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Men's Basketball 3/13/2015 12:00:00 AM
March 13, 2015

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9/10 [1] KANSAS (26-7) 62 16/16 - [4] BAYLOR (24-9) 52
Friday, March 13, 2015
Sprint Center | Kansas City, Mo.

BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP, SEMIFINALS

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
? Baylor is now 16-6 over the last four years in postseason (conference and national) tournaments (28-11 over the last 7 seasons).
? Baylor is now 16-7 over the last three seasons in March and April.
? Scott Drew, the program's all-time wins leader, is in his 13th season overall (248-170) and 12th at Baylor (228-159).
? Baylor is 1 of 4 teams to hold all opponents this season under 75 points (also New Hampshire, Saint Peter's, ULM).

BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP NOTES
? Baylor is now 15-18 all-time in Big 12 Championship play (Bears have won 6 of last 10 games in championship play).
? Baylor has won 4 of 6 Big 12 Championship games played over the last two seasons.
? Baylor is now 3-3 all-time in Big 12 Championship semifinal games.
? Baylor is now 11-11 in the Big 12 Championship under Scott Drew (11 wins ranks Drew sixth on all-time Championship coaching wins list).
? Baylor is now 14-20 in tournament play in Kansas City (7-7 in the Sprint Center).
? Baylor is now 3-2 vs. No. 1 seeds in Big 12 Championship play.

SERIES NOTES
? All-time series record: KU leads 24-4 / BU leads 2-1 in Big 12 Championship play / BU leads 2-1 all-time in neutral site games
? Baylor is now 3-16 vs. KU in the Scott Drew era.

GAME NOTES
? Baylor scored a season-low 52 points tonight (previous low was 53 at OSU).
? Baylor was outrebounded 39-35 tonight, and failed to outrebound its opponent for only the 6th time this season (4-2 record).
? Turnovers tonight: BU 17 -KU 18 - Baylor is now 11-1 this season when totaling fewer turnovers than its opponent.
? Baylor started Kenny Chery, Lester Medford, Royce O'Neale, Rico Gathers and Johnathan Motley for the 27th time this season - Baylor's record is 19-8 with that starting lineup.
? Baylor trailed at the half (26-18) for only the 5th time all season (2-3 record), and the 18 points was the fewest scored in a first half since 16 in 2014 Sweet 16 vs. Wisconsin (BU held its opponent to under 30 first-half points for the 24th time in 33 games).

INDIVIDUAL NOTES
? Junior F Rico Gathers...
? with 13 total rebounds tonight...
- set a new school record for single-season rebounds (384, old mark - 375 by Charles McKinney).
- moved into 8th place on Big 12's single-season listing (384, passed KU's Nick Collison's 380).
- moved into 4th place on BU's career rebounds list (837, passed Quincy Acy's 828/Darrell Hardy's 836).
- totaled double-digit rebounds for 24th time this season.
? had 11-point, 13-rebound double-double, his 17th of season & 24th of career - he moved into 7th-place tie on BU's career list.
? scored 11 points, totaled double-figures for 10th time in last 12 games.
? Senior G Kenny Chery...
? tied the school record for career assists in Big 12 Championship play (28, tied with Curtis Jerrells).
? scored 20 points, his 5th 20-point effort of the season and 11th of career - also his 14th double-digit effort of the season and 36th of career.

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Players Mentioned

Lester Medford

#11 Lester Medford

G
5' 10"
Junior
Kenny Chery

#1 Kenny Chery

G
5' 11"
Junior
Johnathan Motley

#12 Johnathan Motley

F
6' 9"
Freshman
Royce O

#00 Royce O'Neale

F
6' 6"
Junior
Rico Gathers

#2 Rico Gathers

F
6' 8"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Lester Medford

#11 Lester Medford

5' 10"
Junior
G
Kenny Chery

#1 Kenny Chery

5' 11"
Junior
G
Johnathan Motley

#12 Johnathan Motley

6' 9"
Freshman
F
Royce O

#00 Royce O'Neale

6' 6"
Junior
F
Rico Gathers

#2 Rico Gathers

6' 8"
Freshman
F