2/2 BAYLOR BEARS (14-1, 4-0) Location: Waco, Texas  Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler, 1993) Roster | Stats | Game Notes	BAYLOR (14-1, 4-0) vs. OKLAHOMA STATE (9-7, 0-4) Jan. 18, 2020 • 11 a.m. CT Waco, Texas • Ferrell Center (10,284) LIVE STATS: baylorstats.com WATCH: ESPN2 and the ESPN App Talent: Clay Matvick (pxp), Tim McCormick (analyst) LISTEN: Baylor-IMG College | ESPN Central Texas Talent: John Morris (pxp), Pat Nunley (analyst) Baylor Social Media:
	NR/NR OKLAHOMA STATE (9-7, 0-4) Location: Stillwater, Okla. Head Coach: Mike Boynton (South Carolina, 2003) Roster | Stats | Game Notes

By Jerry Hill
Baylor Bear Insider
            Gallagher-Iba Arena is no Allen Fieldhouse, for sure. But, the second-ranked Baylor Bears have more losses in Oklahoma State's 82-year-old basketball gym than "The Phog" at Kansas. 
            The Bears (14-1, 4-0), who play OSU (9-7, 0-4) at 11 a.m. Saturday in Stillwater, lost 24 of their first 27 games at Gallagher-Iba Arena before winning six of the next eight and the last four in a row. 
            "Actually, all the courts in the Big 12 are tough to play on," said Baylor coach Scott Drew, whose team won its first-ever game at Allen Fieldhouse last Saturday, beating the then-No. 3 Jayhawks, 67-55. "Oklahoma State, definitely in the way it's set up, can get very loud. It feels like every time you're in the huddle, you've got half the stands listening."
            It took seven 3-pointers and a career-high 29 points from senior guard King McClure for Baylor to pull out a 73-69 win last year in Stillwater. 
            "I know their student section is loud," said senior forward Freddie Gillespie, who is averaging close to a double-double in Big 12 play with 10.3 points and 9.5 rebounds per game. "We hit them on a weekday last year, and their student section was pretty wild. A weekend game can bring a pretty big crowd. I know on free throws, they can be distracting. Those are the two things that stuck out from last year."
            Of course, Baylor has already survived two of the toughest road venues in the Big 12, beating nationally ranked Texas Tech (57-52) and Kansas in the same week. The Bears' 13-game winning streak is the third-longest in program history and second-longest in the nation behind seventh-ranked San Diego State (18). 
            Baylor leads the Big 12 and is ranked sixth in the nation in scoring defense, holding teams to just 57.9 points per game. Five of the last six high-major opponents have scored their fewest points of the season against the Bears – Arizona, Butler, Texas, Texas Tech and Kansas – with Iowa State being the lone exception. In Wednesday's 68-55 loss, the Cyclones scored their second-fewest points of the season and fewest in a road game in seven years. 
            "Normally, if you go into a game and defend and rebound, you give yourself a chance to win," Drew said. "We've done that, and hopefully we can continue doing that. Last year, we played Oklahoma State on Senior Night, and they had second-chance points against us and we didn't rebound as well against them. So hopefully, we can do a better job this year."
            Sophomore guard Isaac Likekele, who's averaging 11.1 points and 4.0 assists this year, had 23 points, nine rebounds and six assists in the Cowboys' 67-64 win on Baylor's Senior Night last year after going scoreless in the first meeting. 
            Gillespie said stopping Likekele's penetrations will be one of the biggest challenges in defending the Cowboys. Lindy Waters III (11.8 ppg) and Thomas Dziagwe are 3-point threats, while 6-7 senior forward Cameron McGriff is averaging 9.6 points and 6.7 rebounds per game. 
            "When (LIkekele) is on the floor, they're a great team," Gillespie said. "When you have shooters who can shoot as well as they can, the game changes. They've got firepower and athleticism with Cameron McGriff and Yor Anei, so I expect a good game."
            Other than Gillespie, Baylor's scoring attack has been led by the guard trio of Jared Butler (16.9 ppg), MaCio Teague (13.8) and Davion Mitchell (10.1). Butler and Mitchell had 19 and 17 points, respectively, in the win over Iowa State, but Teague was 0-for-7 from the floor and scored a season-low two points. 
            "That's why it takes a team to win, because not everybody's going to be on every night," Drew said. "Shooting is the one thing that can come and go. The big thing is getting the right shots. If you're getting the right shots, over time you're going to make them. You've got to have different weapons, because like any sport, some nights it's not your night and they might focus more on you, which opens up all the other guys."
            Saturday's game will be broadcast by ESPN2, with Clay Matvick and Tim McCormick calling the action. 
            In a quick turnaround, Baylor hosts Oklahoma (11-5, 2-2) at 8 p.m. Monday in an ESPN "Big Monday" game. 
 

