Men's Basketball Hosts SFA Monday Night
11/23/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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Baylor (3-0) vs. Stephen F. Austin (1-2) |
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? Monday will mark the 15th series meeting between?Baylor and SFA, but it will be the first since Nov. 25, 2003.
? Baylor leads the series 8-6, including a 3-2 mark in?Waco, but SFA has won the last two meetings.
? Baylor's game against SFA will air on?FOX?Sports Southwest-Plus. It's the third of six games scheduled to be broadcast by Baylor Vision on?FOX?Sports, the Bears' third-tier TV network.
? Baylor's last game vs. SFA was a 79-57 loss in Scott Drew's second game as Baylor head coach on Nov. 25, 2003.
? Baylor held McNeese State to 39 points in the season opener, tying the fewest points BU has allowed against a Division I opponent since a 43-37 win vs. 20th-ranked Oklahoma State on Dec. 11, 1958.
? Baylor has held 2 of its first 3 opponents in a season under 50 points for the first time since 1949-50.
? Baylor is 49-9 in November games during the Drew era, including a 30-4 mark since 2009-10.
? Baylor has allowed only 84 points over its two home games this season -- the last time BU allowed fewer points over two home games vs. DI teams was Dec. 5-8, 1949, when?BU held North?Texas and Texas Tech to 37 points apiece.
? Newcomers accounted for 52 of Baylor's 80 points in the season opener, with Deng Deng scoring a game-high 16 points in 16 minutes off the bench. Lester Medford (13) and Johnathan Motley (10) also reached double figures.
? Newcomers have scored 51%?of Baylor's points through 3 games (107 of 209), led by Motley's 33 and Medford's 29.
? Baylor is 24-4 against in-state opponents since 2011-12 and 38-8 against Lone Star State teams since 2009-10.
? Baylor is 173-81 (24 wins per season) over the last seven-plus seasons and has made six postseason appearances?(NCAA Tournament -- 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014; NIT -- 2009, 2013) with six 20-win seasons.
? Baylor is coming off a 2014 NCAA Sweet 16 appearance, which made Drew the youngest of 11 coaches nationally to take his current team to three Sweet 16s in the last five years.
? Baylor is 64-4 when leading at the half over the last four seasons -- 3-0 this season, 18-2 in 2013-14, 17-1 in 2012-13 and 26-1 in 2011-12.
? BU has six 20-win seasons in the last 7 years. BU had only three 20-win seasons prior to Drew's arrival.
? Baylor's 5 NBA?Draft picks in the last 3 years ranks 5th nationally behind Kentucky, Duke,?Kansas and Syracuse.
? Baylor has the nation's second-best postseason winning percentage over the last six years (17-4; .810).
? Baylor is one of only 12 schools nationally to play in the Sweet 16 in three of the last five seasons.
? Baylor was picked tied for 6th in the Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll, BU's lowest since 2009-10.
? Baylor is receiving votes in both national preseason polls. BU finished 2013-14 ranked No. 18 by the coaches.
? All 31 of Baylor's regular-season games will be televised this season, including 22 games on the ESPN?family of networks. The SFA game will be Baylor's 107th consecutive televised contest.
? Baylor is 14-3 in overtime games under Drew, including a 3-0 mark last season.
? Baylor is one of two Big 12 schools to be ranked in each of the last seven seasons (Kansas) entering 2014-15.
? Drew is coaching his 358th game at Baylor (207-150). His .580 winning percentage is best in BU history among coaches with four or more seasons, and his teams have a .681 winning percentage since 2007-08.
? Baylor is 27-10 in postseason tournaments (conference, national) over the last six seasons.
? Baylor has more Big 12 wins in the last 7 seasons (62-56) than its first 11 years in the league combined (45-131).
? Drew is tied with Kansas' Bill Self as the second-longest tenured head coach in the Big 12 Conference. Drew, who is in his 12th season at Baylor, is second only to Texas' Rick Barnes (17th season at UT).
? Baylor has the Big 12's 2nd-longest active streak with at least one 3-point FG made in 735 consecutive games.
? Baylor has 22 games on ESPN networks this season, giving BU 106 ESPN appearances in the last seven seasons.
