Baylor, Nicholls State Postgame Notes
11/16/2018 1:20:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Baylor 81, Nicholls State 54
NR/NR BAYLOR (3-1) 81, NR/NR NICHOLLS STATE (2-3) 54
Friday, Nov. 16, 2018
Ferrell Center (Waco, Texas)
Attendance: 8,721
BAYLOR POSTGAME NOTES
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
Friday, Nov. 16, 2018
Ferrell Center (Waco, Texas)
Attendance: 8,721
BAYLOR POSTGAME NOTES
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
- Today's win moves Coach Scott Drew within one victory of becoming the first coach in program history to reach the 300-win mark at BU.
- With Friday's game being a part of the 2018 Emerald Coast Classic, Baylor improves to 32-11 in regular season tournament games and has won 13 tournament games in a row.
- Baylor is 1-0 all-time against Nicholls State and moves to 39-11 against first-time opponents under Drew.
- Baylor improves to 55-3 in its last 58 non-conference home games dating back to Dec. 12, 2013.
- Baylor is now 29-4 in home games against unranked teams since 2016-17.
- Baylor improves to 120-15 in non-conference home games in the Drew era, including 94-7 since 2007-08.
- The win makes Baylor 29-6 in games against non-Big 12 teams since 2016-17.
- Baylor is now 140-30 in November/December games under Drew, including 69-13 in November games.
- Baylor's record during King McClure's four-year career improves to 71-36.
- Baylor is 265-127 since 2007-08, the first year Drew's staff had a full allotment of scholarships.
- Baylor is 18-1 when leading at halftime since the start of the 2017-18 season.
- Baylor has now started 3-1 or better through its first 4 games for the 13th consecutive season.
- BU is now 71-16 since 2015-16 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game.
- Baylor has won 89 percent of its games when leading at the half since 2011-12 (136-17).
- Five Bears scored in double figures for the first time this season.
- Baylor used a 22-2 run that lasted over six minutes to build a 38-point lead in the second half (65-27).
- BU extended the nation's 11th-longest active streak with at least one 3-point made in 873 straight games.
- Baylor outrebounded Nicholls State (28-23) and is now 227-72 when outrebounding its opponent under Drew.
- Baylor has outrebounded all four opponents this season.
- Baylor doubled up Nicholls State in points in the paint by a 28-14 margin.
- Baylor is now 241-44 when leading or tied at the half under Drew.
- Baylor started Tristan Clark, Devonte Bandoo, King McClure, Mark Vital and Makai Mason for the first time this season. BU is 1-0 with that starting lineup.
- Mark Vital posted his first career double-double with a season-high and team-high 11 rebounds and 11 points.
- Makai Mason made his Baylor debut with double-digit points (11 points) and was 3-for-5 in three-point attempts.
- Matthew Mayer (season-high 18 points) recorded his second career double-figure scoring game.
- Tristan Clark recorded his fourth consecutive double-figure scoring game (10 points) for the first time in his career.
- King McClure (11 points) posted his third double-digit scoring game this season and 29th of his career.
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