Jan. 20, 2018 Recap | Box Score | Photo Gallery
10/10 KANSAS (16-3, 6-1) 70, NR/RV BAYLOR (12-7, 2-5) 67
Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018
Allen Fieldhouse (Lawrence, Kan.)
Attendance: 16,300 BAYLOR POSTGAME NOTES
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
- Baylor is now 4-29 all-time against Kansas, including 0-16 in Lawrence and 3-22 in the Scott Drew era.
- Saturday's 3-point loss was Baylor's closest game in 16 trips to Lawrence.
- Baylor's last 5 games against Kansas have been decided by 6, 4, 5, 2 and 3 points (4.0 ppg).
- Baylor has had a 2nd-half lead in each of its 5 games against Kansas.
- Six of Baylor's seven losses are against ranked teams, including 4 of 7 on the road vs. current top-11 teams.
- Baylor fell to 9-21 against AP Top 10 teams since March 2012 ÃÆ'Æ'à € 'ÃÆ'â ‚¬  ' ¢ÃƒÆ'Æ'à € ' ¢' ¬" BU started the Drew era 1-26 in such games.
- Drew is in his 15th season at BU and is Baylor's all-time wins leader (289) ÃÆ'Æ'à € 'ÃÆ'â ‚¬  ' ¢ÃƒÆ'Æ'à € ' ¢' ¬" he is 289-187 at BU and 309-198 overall in 16 seasons as a head coach.
- Baylor's 164 wins since 2011-12 are second most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (195).
- Baylor is 255-118 since 2007-08, the first year Drew's staff had a full allotment of scholarships.
- Baylor is 164-71 over the last seven seasons.
TEAM NOTES
- Baylor has been tied or trailing at the half in all 7 Big 12 games this season.
- Baylor is now 61-12 since 2015-16 when taking the lead at any point in the 2nd half of a game ÃÆ'Æ'à € 'ÃÆ'â ‚¬  ' ¢ÃƒÆ'Æ'à € ' ¢' ¬" five of those losses were against Kansas.
- Baylor out-rebounded KU, 39-37, including 12-10 on the offensive glass. It was the 15th time in 19 games this season the Bears won the battle of the boards.
- Baylor turned its 12 offensive rebounds into 16 second-chance points, while limiting KU to 1 second-chance point on 10 offensive rebounds.
- Baylor's defense held Kansas to 15-of-46 from the field (32.6%) after KU made its first 6 field goal attempts.
- Kansas attempted 13 more free throws than Baylor, which was an improvement from the 21 free throw difference the last time BU visited Allen Fieldhouse.
- Baylor started Manu Lecomte, King McClure, Mark Vital, Tristan Clark and Jo Lual-Acuil together for the 4th time this season ÃÆ'Æ'à € 'ÃÆ'â ‚¬  ' ¢ÃƒÆ'Æ'à € ' ¢' ¬" the group is 1-3 as a starting unit.
- Baylor has blocked at least one shot in 86 consecutive games, dating back to Nov. 16, 2015 vs. Oregon.
- Baylor has the Big 12's second longest active streak and the 12th longest nationally with at least one three-point field goal made in 854 consecutive games.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
- Manu Lecomte (10 points) scored in double-figures for the 14th time this season and 60th time in his DI career.
- Lecomte has made at least one 3-pointer in 19 of his last 20 games.
- Jo Lual Acuil Jr. (14 points, 12 rebounds) had his 9th double-double of the season and 12th of his 2-year BU career.
- Lual-Acuil Jr. (14 points) scored in double-figures for a team-leading 15th time this season and the 34th time in his 2-year BU career. He's scored 10+ in all 6 Big 12 games played and in 11 of his last 12 games played.
- Lual Acuil Jr. (12 rebounds) posted his 10th game this season and 17th of his career with 10+ rebounds.
- Nuni Omot (14 points) scored in double-figures for the 7th time this season and 8th time in his 2-year BU career. It was the first time in his BU career that the Bears lost when he scored 10+ points.
- Jake Lindsey (6 assists, 2 turnovers) had 5+ assists for the 6th time this season and 16th time in his career.
- Lindsey accounted for more than half of Baylor's 11 assists.
- Tyson Jolly led the team with 2 blocks in 10 minutes off the bench. It was the 2nd time he's recorded 2 blocks.