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RV/25 BAYLOR 79 (11-3, 1-1), OKLAHOMA STATE 62 (9-5, 1-1)
Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016
Ferrell Center (Waco, Texas)
Attendance: 5,665

BAYLOR POSTGAME NOTES

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
- Baylor and Oklahoma State met for the 77th time. Baylor is 23-54 all-time against the Cowboys, including a 17-16 mark in Waco. Baylor has won 11 of the last 19 meetings against the Cowboys, after snapping out of a 1-18 stretch.
- Baylor has 24 straight home games against unranked opponents.
- Baylor has won 13 consecutive games at the Ferrell Center, tied for the second-longest streak in arena history (school record is 15).
- Baylor has held opponents under 75 points in 40 consecutive home games.
- Baylor is 47-52 under Drew in January games.
- Baylor is 114-47 over the last four-plus seasons.
- Baylor is 205-94 over the last eight-plus seasons.
- Baylor's starters were Lester Medford, Al Freeman, Ishmail Wainright, Taurean Prince and Rico Gathers ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" the group is 11-3 on the season as a starting unit.
- Baylor is 74-64 in Big 12 play since 2007-08 after going 45-131 in the league's first 11 years. - Baylor is now 4-0 on the season following a loss.

TEAM NOTES
- After falling behind 5-2 in the first 1:34, Baylor went on a 19-5 run over the next 5:53 of game time to take a 21-10 lead.
- After Oklahoma State closed the deficit to three points (59-56) with 10:35 remaining in the second half, Baylor went on a 17-0 run to take a 76-56 lead.
- Baylor held Oklahoma State scoreless for 7:32 of that run.
- Baylor has made at least one three-point field goal in 780 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 is 92-11 when leading at the half over the last four season, including 10-0 this season.
- Baylor held its opponent under 75 points for just the 57th time in its last 59 games and is 43-16 in that stretch.
- Baylor held a 44-18 rebounding advantage over Oklahoma State. It has done so in 10 game in this season and is 10-0 in those contests.
- Baylor out-scored the Cowboys 18-7 in second-chance points with a 23-7 edge in offensive rebounds.
- Baylor had a season-low-tying 11 3-point attempts.
- Baylor shot a lower field goal percentage than OSU (45.0 to 47.1), improving to 4-3 when doing that this season and just 29-139 in the Drew Era.
- Baylor improved to 9-1 this season when scoring 70 or more points and 199-53 in the Drew Era.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES
- Senior Rico Gathers (17 points) scored in double-figures for a team-leading 11th time this season and 46th time in his career.
- Gathers (team-high 17 rebounds) recorded 31st career double-double (school record is 34).
- Gathers notched his 1,000 rebound with 7:50 left in the second half. He finished the game with 1,005 for his career bettering his own school record in the category. He is the 8th-player in Big 12 history to accomplish the feat.
- Gathers (1,047) moved into 28th on the all-time BU scoring list passing Don Heathington (1,040).
- Sophomore Al Freeman (21 Points) produced a double-figure scoring output for the 10th time this season and the 17th time in his career.
- Freeman recorded his fourth 20+-point effort of the season.
- Senior Taurean Prince (14 points) had his team-high 11th double-digit scoring game this season. It was his 50th career double-digit scoring game, and he's now two points shy of becoming Baylor's 30th 1,000-point scorer.
- Senior Lester Medford (11 points) had his 8th double-figure scoring game of the season. It was his 21st career double-figure scoring game, and Baylor is 18-3 in those games.
- Medford (7 assists, 4 turnovers) had just his 3rd game this season with a less than 2:1 assist-to-turnover ratio.