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20/20 BAYLOR 69 (20-7, 8-6), KANSAS STATE 42 (13-15, 6-9)
Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015
Ferrell Center (Waco, Texas)
Attendance: 8,046

BAYLOR POSTGAME NOTES

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
? Today's game was the 32nd series meeting. Baylor now trails 15-17, including a 7-5 mark in Waco.
? Baylor has won two straight over the Wildcats in Waco.
? The Bears are 8-10 against K-State in the Scott Drew era, including a 5-4 mark since 2012.
? Baylor reached 20+ wins for the 7th time in the last 8 seasons - BU had only 3 seasons with 20+ wins prior to the Drew era.
? Baylor has won 18 of its last 20 home games - 15 of the wins in the 20-game span have come by double digit margins.
? Baylor is 79-9 when leading at half over the last 4 seasons, including 18-5 this season.
? Baylor is 29-19 in February games since 2009-10 and 39-54 in February games under Drew.
? Drew, the program's all-time wins leader, is in his 13th season overall (244-168) and 12th at Baylor (224-157).
? Baylor is 190-88 (24 wins per season) since the start of the 2007-08 season.
? Baylor is 32-10 over its last 42 games dating back to Feb. 12, 2014.
? Baylor is 99-38 since the start of the 2011-12 season.
? Baylor has more Big 12 wins in the last 7+ seasons (70-62) than its first 11 years in the league combined (45-131).
? Baylor has held a double-digit lead in 20 of its 27 games this season. BU is 18-2 in those games this season.
? BU has won 39 straight home games when building a double-digit lead - the last loss was Feb. 8, 2012 against KU.
? Baylor started Kenny Chery, Lester Medford, Royce O'Neale, Rico Gathers and Johnathan Motley for the 21st time this season - Baylor has a 15-6 record with that starting lineup.
? Baylor has held 6 Division I opponents under 50 points this season - the Bears are 25-1 when doing so in the Drew era.
? Baylor is 12-1 this season and 85-5 in the Drew era when holding opponents below 60 points.
? Baylor has held 24 of 27 opponents below their season scoring averages, including 15 times at least 10 points below.
? The Bears held Kansas State under its scoring average by 21 point (avg. 63.7 points per game.
? Baylor is 1 of 6 Division I teams to hold all opponents under 75 points this season.

TEAM NOTES
? Baylor started the game on a 6-0 run over the first 1:29. The Bears didn't trail again the rest of the game.
? Baylor extended its hot start to 17-6 through the first 6:06 of game time.
? The Bears were held without a field goal for the first 7:56 of the second half, but after Rico Gathers' layup with 12:04 left in the game the Bears went on a 25-8 run to end the game.
? Baylor gave up its second-fewest point of the season (42). The season-low is 39 against McNeese State in the season opener.
? Baylor gave up its fewest point in the Kansas State series ever. The previous low scored by the Wildcats against BU was 52 in 1948 in the first-ever series meeting.
? Baylor gave up its fewest points to a Big 12 opponent since holding TCU to 40 points on Jan. 12, 2013.
? Baylor has made at least one 3-point field goal in 759 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 now held teams to 30 or fewer 1st-half points in 21 of 27 games this season - BU held Kansas State to 25.
? BU had only 1 turnover in the first half. That ties a season low - the Bears also had 1 against New Mexico State on Dec. 17.
? Baylor had a season-high 14 steals in the game. The Bears previous high was 13 versus New Mexico State on Dec. 17.
? Baylor tied a season-high with 5 players in double figures - it was also accomplished vs. West Virginia, Texas A&M and TCU.
? Baylor had 24 assists on 27 made field goals.
? BU held Kansas State to 1 made 3-point basket and 6.3 percent (1 of 16) shooting from 3-point land. Those totals are both season lows for BU opponents. BU had previously held TCU to 2 3-point baskets and 15.4 percent shooting.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES
? Taurean Prince (14 points) had his team-leading 21st double-figure scoring game of the season and has now scored 10+ in a career-high 11 straight games.
? Prince had a career-high 5 steals, his previous high was 4 at Kansas State on Jan. 17, 2015.
? Prince had a career-high 5 assists, his previous high was 4 at Vanderbilt on Dec. 4, 2014.
? Rico Gathers (13 points and 10 rebounds) had his 14th double-double of the season and the 21st of his career.
? Gathers moved into a tied for fifth on BU's single season double-doubles list with 14 and into sole possession of eighth on career double-double list.
? Gathers (10 rebounds) reached double-figure rebounds for the 21st time in 27 games this season.
? Lester Medford (12 points) scored in double figures for the 11th time this season, and BU is 10-1 in those games.
? Medford has scored in double figures in 5 of the last 9 games after snapping a streak of 8 straight single-digit scoring games.
? Al Freeman had 11 points off the bench, which was his fifth time to be in double-digits this season.
? Freeman has had 7+ points off the bench in 12 games this season.
? Royce O'Neale (10 points) had double-figure scoring for the 10th time this season and the 20th time in his career.
? Jonathan Motley had 9 rebounds. That is the most rebounds for the freshman in Big 12 play.