Complete Baylor Game Notes 
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GAME CENTER: GAME 22
MEDIA INFORMATION
Date: Sat., Feb. 6, 2010
Tip-Off: 3:01 p.m. CST
Location: College Station, Texas
Arena: Reed Arena (12,292)
Television: Big 12 Network, ESPN Full Court
Talent: Mitch Holthus (pxp), Stephen Howard (analyst)
Available in Central Texas on Time Warner Digital Ch. 165, Grande Ch. 15 [Complete TV Listings]
Radio: Baylor ISP Sports Network; ESPN/KRZI 1660 AM (Waco); FamilyNet/Sirius (Ch. 161)
Talent: John Morris (pxp), Pat Nunley (analyst)
Baylor Record When Ranked in AP Poll: 14-8
Series: Texas A&M leads 126-73
Scott Drew Record vs. Texas A&M: 4-8
Live Stats: www.BaylorBears.com
Audio Web Stream: www.BaylorBears.com
Video Web Stream: www.ESPN360.com
In-Game Blog: None
GAME DAY STORY LINES
• No. 20/24 Baylor (17-4, 4-3) travels to College Station to face Texas A&M (16-6, 5-3) for the 200th installment of the Battle of the Brazos series Saturday.
• Saturday will mark the third consecutive season that Baylor visits Texas A&M ranked in the Top 25.
• Texas A&M leads the all-time series, 126-73, and has won eight of the last 10 meetings.
• Baylor is 7-44 (.137) in its last 51 Big 12 road games, including a 6-13 mark over the previous two-plus seasons (1-7 last season).
• Baylor is 14-8 (.636) — 13-7 (.650) in the Scott Drew era — when ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll and 9-4 (.692) when ranked in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Top 25 Poll.
• No. 20 (AP)/No. 24 (ESPN/USA Today) Baylor is ranked in the Top 25 in the month of February for only the second time in school history.
• Baylor is 24-6 (.800) in its last 30 games, dating back to the end of the 2008-09 regular season.
• Since posting a 21-53 record (.284) in Drew’s first three seasons, Baylor is 77-46 (.626) in its last 123 games.
• In their first 10 games of 2010, the Bears are shooting 77.4 percent (151-of-195) from the free throw line with three players shooting 80 percent or better — LaceDarius Dunn (88.9), Anthony Jones (83.3)and Tweety Carter (82.5).
• Ekpe Udoh enters Saturday’s rivalry game at Texas A&M with a Big 12-leading 89 blocked shots — five more blocks than the entire Texas A&M team (84) in 22 games.
• Scott Drew is tied with Gene Iba for the fifth-most wins in school history with 98 wins.
• Through games of Jan. 31, Baylor ranks among the nation’s top 25 teams in six statistical categories: 4th in blocked shots per game (7.5), 5th in rebounding margin (+8.8), 5th in field goal percentage defense (36.6), 13th in scoring margin (+14.6), 13th in field goal percentage (49.0) and 17th in 3-point field goal percentage (39.7).
• Through games of Jan. 31, Carter ranks in the top 60 nationally in four categories: 5th in assists per game (6.3), 32nd in 3-point field goals per game (2.9), 38th in 3-point field goal percentage (40.7) and 60th in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.17). Udoh ranks in the top 20 nationally in four categories: 3rd in triple-doubles (1.0), 5th in blocked shots per game (4.2), 11th in rebounds per game (10.7) and 20th in double-doubles (10.0). Dunn ranks in the top 75 nationally in four categories: 6th in 3-point field goals per game (3.3), 35th in 3-point field goal percentage (40.7), 52nd in scoring (18.4) and 71st in free throw percentage (83.5).
SERIES HISTORY
• Saturday is the 200th series installment of the Battle of the Brazos between Baylor and Texas A&M.
• Saturday will mark the third consecutive season that Baylor visits Texas A&M ranked in the Top 25.
• Baylor’s current No. 20 AP ranking is its highest when facing Texas A&M.
