Baylor, Vanderbilt Postgame Notes
12/6/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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Friday, Dec. 6, 2015
Ferrell Center (Waco, Texas)
Attendance: 7,084
BAYLOR POSTGAME NOTES
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
- Sunday's contest marked the first home non-conference game in program history with both teams ranked.
- Baylor is 7-0 against SEC teams since 2012-13, including wins last season against USC, Vandy, and Texas A&M.
- Baylor has won 30 consecutive non-conference home games, dating back to Dec. 12, 2012.
- Baylor improves to 3-8 all-time vs. Vanderbilt, winning its second consecutive game over the Commodores after a 66-63 win in Nashville last season.
- Baylor is 88-11 when leading at the half over the last four seasons, including 5-0 this season.
- Baylor is 101-42 when ranked in the AP poll and 25-3 when ranked in December.
- Baylor is 48-7 in November/December games when ranked in the AP poll and 61-12 in home games when ranked.
- Baylor is 55-14 under Scott Drew in December games and 2-0 this season.
- Baylor is 109-45 over the last four-plus seasons.
- Baylor is 200-92 over the last eight-plus seasons.
- Sunday's 7,084 attendance mark was the largest home crowd in the Ferrell Center this season.
- Baylor's starters were Lester Medford, Al Freeman, Ishmail Wainright, Taurean Prince and Rico Gathers ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" the group is 6-1 on the season as a starting unit.
TEAM NOTES
- Baylor bounced back from a 52-39 second half deficit to go on a 22-6 run over 6:58 to regain a 61-58 lead.
- Baylor is 184-50 under Drew and 6-0 this season when outrebounding its opponent.
- Baylor is 122-54 under Drew and 5-0 this season when having fewer turnovers than its opponent.
- Baylor has made at least one 3-point field goal in 773 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 has gone 52 straight games without allowing 75 or more points.
- Baylor improves to 8-6 under Drew against top-25 opponents since the start of the 2014-15 season.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
- Rico Gathers (12 rebounds) broke Brian Skinner's school career rebound record (915), moving his career total up to 919.
- Gathers tallied his fourth double figure rebounding game of the season and 43rd of his career.
- Gathers (10 points) scored in double figures for the sixth time this season and 41st time in his career.
- Gathers recorded his fourth double-double of the season and 28th of his career, moving past Charlie McKinney (1973-74) and William Chatmon (1970-71) for sole possession of second on Baylor's all-time double-doubles list ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" Brian Skinner (1995-98) is the program leader with 34 career double-doubles.
- Gathers picked up his 79th career win to move past Fred Ellis (2008-12), tying Brady Heslip (2011-14) for 8th on Baylor's all-time wins list.
- Taurean Prince (30 points) had a career-high scoring effort, topping his previous high of 25 vs. Arkansas State on 11/27/15.
- Prince scored in double figures for the sixth time this season and the 45th time of his Baylor career.
- Prince recorded a game-high three steals, matching a season-high mark.
- Prince posted a season-best scoring effort by a Baylor player, the first 30+ scoring output for BU since Pierre Jackson's 31 points against Oklahoma State on 3/14/13.
- Lester Medford (15 points) recorded a season-high in points scored, previous high was 13 vs. SFA on 11/13/15.
- Ish Wainwright recorded a career-high two blocks, adding seven rebounds in the winning effort.
