Postgame Notes: Baylor 70, West Virginia 59

1/1 BAYLOR (23-1, 12-0) 70, 14/14 WEST VIRGINIA (14-11, 4-8) 59
Feb. 15, 2020
Ferrell Center
Attendance: 10,305

BAYLOR POSTGAME NOTES

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES

Baylor's 22-straight game win streak is a tie for the longest streak in Big 12 history with Kansas in 1997.
Baylor is off to the best 24-game start in program history.
Baylor has won 22-straight games, a new program high. It is the nation's second-longest active streak behind San Diego State (25).
Baylor became the nation's only team with six ranked wins this season (6-0). Iowa (5-3) is the only other team with five-plus ranked wins.
Baylor's 12-0 start to Big 12 play ties the third-longest conference-only winning streak in Big 12 history and marks Baylor's longest conference winning streak in school history.
Baylor is 26-7 all-time when playing as an AP Top-5 team.
Baylor is 9-1 when playing as the nation's top-ranked team.
Head coach Scott Drew is in his 17^th season and is Baylor's all-time wins leader (339) – he is 339-210 at BU and 359-221 overall in 17 seasons as a head coach.
Baylor is 305-141 since 2007-08, the first year Drew's staff had a full allotment of scholarships.
Baylor is 216-94 over the last nine seasons, averaging 24 wins per season since 2012.
Baylor had a season-high 10,305 fans in attendance.

TEAM NOTES

Baylor leads the series versus West Virginia 11-7, including 5-3 in Waco.
Baylor has held 22 of 24 opponents below 70 points.
Baylor is 49-4 when leading at halftime over the last three seasons since 2017-18 (19-1 this season).
Baylor is 111-21 since 2015-16 when leading at any point in the second half of a game (23-1 this season).
Baylor has the nation's 10^th-longest active streak with at least one 3-point FG made in 927 straight games.
Baylor started Davion Mitchell, Jared Butler, Devonte Bandoo, Mark Vital and Freddie Gillespie for the first time this season.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES

Jared Butler made his 43^nd consecutive start for the Bears.
MaCio Teague sat out with a wrist injury, missing the first game of his collegiate career after playing in 90 consecutive games.
Mark Vital played in his 83^nd consecutive game.
Butler finished with 21 points. This marks the sixth time this season he has finished with 20+ points and the eighth 20-point game of his career.
Devonte Bandoo started his first game of the season and recorded a season-high total minutes with 35. His last game started was nearly a year ago, Feburary 16, 2019, at Texas Tech.
Davion Mitchell tallied 9 assists, breaking his career-high of 7 set earlier in the month.
Matthew Mayer broke his career rebounding record with 8 and added a season-high 13 points.

Postgame Notes: Baylor 70, West Virginia 59

Players Mentioned

Devonte Bandoo

Jared Butler

Freddie Gillespie

Matthew Mayer

Davion Mitchell

MaCio Teague

Mark Vital

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Postgame Notes: Baylor 70, West Virginia 59

Players Mentioned

Devonte Bandoo

Jared Butler

Freddie Gillespie

Matthew Mayer

Davion Mitchell

MaCio Teague

Mark Vital

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