Baylor
Coastal Carolina
No. 24 MBB Faces Coastal Carolina in Myrtle Beach Invitational Semifinal
11/22/2019 8:16:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Bears are coming off a 23-point win over Ohio on Thursday
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24/23 BAYLOR BEARS (3-1) Location: Waco, Texas Conference: Big 12 Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler, 1993) Roster | Stats | Game Notes |
BAYLOR (3-1) vs. COASTAL CAROLINA (3-2) Nov. 22, 2019 • 4 p.m. CT Conway, S.C. • HTC Center (3,212) LIVE STATS: www.baylorstats.com WATCH: ESPNU and ESPN App Talent: Rich Hollenberg (pxp), Fran Fraschilla (analyst) LISTEN: Baylor-IMG College | ESPN Central Texas Talent: Pat Nunley (pxp), David Kaye (analyst) Baylor Social Media:    |
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NR/NR COASTAL CAROLINA (3-2) Location: Conway, S.C. Conference: Sun Belt Head Coach: Cliff Ellis (Florida State, 1968) Roster | Stats | Game Notes |
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STORY LINES
• Baylor takes on Coastal Carolina in a Myrtle Beach Invitational semifinal at 4 pm CT Friday.
• The game will be shown on ESPNU with Rich Hollenberg and Fran Fraschilla calling the action.
• BU has advanced to a regular-season tournament title game in 7 of 12 seasons since 2007.• BU is facing Coastal Carolina for the first time and are 44-15 against current Sun Belt Conference teams.
• Baylor is 34-12 in regular-season tournaments during the Drew era, including 21-4 since 2013-14.
• Baylor has trailed for only 9:22 of 160:00 game time this season, and never by more than 7 points.
• Baylor leads the Big 12 in 3FG% (.391) and offensive rebounding (14.5) and ranks 2nd in steals (9.8).
• Baylor has forced 15+ turnovers in all 4 games this season after doing so only 7 times last season.
• Jared Butler has led BU in scoring in all 4 games this season (30-UCA, 18-UW, 15-TXST, 19-OU).
• Butler leads the Big 12 in scoring (21.0), 3FGs (3.8) and FT% (13-13), ranks 4th in 3FG% (.536), 4th in steals (2.3), 5th in FG% (.563), 11th in assists (3.8) and 11th in minutes (31.8).
• Freddie Gillespie has double-doubles in 3 straight games, tied for the Big 12 lead. He ranks 2nd in the Big 12 in rebounding (9.8), 2nd in steals (2.5), 4th in blocks (2.0) and 1st in offensive rebounding (5.3).
• MaCio Teague is 4th in the Big 12 in 3FGs (2.5), 7th in 3FG% (.435), 14th in assists (3.3) & 14th in scoring (13.8).
• Baylor is coming off its 10th 20-win season in the last 12 years. The Bears were a No. 9 seed in the 2019 NCAA Tournament, where they knocked of Syracuse before falling to No. 1 seed Gonzaga.
• BU is No. 24 in the most recent AP Top 25 and No. 23 in the preseason coaches' poll.
• Baylor has been in the Preseason AP Top 25 in 7 of 10 seasons since its first preseason ranking in 2010-11.
• Head coach Scott Drew is in his 17th season in Waco and is BU's all-time wins leader (319-210).
• Baylor returned 9 players with at least 26 games of Division I experience, including a pair of transfers who started in their BU debuts after sitting out last season – Davion Mitchell and MaCio Teague.
• BU returned 8 letterwinners from last season, including 5 players who made at least 7 starts – Mark Vital (34), Jared Butler (21), Tristan Clark (14), Freddie Gillepsie (11) and Devonte Bandoo (7).
• BU was picked 2nd in the Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll, tying the highest in program history (2012-13). The Bears were picked 9th in last year's poll, but overcame a multitude of injuries to finish in 4th place.
• BU has advanced to the postseason in 8 straight seasons, tied as the nation's 10th-longest active streak.
• Baylor's streak of 11 consecutive seasons ranked was snapped last season, but the Bears have now been ranked in 12 of 13 seasons since 2007-08. BU was ranked only twice prior to the Drew era.
