2/2 BAYLOR BEARS (7-0, 1-0) Location: Waco, Texas  Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler, 1993) Roster | Stats | Game Notes (PDF)	BAYLOR (7-0, 1-0) vs. ALCORN STATE (0-4) Dec. 30, 2020 • 2 p.m. CT Waco, Texas • Ferrell Center (10,284)   LIVE STATS: baylorstats.com WATCH: Big 12 Now on ESPN+ Talent: John Morris (pxp) and King McClure (analyst) LISTEN: Baylor-Sports Network | ESPN Central Texas Talent: Dave Rosselli (pxp) and David Kaye (analyst) Baylor Social Media:
	NR/NR ALCORN STATE BRAVES (0-4, 0-0) Location: Lorman, Miss. Head Coach: Landon Bussie (Xavier-La., 2010)  Roster | Stats (PDF) | Game Notes (PDF)

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• No. 2 Baylor returns for its second game in as many days, hosting Alcorn State at 2 pm CT Wednesday.
• BU is facing Alcorn State for the 5th time – BU is 4-0 all-time vs. ASU (1980, 2002, 2006, 2017).
• Baylor is the Big 12's final undefeated team. The Bears lead the league in scoring (93.6), scoring margin (+33.3), field goal pct. (.518), 3-point pct. (.464), 3-pointers made
(11.9/gm), assists (22.0/gm), assist-to-turnover ratio (1.93), steals (9.7/gm), turnover margin (+8.7), rebounding margin (+10.3).
• Baylor has scored 80+ points in 7 straight games for the first time since 1994. The last time BU had a longer streak of scoring 80+ points was its first 11 games of the 1984-85 season.
• Baylor has won 7 consecutive games by double-digits – the school record is an 8-game streak of double-digit wins to start the 2011-12 season.
• Baylor is the nation's only team to win every game by 13+ points this season (min. 3 games played).
• BU is looking to start a season 8-0 for the first time since starting 15-0 on its way to No. 1 in 2016-17.
• Baylor leads the nation in 3-point percentage (.464) and ranks 5th in 3-pointer made (11.9/game).
• BU ranks 2nd nationally in scoring margin (+33.3) and has won 6 of 7 games by 30+ points.
• BU is tied for the nation's lead in assists per game (22.0), ranks 2nd nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.93), 6th nationally in scoring (93.6) and 6th nationally in turnover margin (+7.8).
• Baylor's bench has 33+ points in every game and is out-scoring opposing benches 42-17 on average.
• Head coach Scott Drew is in his 18th season in Waco and is BU's all-time wins leader (349-213).
• With a win, Drew would notch his 370th career Division I victory and record his 350th win at BU.
• Baylor is playing its 249th 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 246 of 428 games.
• Baylor is on a school-record streak of 17 straight weeks top-5 ranked (previously 6 straight in 2017).
• BU's streak of 26-straight AP polls ranked is the nation's 5th-longest active streak and longest in BU history.
• Baylor has been ranked top-5 for 17-straight weeks. BU was top-5 for 12 weeks all-time prior to this streak.
• Baylor's defense forced 15+ turnovers in 22 of 37 games since the start of the 2019-20 season.
• BU returned to win 93-56 over UCA on Tuesday. Davion Mitchell had a career-high 12 assists.
• BU's bench out-scored UAPB's bench 55-0 in the Dec. 21 win. LJ Cryer led all Bears with 15 points.
• BU became the first team since 1992 to score 100 points in Manhattan in the Dec. 19 win at K-State.
• BU forced a Ferrell Center-record 35 turnovers with 40 points off turnovers in the Dec. 9 win over SFA.
• Baylor has led by at least 5 points in 37 straight games and built a double-digit lead in 31 of 37 games. 
• Baylor returned four All-Big 12 players from a 2019-20 team which went 26-4 and spent five weeks ranked No. 1 nationally. The Bears finished last season ranked No. 4 in the coaches poll (No. 5 in AP).
• Baylor is 53-11 in games against non-Big 12 teams over the last 5 seasons since 2016-17.
• Baylor is 107-8 in non-conference home games since 2007-08, including 67-4 since December 2012.
• Baylor signed the highest-ranked recruiting class in program history (No. 4) earlier this month. BU inked 5-star Kendall Brown, 4-star Langston Love and 4-star Jeremy Sochan for the 2021-22 season.