• Texas A&M leads the all-time series, 126-73, and has won eight of the last 10 meetings.
• Texas A&M leads the Big 12-era series, 15-12.
• Baylor is 2-5 in College Station in the month of February in the Big 12 era.
• Baylor is 2-4 in College Station under head coach Scott Drew.
• Baylor has scored 80-plus points only twice in 12 games vs. Texas A&M under Drew.
• Baylor and Texas A&M have split series each of the last two seasons.
• Drew is 4-8 all-time vs. Texas A&M.
A ROAD WIN IN THE BIG 12 IS HARD TO FIND
• Baylor is 7-44 (.137) in its last 51 Big 12 road games, including a 6-13 mark over the previous two-plus seasons (1-7 last season).
• Baylor’s 80-77 overtime win Jan. 30 at then-No. 6 Texas snapped an eight-game Big 12 road losing streak.
• Under Scott Drew, Baylor has posted road wins against six different Big 12 schools, including Texas A&M (two).
21-GAME LITMUS TEST
• Baylor’s 84-63 win Feb. 3 over Iowa State was its 17th victory through the first 21 games of the season.
• The win marked the fourth time in the program’s 104-year history — and second in the last three seasons — that Baylor has won at least 17 of its first 21 games. The Bears started the 1948 and 2008 seasons with identical 17-4 records, while the 1946 team started 19-2. All three teams won at least 20 games and advanced to the NCAA Tournament.
CONSECUTIVE 15-WIN SEASONS
• With its 71-45 win Jan. 23 over UMass, Baylor posted its fourth consecutive 15-win season for just the second time in program history. Prior to this season, the Bears had posted 15-plus wins in 1967-68 (15), 1968-69 (18), 1969-70 (15) and 1970-71 (18).
• Baylor is now three wins shy of a program-first third consecutive 20-win season.
• Baylor has won a school-record 77 games over the last three-plus seasons, surpassing the 74 wins from 1945-49.
BAYLOR AS A NATIONALLY RANKED TEAM
• Baylor is 14-8 (.636) — 13-7 (.650) in the Scott Drew era — when ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll and 9-4 (.692) when ranked in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Top 25 Poll.
• Baylor is 8-3 (.727) all-time — all 11 games have been in the last two seasons — when ranked simultaneously in both polls.
• Baylor is 4-2 (.667) when ranked in the top 20 of the AP Top 25 Poll.
• Baylor is 11-4 (.733) at home when nationally ranked in either poll.
• Baylor’s No. 20 ranking in this week’s AP Top 25 Poll is its highest since being ranked No. 19 for the week of Dec. 29, 2008.
A FEBRUARY SECOND
• No. 20 (AP)/No. 24 (ESPN/USA Today) Baylor is ranked in the Top 25 in the month of February for only the second time in school history.
• Baylor was ranked No. 19 in the AP Top 20 Poll for the week of Feb. 11, 1969. That week, the Bears posted their first win as a nationally ranked team.
• Baylor is 2-1 all-time as a nationally ranked team in the month of February.
A BAYLOR WIN WOULD...
• Snap a three-game road losing streak in the month of February.
• Mark back-to-back wins over Texas A&M for the first time since Feb. 7, 2004, and Feb. 25, 2004 — Scott Drew’s first season.
• Be Drew’s 99th victory at Baylor, moving him into sole possession of fifth place on school’s career wins list.
• Be its second straight Big 12 road win — its first two-game Big 12 road win streak since 2008.
• Be its third-straight Big 12 win as a ranked team in the AP Top 25 — the longest such streak in program history.
• Be its fourth road win of the season.
• Be its first in College Station since Jan. 23, 2008, when the Bears won 116-110 in five overtimes.
• Be its third win as a Top 25 team in the month of February.
• Improve its record to 5-2 when ranked in the top 20 of the AP Top 25 Poll.
• Be its 14th in the last 17 games.
• Be its 15th as a ranked team in the Drew era.
• Be Drew’s fifth vs. Texas A&M
• Improve its record to 25-6 in its last 31 games.
