Baylor, Texas Southern Postgame Notes

Dec. 1, 2014

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RV/RV BAYLOR 75 (6-1) TEXAS SOUTHERN 49 (1-6)
Monday, December 1, 2014
the Ferrell Center (Waco, Texas)
Attendance: 4,286

BAYLOR POSTGAME NOTES

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
? Baylor and Texas Southern met for the eighth time Monday, and the Bears have won all eight meetings.
? Baylor is now 46-0 all-time vs. members of the SWAC.
? Baylor is 48-14 in December games under head coach Scott Drew.
? Baylor has now won eight straight games at the Ferrell Center.
? Baylor is 66-5 when leading at the half over the last four seasons, including 5-1 this season.
? Drew, the program's all-time wins leader, is in his 13th season overall (230-166) and 12th at Baylor (210-151).
? Baylor is 176-82 (24 wins per season) since the start of the 2007-08 season.
? Baylor is 18-4 over its last 21 games dating back to Feb. 12, 2014.
? Baylor is 85-35 since the start of the 2011-12 season.
? Baylor is 26-4 against in-state opponents since 2011-12, and 40-8 against Lone Star state teams since 2009-10.
? Baylor is 66-5 when leading at the half over the last four seasons, including 5-1 this season.
? Baylor started Lester Medford, Royce O'Neale, Taurean Prince, Rico Gathers and Johnathan Motley for the third-straight time this season. BU was without starting PG Kenny Chery, who is day-to-day with a foot injury.

TEAM NOTES
? Baylor has made at least one 3-point field goal in 739 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 191-21 when shooting a higher percentage than its opponents in the Drew era, and 6-0 this season.
? Baylor is 163-43 when out-rebounding its opponents in the Drew era.
? Baylor's 22 offensive rebounds were a season high.
? Baylor's 21 assists were the second highest output of the season next to the season opener with McNeese State, Nov. 14.
? Monday's game marked the fifth time this season that Baylor has held an opponent under 50 points (two in 2013-14).

INDIVIDUAL NOTES
? Royce O'Neale finished with eight points, which helped him pass the 1,000 career-points milestone (1,003). O'Neale scored 665 points in his first two seasons at Denver, 270 as a junior at Baylor and has 68 points through seven games as a senior.
? Taurean Prince (11 points) has a career-best streak of 5-straight games scoring in double figures and is averaging 14.4 points per game during that stretch.
? Prince has scored in double figures 17 times in his career and Baylor is 13-4 in those games.
? Rico Gathers finished with 23 points and 13 rebounds to record his second-straight double-double, his third of the season and 17th of his career. He reached double figures in scoring for the 17th time in his career, and it was his 20th game with double-digit rebounds.
? Gathers' 23 points were a career high passing his previous mark of 22 achieved vs. West Virginia at home Feb. 13, 2013.
? Gathers set a career high with four blocks; his previous career high was at Kansas, Nov. 14, 2013.
? Lester Medford finished the game with 13 points, which gave him four times this season in double figures.
? Medford finished the game with a season-high eight assists.
? Al Freeman tied a season-high with nine points (vs. Illinois, 11/28/14).