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BAYLOR POSTGAME NOTES

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
? Tonight's game marked the 9th all-time meeting between Baylor and New Mexico State - NMSU leads 5-4 and won the last meeting 61-60 on Dec. 1, 1980 - Baylor leads 2-1 in games played in Waco.
? Baylor is 12-13 all-time against Western Athletic Conference (WAC) opponents.
? Baylor has started 9-1 for the 6th time in the last 8 years.
? Baylor has won 10 straight home games, tied for the 4th-longest streak in the arena's 27-year history and 8th double-digit winning streak in arena history.
? Baylor is 51-14 in December games under Drew, including a 39-5 record since 2007-08.
? Baylor is 102-24 in pre-New Year games under Drew, including an 82-12 mark since 2007-08.
? Baylor is 69-5 when leading at the half over the last four seasons, including 8-1 this season.
? Drew, the program's all-time wins leader, is in his 13th season overall (233-166) and 12th at Baylor (213-151).
? Baylor is 179-82 (24 wins per season) since the start of the 2007-08 season.
? Baylor is 21-4 over its last 25 games dating back to Feb. 12, 2014.
? Baylor is 88-35 since the start of the 2011-12 season.
? Baylor started Lester Medford, Royce O'Neale, Kenny Chery, Rico Gathers and Johnathan Motley for the fifth time this season - the group is 5-0 on the year.

TEAM NOTES
? Baylor used a 6-0 run over a 52-second span to take its 1st double-digit lead of the game (43-33) at the 14:54 mark of 2nd half.
? Baylor used a 15-3 run from the 16:08 mark to the 10:33 mark of the 2nd half to take a 14-point lead and did not look back.
? Baylor has held opponents under 30 first-half points in 9 of 10 games this season, including 7 of 10 with 25 or fewer.
? Baylor is 1 of 3 Power 5 conference teams to hold all opponents to 65 or fewer points this season (UVA, Texas).
? Baylor's 10-game streak of holding foes at 65 points or less is its longest such streak since 1985-86.
? Baylor has held all 10 opponents below 70 points and is 154-37 when doing so in the Drew era.
? Baylor has made at least one 3-point field goal in 742 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 166-43 when out-rebounding its opponents in the Drew era and 8-1 this season.
? Baylor is 111-53 when winning the turnover battle in the Drew era and 5-0 this season.
? Baylor is 160-129 on TV in the Drew era and 9-1 this season.
? Baylor is 150-50 when scoring more points in the paint in the Drew era and 7-0 this season.
? Baylor is 136-53 when scoring more points off turnovers in the Drew era and 8-0 this season.
? Baylor is 119-70 when scoring more 2nd chance points in the Drew era and 8-1 this season.
? Baylor has led or tied in second chance points in all 10 games this season.
? All 9 players that appeared in the game for Baylor scored at least 3 points.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES
? Kenny Chery had a season-high 7 assists and has had 5 or more assists 3 times this season in 6 games.
? Rico Gathers (12 rebounds) had his 8th double-figure rebounding game of the season and 22nd of his career.
? Gathers had a career-high 7 steals, which were the most by a Baylor player since Kenny Taylor had 7 vs. Kansas State on Feb. 19, 2003, and he was one steal shy of tying the program record.
? Lester Medford (10 points) had his 6th double-figure scoring game of the season and 2nd straight.
? Al Freeman (career-high-tying 10 points) had his 2nd career double-figure scoring game and second straight - he's led the team in bench scoring in the last six games.
? Deng Deng had a career-high 2 steals.
? Johnathan Motley (16 points) had his 4th double-figure scoring game of the season and his career. It's the first time he's scored double figures in two straight games since doing so in back-to-back games to start the season - he failed to score in his previous Baylor's two games leading up the Texas A&M game and this game.
? Motley had a career-high 5 blocks.