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NR/NR BAYLOR (15-10, 5-7) 80, 10/10 KANSAS (19-6, 8-4) 64
Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018
Ferrell Center (Waco, Texas)
Attendance: 9,323 BAYLOR POSTGAME NOTES
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
" Baylor broke an 11-game losing streak against Kansas securing its first victory over the Jayhawks since 2013.
" Baylor is 5-30 all-time against Kansas, including an 3-11 mark in Waco and a 4-22 record in the Scott Drew era.
" Scott Drew is in his 15th season at BU and is Baylor's all-time wins leader (292) - he is 292-190 at BU and 312-201 overall in 16 seasons as a head coach.
" Baylor's 167 wins since 2011-12 are second most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (197).
" Baylor is 258-121 since 2007-08, the first year Drew's staff had a full allotment of scholarships.
" Baylor is 100-83 in Big 12 play since 2008 after going 45-131 in the league's first 11 seasons.
" BU is 64-13 since 2015-16 when leading at any point in the second half of a game, including 13-4 this season.
" Baylor is 167-74 over the last seven seasons.
" Baylor is 37-65 against AP-ranked teams since 2007-08.
" The Bears are 10-21 against AP Top 10 teams since March 2012.
" Saturday's attendance of 9,323 was the second largest crowd to watch a Baylor home game during the 2017-18 season.
TEAM NOTES
" Baylor scored 80 points in the win over Kansas, the third time in four games scoring 80-plus. The Bears are averaging 81.0 ppg in the last four games.
" Baylor held Kansas scoreless over the final 3:31 of the first half. The Bears put together a 13-2 run over the final 6:23 of the opening half and a 7-0 sprint in the final 1:58 to take a 30-20 lead into the break.
" The Bears converted their final three field goals in the first half while holding Kansas to only 1-of-7.
" The Baylor bench scored 12 points in the opening half and 26 in the game, including five from Nuni Omot and four from Terry Maston.
" Baylor held Kansas to only 20 first-half points, the lowest total for a Bears opponent since TCU scored only 20 on Feb. 11, 2017.
" Kansas' 20 first-half points were a season low, previous low total was 28 (1st half at WVU and 2nd half vs. Stanford).
" Baylor had a halftime lead for the second consecutive game after not holding the advantage at the break in its previous 12 games dating back to Dec. 20 vs. Southern.
" The Bears are 11-0 this season when leading at the half and 129-16 when leading at the half since 2011-12.
" Baylor had more points in the paint than its opponent (38-34) for the 21st straight game (24 of 25 games this season).
" Baylor converted more field goals than the Jayhawks for the fourth consecutive meeting (30-to-25) and the Bears had more free throw attempts than KU (10-to-8) for the first time in four meetings.
" The Bears out-shot their opponent from outside for only the third time in the last 13 games. Baylor hit 8-of-15 3-pointers (53.3 percent) compared to Kansas' 6-for-31 (19.4 percent).
" Baylor has blocked at least one shot in 92 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 860 consecutive games.
" Baylor started Manu Lecomte, Jake Lindsey, Mark Vital, Tristan Clark and Jo Lual-Acuil for the third time. The group is now 3-1 as a starting unit.
" Four Baylor players scored in double figures (Lual-Acuil, Lecomte, Omot, Lindsey), the first time with four or more players scoring 10+ points since six reached double digits against Kansas State on January 22.
" Baylor scored 50 points in the second half, the eighth time this season and third time in the last four games the Bears have scored 50 or more after halftime.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
" Jo Lual-Acuil scored 19 points, his 20th double-digit scoring game of the season and 39th of his career. Baylor is 27-11 in games where he scores 10 or more points.
" Lual-Acuil averaged 16.5 ppg and 9.0 rpg in two games against Kansas this season.
" Manu Lecomte (18 points) scored in double-figures for the 20th time this season and 66th time in his DI career.
" Lecomte scored 13 points in the second half (4-of-5 shooting) after being held to 2-of-5 from the field and five points in the first.
" Lecomte has made at least one 3-pointer in 24 of his last 26 games.
" Lecomte tallied six assists in the game to equal his Big 12 season high. He is averaging 4.8 apg over the last four games.
" Nuni Omot (17 points) scored in double-figures for the sixth time in the last eight games, 12th time this season and 13th time in his two-year BU career.
" Omot was 3-for-4 from outside and has hit two or more 3-pointers 10 times in 2017-18.
" Omot averaged 15.5 ppg in two games against the Jayhawks in 2017-18.
" Jake Lindsey started for the ninth time in his career and extended his team-high streak to 94 consecutive games played. He has started the last four games and five times this season.
" Lindsey scored 11 points for his third double-figure scoring game of the season. His 11 points were a Big 12 season best.
" Mark Vital set a new career high with 11 rebounds, his sixth game with eight-plus boards and fourth over the last eight games. He averaged 10 rpg in two games against Kansas.
" Vital set a new career high with three blocked shots in the game.
" Vital 30-plus minutes for the second-straight game, fourth time this season - all in Big 12 play.