from any wireless phone to make a $5 donation toward Coaches vs. Cancer and help in the search for a cure. For more information, visit the Coaches vs. Cancer Facebook page, facebook.com/coachesvscancer.
• By lacing up sneakers with their suits, college and high school basketball coaches nationwide will spotlight the fact that while cancer remains a major health concern, everyone can take daily steps to reduce their risk of the disease. For those who do not smoke, weight control, exercise and a healthy diet are the best ways to improve health and reduce cancer risk. Obesity has been shown to increase the risk for many forms of cancer, including breast, prostate, and colon cancers and may account for 20 percent of cancer deaths in women and 14 percent in men.
HE DISHES IT AND HE TAKES IT
• Junior G €ˆPierre Jackson, a finalist for the 2012 Bob Cousy Award, leads all Big 12 players in assists (6.00) and ranks second in steals (1.85). Jackson leads the Big 12 in both categories in conference-only games - assists (9.00) and steals (2.57).
• Jackson, who is averaging 10.4 assists and 2.2 steals in the last five games, dished out a career-high 15 assists in a Jan. 21 loss to No. 5 Missouri. His 15 assists tied the Big 12 record for assists in a conference game and tied for the fourth-most ever by a Big 12 player in any game; Jackson's 15 assists were the sixth-most in a single game in program history and the most since Nelson Haggerty had 18 at TCU on Feb. 14, 1995.
• Jackson has 7+ assists in each of the last six games. Nearly half of his 120 assists have come in the last six games (59).
BAYLOR'S FIVE-HEADED ATTACK
• Five different Baylor players - Perry Jones III (14.2), Pierre Jackson (12.8), Quincy Acy (12.7), Quincy Miller (12.5) and Brady Heslip (10.0) - are averaging more than 10 points per game, combining for 59 double-digit scoring outings.
• Baylor's five-headed attack is shooting 52 percent from the floor, 46 percent on 3FG and 77 percent from the free throw line.
• The group has accounted for more than 74 percent of Baylor's overall scoring production (1,116 of Baylor's 1,563 points).
BAYLOR 20-WIN SEASONS
• In the program's first 101 seasons, Baylor posted 20+ wins just three times - 1945-46 (25-5, NCAA West Regional), 1947-48 (24-8, NCAA €ˆRunner-Up) and 1987-88 (23-11, NCAA €ˆFirst Round).
• In the last five seasons under head coach Scott Drew, Baylor has won 20+ games three times - 2007-08 (21-11, NCAA €ˆFirst Round), 2008-09 (24-15, NIT €ˆFinals) and 2009-10 (28-8, NCAA €ˆElite €ˆEight). Baylor is two wins shy of posting its seventh 20-win season and its fourth in the last five seasons.
A FIRST FOR THE THIRD
• With sophomore F €ˆPerry Jones III's sixth career double-double Jan. 24 at Oklahoma, he accomplished something he had never done in his first two seasons at Baylor - post a 20-10 game. PJ3 scored 21 points and pulled down a season-high-tying 12 rebounds in Baylor's 77-65 road win over the Sooners.
• Jones III posted the first 20-point, 10-rebound game by a Baylor player since March 9, 2011, when Quincy Acy poured in 21 points and 15 rebounds against Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championship.
#DOWNTOWNCANADIAN
• Sophomore G Brady Heslip has made at least one 3FG in 19 of 20 games this season and owned a streak of 13 consecutive games with at least 1 trey until being held scoreless Jan. 2 vs. Texas €ˆA&M. Heslip is knocking down an impressive 47 percent from beyond the arc (55-for-117). In fact, 55 of the Ontario native's 65 FGs this season have been from 3-point range.
• Heslip has quickly established himself as one of the nation's best 3-point shooters. He leads the Big 12 with 2.75 3FGs made per game and ranks 3rd in 3FG percentage.