SERIES HISTORY
? Monday's game will be the 15th meeting in the all-time series.?The Bears are 8-6 all-time vs. SFA, including a 3-2 mark in games played in?Waco, but SFA has won the last two meetings and five of the last eight.
? Baylor and SFA last met on Nov. 25, 2003, in the second game Scott Drew's tenure at BU. It was the only series meeting since the formation of the Big 12 Conference, and SFA?won 79-57.
? The majority of games were played prior to World War II, with nine of 14 meetings between 1930-31 and 1940-41.
? The teams split two meetings in Waco during the 1930-31 season, then the next eight meetings were in Nacogdoches, and Baylor won five of those games.
? Baylor is 41-13 all-time against current Southland Conference members, and nearly half of those losses (6 of 13) have come against Stephen F. Austin.
LAST TIME VS. SFA
? Baylor fell to SFA 79-57 on Nov. 25, 2003. The game was Scott Drew's second as Baylor head coach and his first defeat. The Bears had seven scholarship players that season.
? SFA led the entire game, and the Bears trailed 38-15 at the half after going 5-of-18 from the field in the first 20 minutes. BU out-scored SFA 42-41 in the second half.
? Baylor was led by 24 points and 6 rebounds from Terrance Thomas, while SFA got 28 points and 6 boards from Antonio Burks. BU shot only 39.6%, while SFA?connected on 56.6%?of its shots.
? BU had only 5 assists and committed 24 turnovers in the game.
BEST IN TEXAS
? Baylor is 24-4 against in-state opponents since the start of the 2011-12 season, including a 1-0 mark this season. The losses in that stretch came at Texas in 2013 and 2014, at Texas Tech in 2014 and home vs. Texas in 2014.
? Since 2009-10, BU is 38-8 against Lone Star State teams after going 10-27 vs. in-state teams in Scott Drew's first six seasons at Baylor. (1-0 in 2014-15, 6-3 in 13-14, 7-1 in 12-13, 10-0 in 11-12, 5-3 in 10-11, 9-1 in 09-10).
A WIN WOULD ...
? Make Baylor 9-6 all-time against Stephen F. Austin and mark BU's first win in the series since Dec. 10, 1993.
? Give Baylor a 4-0 start to the season for the 7th time in the last 8 years.
? Make Baylor 25-4 against in-state opponents since the start of the 2011-12 season.
? Give Baylor a 16-3 record over its last 19 games dating back to Feb. 12, 2014.
? Give Baylor an 83-34 record since the start of the 2011-12 season.
? Make Baylor 50-9 in November games under Drew, including a 30-4 record since 2009-10.
? Make Baylor 174-81 since the start of the 2007-08 season, good for a .682 winning percentage.
SEVEN NEWCOMERS COMBINE FOR 51% OF SCORING
? Baylor welcomed seven newcomers to its 2014-15 roster, headlined by two junior college transfers: G Lester Medford (Tucson,?Ariz./Indian Hills CC) and F Deng Deng (Melbourne, Australia/Lee College).
? BU also added two players from the high school ranks -- T.J.?Maston (DeSoto, Texas) and Dee Durham (Oakwood,?Texas) -- as well as junior walk-on transfer Austin Mills (Beverly Hills,?Calif./Pepperdine).
? Additionally, redshirt freshmen Johnathan Motley and Al?Freeman are playing their first collegiate seasons.
? The seven newcomers have combined for 107 of Baylor's 209 points (51%) through the season's first three games, including 65% in the season opener (52 of 80) and 51% in the win at South Carolina (35 of 69).
? BU leaned on returning players for 67% of the scoring (40 of 60) in Friday's win vs. Prairie View A&M.
HALFTIME ADJUSTMENTS PAYING OFF
? Baylor has won 94% of its games when leading at the half since 2011-12. The Bears are 64-4 when leading through the first 20 minutes in that stretch (3-0 this season, 18-2 in 2013-14, 17-1 in 2012-13 and 26-1 in 2011-12).
? BU has won 38% of games in which its been tied or trailing at the half since 2011-12, going 18-30 in those.
? BU has led at halftime in 68 of 116 games over the last three-plus seasons. With wins in 64 of those 68 games, and victories in 18 of 48 games it has trailed or been tied at the half, Baylor is 82-34 since 2011-12.
