Baylor, South Dakota Postgame Notes

NR/NR BAYLOR (5-2) 63, NR/NR SOUTH DAKOTA (3-3) 57
Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018
Ferrell Center (Waco, Texas)
Attendance: 4,083

BAYLOR POSTGAME NOTES

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES

Head Coach Scott Drew won his 301st game at Baylor, exactly 100 more than any coach in program history.
Baylor moved to 2-0 all-time against South Dakota. and South Dakota. The only previous matchup was a 95-75 Bears win on Dec. 19, 1969, at the Cowboy Classic in Abilene, Texas.
Baylor is now 31-7 in games against non-Big 12 teams since 2016-17.
Baylor improves to 142-31 in November/December games under Drew, including 72-14 in November games.
The Bears are now 73-37 during King McClure's 4-year career and 70-37 in games McClure has played.
Baylor is 267-128 since 2007-08, the first year Drew's staff had a full allotment of scholarships.
Baylor is 56-3 in its last 59 non-conference home games dating back to Dec. 12, 2012.
Baylor is 121-15 in non-conference home games in the Drew era, including 95-7 since 2007-08.
BU is 73-16 since 2015-16 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game.
Baylor improves to 9-1 all-time against current members of the Summit League — the Bears have faced Oral Roberts (6-0), South Dakota (2-0), South Dakota State (1-0) and Denver (0-1).

TEAM NOTES

Baylor closed the game on an 12-0 run (spanning 4:42), highlighted by Makai Mason's 3 with 57 seconds to play to give the Bears their largest lead of the game at 62-57.
The Bears moved to 5-1 this season and 267-27 in the Drew era when shooting a higher percentage than their opponent.
Baylor is now 3-0 this season and 110-8 in the Drew era when holding its opponent to less than 60 points.
BU extended the nation's 11^th-longest active streak with at least one 3-point made in 876 straight games.
Baylor started Tristan Clark, King McClure, Mark Vital, Makai Mason, and Mario Kegler for the first time this season, making BU 1-0 with that starting lineup.
Baylor won for the first time this season when being out-rebounded by its opponent (42-41).
Baylor recorded 12 team blocks, tied for 4th-most in a game in program history. It's the Bears' first time reaching that number since Nov. 20, 2013.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES

King McClure (team-high 15 points) scored in double-figures for the fifth time in seven games this season and 31^st time for his career while adding 6 rebounds.
Mario Kegler scored 12 points in his Baylor debut to go along with 6 rebounds and 3 blocks.
It is the 17th time in 33 career D1 games in which Kegler has scored in double-figures.
Makai Mason (10 points) scored in double-figures for the 4th straight game and the 39^th time in his Division I career.
Mason also dished out a team-high 4 assists and pulled down 4 rebounds.
Matthew Mayer scored 9 points and pulled down 3 rebounds in 13 minutes of action.
Tristan Clark notched a career high with 6 blocks to go along with 6 rebounds and 8 points, missing double-figure scoring for just the second time all season.
Clark is the first BU player with 6 blocks in a game since Jo Lual-Acuil, Jr. had 7 vs. Oklahoma on Feb. 21, 2017.
Mark Vital pulled down a team-high 9 rebounds and had a team-high 2 steals to go along with 7 points, 2 assists and 2 blocks.

Baylor, South Dakota Postgame Notes

Players Mentioned

Tristan Clark

Mario Kegler

Makai Mason

Matthew Mayer

King McClure

Mark Vital

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