Baylor is now 4-19 all-time against Kansas, including 2-8 in Waco.
All 81 points were scored by Baylor's starting five of Heslip, Walton, Jackson, Jefferson and Austin.
The win was the highest ranked team Baylor has defeated since knocking off then-No. 3 Kansas on March 9, 2012 at the Big 12 Tournament in Kansas City.
The win marked the highest ranked team the Bears have beat in in the regular season since defeating then-No. 3 Arkansas 82-77 on Feb. 10 1990 in Waco
Scott Drew recorded his 173rd career win at Baylor, 28 shy of Bill Henderson's school record.
Baylor now has multiple wins over AP Top 25 teams for the sixth consecutive season.
The Bears picked up their first regular-season win over Kansas since Feb. 12, 2001, snapping a 12-game losing streak vs. KU in regular season play.
The win was the ninth Big 12 victory of year, tying the 2007-08 squad for third-most in program history.
The victory gives Baylor 18+ wins for the sixth-consecutive season. The Bears only had eight 18+ win seasons in their first 101 years of basketball.
Baylor (9-9 Big 12) has now finished with a .500 record or better in seven of the last 25 seasons.
The Bears are now 139-68 since the start of the 2007-08 season.
Baylor is now 53-47 in Big 12 games since 2007-08, eight more than it had in its first 11 years (45-131).
Baylor is now 24-24 in the month of March under Drew.
TEAM NOTES
Baylor has made at least one 3-point field goal in 688 consecutive games - the second-longest active streak in the Big 12 (Texas). The last time Baylor did not connect from 3-point range was Feb. 21, 1990 vs. Texas Tech.
The Bears have win 19 of 20 and 40 of its last 42 games when leading at the half. BU led 37-28.
Baylor is now 12-0 when scoring at least 37 points in the first half.
The Bears are 10-2 overall and 5-1 in Big 12 play when scoring over 80 points.
Baylor is 10-0 overall and 6-0 in Big 12 play when its opponent scores under 60.
Baylor's field goal percentage of .577 (30-of-52) was the second highest of the season and highest in Big 12 play. The Bears shot .645 in the season opener vs. Lehigh on Nov. 9, 2012.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
Pierre Jackson (28 points) has scored in double-figures in 37 of his last 38 games.
Jackson (28 pts, 10 ast) recorded his 14th double-double of the year and 19th of his career.
Jackson has made at least one 3-point field goal in 42 consecutive games, which is the 2nd-longest streak in program history behind LaceDarius Dunn's 45 consecutive games.
Jackson had his 19th career 20-point game (14th of season).
Jackson (1,106 career points) moved into 19th on Baylor's all-time scoring list (5th among players with less than 100 games played).
Jackson (197 assists) sits in third on Baylor's single-season assists list behind his own mark of 223, set in 2011-12.
Cory Jefferson (25 pts) recorded his fourth 20-point game of the season and career.
Jefferson registered his 24th career double-figure scoring performance and 19th of the year.
Jefferson's three 3-pointers were a career high and the first of his career.
Jefferson's 3 blocks moved him to fifth on BU's all-time list with 108, passing Willie Sublett (106).
A.J. Walton passed LaceDarius Dunn for second on the program's all-time games played list (135) and sits four away from tying Quincy Acy's record of 139.
Walton (12 pts) totaled his 11th double-figure scoring performance of the year and 22nd of his career.
Isaiah Austin (11 pts) registered his 23rd double-figure scoring performance of the year.
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