MBB Battles George Mason in Emerald Coast Classic Finale

Saturday, November 24

3 p.m.

Baylor

George Mason

MBB Battles George Mason in Emerald Coast Classic Finale

11/24/2018 11:56:00 AM | Men's Basketball



	BAYLOR BEARS (3-2) Location: Waco, Texas Conference: Big 12 Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler, 1993) Roster \| Stats \| Game Notes	BAYLOR (3-2) VS. GEORGE MASON (2-4) November 24, 2018 • 3:05 p.m. CT Niceville, Fla. • The Arena, Northwest Florida State (2,196) LIVE STATS: Stat Broadcast WATCH: EmeraldCoastTV.com LISTEN: Baylor-IMG College / ESPN Central Texas Talent: Pat Nunley (pxp), David Kaye (analyst) Baylor Social Media:

	GEORGE MASON PATRIOTS (2-4) Location: Fairfax County, Va. Conference: Atlantic-10 Head Coach: Dave Paulsen (Williams College, 1987) Roster \| Stats \| Game Notes

STORY LINES
• Baylor takes on George Mason in the Emerald Coast Classic third place game at 3 p.m. CT Saturday.
• The game can be watched for free online at EmeraldCoastTV.com.
• Head coach Scott Drew is in his 16th season in Waco and is the BU's all-time wins leader (299-197).
• With one more win, Drew will become the 17th active coach with 300 wins at his current school.
• Baylor and George Mason are meeting for the first time. Baylor is 39-11 against first-time opponents in the Drew era, including 33-7 since 2007-08. BU is 8-12 all-time vs. current Atlantic 10 Conference teams.
• Baylor has won 13 of its last 14 regular-season tournament games and is 19-4 in regular-season tournaments since 2013-14. The Bears won the 2016 Battle 4 Atlantis and 2017 Hall of Fame Classic.
• Baylor fell to Ole Miss, 78-70, in Friday's semifinal game. BU overcame an early 13-point deficit to take a 1-point lead late in the first half, but Ole Miss scored the final 5 points of the half and led the rest of the way.
• Tristan Clark posted a career-high 27 points on 11-of-13 from the field, while Makai Mason added 18 points and 5 assists. Matthew Mayer (12) and Jared Butler (11) scored in double-figures off the bench.
• Baylor is 39-2 in regular-season non-conference games against unranked teams since December 2014.
• Baylor is 29-7 in games against non-Big 12 teams over the last 3 seasons since 2016-17.
• Baylor returned 3 letterwinners from last year's team, the nation's fewest among Power-5 teams.
• King McClure is the lone returning senior, while Clark and Mark Vital are back as sophomores.
• Clark has scored in double-figures in all 5 games this season after doing so in 10 of 33 games last year. He leads the nation with an .829 field goal percentage and averages only 1.4 missed shots per game.
• McClure has scored 20+ points twice this season after doing so in 1 of 100 games over his first 3 years.
• BU added 9 newcomers for 2018-19, including 5 transfers (two Division I, two JuCo, one Division III).
• Makai Mason is the first grad transfer in program history after graduating from Yale in May.
• Mario Kegler (Mississippi State) and Freddie Gillespie (Carleton) are eligible after sitting out 2017-18.
• Darius Allen (Palm Beach State) and Devonte Bandoo (Hutchinson) joined the Bears as JuCo transfers.
• BU also added prep players Jared Butler, Matthew Mayer, Flo Thamba and Jackson Moffatt.
• BU has used 8 different starters in its first 5 games, including 4 players making their first DI starts.
• BU played its first 3 games without 2 projected starters — Mason (injury) and Kegler (suspension).
• Mason made his BU debut on Nov. 16 vs. Nicholls State, posting 11 points in 21 minutes.
• The Bears were picked 9th in the Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll, the lowest since 2009-10 (10th).
• Baylor is 1 of 16 teams nationally to appear in every postseason since 2012 (5 NCAAs, 2 NITs).
• Baylor is 18-1 when leading at halftime since the start of the 2017-18 season (3-1 this season).
• Drew is coaching his 497th game at Baylor (299-197). His .603 winning percentage is best in BU history among coaches with 40+ games, and his teams have a .674 winning percentage since 2007-08 (265-128).
• BU is 71-16 since 2015-16 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game (19-6 last year).
• Baylor has posted a combined 140-31 record in November and December games during the Drew era, including a 58-9 mark in November and December games since 2013.

QUICK HITS
• Baylor is one of nine teams to be nationally ranked in each of the last 11 seasons dating back to 2007-08 – Baylor, Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville, Michigan State, Notre Dame and North Carolina.
• BU is 103-86 in Big 12 play in 11 seasons since 2008 after going 45-131 in the league's first 11 seasons.
• BU is 38-67 against AP-ranked teams since 2007-08 after going 0-27 in Drew's first 4 rebuilding seasons.
• Baylor has defeated 6 top-10 teams in the last two seasons entering 2018-19.
• Baylor is 11-21 against AP Top 10 teams since March 2012. BU started the Drew era 1-26 vs. top-10.
• Baylor has won 89% of its games when leading at the half since 2011-12 (136-17).
• BU has recorded double-digit non-conference wins in 11 of the last 12 seasons (all except 2012-13).
• Baylor is 174-81 over the last 7 seasons, averaging 24.4 wins per season since 2012.
• Baylor's 174 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (214).
• Baylor is 265-128 since 2007-08, the first year Drew's staff had a full allotment of scholarships.
• Baylor has the nation's 11th-longest active streak with at least one 3-point FG made in 874 straight games.
• Baylor has won 5 tournament titles under Drew, including each of the last 2 seasons (2007 Paradise Jam, 2011 Las Vegas Classic, 2013 NIT, 2016 Battle 4 Atlantis and 2017 Hall of Fame Classic).

