Baylor, Xavier Postgame Notes
12/3/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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Sat., Dec. 3, 2016
Ferrell Center (Waco, Texas)
Attendance: 9,684
BAYLOR POSTGAME NOTES
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
- Baylor is 1 of 12 remaining undefeated Division I teams.
- Baylor won a matchup of top-10 teams for the first time in program history (1-6).
- Baylor is 8-16 against AP Top 10 teams since March 2012. BU started the Drew era 1-26 vs. top-10 opponents.
- Baylor is 35-54 against ranked teams since 2007-08. Prior to that stretch, BU was 0-27 in Drew's first four rebuilding seasons.
- Baylor is off to an 8-0 start for the 1st time since 2011-12. It ties the 5th-best start in program history.
- Baylor has won 39 consecutive non-conference home games, dating back to Dec. 12, 2012.
- Baylor's 133 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (152).
- Baylor is 164-62 all-time at home under Scott Drew, has had 12 or more wins each season since 2006-07 (146-38) and is 5-0 this season.
- Baylor's 4-game winning streak vs. AP-ranked teams is tied for longest in program history ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" the Bears won four straight from Jan. 14-Feb. 7, 2015, but none of those were against top-10 teams. The Bears have defeated the four AP-ranked teams by an average +12.5 scoring margin.
- Baylor and Xavier met for the 3rd time ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" Bears has won all three meetings, with both prior meetings on neutral courts (2009 Old Spice Classic in Florida, 2012 NCAA Regional Semifinal in Atlanta, Ga.)
- Baylor is now 9-7 all-time against current Big East Conference members.
- Baylor is 29-9 all-time when top-10 ranked.
- Baylor has won all eight games this season by at least 3 points and averages a +14.5 scoring margin.
- Baylor's starting lineup was Jo Lual-Acuil Jr., Manu Lecomte, Ishmail Wainright, Al Freeman, and Johnathan Motley ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" the group is 7-0 on the season as a starting unit.
- Drew, the program's all-time win leader, is in his 15th season overall (277-183) and 14th at Baylor (257-172).
- Drew is 224-103 since 2007-08 ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" the first year he had a full allotment of scholarships.
- Baylor is 18-1 in December games since 2013.
TEAM NOTES
- Baylor has knocked off three top-10 teams in the same season for the first time in program history.
- Baylor has gone 16-14 against ranked teams since the start of the 2014-15 season.
- Baylor is 4-0 this season when trailing at halftime.
- Baylor is 4-0 vs. ranked teams this season (No. 4 Oregon, No. 24 Michigan State, No. 10 Louisville, No. 7 Xavier).
- Baylor has out-scored its ranked opponents by an average of 15.3 points in the second halves. BU out-scored Oregon 33-27, Michigan State 43-25, Louisville 42-24 and Xavier 45-27.
- Baylor has won by double-digits in 32 of its last 38 non-conference home games, including 24 of the last 27 games.
- Baylor is 228-23 under Drew when shooting a higher percentage than its opponent and 7-0 this season.
- Baylor has made at least one 3-point field goal in 808 consecutive games ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" 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.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
- Manu Lecomte had a career-high six 3-point field goals.
- Lecomte had a career-high 24 points, surpassing the 23 points he scored in a win at Duke while playing for Miami.
- Lecomte scored in double digits for the fifth time this season and 30th time in his DI career.
- Terry Matson had a career-high-tying 3 steals.
- Jo Lual-Acuil Jr. had 6 blocks, tying the 2nd-most in his BU career. He had 7 blocks vs. Oregon on Nov. 15, 2016.
- Johnathan Motley scored in double digits (17 points) for the sixth time in seven games.
- Ishmail Wainright had his 16th career game with 5+ assists, all of which were Baylor wins.
