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#7/7 KANSAS 92, #3/3 BAYLOR 74
ALLEN FIELDHOUSE • LAWRENCE, KAN.
JAN. 16, 2012 • ATTENDANCE: 16,300
Miscellaneous Notes
• Monday was the first Top 10 matchup in program history. Baylor is 17-2 all-time when ranked in the Top 10.
• Prior to tonight's game, Baylor moved up one spot to No. 3 in both the AP and USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 polls - the highest ranking in program history.
• Baylor has been ranked in the Top 10 for a school-record 9 consecutive weeks.
• Baylor is 1-5 all-time on ESPN Big Monday.
• Baylor is 28-141 all-time against Top 25 teams, including an 11-47 mark in the Scott Drew era. Baylor is 7-62 all-time against Top 10 opponents and has lost six straight.
• Tonight's loss snaps Baylor's program-best 17-game winning streak, its first loss since March 9, 2011, against Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championship.
• Baylor is 51-16 -- 50-15 in the Scott Drew era -- when ranked in the Associated Press Top 25, 44-11 when ranked in the USA TODAY/ESPN Coaches Top 25 and 42-10 all-time when ranked simultaneously in both polls.
• Since the start of the 2007-08 season, Baylor is 108-48 and has made three postseason appearances (2008 NCAA, 2009 NIT, 2010 NCAA) and posted three 20-win seasons (135 wins in first 11 seasons of Big 12 era).
• Kansas leads the all-time series 17-2 and is 10-0 at home against Baylor.
• Baylor is 7-1 away from home this season and 4-1 in true road games.
• In the last five seasons under ninth-year head coach Scott Drew, Baylor has won 22 true road and 20 neutral-site games -- a combined 42-35 record away from home. In Baylor's first 11 seasons in the Big 12, the Bears won a combined 28 games away.
• Scott Drew is 1-9 all-time vs. Kansas.
Team Notes
• Baylor extended its 3-pointer streak to 637 games (second-longest active streak in Big 12) - dating to Feb. 21, 1990.
• Baylor trailed at the half for only the third time this season - all three true road games.
• Kansas' 92 points are the most Baylor's allowed since a 95-76 loss at No. 5 Oklahoma on Jan. 24, 2009.
• Kansas is only the second Baylor opponent this season to shoot 50% or better (Kansas State), shooting 57.4% - the highest by a Baylor opponent this season.
Individual Notes
• Junior G A.J. Walton made his 48th consecutive start at point guard.
• Sophomore G Brady Heslip has made at least one 3FG in 17 of 18 games this season.
• With 14 points tonight, senior F Quincy Acy passed Larry Gatewood for 17th on the school's career scoring list.
• Acy posted his 38th career game with 2+ blocks (Baylor is 29-9 in such contests).
• Acy reached the double-figure scoring mark for the 14th time this season and the 60th time of his career.
• Jackson scored in double figures for the fourth consecutive game and the 12th time this season
• Jones III scored in double figures for the eighth time this season and 34th of his career.
• Jackson posted his second career double-double, finishing with 11 points and 11 assists.
• Jackson tied career high with 11 assists.
• Jackson has 7+ assists in each of his last four games and seven this season.
