BAYLOR BEARS (16-9, 7-5) Location: Waco, Texas   Conference: Big 12 Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler, 1993) Roster | Stats | Game Notes	BAYLOR (16-9, 7-5) at 19/20 IOWA STATE (19-6, 8-4) February 19, 2019 • 8:05 p.m. CT Ames, Iowa • Hilton Coliseum (14,356) LIVE STATS: Stat Broadcast WATCH: ESPN2 | ESPN App Talent: Jon Sciambi (pxp), Stan Van Gundy (analyst) LISTEN: Baylor-IMG College | ESPN Central Texas Talent: John Morris (pxp), David Kaye (analyst) Baylor Social Media:
	IOWA STATE CYCLONES (19-6, 8-4) Location: Ames, Iowa Conference: Big 12 Head Coach: Steve Prohm (Alabama, 1997) Roster | Stats | Game Notes

By Jerry Hill
Baylor Bear Insider
            Much has changed in the 42 days since the Baylor Bears knocked off a top-20 Iowa State team, 73-70, on Jan. 8 at the Ferrell Center. 
            In Baylor's second Big 12 game of the year, starters Tristan Clark, Makai Mason, Mario Kegler and King McClure all played 30-plus minutes and accounted for 54 points. When the two teams reconnect with an 8 p.m. game Tuesday in Ames, Iowa, Kegler is the only sure thing for the Bears (16-9, 7-5) against the No. 22/23 Cyclones (19-6, 8-4). 
            That turned out to be Clark's last game of the season. He's out for the rest of the year with a knee injury. McClure has missed the last three games with a knee injury, while Mason has sat out two of the last three with a bruised toe on his right foot. 
            "The good news is they're getting better," coach Scott Drew said. "The bad news is I can't tell you anything definite."
            Freshman point guard Jared Butler, who had just two points and two assists in the first meeting with the Cyclones, said "it seems like an eternity."
            "That really does let you know it was a long time ago," said Butler, who had 16 points in Saturday's 86-61 loss at Texas Tech. "When we watched the film from that game, it was fun to watch. We were all locked-in. We had just lost to TCU and we needed a big win at home. It was a great game, so I'm looking forward to this one, too."
            While the day-to-day uncertainty of whether Mason or McClure will be available has been tough on the Bears, at least they're "more prepared that they're not going to play," Butler said. 
            "I don't think we're used to it, but I don't think it's a shock when King or Makai aren't playing. It's not like (gasp). I would say it's a little bit less of an adjustment. It's not like we've got to put in a totally different offense now that they're not playing."
            After playing just one game in his last two years at Yale because of a broken foot, and sitting out five games this season with toe and ankle injuries, "Dr. Mason has probably got a minor in medical treatments," Drew said. 
            "The good news is he also knows what's something that prevents him from playing and what's something that's just painful," Drew said of Mason, who's averaging a team-high 15.6 points and 3.3 assists. "We're trying to cut down on as much pain as possible. This time of year, everybody's going to be banged-up in some form or fashion. It really comes down to as long as you're not going to hurt it worse, it's what you can endure. The good news is that each and every day he gets better."
            Playing without the senior backcourt duo on Saturday, the Bears shot just 35 percent and turned it over 19 times in their worst loss in the Tech series in 17 years.
            Although Baylor ended up winning the battle of the boards, 34-30, Tech had eight more second-chance points (22-14) on 13 offensive rebounds and turned the Bears' 19 turnovers into 25 points. 
            Sophomore forward Mark Vital said the Bears "should play tougher" against an Iowa State team that has four guards in its starting lineup. 
            "This is a different squad, so everybody's got to fill in a place," Vital said. "We've got a little lineup, we're going to have to play fast. And I like that. And we're real tough. We might be small, but I think we're real tough. We can handle it."
            Since back-to-back losses to Baylor and Kansas State, the Cyclones have won seven of their last nine going into Tuesday's game and knocked off league-leading K-State, 78-64, on the road Saturday in Manhattan. Iowa State is in a virtual tie for second place with Kansas and Texas Tech and just 1 ½ games behind the Wildcats (20-6, 10-3). 
            Four players are averaging double-digit points, led by 6-6 Virginia transfer Marial Shayok with 19.0 points and 5.5 rebounds per game. Sophomore guard Lindell Wigginton (13.3), freshman Talen Horton-Tucker (12.6) and 6-9 Nebraska transfer Michael Jackson (12.0 ppg, 6.0 rebounds) are also averaging double figures, while fifth-year senior and former Arkansas transfer) Nick Weiler-Babb contributes 9.6 points and a team-high 4.1 assists per game. 
            "Offensively, everyone knows how talented they are and how capable they are," Drew said. "Unfortunately, you can play really good defense and they can still score. You just want to control what you can control and make them as tough as possible. We know they're going to score, but you want to make sure they're not getting easy looks. They're really good in transition, especially at their place when the crowd gets involved. We've got to take care of the basketball and get back on defense."
            Tuesday's game is broadcast by ESPN2, with Jon Sciambi and former NBA head coach Stan Van Gundy calling the action. 
            Baylor returns home for its next two games, hosting West Virginia (10-16, 2-11) at 1 p.m. Saturday and then Texas (15-11, 7-6) at 8 p.m. next Wednesday, Feb. 27. 

