Baylor
Kansas State
No. 9 MBB Begins Road Swing at Kansas State
1/15/2024 12:21:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Entering the 51st all-time meeting, the series is tied 25-25
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9/9 BAYLOR BEARS (14-2, 3-0 Big 12) Location: Waco, Texas Conference/Affiliation: Big 12 Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler, 1993) Roster | Stats | Game Notes (PDF) |
9/9 BAYLOR (14-2, 3-0 Big 12) vs. KANSAS STATE (12-4, 2-1 Big 12) Jan. 16, 2024 • 7:00 p.m. CT Manhattan, Kan. • Bramlage Coliseum (11,000) LIVE STATS: Stat Broadcast WATCH: ESPN+ Talent: Mark Neely (pxp), Chris Spatola (analyst) LISTEN: Baylor Sports Media Network via ESPN 1660 AM / 92.3 FM in Central Texas and worldwide at centexsportsfan.com Talent: John Morris (PBP), Pat Nunley (Analyst) SIRIUS XM: SiriusXM 83 or on the SXM App Baylor Social Media:    |
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KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY (12-4, 2-1 Big 12) Location: Manhattan, Kan. Conference/Affiliation: Big 12 Head Coach: Jerome Tang (Charter Oak State College, 2007) Roster | Stats | Game Notes (PDF) |
Story lines
• No. 9/9 Baylor travels to Manhattan for its only regular-season meeting with Kansas State for a 7 p.m. tip on ESPN+.
• Tuesday marks the 51st all-time meeting between these two teams with the series knotted at 25 wins apiece.
• BU is seeking a 4-0 start in conference play for the third time in the last five years and the fifth time in the Scott Drew Era.
• BU has won seven of the last nine meetings in this series, including three of the last four in Manhattan.
• Baylor had won seven-straight in the series before the Wildcats swept BU as season ago.
• KSU head coach Jerome Tang was a member of Drew's original coaching staff in Waco, and served as an Assistant/Associate Head Coach in Waco for 19 seasons.
• Tang is one of two former Drew assistants coaching in the Big 12 Conference. Texas Tech and Grant McCasland join Drew and BU as the only remaining undefeated teams in the conference through three games.
• The Bears lead the nation in 3-point FG% (42.2), rank fourth in offensive efficiency (121.3) and 10th in points per game (86.1).
• The Bears have now been ranked in the top-10 for a fifth-straight year, one of just four programs (Duke, Gonzaga and Kansas) to accomplish that feat.
• Ranked in the AP Top-25 for 20-straight weeks, BU is riding the nation's eighth-longest active streak and the third-longest in the Big 12 (Houston 75, Kansas 54).
• Baylor is 68-49 in Big 12 road games since 2012, second-best in the league behind only Kansas (73-45).
• Baylor's 57-18 Big 12 record over the last five seasons is the best record of any power-conference team.
• Baylor's 309-119 record since 2011-12 trails only Kansas (347-88) among Big 12 teams.
• Last time out, despite its lowest offensive output of the season, the Bears improved to 3-0 with a 62-59 win over Cincinnati to remain unbeaten at Foster Pavilion.
• Langston Love led the way with 11 of his 14 points coming in the first-half, while Ja'Kobe Walter scored all 14 of his points in the second half to secure the win over the Bearcats.
• The Bears beat BYU 81-72 in the conference home opener, building on their nations-best 28-12 record against vs. AP top-25 teams over the last five years.
• Trailing by as many as nine with 17:19 to play in the second half, BU used a 10-0 run over the next four minutes to take back the lead and were able to hold off the Cougars down the stretch.
• BU committed a season-low five turnovers against BYU, its fewest since only losing it just three times against Texas Tech last season (2/4/23).
• In the conference opener, BU outlasted a feisty Oklahoma State squad 75-70 in overtime for its ninth-straight win at Gallagher-Iba Arena.
• Despite only hitting two three-pointers, the nation's leading 3-point shooting team out-rebounded the Pokes on the offensive glass 16-5, giving them a 12-6 advantage in second-chance points.
• The win was Baylor's first overtime victory since it won 66-64 in Stillwater on Feb 21, 2022.
