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RV/RV ILLINOIS 62 (6-0) RV/RV BAYLOR 54 (5-1)
Friday, Nov. 28, 2014
Orleans Arena (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Attendance: TBA MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
? Baylor and Illinois met for the 3rd time and the first since Nov. 27, 1987. The Bears are now 0-3 all-time against Illinois, including an 0-2 mark in neutral site games.
? Baylor played in a regular season tournament title game for the 3rd time in the last 4 years.
? Baylor is 15-22 all-time against current Big Ten Conference members.
? Baylor is 51-10 in November games under head coach Scott Drew and 32-5 since 2009-10.
? Baylor is 43-19 against non-Big 12 teams in games outside of Waco in the Drew era, including 20-6 since 2011-12.
? Baylor is 65-5 when leading at the half over the last four seasons, including 4-1 this season.
? Drew, the program's all-time wins leader, is in his 13th season overall (229-166) and 12th at Baylor (209-151).
? Baylor is 175-82 (24 wins per season) since the start of the 2007-08 season.
? Baylor is 17-4 over its last 21 games dating back to Feb. 12, 2014.
? Baylor is 84-35 since the start of the 2011-12 season.
? Baylor started Lester Medford, Royce O'Neale, Taurean Prince, Rico Gathers and Johnathan Motley for the second time this season. BU was without starting PG Kenny Chery, who is day-to-day with a foot injury.
TEAM NOTES
? Baylor's 47 rebounds tied the most in a loss during the Drew era (47 in 74-71 loss vs. Oklahoma on Jan. 30, 2013.)
? Baylor shot a season-low 33.3% (17-of-51) and had a season-low 9 assists.
? Baylor started the game on a 7-0 run, but Illinois answered with an 8-0 run of its own.
? Baylor has made at least one 3-point field goal in 738 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 21-128 when shooting a lower percentage than its opponent in the Drew era.
? Baylor is 162-43 when out-rebounding its opponents in the Drew era.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
? Taurean Prince and Rico Gathers were named to the 2014 Las Vegas Invitational All-Tournament Team.
? Prince (11 points) has a career-best streak of 4 straight games scoring in double figures and is averaging 15.3 points per game during that stretch.
? Prince has scored in double figures 16 times in his career and Baylor is 12-4 in those games.
? Prince also had a season-high 8 rebounds and blocked 2 shots for his 2nd career multi-block game.
? Gathers (11 points, career-high 15 rebounds) had his 2nd double-double of the season and 9th of his career.
? Gathers has posted double-digit rebounds in 5 of 6 games this season.
? Al Freeman scored a season-high 9 points.
