Baylor, Texas Southern Postgame Notes

NR/NR TEXAS SOUTHERN (1-0) 72, NR/NR BAYLOR (0-1) 69
Nov. 6, 2018
Ferrell Center (Waco, Texas)
Attendance: 4,327

BAYLOR POSTGAME NOTES

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES

Baylor and Texas Southern met for the 12^th time – Baylor moves to 11-1 in the series.
Baylor snapped its 12-game win streak in season openers and is 14-2 in openers under Scott Drew.
Baylor snapped its 37-game win streak against unranked opponents.
Baylor moves to 52-3 in its last 55 non-conference home games dating back to Dec. 12, 2012.
Drew is in his 16^th season and is Baylor's all-time wins leader (296) – he is 296-196 at BU and 316-207 overall in 16 seasons as a head coach.
Baylor is 262-127 since 2007-08, the first year Drew's staff had a full allotment of scholarships.
Baylor is 55-13 against in-state opponents since the start of the 2011-12 season.
Baylor is 171-80 over the last seven seasons.
Baylor is 26-6 against non-Big 12 teams since 2016-17.
Baylor is 56-1 all-time against SWAC opponents.

TEAM NOTES

Baylor posted its third-lowest single-game free throw percentage in program history, going 3-for-11 (27.3 percent).
Baylor led by as many as 17 before Texas Southern took the lead, 70-69, with 21 seconds remaining in the game.
Baylor moves to 62-56 in games decided by 5 or fewer points under Drew.
Baylor has the nation's 11^th-longest active streak with at least one 3-point made in 870 straight games.
Baylor is 67-13 in November games under Drew.
Baylor is 238-44 when leading or tied at the half under Drew.
Baylor is 225-72 when outrebounding its opponent under Drew.
Baylor started Tristan Clark, Darius Allen, King McClure, Mark Vital and Jared Butler in its season opener. BU is 0-1 with that starting lineup.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES

King McClure played in his 50^th consecutive game and matched a career-high 23 points for his 27^thcareer game in double figures.
King McClure's 23 points against Texas Southern is his most against a D-1 opponent.
King McClure made a career-high 10 field goals against Texas Southern.
Jared Butler became the first Baylor freshman point guard to start in his debut since Curtis Jerrells in 2005-06.
Tristan Clark made his 31^st career start and scored in double figures for the 11^th time in his career.
Mark Vital made 19^th career start and posted double-figure points for the 10^th time in his career.
Matthew Mayer made his collegiate debut and posted six rebounds.
Darius Allen made his Baylor debut and posted two points and five rebounds.
Freddie Gillespie made his Baylor debut and posted seven points and seven rebounds.
Flo Thamba came off the bench and produced four points and three rebounds.

Baylor, Texas Southern Postgame Notes

Players Mentioned

Darius Allen

Jared Butler

Tristan Clark

Freddie Gillespie

Matthew Mayer

King McClure

Flo Thamba

Mark Vital

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Baylor, Texas Southern Postgame Notes

Players Mentioned

Darius Allen

Jared Butler

Tristan Clark

Freddie Gillespie

Matthew Mayer

King McClure

Flo Thamba

Mark Vital

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