STORY LINES
• No. 2 Baylor puts its 13-game winning streak on the line at Oklahoma State at 11 a.m. CT Saturday.
• Saturday is the 85th series meeting. OSU leads 55-29, but BU is 17-16 vs. OSU in the Drew era.
• BU is 7-1 vs. Oklahoma State since 2016 and 12-5 vs. OSU since 2012. 
• BU has swept the series in 5 of the last 8 seasons after not doing so in any of the Big 12's first 15 years.
• The Bears won 73-69 when the teams last met in Stillwater on Jan. 14, 2019. 
• BU has won 4 in a row in Stillwater and is 6-2 at OSU since 2012 after being 3-24 at OSU prior to 2012.
• Baylor's 13-game winning streak is tied for the 3rd-longest in program history (record 17 in 2011-12) and is the nation's 2nd-longest active streak behind San Diego State (18).
• Baylor is the nation's only program with 5 wins vs. AP Top 25 ranked teams this season (5-0).
• BU has won 5 consecutive games vs. ranked teams for the first time in program history. BU defeated No. 17 Villanova (n), No. 12 Arizona (h), No. 18 Butler (h), No. 22 Texas Tech (r) and No. 3 Kansas (r).
• Baylor is looking to start Big 12 play 5-0 for the 2nd time in league history (1998).
• Baylor ranks 6th nationally in scoring defense (57.9) and 9th nationally in scoring margin (+15.4).
• Baylor has trailed for only 6% of game time over its last 9 games (22:13 of 360:00). Baylor's largest deficit faced in that stretch was 20-15 in the first half at Kansas, and BU closed the half on a 22-4 run.
• Baylor's defense has forced 15+ turnovers in 9 of 15 games after doing so in 7 of 34 games last year.
• Baylor has held 5 of its last 6 high-major opponents to season-low scoring totals – season-lows for Arizona (58), Butler (52), Texas (44), Texas Tech (52) and Kansas (55); 2nd-lowest for Iowa State (55).
• BU has held all 4 Big 12 opponents to 55 or fewer points, matching the program record for a season (4 in 2013 & 2017). Entering 2020, BU held teams to 55 or fewer 23 times in the Big 12's first 23 seasons.
• BU is No. 1 in the NET rankings with wins vs. No. 2 (road), No. 7, No. 16, No. 21 and No. 33 (road).
• BU is No. 2 in the most recent AP Top 25 and has moved up in the rankings in 8 consecutive weeks.
• Baylor's No. 2 AP ranking is its highest since the Bears were No. 2 on Jan. 30, 2017. This is the 4th time Baylor has been top-2 ranked (No. 2 on Jan. 2, 2017, No. 1 on Jan. 9, 2017 and No. 2 on Jan. 30, 2017).
• BU received the most first-place votes (31) in the AP Top 25 for the 2nd time in program history (Jan. 9, 2017).
• Baylor's streak of 11 consecutive AP polls ranked is the 6th-longest in program history (all since 2010).
• Baylor is the only school with FB, MBB, WBB & VB all ranked. Those teams are a combined 68-7 this year and all four are currently top-13 ranked (No. 2 MBB, No. 2 WBB, No. 3 VB, No. 13 FB).
• Head coach Scott Drew is in his 17th season in Waco and is BU's all-time wins leader (330-210).
• Drew is coaching his 541st game at Baylor (330-210). His .611 winning percentage is best in BU history among coaches with 40+ games, and his teams have a .677 winning percentage since 2007-08 (296-141).
• Baylor is 36-38 in Big 12 road games since 2012, 2nd-best in the league behind only Kansas (46-28).
• Baylor is playing its 227th game as a ranked team under Drew – BU was ranked in 2 of 2197 games over the program's 97 seasons prior to Drew. Since 2008-09, BU has been ranked in 224 of 406 games.
• This is the 7th straight year BU has ranked top-10 nationally in offensive rebounding pct (No. 5 this year).

