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Men's Basketball 3/19/2015 12:00:00 AM
March 19, 2015

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[3] Baylor (24-10) 56 - [14] Georgia State (25-9) 57
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Veterans Memorial Arena | Jacksonville, Fla.

NCAA Tournament, Round of 64

BAYLOR POSTGAME NOTES

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
? Baylor is now 16-7 over the last four years in postseason (conference and national) tournaments.
? Scott Drew, the program's all-time wins leader, is in his 13th season overall (248-171) and 12th at Baylor (228-160).
? Baylor is the one of 4 NCAA team to hold all opponents under 75 points.
? Baylor has led by 6+ points in in 33 of 34 games. Kentucky is the only team to lead by 6+ points in every game.

NCAA Tournament NOTES
? Baylor is now 11-11 all-time in NCAA Championship play
? Drew is now 8-5 in the past five NCAA tournaments and 8-1 against lower seeds.
? Baylor is now 37-22 in games decided by 5 points or fewer over the last seven seasons.

SERIES NOTES
? This was the first meeting between Baylor and Georgia State. Georgia State now leads the all-time series 1-0

GAME NOTES
? Baylor shot a season low 43 shots from the field.
? Baylor outrebounded Georgia State 40-22. The Bears had not lost this season when they outrebounded a team by 15+.
? Baylor turned the ball over 21 times, a season high and the second most in Baylor NCAA history (23 in 1988).
? Baylor had only 2 steals which tied a season low and was 5.9 below their season average of 7.9.
? Georgia State had 13 steals which is 2 more than any Bears opponent had had all season.
? Baylor started Kenny Chery, Lester Medford, Royce O'Neale, Rico Gathers and Johnathan Motley for the 27th time this season - Baylor's record is 19-9 with that starting lineup.
? This is the fifth time this season the Bears have had 2 players with double-digit rebounds and were 4-0 in those games.
? Baylor shot 84.6% from the free throw line, the second highest total in Baylor NCAA tournament history

INDIVIDUAL NOTES
? Junior F Taurean Prince...
? Finished with 18 points and 15 rebounds, his 2nd double-double of the season and 3rd of his career
? Tied a Baylor NCAA record with 15 rebounds (Quincy Acy also had 15 in 2011)
? Set his season high for rebounds (previous was 10 at TCU) and tied his career high of 15.
? Scored in double figures for the 17th time in the past 18 games
? Went 6 for 6 from the free throw line his most makes without a miss this season and tied the most free throws he has made in a game
? Junior F Rico Gathers...
? Finished with double-digit rebounds for his 25th time this season.

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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
Taurean Prince

#35 Taurean Prince

F
6' 7"
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
Taurean Prince

#35 Taurean Prince

6' 7"
Freshman
F