BAYLOR 49-9 IN NOVEMBER GAMES UNDER DREW
? Baylor is 49-9 in November games during the Scott Drew era, including a 30-4 mark since 2009-10.
? The Bears are 47-14 in December games under Drew, including a 23-5 record since 2009-10.
? Baylor is a combined 96-23 in games before the New Year under Drew, including a 53-9 record since 2009-10.
DREW IS PROGRAM'S ALL-TIME WINS LEADER
? Scott Drew holds Baylor's school record with 207 career wins as head coach.
? Drew became the all-time wins leader by defeating Texas on March 14, 2014 for his 202nd Baylor victory, passing Bill Henderson (201 wins; 1941-43 and 1945-61) for the all-time wins mark.
? Drew's .580 winning percentage is the best ever by a Baylor coach with four or more years at the helm.
UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS
? Baylor has enjoyed unprecedented success over the last seven seasons under 12th-year head coach Scott Drew. Since the start of the 2007-08 season, Baylor is 173-81 (24 wins per season) and has made six postseason appearances?(NCAA -- 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014; NIT?-- 2009, 2013) and posted six 20-win seasons.
? Prior to 2007-08, Baylor won only 135 games in the first 11 seasons of the Big 12 era (12.3 wins per season).
? Baylor has made 13 postseason appearances (six under Drew) and won 20+ games just nine times (six under Drew) in the program's first 108 seasons.
COACHING STABILITY
? Baylor's Scott Drew is tied with Kansas' Bill Self as the Big 12 Conference's second-longest tenured head coach. Drew, who is in his 12th season at BU in 2014-15, trails only Texas' Rick Barnes (17th season at UT).
DREW AMONG NATION'S ELITE
? Baylor's Scott Drew is tied with Kansas' Bill Self as the Big 12 Conference's second-longest tenured head coach. Drew, who is in his 12th season at BU in 2014-15, trails only Texas' Rick Barnes (17th season at UT).
NATION'S SECOND-BEST POSTSEASON RECORD
? Baylor's 17-4 postseason record over the past six seasons is the nation's second best among teams with three or more postseason berths since 2009.
? The Bears' 17 postseason wins trail only Kentucky (20-5) and North Carolina (18-5) during that span.
? Baylor went 4-1 and advanced to the 2009 NIT Championship game, 3-1 on their way to NCAA Tournament Elite Eight berths in 2010 and 2012, 5-0 to claim the 2013 NIT title and 2-1 on its way to the 2014 Sweet 16.
BAYLOR BASKETBALL ON THE RADIO
? Baylor basketball is aired live via the Baylor-IMG College Radio Network on ESPN?Central Texas and flagship station 1660AM ESPN Radio (KRZI) in Waco and worldwide on Sirius XM Radio. All games are broadcast by the "Voice of the Bears" John Morris and former Baylor basketball standout Pat Nunley. Morris is in his 27th year doing Baylor broadcasts, while Nunley is in his 32nd season as color analyst.
? The radio call from all of Baylor's games can be heard live on the Internet at www.BaylorBears.com.
ANOTHER NATIONALLY RANKED SIGNING CLASS
? Six of Scott Drew's last seven recruiting classes have been ranked among the top 25 nationally.
? Baylor's 2015 signing class is ranked No. 25 by both 247Sports.com and Scout.com.
? The Bears signed three prep standouts with?King McClure (Ovilla,?Texas), Jake Lindsey (Salt Lake City, Utah) and Wendell?Mitchell (Rockdale,?Texas), along with highly regarded JuCo prospect Joseph Acuil (Melbourne,?Australia).
UP NEXT
? Baylor takes on Memphis at 11 p.m. CT?Thanksgiving night at the Las Vegas Invitational.
? Baylor will face either Illinois or Indiana State on Friday night. If the Bears win their game vs. Memphis they'll face the winner of Illinois/Indiana State at 9:30 p.m. CT. With a loss vs. Memphis, BU would play at 7 p.m. CT.
? Both of Baylor's games in the tournament will be played at Orleans Arena and televised on FS1, marking the first time BU has ever played on the two-year-old TV?network.
