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11/11 BAYLOR (24-6, 11-6) 71, 10/10 WEST VIRGINIA (23-7, 11-6) 62
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 ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" 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 ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" 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 ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" 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 ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" 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 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
- 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) ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" 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.
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