QUICK HITS 
• Baylor is 41-4 when leading at halftime over the last 3 seasons since 2017-18 (11-1 this season). 
• Baylor has won 89% of its games when leading at the half since 2011-12 (159-20). 
• BU is 102-21 since 2015-16 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game (14-1 this season). 
• Baylor is 205-94 over the last 9 seasons, averaging 24 wins per season since 2012. 
• Baylor's 205 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (249). 
• Baylor is 296-141 since 2007-08, the first year Drew's staff had a full allotment of scholarships. 
• 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 Gillespie (11) and Devonte Bandoo (7). 
• Baylor returned 9 players with at least 26 games of Division I experience, including a pair of transfers who are now starters after sitting out last season – Davion Mitchell and MaCio Teague. 
• Eight of Baylor's 14 players either have used or are currently using a redshirt year. Five after transferring to BU – Flagler, Gillespie, Mitchell, Tchamwa Tchatchoua and Teague, and three as freshmen — Moffatt, Turner and Vital. 
• Eight of Baylor's nine starting point guards under Drew have earned All-Big recognition (14 of last 15 seasons). 
• Baylor has defeated 8 top-10 teams in the last 4 seasons, including a 6-3 mark vs. top-10 teams in Waco. 
• 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 nationally (1 of 6 in Power-5) 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 5-1 all-time in Big 12/SEC Challenges, the best record of any team in either league. Combined with a 3-1 mark in the Big 12/Pac-10 Series and 1-0 in the Big 12/Big East Battle, Baylor is 9-2 in conference challenges. 
• Baylor has the nation's 11th-longest active streak with at least one 3-point FG made in 918 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 12 of the last 13 seasons (all except 2012-13). 
• Baylor has won 6 tournament titles under Drew (2007 Paradise Jam, 2011 Las Vegas Classic, 2013 NIT, 2016 Battle 4 Atlantis, 2017 Hall of Fame Classic and 2019 Myrtle Beach Invitational). 

SERIES HISTORY 
• Saturday's game is the 85th all-time meeting between Baylor and OSU. BU trails 29-55 in the series 
• Baylor is 17-9 against OSU since March 2007 after going 12-46 vs. the Cowboys from 1917 through 2006. 
• BU swept the series vs. OSU in 5 of the last 8 seasons (2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018), after not doing so in any of the Big 12's first 13 years. 
• OSU has swept the series 8 times, but only once since 2006 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2015). 
• BU has won 4 straight in Stillwater and is 6-2 at OSU since 2012. BU was 3-24 in Stillwater prior to 2012. 

LAST TIME VS. OKLAHOMA STATE 
• Baylor led for the majority of the game, but Oklahoma State used a 16-4 run to turn a 6-point deficit with 11:15 left into a 6-point lead with 5:15 to play, and the Bears never regained the lead in a 67-64 loss on March 6, 2019, in Waco. 
• BU had a season-low 3 second-chance points on 9 offensive rebounds, and the Bears shot just 25% in the 2nd half. 
• Makai Mason had 19 points, his most since a 40-point game vs. TCU on Feb. 2, and Freddie Gillespie added 14. 

LAST TIME VS. OKLAHOMA STATE IN STILLWATER 
• King McClure had a career-high 29 points with 9 rebounds and 4 assists in a career-high 38 minutes to lead Baylor to a crucial 73-69 win at Oklahoma State on Jan. 14. The Bears' 15 made 3-pointers were their most since 2014. 
• BU shot 60% from 3-point range (15-of-25) and only 27% from inside the 3-point line (8-of-30). 
• OSU also had a hot shooting night, making 45% from downtown (13-of-29) and only 32% inside the arc (9-of-28).