• Improve its record in February to 13-35 in the Drew era.
UP NEXT
• The Bears travel to Lincoln, Neb., to face the Nebraska Cornhuskers Wednesday at 8 p.m. CST on ESPN2.
• In its last visit to Lincoln in 2008, Baylor snapped a seven-game losing streak at Nebraska with a 72-70 win at the Devaney Center.
• Nebraska leads the all-time series, 12-8, after the teams split back-to-back meetings last season.
• Baylor is 1-7 all-time in Lincoln, Neb.
IN MIDST OF MOST SUCCESSFUL STRETCH IN DREW ERA
• Baylor is 24-6 (.800) in its last 30 games, dating back to the end of the 2008-09 regular season.
• It is the second-best run in school history behind only the 1945-46 team that finished 25-5 under former head coach Bill Henderson.
PROGRAM TURNAROUND
• Baylor’s 45 wins in the previous two seasons (21 in 2007-08, 24 in 2008-09) under head coach Scott Drew are more than the Bears’ combined win total in his first four seasons (36). The 45 wins are the largest two-season win total in program history, surpassing Baylor’s combined 41 wins in 1986-87 (18) and 1987-88 (23).
• Since posting a 21-53 record (.284) in Drew’s first three seasons, Baylor is 77-46 (.626) in its last 123 games.
• Prior to the 2007-08 season when the Bears advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 20 years, Baylor was 82-110 (.427) during the previous seven seasons from 1999-2006.
• Baylor’s 77 wins over its last 123 games are more than the career win totals of 11 former Baylor head coaches.
RECORDS WATCH
• Baylor has established a new single-season blocks record with 156 rejections (previous mark was 148 set in 1992-93).
• Ekpe Udoh (89) needs 10 blocks to establish a new single-season blocks record (current mark is 98 by Brian Skinner).
• Udoh is the current Baylor single-season and career leader in blocked shots per game (4.24).
• LaceDarius Dunn (253) needs 15 more 3FGM to become Baylor’s career leader in 3-point field goals made (current mark is 267 held by current Harlem Globetrotter Aundre Branch).
• With Baylor’s next Big 12 win, Tweety Carter (22) will become the school’s career leader in Big 12 wins. He is currently tied with former teammates Curtis Jerrells, Kevin Rogers and Henry Dugat.
• Carter needs to play in four more games to become the school’s career leader in games played. Curtis Jerrells is the current career leader with 119 games played.
STREAKS ARE MADE TO BE SET (AND BROKEN)
• Baylor has been ranked in the AP Top 25 Poll for four consecutive weeks — the second-longest streak in program history.
• BU established a Ferrell Center record this season with 11 consecutive home wins. The win streak was snapped Jan. 26 vs. Kansas State.
• Baylor snapped its 30-game losing streak to Oklahoma with a 91-60 rout Jan. 9 in Waco.
• Baylor hasn’t lost when holding an opponent to 60 points or fewer in 26 consecutive games.
• Baylor has won 18 of its last 19 games when scoring 80 or more points. The Bears’ last loss when scoring 80-plus occurred Jan. 2, 2009, in an 85-84 last-second loss to South Carolina in Waco.
• Less than a year after snapping its 24-game series losing streak to Texas, Baylor snapped an 11-game losing streak to the Longhorns in Austin with an 80-77 OT win Jan. 30.
• Baylor has won 15 or more games in four consecutive seasons for just the second time in school history.
• LaceDarius Dunn scored 20 or more points in four consecutive games (Jan. 9-20, 2010).
• Tweety Carter scored 20 or more points in three consecutive games two different times (Nov. 29-Dec. 15, 2009; Jan. 23, 2010-present).
• Carter has made a 3-point field goal in 16 consecutive games.
• Ekpe Udoh is the only Bear who has recorded at least one assist in all 21 games this season.
• Udoh has recorded at least one block in 25 consecutive games, including the last four contests of the 2007-08 season at Michigan.
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