Baylor, Texas A&M Postgame Notes
12/9/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014
Ferrell Center (Waco, Texas)
Attendance: 7,265
BAYLOR POSTGAME NOTES
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
? Tonight's game marked the 206th "Battle of the Brazos" between Baylor and Texas A&M, making it the 2nd-most played rivalry for Baylor behind Texas (243 meetings) - the team's last met Feb. 1, 2012, for a 63-60 BU road win.
? Baylor is 79-127 all-time vs. Texas A&M, 51-46 at home and has won 6 straight under head coach Scott Drew and is 10-9 vs. the Aggies in the Drew era.
? Baylor is 155-271 all-time vs. the Southeastern Conference.
? Baylor has won 6 straight games against SEC teams, including wins at South Carolina, at Vanderbilt and versus Texas A&M this season.
? Baylor has started 8-1 for the 7th time in the last 8 years.
? Baylor has won 9 straight home games, tied for the 8th-longest streak in the arena's 27-year history.
? Baylor is 50-14 in December games under Drew, including a 38-5 record since 2007-08.
? Baylor is 101-24 in pre-New Year games under Drew, including an 81-12 mark since 2007-08.
? Baylor is 68-5 when leading at the half over the last four seasons, including 7-1 this season.
? Baylor is 27-4 against in-state opponents since 2011-12 and 41-8 against Lone Star State teams since 2009-10.
? Drew, the program's all-time wins leader, is in his 13th season overall (232-166) and 12th at Baylor (212-151).
? Baylor is 178-82 (24 wins per season) since the start of the 2007-08 season.
? Baylor is 20-4 over its last 24 games dating back to Feb. 12, 2014.
? Baylor is 87-35 since the start of the 2011-12 season.
? Baylor started Lester Medford, Royce O'Neale, Taurean Prince, Rico Gathers and Johnathan Motley for the fifth-straight time this season - the group is 4-1 on the year.
TEAM NOTES
? Baylor used a 9-0 run from the 12:38 mark of the 1st half to the 10:29 mark to take its 1st lead (15-14).
? Baylor used a 16-6 run in the last 5:52 of the 1st half to take its largest lead (36-29) of the 1st half.
? Baylor used a 43-18 run from the 5:52 mark of the 1st half to the 6:56 mark of the 2nd half to take its largest lead of the game (63-41, 22-point lead).
? Baylor is now 8-76 when opponents shoot 50 percent or better in the Drew era.
? Baylor has held all 9 opponents below 70 points and is 153-37 when doing so in the Drew era.
? Baylor has made at least one 3-point field goal in 741 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 165-43 when out-rebounding its opponents in the Drew era and 7-1 this season.
? Baylor is 110-53 when winning the turnover battle in the Drew era and 4-0 this season.
? Baylor is 159-129 on TV in the Drew era and 8-1 this season.
? Baylor is 149-50 when scoring more points in the paint in the Drew era and 6-0 this season.
? Baylor is 135-53 when scoring more points off turnovers in the Drew era and 7-0 this season.
? Baylor is 118-70 when scoring more 2nd chance points in the Drew era and 7-1 this season.
? Baylor has led or tied in second chance points in all 9 games this season.
? Baylor dominated Texas A&M in offensive rebounds (15-0) and second chance points (18-0).
? Baylor is the 1st team in 19 years to hold an SEC team to zero offensive rebounds.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
? Kenny Chery returned after missing the last four games with a foot injury - he finished with 7 points, 2 assists and tied a season-high of 3 steals.
? Rico Gathers (13 points) had his 4th double-figure scoring game of the season and 18th of his career.
? Gathers (10 rebounds) had his 7th double-figure rebounding game of the season and 21st of his career.
? Gathers earned his 4th double-double of the season and 11th of his career.
? Lester Medford (11 points) had his 5th double-figure scoring game of the season.
? Taurean Prince (11 points) has a career-best streak of 7-straight games scoring in double figures and is averaging 14.6 points per game during that stretch. His longest previous double-figure scoring streak was 2 games.
? Prince has scored in double figures 7 times this season and 18 times in his career.
? Al Freeman (career-high 10 points) had his 1st career double-figure scoring game and has led the team in bench scoring in the last five games.
? Johnathan Motley (career-high 22 points) had his 3rd double-figure scoring game of the season and his career. It's his first since doing so in back-to-back games to start the season - he failed to score in his previous 2 games.
? Motley had a career-high 11 rebounds for his 1st career double-figure rebounding game and 1st career double-double.
