Baylor, West Virginia Postgame Notes
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Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016
WVU Coliseum (Morgantown, W.Va.)
Attendance: 14,069
BAYLOR POSTGAME NOTES
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
- Saturday was the 9th series meeting -- Baylor leads 7-2, including a 3-1 mark in Morgantown.
- Baylor's starters were Lester Medford, Al Freeman, Ishmail Wainright, Taurean Prince and Rico Gathers -- the group is 17-6 on the season as a starting unit.
- Baylor is 53-19 in its last 72 games dating back to Feb. 12, 2014.
- Baylor is 9-10 against top-25 ranked teams since the start of the 2014-15 season.
- Baylor was the last Big 12 team to lose in Morgantown -- the Bears were the only team in the league to win at West Virginia in each of the Mountaineers' first three seasons in the conference.
- Baylor's losses have all come against top-20 RPI teams (at Oregon, at TAMU, at Kansas, vs. OU, vs. UT, at WVU).
TEAM NOTES
- Baylor has trailed at halftime in each of its last 6 games (3-3 record).
- Baylor is 5-1 this season in games following a loss.
- Baylor has made at least one three-point field goal in 788 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.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
- Rico Gathers (1,083 career rebounds) passed Texas' James Thomas (1,077) and tied Missouri's Arthur Johnson (1,083) for 3rd place on the Big 12 Conference's all-time rebounds list.
- Gathers played his 132nd career game, taking over sole possession of 4th place on Baylor's all-time list.
- Taurean Prince (1,124 career points) moved into 22nd on Baylor's all-time scoring list, passing Larry Gatewood (1,120).
- Prince (10 points) scored in double-digits for the 18th time this season and 57th time in his career.
- Prince played his 118th career game, tying Matt Sayman and Kevin Rogers for 10th on Baylor's all-time list.
- Ishmail Wainright (11 points) had his 4th double-digit scoring game of the season and established a new career high for points in a Big 12 game.
- Wainright led the team in points for the first time in his career. He's played 86 games over three seasons.
- Wainright had 3 steals, giving him 11 steals over the last 6 games.
- King McClure tied his career-high of 11 points, the 4th time he's done so. It was his 5th double-digit scoring game.
- McClure had career highs in free throws made (5) and free throws attempted (7).
- Terry Maston had 10 points in 8 minutes, his 7th double-digit scoring game of the season (4th in Big 12 play).




















