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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
? Baylor has allowed 247 points in its first 5 games, tying the fewest points it has allowed in any 5-game stretch since allowing 230 points from Feb. 4-25, 1950. BU also allowed 247 points over a 5-game span in 2010.
? Baylor and Memphis met for the 8th time and the first since March 17, 1988, during the NCAA Tournament. Baylor is 2-6 all-time against Memphis, including 1-1 in neutral-site games.
? Baylor advanced to a regular season tournament title game for the 3rd time in the last 4 years.
? Baylor is 109-150 all-time vs. current members of the American Conference, but this was the first time the Bears have played an American Conference team since the league began play in 2013.
? Baylor is 2-1 all-time when playing on Thanksgiving Day.
? Baylor is 51-9 in November games under head coach Scott Drew and 32-4 since 2009-10.
? Baylor is 43-18 against non-Big 12 teams in games outside of Waco in the Drew era, including 20-5 since 2011-12.
? Baylor is off to a 5-0 start for the 6th time in the last 8 seasons.
? Drew, the program's all-time wins leader, is in his 13th season overall (229-165) and 12th at Baylor (209-150).
? Baylor is 175-81 (24 wins per season) since the start of the 2007-08 season.
? Baylor is 17-3 over its last 20 games dating back to Feb. 12, 2014.
? Baylor is 84-34 since the start of the 2011-12 season.
? Baylor started Lester Medford, Royce O'Neale, Taurean Prince, Rico Gathers and Johnathan Motley for the first time this season. BU was without starting PG Kenny Chery, who is day-to-day with a foot injury.

TEAM NOTES
? Baylor out-scored Memphis 42-15 in the 2nd half after trailing 32-29 at the break.
? Baylor's 15 points allowed in the 2nd half against Memphis tied the fewest in any half of the Scott Drew era.
? Baylor held an opponent under 50 points in an away game for the first time in its last 48 away games.
? The Bears held Memphis to 19% shooting in the 2nd half (4-of-21).
? Baylor held a 4th opponent to 51 or fewer points this season, after doing so just twice last season.
? Baylor has won 39% of its games when trailing at the half since 2011-12, going 19-30 in those games.
? Baylor started the game on an 8-0 run, but Memphis answered with a 13-1 run of its own.
? Baylor went on a 16-2 run to take a 45-37 lead with 11:57 left in the 2nd half.
? Baylor has made at least one 3-point field goal in 737 consecutive games - the second-longest active streak in the Big 12 (Texas). The last time Baylor did not connect from 3-point range was Feb. 21, 1990 vs. Texas Tech.
? Baylor is 190-21 when shooting better than its opponent in the Drew era.
? Baylor is 162-42 when out-rebounding its opponents in the Drew era.
? Baylor is 147-50 when out-scoring opponents in the paint in the Drew era.
? Baylor is 116-69 when scoring more second chance points than opponents in the Drew era.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES
? Royce O'Neale (16 points) scored in double figures for the 2nd straight game and the 12th time in his BU career. The Bears are 10-2 when he scores 10+ points.
? O'Neale's four 3-pointers made tied a career high (at West Virginia, 2/22/14).
? Taurean Prince (season-high 20 points) scored in double figures for the 3rd straight game and 15th time in his career - BU is 12-3 in those games.
? Prince had his 3rd career 20-point game and has scored 15+ points in each of the last 3 games.
? Prince played a career-high 30 minutes and went 4-of-7 from 3-point range, which were both career highs.
? Prince made his 1st start of the season and 3rd of his career.
? Rico Gathers (11 rebounds) had his 4th double-digit rebounding game of the season and the 18th of his career. He also reached the 500 career rebounding milestone and has 501 in 80 career games played.
? Lester Medford had a career-high 6 assists and only committed 1 turnover.
? Al Freeman tied his season high with 8 points, scoring that total for the 3rd time in 5 games played.
? Austin Mills saw his first action in a 1st half this season, serving as back-up PG with Kenny Chery out.
? Mills had a Baylor career-high 3 assists in 7 minutes played.