Jan. 21, 2015

Recap | Box Score | Quotes | Photo Gallery | USATSI Gallery

21/21 BAYLOR 81 (14-3), HUSTON-TILLOTSON 61 (3-13)
Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015
Ferrell Center (Waco, Texas)
Attendance: 4,760

BAYLOR POSTGAME NOTES

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
? Baylor won the first-ever meeting between the two schools.
? Baylor is 29-4 against in-state opponents since 2011-12 and 43-8 against Lone Star Teams since 2009-2010.
? Baylor has won 15 of its last 16 games at home.
? Baylor is 73-7 when leading at the half over the last four seasons, including 12-3 this season.
? Baylor is 44-50 in January games under Drew, including a 3-3 mark this season.
? Drew, the program's all-time wins leader, is in his 13th season overall (238-165) and 12th at Baylor (218-154).
? Baylor is 184-85 (24 wins per season) since the start of the 2007-08 season.
? Baylor is 26-7 over its last 33 games dating back to Feb. 12, 2014.
? Baylor is 92-38 since the start of the 2011-12 season.
? Baylor started Taurean Prince, Lester Medford, Al Freeman, Rico Gathers and Johnathan Motley for the first time this season, and it was Freeman's first start as a Bear.

TEAM NOTES
? Baylor closed the first half on a 10-2 run to take a 37-36 lead into the locker room at intermission.
? Baylor has made at least one 3-point field goal in 750 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's eight blocks tied a season-high (vs. SFA, 11/24/14; vs. NSU, 12/30/14).
? Baylor has led or tied in second-chance points in all 18 games this season.
? The Bears outscored HT 22-4 on second-chance points.
? Baylor out-rebounded HT 60-30, which was the widest margin for the Bears since the season opener (11/14/14, vs. McNeese State, +27).
? The Bears' 60 rebounds were a season high (55, vs. McNeese State, 11/14/14).

INDIVIDUAL NOTES
? Rico Gathers set the Baylor and Big 12 record with 28 rebounds.
? Gathers 28 rebounds passed Baylor's longest-standing single-game record (Jerry Mallett, North Texas, 2/1/55).
? Gathers passed KSU's Michael Beasley's Big 12 single game record (vs. Sacramento State, 11/9/07).
? Gathers had his Big 12-leading 9th double-double of the season. It was his 16th career double-double, his 23nd career game scoring 10+ points and 29th career double-digit rebounding game.
? Gathers' 28 rebounds were a career high (18, at TCU, 1/10/15); it marked the 21st time in school history that a BU player has grabbed at least 20 boards.
? Gathers' 25 points were a career high (23, vs. Texas Southern, 12/11/14) and marked the second time this season and the third time in his career that he's reached 20 points or more in a game.
? Gathers' performance was just the fourth 20-20 game in school history, and the 16th time in Big 12 history that a player had at least 20 points and 20 rebounds in the same game.
? Taurean Prince finished with 13 points marking the 12th time this season and the 24th time in his career that he's reached double figures in scoring.
? Al Freeman finished with a season-high five assists (3, vs. McNeese State 11/14/14).
? Freeman finished with 10 points marking the fourth time this season that he's reached double figures in scoring.
? Johnathan Motley finished with five blocks, which marked the seventh game this season he's had multiple blocks.