STORY LINES 
• Baylor looks for a season sweep of Iowa State when the teams meet in Ames at 8 p.m. CT Tuesday.
• Tuesday is the 37th series meeting. ISU leads the series 19-17, but BU has won 7 of the last 9.
• The home team has won 28 of 32 campus site games in the series, and BU is 1-3 vs. ISU at neutral sites.
• Baylor is 2-14 all-time against Iowa State in Ames, with the wins in 2015 and 2016 (lost first 12).
• BU won 73-70 when the teams met in Waco on Jan. 8 this season. Iowa State led 66-64 with 3 minutes left, but Makai Mason scored 7 straight BU points to give the Bears the lead for good. 
• BU is coming off an 86-61 loss at No. 15 Texas Tech on Saturday. The Bears played without Mason and King McClure, who are both day-to-day, and had 8 scholarship players available, including a former walk-on.
• Mason has missed 2 of 3 games with a toe injury, while McClure has missed 3 straight. Clark has missed 11 straight since his season-ending injury on Jan. 8, and Jake Lindsey has missed the entire season.
• All told, those 4 projected starters have missed 44 total games, including 27 in Big 12 play.
• BU entered the season with 3 returning letterwinners after losing its top 4 scorers from last season.
• In 11 games since Tristan Clark's season-ending injury, BU is shooting 39% on 3-pointers and making 9.6 treys per game. Those numbers are up from 29% and 6.6 made 3's per game prior to the injury.
• Four Bears are shooting 42%+ from 3-point range and making 1.5+ 3FGs/game since Clark's injury – Devonte Bandoo (44%, 1.8), Jared Butler (43%, 2.6), McClure (43%, 1.9) and Mason (42%, 2.4).
• BU is averaging 72.2 ppg in 11 games since Clark's injury, up from 71.4 ppg prior to losing Clark.
• Scott Drew is in his 16th season in Waco and is the Bears' all-time wins leader (312-204).
• Baylor is 28-2 when leading at halftime since the start of the 2017-18 season (13-2 this season).
• Mario Kegler is averaging 11.8 ppg and 5.3 rpg while shooting 51% over his last 8 games.
• Jared Butler joined the starting lineup with Clark out and is averaging 12.2 ppg and 3.7 apg in 11 starts.
• Butler is shooting 43% on 3FGs (29-67) since becoming a starter after 23% (10-44) in his first 14 games.
• Butler is 6th in the Big 12 with 3.5 assists/gm in league play. He has 53 assists in his last 14 games (3.8 apg) after 14 assists in his first 11 games (1.3 apg). He has also made a 3-pointer in 11 straight games. 
• Mason needs 9 points to reach 1,000 for his Division I career (680 at Yale, 311 at Baylor).
• Mark Vital leads the Big 12 and ranks 15th nationally with 3.5 offensive rebounds per game.
• Flo Thamba and Freddie Gillespie have combined for 8.5ppg, 8.1 rpg and 2.1 bpg in 32.5 mpg in 11 games since Clark's injury. Prior to the injury they averaged 2.4 ppg, 2.9 rpg and 0.9 bpg in 12.8 mpg.
• Bandoo is 4th in the Big 12 in 3FG% in league play (.460) and is averaging 14.0 ppg in the last 3 games.
• Gillespie is averaging 7.3 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 1.6 bpg and shooting 71% (24-34) in 20.3 mpg over the last 7 games. He entered that stretch with 25 points all season, including 8 DNPs in 9 games preceding Clark's injury.
• Baylor is 33-36 in Big 12 road games since 2012, second-best in the league behind only Kansas (43-23).
• BU is 2nd nationally in offensive rebounding percentage (38.7), its 6th straight year in the nation's top 10.
• In Big 12 play, Baylor leads the league in offensive efficiency (111.0), assists (14.8/gm), 3-point pct. (.389), 3-pointers made (9.3/gm) rebounding margin (+5.7/gm) and offensive rebounding (13.4/gm).

