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16/15 BAYLOR 75 (7-1), NORTHWESTERN STATE 62 (1-7)
Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015
Ferrell Center (Waco, Texas)
Attendance: 4,627

BAYLOR POSTGAME NOTES

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
- Baylor has won 31 consecutive non-conference home games, dating back to Dec. 12, 2012.
- Baylor has won 21 straight home games against unranked opponents.
- Baylor improves to 8-1 all-time vs. Northwestern State, including a 7-1 mark in games played in Waco.
- Baylor is 89-11 when leading at the half over the last four seasons, including 6-0 this season.
- Baylor is 102-42 when ranked in the AP poll and 26-3 when ranked in December.
- Baylor is 49-7 in November/December games when ranked in the AP poll and 62-12 in home games when ranked.
- Baylor is 56-14 under Scott Drew in December games and 3-0 this season.
- Baylor is 110-45 over the last four-plus seasons.
- Baylor is 201-92 over the last eight-plus seasons.
- Baylor's starters were Lester Medford, Al Freeman, Ishmail Wainright, Taurean Prince and Rico Gathers -- the group is 7-1 on the season as a starting unit.

TEAM NOTES
- Baylor is 185-50 under Drew and 7-0 this season when outrebounding its opponent (47-18).
- Baylor has made at least one 3-point field goal in 774 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 outscored every opponent this season in 2nd-chance points (19-4).
- Baylor doubled Northwestern State's points in the paint (52-26).
- Baylor has gone 53 straight games without allowing 75 or more points.
- Baylor is 114-107 under Drew and 1-2 this season when having equal or more turnovers than its opponent.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES
- Rico Gathers (31 Points, 21 rebounds) recorded the first 30-point, 20-rebound game in program history since Darrell Hardy had 40 points and 25 points in 1966 and the seventh in Big 12 history.
- Gathers scored a career-high 31 points. His previous high was 25 against Huston-Tillotson on 1/21/15.
- Gathers (21 rebounds) extended his own school career rebound record to 941 and he moved into top-10 career rebounds by a Big 12 player, passing Kansas' Eric Chenowith (933) for 10th.
- Gathers tallied his fifth double figure rebounding game of the season and 44th of his career.
- Gathers scored in double figures for the seventh time this season and 42nd time in his career.
- Gathers recorded his fifth double-double of the season and 29th of his career. He has sole possession of second on Baylor's all-time double-doubles list -- Brian Skinner (1995-98) is the program leader with 34 career double-doubles.
- Gathers posted a season-best scoring effort by a Baylor player. It is the second-straight games that a BU player has had 30 or more points (Taurean Prince, 30).
- Gathers picked up his 80th career win to move past Brady Heslip (2011-14) for sole possession of 8th on Baylor's all-time wins list.
- Gathers outrebounded the entire Northwestern State team 21-18.
- Taurean Prince (11 Points) scored in double figures for the seventh time this season and the 46th time of his Baylor career. He has scored in double digits in 24 of his last 26 games.
- Prince (13 Rebounds) had a double-digit rebounding effort for the first time this season and the fifth time in his career.
- Prince recorded his first double-double of the season and the fourth of his career.
- Al Freeman (15 Points) scored in double-figures for the sixth-time this season and the 13th time in his career.