Baylor, Oklahoma State Postgame Notes
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Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016
Gallagher-Iba Arena (Stillwater, Okla.)
Attendance: 7,148
BAYLOR POSTGAME NOTES
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
- Baylor and Oklahoma State met for the 78th time. Baylor trails 24-54 against OSU, including 6-26 in Stillwater.
- The Bears are 3-2 in their last 5 games in Stillwater after going 3-24 in their first 27 games on OSU's home court.
- Baylor is 12-9 against OSU since 2007 after going 11-45 against the Cowboys from 1918-2006.
- Baylor is 119-48 over the last five seasons.
- Baylor is 210-95 over the last nine seasons.
- Baylor's starters were Lester Medford, Al Freeman, Ishmail Wainright, Taurean Prince and Rico Gathers ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" the group is 16-4 on the season as a starting unit.
- Baylor is 79-65 in Big 12 play since 2007-08 after going 45-131 in the league's first 11 years.
- Baylor is 52-17 in its last 69 games dating back to Feb. 12, 2014.
TEAM NOTES
- Baylor's 6-2 start to Big 12 play ties its best in the conference's 20-year history.
- Baylor is tied for the Big 12 Conference lead after 8 games, the latest in the season the Bears have topped the standings in the league's 20-year history.
- Baylor has won all 16 games this season when it has taken a lead at any point in the second half.
- Baylor's 16-4 record is its best through 20 games since going 18-2 in 2011-12. It ties the second-best 20-game start of the Drew era, equaling the 16-4 records of 2007-08 and 2009-10.
- Baylor improved to 4-0 this season in games decided by 5 or fewer points and 5-0 in games following a loss.
- Baylor improved to 2-3 this season when recording 15 or fewer assists (11 assists).
- Baylor won the turnover battle 16-12, improving to 11-0 this season when forcing more turnovers than opponents.
- Baylor improved to 2-2 this season when opponents shoot 50% or higher ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" the Bears are 11-79 in those games in the Drew era.
- Baylor is 24-37 over the last five seasons, including 3-4 this season, and 46-129 when trailing at the half in the Drew era.
- Baylor is 12-0 this season and 177-43 in the Drew era when holding opponents below 70 points.
- Baylor has made at least one three-point field goal in 785 consecutive games - the second-longest active streak in the Big 12 (Texas). The last time Baylor did not connect from three-point range was Feb. 21, 1990 vs. Texas Tech.
- Baylor's 8 first-half field goals made were its fewest in any half this season, and its 4 assists tied its fewest in any half this season.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
- Rico Gathers (1,159 career rebounds moved into 5th on the Big 12 Conference's all-time rebounding list, passing Iowa State's Melvin Ejim (1,051) and Colorado's Stephane Pelle (1,053).
- Gathers (16 points) had his 14th double-digit scoring game of the season and 49th of his career.
- Al Freeman had a career-high 4 steals in 31 minutes played.
- Ishmail Wainright had 3 steals, the second-most in a game in his career.
- Taurean Prince (17 points) scored in double figures for the 15th time this season and the 54th time in his career.
- Lester Medford (12 points) scored in double-digits for the 10th time this season and 23rd of his career.