ON THE CALL 
• Tuesday's game will be broadcast on ESPN2 with Jon Sciambi and Stan Van Gundy calling the action. 
• Sciambi called 3 BU games last season, but is calling his first this year. Van Gundy is on a BU game for the first time. 

QUICK HITS 
• BU is 84-18 since 2015-16 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game (16-3 this season). 
• BU is 96-74 in Big 12 play in 10 seasons since 2010 after going 59-149 in the league's first 13 seasons. 
• 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 40-69 against AP-ranked teams since 2007-08 after going 0-27 in Drew's first 4 rebuilding seasons. 
• Baylor defeated 7 top-10 teams in the last 3 seasons, including a 6-3 mark vs. top-10 teams in Waco. 
• Baylor is 12-22 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 (147-18). 
• Baylor is 187-88 over the last 7 seasons, averaging 24.4 wins per season since 2012. 
• Baylor's 187 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (230). 
• Baylor is 278-135 since 2007-08, the first year Drew's staff had a full allotment of scholarships. 
• Baylor beat Alabama to move to 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 894 straight games — the last time Baylor failed to make a 3-pointer was nearly 29 years ago, on Feb. 21, 1990 vs. Texas Tech (0-8). 

SERIES HISTORY VS. IOWA STATE
• Tuesday is the 37th series meeting. Baylor trails 17-19 in the series, including a 2-14 mark in Ames. 
• The home team has won 28 of 32 campus site games in the all-time series, and BU is 1-3 vs. ISU at neutral sites. 
• Baylor has won seven of the last nine games in the series, with the losses in each of its last two trips to Ames. 
• Baylor has won 6 straight home games vs. Iowa State and 12 of 13 home games vs. ISU dating back to 2002. 
• Since the Big 12 went to double round-robin play in 2012, the teams have split the season series four times (2012, 2014, 2017, 2018), BU has swept twice (2015, 2016) and ISU has swept once (2013). 

FOUR PROJECTED STARTERS SAT OUT SATURDAY'S GAME 
• Baylor was playing without four projected starters in Saturday's game at No. 15 Texas Tech. Makai Mason (toe) and King McClure (knee) missed the game, while Tristan Clark (knee) and Jake Lindsey (hip) are out for the season. 
• The same four starters missed the Feb. 9 games vs. K-State, and all but Mason missed the Feb. 11 win vs. Oklahoma. 
• Clark is out for the year after suffering a left-knee injury in the Jan. 8 win over Iowa State. 
• Clark started the first 14 games this season and was leading the nation with a .737 field goal percentage. He averaged 14.6 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.4 blocks, 1.7 assists and 1.1 steals in 29.8 minutes per game prior to the injury. 
• Lindsey played in all 103 games and made 18 starts over his first 3 seasons at Baylor. 

SHORT-HANDED BEARS SUFFER WORST LOSS SINCE 2016 AT NO. 15 TEXAS TECH 
• Baylor again played without four projected starters in an 86-61 loss at No. 15 Texas Tech on Feb. 16. 
• BU held Tech to .407 from the field (22-of-54), but the Red Raiders converted 30-of-35 free throws. 
• Freshman Jared Butler had team-highs of 16 points, 4 assists and 37 minutes, while Mario Kegler added 15 points. 
• The 25-point margin-of-defeat was Baylor's worst since Jan. 2, 2016 at Kansas. 

