Baylor, Yale Postgame Notes
3/17/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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Thursday, March 17, 2016
Dunking Donuts Center | Providence, R.I.
2016 NCAA TOURNAMENT, FIRST ROUND
BAYLOR POSTGAME NOTES
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
- Baylor's 22 wins are the 10th-most in program history and BU's fifth-straight season with 22-plus.
- Baylor is now 17-9 over the last five years in postseason (conference and national) tournaments (29-14 over the last 8 seasons).
- Baylor is now 4-3 in its last 7 games away from Waco and 7-4 over its last 11 (1-2 neutral, 6-2 true road).
- Baylor is now 17-12 over the last four seasons in March and April.
- Scott Drew, the program's all-time wins leader, is in his 14th season overall (270-183) and 13th at Baylor (250-172).
NCAA TOURNAMENT NOTES
- Baylor is now 11-12 all-time in NCAA tournament play.
- Drew is now 8-6 in the past six NCAA tournaments and 7-2 against lower seeds.
- Baylor is now 52-46 all-time in games decided by 5 points.
- Baylor is now 40-35 in March/April games under Scott Drew, including 16-7 in its last 23 such games.
- Baylor is now 125-56 since the start of the 2011-12 season and 216-103 since 2007-08.
SERIES NOTES
- This was the first meeting between Baylor and Yale. Yale now leads the all-time series 1-0.
- Baylor is now 34-11 against first-time opponents during the Drew era.
GAME NOTES
- Baylor's bench outscored Yale 17-13 on the night.
- Baylor shot 44% from the field and is 13-11 this season when shooting below 50% (also 22-4 when topping 40%).
- Baylor's record fell to 4-10 in games it trailed at the half (trailed 39-34 tonight).
- Baylor started Lester Medford, Al Freeman, Taurean Prince, Ishmail Wainright and Johnathan Motley for the 9th time this season ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" Baylor's record is 5-4 with that starting lineup.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
- Junior F Ishmail Wainright à ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
- lead team with 8 reboundsà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
o 5th time this season he has led the team.
- Sophomore G Al Freeman à ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
- tallyed 6 points and 3 reboundsà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
- Sophomore F Johnathan Motley à ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
- scored 15 pointsà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
o his 17th double-figure scoring game this season & 25th of career (BU 19-6 in such games).
- grabbed 7 reboundsà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
- Senior F Taurean Prince à ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
- led team with 28 pointsà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
o has scored in double figures in 16 of last 17 games and 45 of last 52 games.
o 7th 20+ point game this season & 16th of career (BU 13-3 in such games).
- led team with 4 three point field goals madeà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
o shot 57% from beyond the arc.
- Senior G Lester Medford à ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
- led team with 6 assists todayà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
o Baylor improves to 28-8 when Medford records 5+ assists and 27-10 when he leads team.