• Baylor is 39-11 in games against non-Big 12 teams over the last 4 seasons since 2016-17.
• Drew is coaching his 530th game at Baylor (319-210). His .603 winning percentage is best in BU history among coaches with 40+ games, and his teams have a .669 winning percentage since 2007-08 (285-141).
• Baylor is 48-5 in regular-season non-conference games against unranked teams since December 2014.
• BU has ranked top-10 nationally in offensive rebounding pct. in 6 straight seasons (No. 2 last year).
• Baylor is 58-31 against non-conference teams in neutral/road games in the Drew era, including a 35-16 record in away games against non-Big 12 teams since 2011-12.
QUICK HITS
• Five of Baylor's 12 active players have used a redshirt year at Baylor, and the Bears have three players currently sitting out as redshirts – Jordan Turner, Adam Flagler and Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua.
• Davion Mitchell took over as Baylor's starting point guard replacing Makai Mason. Eight of Baylor's nine starting point guards during the Drew era have earned All-Big recognition (14 of last 15 seasons).
• BU is 41-72 against AP-ranked teams since 2007-08 after going 0-27 in Drew's first 4 rebuilding seasons.
• Baylor is 12-23 against AP Top 10 teams since March 2012. BU started the Drew era 1-26 vs. top-10.
• Baylor has defeated 7 top-10 teams in the last 3 seasons, including a 6-3 mark vs. top-10 teams in Waco.
• Baylor is 32-4 when leading at halftime over the last 3 seasons since 2017-18.
• Baylor has won 88% of its games when leading at the half since 2011-12 (150-20).
• Baylor has won 20+ games in 10 of the last 12 seasons after recording only three 20-win seasons in the previous 100 years of Baylor Basketball (1946, 1948, 1988).
• The Bears are one of 11 programs to win 18+ games in every year since 2008.
• Baylor is 1 of 14 teams nationally to appear in every postseason since 2012 (6 NCAAs, 2 NITs).
• BU is 91-21 since 2015-16 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game (3-1 this season).
• Baylor is 194-94 over the last 9 seasons, averaging 24 wins per season since 2012.
• Baylor's 194 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (239).
• Baylor is 285-141 since 2007-08, the first year Drew's staff had a full allotment of scholarships.
• Baylor is 5-1 all-time in Big 12/SEC Challenges, the best record of any team in either league.
• Baylor has the nation's 11th-longest active streak with at least one 3-point FG made in 907 straight games — the last time Baylor failed to make a 3-pointer was more than 29 years ago, on Feb. 21, 1990 vs. Texas Tech (0-8).
• BU has recorded double-digit non-conference wins in 11 of the last 12 seasons (all except 2012-13).
• Baylor has won 5 tournament titles under Drew (2007 Paradise Jam, 2011 Las Vegas Classic, 2013 NIT, 2016 Battle 4 Atlantis and 2017 Hall of Fame Classic).
SERIES HISTORY
• Friday is Baylor's first time facing Coastal Carolina and the Bears' first true road game of the season.
• The Bears are 44-15 against current Sun Belt Conference members, with most of those games against Texas State (16-3), UT Arlington (13-1) and Louisiana-Lafayette (7-3). The Bears have also faced UALR (1-1), Arkansas State (2-3), Georgia State (0-1), Louisiana-Monroe (4-1), South Alabama (0-2) and Troy (1-0).
SUCCESS IN TOURNAMENTS
• Baylor is 34-12 in regular-season tournaments during the Scott Drew era.
• BU is 21-4 in its seven regular-season tournaments since 2013-14, going 3-1, 3-1, 3-1, 4-0, 4-0, 3-1 and 1-0.
• 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.
WINNING AWAY FROM HOME VS. NON-BIG 12 TEAMS
• Baylor is 58-32 against non-conference teams in neutral/road games in the Scott Drew era, including a 35-17 record in away games against non-Big 12 teams since 2011-12.
• Baylor is 55-26 in road/neutral non-conference games since the 2007-08 season (1-1 in 2019-20, 3-3 in 2018-19; 2-2 in 2017-18; 6-1 in 2016-17; 1-3 in 2015-16; 3-2 in 2014-15;
