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BAYLOR POSTGAME NOTES

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
? This evening's game marked the 177th all-time meeting between Baylor and TCU - BU leads the series 96-81 overall, 52-38 in Waco and 7-0 during the Scott Drew era.
? Baylor is off to a 17-5 start for the 4th time in the last 8 years.
? Baylor has won 17 of its last 18 home games, with the lone loss a 1-point defeat to No. 12 Kansas on Jan. 7, and has won 5 in a row.
? Baylor is 31-4 against in-state opponents since 2011-12 and 45-8 against Lone Star State teams since 2009-10.
? Baylor is 76-7 when leading at half over the last 4 seasons - 15-3 this season - and 179-31 in the Drew era.
? Baylor has held opponents under 30 first-half points in 16 of 22 games this season, including 10 times at 25 or less.
? Baylor is 36-52 in February games under Drew, including a 26-17 mark since 2009-10.
? Drew, the program's all-time wins leader, is in his 13th season overall (241-166) and 12th at Baylor (221-155).
? Baylor is 187-86 (24 wins per season) since the start of the 2007-08 season.
? Baylor is 29-8 over its last 37 games dating back to Feb. 12, 2014.
? Baylor is 83-5 under Drew when holding teams to less than 60 points or less and have done so 11 times this season (10-1).
? Baylor is 96-36 since the start of the 2011-12 season.
? Baylor is 1 of 9 Division I teams to hold all opponents under 75 points this season.
? Baylor has more Big 12 wins in the last 7+ seasons (67-60) than its first 11 years in the league combined (45-131).
? Baylor started Kenny Chery, Lester Medford, Royce O'Neale, Rico Gathers and Johnathan Motley for the 16th time this season - the group is 12-4 when starting together and each starter had at least 6 points.

TEAM NOTES
? Baylor opened the game's first 2:23 on an 8-0 run.
? From the 15:19 mark to the 12:45 mark of the second half Baylor used a 13-0 run to build an insurmountable 19-point lead.
? Baylor has made at least one 3-point field goal in 754 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 had equal or more second-chance points than its opponent in 19 of 22 games - just 3rd game BU failed to do so.
? Baylor is 17-2 this season when scoring 60+ points and 0-3 when being held under 60.
? Baylor is 13-2 this season when recording more points off turnovers than its opponents and now 4-3 when not doing so.
? Baylor is 14-1 this season when posting 12+ assists and 3-4 when recording fewer than 12.
? Baylor is 12-3 this season when getting more than 15 bench points and 5-2 when getting less than 15.
? Baylor tied a season-high with 5 players in double figures - also did so against Texas A&M on Dec. 9th.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES
? Rico Gathers moved into sole possession of 9th on Baylor's all-time Big 12 wins list (23).
? Gathers (14 points) scored in double figures for the 11th time this season, 25th in his career.
? Gathers (17 rebounds) reached double-figure rebounds for a Big-12 best 18th time in 22 games this season - it was the 32nd time he's posted 10+ boards in his career - and he's the Big 12's active leader in career double figure rebounding games.
? Gathers (723 career rebounds) passed Cory Jefferson (2009-14, 722 rebounds) for 9th on the Baylor all-time rebounds list.
? Gathers' 6th career 15+ rebound game tied him with Lawrence Roberts (2001-03) for 2nd all-time at Baylor in 15+ rebound games.
? Gathers notched his Big 12-best 11th double-double of the season, and 18th of his career - he's the Big 12's active leader in career double-doubles.
? Gathers (3 blocks) had 2 or more blocks for the 5th time this season, 11th in his career.
? Kenny Chery (13 points) scored in double figures for the 9th time this season, 31st time in his career and 7th time in last 8 games - he made 11 straight shots, including 7 straight threes, dating back to the second half of Baylor's win over Texas before finally missing on his last attempt of the first half vs. TCU.
? Chery (6 assists) had 5 or more assists for the 8th time this season, 27th in his career and 2nd straight game.
? Taurean Prince (11 points) had his team-high 16th double-figure scoring game of the season - he had only 12 double-figure games in his previous two seasons combined.
? Lester Medford (5 assists) had 5 or more assists for the 10th time this season - Baylor is 10-0 in those games - and he has 30 assists in his last 7 games (4.3 per game).
? Medford (10 points) scored in double figures for the 9th time this season and 3rd time in last 4 games.
? Royce O'Neale (12 points) scored in double figures for the 8th time this season, 18th time in his career.