Baylor, Iowa State Postgame Notes
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22/23 BAYLOR 74 (13-3, 2-2), 11/13 IOWA STATE 73 (12-3, 2-1)
Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015
Ferrell Center (Waco, Texas)
Attendance: 6,576
BAYLOR POSTGAME NOTES
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
? Baylor closed the all-time series to and 11-17 Iowa State lead, including a 7-10 mark in the Scott Drew era.
? Baylor leads the series 10-2 in games played in Waco and the home team has now won 22 of 24 games in the series.
? Baylor has won 14 of its last 15 games at home.
? Baylor is 73-6 when leading at the half over the last four seasons, including 12-2 this season.
? Baylor is 43-49 in January games under Drew, including a 2-2 mark this season.
? Drew, the program's all-time wins leader, is in his 13th season overall (237-164) and 12th at Baylor (217-153).
? Baylor is 183-84 (24 wins per season) since the start of the 2007-08 season.
? Baylor is 25-6 over its last 31 games dating back to Feb. 12, 2014.
? Baylor is 91-37 since the start of the 2011-12 season.
? Baylor got its first win over a team ranked No. 11 in the AP poll since Jan. 22, 1979, vs. Arkansas. It is the 13th-highest ranked win in program history and the seventh highest of the Drew era.
? Baylor won its first game versus a ranked foe this season to improve to 1-2 and got the 20th win of the Drew era against a ranked team.
? Baylor started Lester Medford, Royce O'Neale, Kenny Chery, Rico Gathers and Johnathan Motley for the 11th time this season and 6th-straight game - the group is 9-2 on the year.
TEAM NOTES
? Baylor began the game on a 16-1 run and held Iowa State without a field goal for the first three minutes and 31 seconds.
? After the 16-1 run, Iowa State went on a 31-18 run to cut the deficit to two (34-32). Baylor then went on a 12-2 run to close the half.
? Baylor started the game 4-of-5 from the 3-point line and finished with 9 made 3s, after only making one 3-point basket in its last game.
? Baylor scored a season-high 46 first half points and the most since Baylor had 47 against Oklahoma on March 13, 2014. The previous high this season was 41 against Texas Southern (12/1).
? Baylor shot a lower percentage from the floor than Iowa State (42.9-46.4), improving to 4-3 when doing that this season. BU won for just the 25th time in 155 chances when shooting lower than the opponent in the Drew era.
? Baylor won for the first time this season when giving up more than 70 points.
? Baylor has made at least one 3-point field goal in 748 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 held Iowa State 7.4 points below its season scoring average of 80.4 - it's the 15th time in 16 games this season the Bears have held an opponent below their scoring average.
? Baylor gave up more than 70 points for only the second time this season.
? Baylor is 170-44 when out-rebounding its opponents in the Drew era and 12-2 this season, outrebounded ISU (44-32).
? Baylor has led or tied in second-chance points in all 16 games this season.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
? Kenny Chery (13 points) had his 5th double-figure scoring game of the season and 27th of his career.
? Rico Gathers (14 points, 15 rebounds) had his Big 12-leading 8th double-double of the season. It was his 15th career double-double, his 22nd career game scoring 10+ points and 28th career double-digit rebounding game.
? Gathers had his 8th straight double-digit rebounding effort and 13th in the last 14 games.
? Royce O'Neale (15 points) had his 4th double-digit scoring effort of the season and 15th of his career.
? Johnathan Motely (14 points) recorded the 7th double-figure scoring performance in his first season.
? Motely had a career-high 4 assists, his previous high was 2 against Norfolk State (12/30).