3-GUARD LINEUP LEADING BEARS' RESURGENCE 
• Baylor switched to a 3-guard lineup after Tristan Clark's season-ending injury, swapping freshman guard Jared Butler into the starting lineup. The Bears moved 6-foot-5 sophomore Mark Vital to the starting 5-spot. 
• In 11 games without Clark, Baylor is making 3.2 more 3-pointers per game (9.6 from 6.4) and shooting 10% higher from 3-point range (39.1 from 29.2). BU's 2-point percentage has suffered, dropping from 55% to 46%. 
• Baylor is averaging 0.8 more points per game despite missing Clark's 14.6 PPG and 6.3 RPG. 
• Butler is averaging 5.7 more ppg, 1.8 more rpg and 1.9 more apg in 11 games since joining the starting lineup. 
• Freddie Gillespie and Flo Thamba are combining for 8.5 ppg, 8.1 rpg and 2.1 bpg in 32.5 mpg in 11 games since Clark's injury. Prior to the injury they averaged a combined 2.4 ppg, 2.9 rpg and 0.9 bpg in 12.8 mpg over 14 games. 

A WIN WOULD ... 
• Be Scott Drew's 313th win at Baylor and the 333rd of his Division I coaching career. 
• Give Baylor its 3rd season sweep of Iowa State since the Big 12 went to double round-robin play in 2012. 
• Make Baylor 8-2 against Iowa State in the last 10 series meetings, including 3-2 in Ames in that stretch. 
• Improve Baylor's record against ranked opponents to 3-2 this season and 41-69 since 2007-08. 
• Give Baylor a 34-36 record in Big 12 road games since 2012, which is 2nd-best in the league. 
• Improve Baylor's record to 97-74 in Big 12 play since 2010 after going 59-149 in the league's first 13 seasons. 

PROTECTING HALFTIME LEADS 
• Baylor went 15-0 last season when leading at halftime and is 31-2 in its last 33 games when leading at the half. 
• Baylor has won 89% of its games (146-18) when leading at the half since 2011-12 (13-2 in 2018-19, 15-0 in 2017-18, 18-3 in 2016-17, 18-2 in 2015-16, 21-7 in 2014-15, 18-2 in 2013-14, 17-1 in 2012-13 and 26-1 in 2011-12). 
• BU has won 37% of games in which its been tied or trailing at the half since 2011-12, going 41-70 in those. 
• BU has led at halftime in 164 of 275 games over the last eight seasons, and BU is 187-88 since 2011-12. 

TWENTY-TWO WINS VS. RANKED TEAMS IN LAST FIVE SEASONS 
• Baylor has gone 22-29 against ranked teams since the start of the 2014-15 season (2-2 this season). 
• BU has wins vs. No. 8 Texas Tech and No. 20 Iowa State and losses to No. 7 Kansas and at No. 15 Texas Tech. 
• BU is 40-69 against AP-ranked teams since 2007-08 after going 0-27 in Drew's first four rebuilding seasons. 
• Baylor has won multiple games vs. AP Top 25 teams in each of the last 12 seasons. The Bears have defeated at least five ranked teams in four of the last five seasons dating back to 2013-14. 
• BU has knocked off seven AP top-10 teams in the last 3 seasons (7-7 vs. AP Top 10). 

BIG 12'S SECOND-BEST ROAD MARK SINCE 2012 
• Baylor is 33-36 in Big 12 road games since 2012, 2nd-best in the league behind only Kansas (44-26) thru 2/17/19. 
• BU is 24-27 in Big 12 road games since 2014, which is also second-best in the league behind only Kansas (31-21). 

UP NEXT 
• Baylor returns home for its first of three remaining home games. BU hosts West Virginia at 1 p.m. on Feb. 23 and Texas at 8 p.m. on Feb. 27. After a trip to K-State on March 2, BU hosts Oklahoma State at 8 p.m. on March 6. 
• The Bears wrap of the regular season with a trip to Lawrence, Kan., to face Kansas at 1 p.m. on March 9.