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
• Drew is in his 15th season at Baylor and is the school's all-time wins leader (299).
• Baylor is one of nine teams to be nationally ranked in each of the last 11 seasons dating back to 2007-08 – Baylor, Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville, Michigan State, Notre Dame and North Carolina.
• Baylor has had a nation-leading four players selected in the NBA Draft since 2010 who weren't ranked in the ESPN100 out of high school — Quincy Acy, Ekpe Udoh, Pierre Jackson and Taurean Prince.
• Six Baylor players have been selected in the last six NBA Drafts, 10th-most nationally.
• In Drew's first 15 seasons at Baylor, 38 players have gone on to professional careers.
• Drew (48) is the youngest of 11 coaches to take his current program to four Sweet 16s since 2010.
• The Bears have advanced to postseason play in a school-record seven straight seasons (5 NCAA, 2 NIT).
• BU is 19-3 in regular-season tournaments since 2013-14, including 13 consecutive wins.
• Drew has won 20+ games in nine of the last 11 years — the Bears had 3 seasons of 20+ wins prior to his arrival.

DREW ERA HIGHLIGHTS
• Drew is coaching his 497th game at Baylor (299-197). His .603 winning percentage is best in BU history among coaches with 40+ games, and he's the program's all-time wins leader.
• Baylor has a .674 winning percentage (265-128) since Drew's first year with no scholarship restrictions in 2007-08 and a .682 winning percentage (174-81) over the last 7 seasons since 2011-12.
• In Drew's 15 seasons as Baylor head coach, BU has been ranked in 211 of 496 games. Prior to Drew, BU was ranked in 2 of 2,197 games over 97 seasons. In 10 seasons since 2008-09, BU has been ranked in 208 of 361 games.
• BU has graduated 91 percent of its scholarship seniors since Drew took over in 2003 (30 of 33).
• In Drew's first 15 seasons at Baylor, 38 players have gone on to professional careers.

A WIN WOULD ...
• Make Scott Drew the 17th active coach with 300 wins at his current school.
• Give Baylor wins in 14 of its last 15 regular-season tournament games.
• Give Baylor a 20-4 record in regular-season tournaments since 2013-14 and make the Bears 33-12 in regular-season tournaments during the Scott Drew era.
• Mark the 6th consecutive season with a 3-1 or better record in regular-season tournaments.
• Make Baylor 30-7 in games against non-Big 12 teams since 2016-17.
• Make Baylor 141-31 in November/December games under Drew, including 71-14 in November games.
• Improve BU's record to 72-37 during King McClure's 4-year career and 69-37 in games McClure has played.

SEEKING 300 WINS AT BAYLOR
• Head coach Scott Drew needs one more win to reach 300 in his Baylor career.
• Drew can become the 17th active coach to reach 300 wins at his current school.
• There are 15 active coaches with 300 wins at their current schools (thru 11/23/18): Mike Krzyzewski (1032), Jim Boeheim (929), Tom Izzo (579), Bob McKillop (558), Mark Few (541), Bill Self (452), Phil Martelli (433), Roy Williams (430), Jay Wright (426), Mike Brey (407), Randy Bennett (395), Rick Byrd (392), Greg Kampe (341), Fran O'Hanlon (314), Leonard Hamilton (310) and Matt Painter (300).

SUCCESS IN NONCONFERENCE PLAY
• Baylor is 29-7 in games against non-Big 12 teams since 2016-17 – losses in the 2017 Sweet 16 vs. South Carolina, at No. 21 Xavier, vs. No. 8 Wichita State, at No. 20 Florida, vs. Mississippi State, vs. Texas Southern and in a neutral-site game vs. Ole Miss.
• Among the 29 wins are home victories against No. 4 Oregon and No. 7 Xavier, neutral site wins vs. No. 10 Louisville, vs. No. 24 Michigan State, vs. VCU, vs. USC, vs. Wisconsin and vs. Creighton and a road win at Ole Miss.

SUCCESS IN REGULAR-SEASON TOURNAMENTS
• Baylor is 32-12 in regular-season tournaments during the Scott Drew era, including wins in 13 of its last 14 games.
• The Bears are 19-4 in their six regular-season tournaments since 2013-14, going 3-1, 3-1, 3-1, 4-0, 4-0 and 2-1.
• BU advanced to championship games in the 2007 Paradise Jam (won), 2008 76 Classic (lost), 2011 Las Vegas Classic (won), 2013 Maui Invitational (lost), 2014 Las Vegas Invitational (lost), 2016 Battle 4 Atlantis (won) and 2017 Hall of Fame Classic (won).
• Baylor has won four regular-season tournament titles under Drew – the 2017 Hall of Fame Classic, the 2016 Battle 4 Atlantis, the 2011 Las Vegas Classic and the 2007 Paradise Jam in the U.S. Virgin Islands.