Baylor, West Virginia Postgame Notes
2/27/2017 12:00:00โฏAM | Men's Basketball
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Feb. 27, 2017
Ferrell Center (Waco, Texas)
Attendance: 8,203
BAYLOR POSTGAME NOTES
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
- Baylor tied its 5th-most wins in a season in program history (24).
- Baylor reached the 11-win plateau in Big 12 play for the 4th time (12 in 2012, 11 in 2010 and 2015).
- Baylor is 6-3 vs. AP top 25 teams and 4-3 vs. AP top 10 teams this season.
- Baylor is 9-19 against AP top 10 teams since March 2012 รฦร' ยขรฦ ยข' ยฌ" BU started the Drew era 1-26 vs. top 10.
- Baylor has 18 wins over ranked teams in the last 3 seasons (18-17 since 2014-15).
- Baylor is 37-57 against ranked teams since 2007-08 after going 0-27 in Drew's first 4 rebuilding seasons.
- Monday was the 12th series meeting. Baylor is now 8-4 against West Virginia, including a 3-2 mark in Waco and an 8-4 mark in the Scott Drew era รฦร' ยขรฦ ยข' ยฌ" both teams have been ranked in the top 20 in each of the last 6 meetings.
- Baylor snapped a 3-game losing streak in the series to WVU.
- Baylor's 149 wins since 2011-12 is the Big 12's second-most wins in that span behind only Kansas (172).
- Drew, the program's all-time win leader, is in his 15th season overall (294-189) and 14th at BU (274-178).
- Drew is 240-109 since 2007-08 รฦร' ยขรฦ ยข' ยฌ" the first year he had a full allotment of scholarships.
- Baylor is 149-62 since 2011-12.
- Baylor is 94-77 in Big 12 play since 2008 after going 45-131 in the league's first 11 seasons.
TEAM NOTES
- Baylor used a 16-2 run from the 9:04 mark to the 4:09 mark to take a 57-51 lead.
- Baylor is 46-8 when taking a second-half lead since 2015-16.
- Baylor has faced a 2nd-half deficit and come back to win in 11 games this season.
- Baylor is 8-2 when trailing at the half this season.
- Baylor outrebounded WVU 43-23 and outscored WVU in bench points 20-12.
- Baylor's starting lineup was Jo Lual-Acuil Jr., Jake Lindsey, Ishmail Wainright, King McClure and Johnathan Motley รฦร' ยขรฦ ยข' ยฌ" the group is 1-0 on the season as a starting unit and is BU's 4th different starting unit this season.
- Baylor has made at least one 3-point field goal in 830 consecutive games รฦร' ยขรฦ ยข' ยฌ" 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
- Johnathan Motley (23 points) scored in double figures for the 25th time this season, 13th game in a row and 50th time in his career. He's scored 20+ points 10 times this season and 19 times in his career.
- Motley (1,147) passed Brady Heslip (1,140, 2011-14) for 22nd on Baylor's career points list.
- Jo Lual-Acuil Jr. (11 points) scored in double figures for the 18th time this season.
- Lual-Acuil Jr. (10 rebounds) pulled down double figure rebounds for the 6th time this season for his 3rd double-double of the season.
- Ishmail Wainright was honored in a postgame ceremony as the lone senior in Baylor's last home game of the season. The 4-year letterwinner ranks 10th in program history in games played (127), moved into 6th in wins (88) and 4th in Big 12 wins (36) รฦร' ยขรฦ ยข' ยฌ" BU is 96-40 in his 4 seasons with the program.
- Al Freeman (12 points) scored in double figures for the 14th time this season, 2nd game in a row and 41st time in his career.
- Wendell "Chuck" Mitchell played a career-high-tying 19 minutes.
