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| MEDIA INFORMATION |
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Wed., Feb. 8 | 6:03 p.m. CST
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| Location |
Waco, Texas | Ferrell Center (10,284)
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| Tickets |
Sold Out
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| TV |
ESPN2
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| Live Video |
Watch Online (ESPN3)
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| Radio |
ESPN Central Texas
Sirius 93 | Listen Online |
| Live Stats |
Gametracker |
| Game Notes |
Baylor | Kansas
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| Blog |
None
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| Twitter |
@BaylorMBB | #TweetNotes |
| 6/6 BAYLOR BEARS |
| Record |
21-2, 8-2 Big 12
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| Ranking |
6 (AP), 6 (Coaches), 2 (RPI)
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| Last Game |
Feb. 4 in Stillwater
W, 64-60 at Oklahoma State
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| Head Coach |
Scott Drew (Butler, 1993)
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Career: 168-129 (10th season) |
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BU Record: 148-118 (9th season) |
10/10 KANSAS JAYHAWKS
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| Record |
18-5, 8-2 Big 12
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| Ranking |
10 (AP), 10 (Coaches), 9 (RPI)
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| Last Game |
Feb. 4 in Columbia
L, 71-74 at No. 4 Missouri
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| Head Coach |
Bill Self (Oklahoma State, 1985)
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Career: 462-156 (19th season)
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BU Record: 255-51 (9th season)
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STORY LINES
• For the second time in less than three weeks, the Ferrell Center will be the site of a pivotal Top 10 showdown. No. 6/6 Baylor (21-2, 8-2) hosts No. 10/10 Kansas (18-5, 8-2) with positioning in the Big 12 standings on the line. Wednesday’s game will tip at 6:03 p.m. CST on ESPN2 and ESPN3.
• Wednesday marks the 20th series meeting and the 18th in the Big 12 era. Kansas leads the series 17-2 and is 7-1 in Waco.
• Baylor will face a nationally ranked Kansas team for the 18th consecutive meeting; Wednesday will be the 11th meeting with the Jayhawks ranked in the Top 10.
• Wednesday marks the third Top 10 matchup in program history — all this season — and the second Top 10 men’s basketball matchup in Ferrell Center history.
• Baylor is 21-3 all-time when ranked in the Top 10 — 18 of those wins have come this season. Baylor has been ranked in the Top 10 for a program-record 12 consecutive weeks.
• With its 63-60 win Feb. 1 at Texas A&M, Baylor secured its fourth 20-win campaign in the last five seasons under head coach Scott Drew — 2007-08 (21-11), 2008-09 (24-15), 2009-10 (28-8) and 2011-12 (21-2).
• Baylor is 7-1 in games decided by 5 points or fewer this season — 6 of the 7 wins have been away from home.
• Baylor has made at least one 3-point field goal in 642 consecutive games — the second-longest active streak in the Big 12.
• Bob Cousy Award finalist Pierre Jackson has a knack for making big play after big play. In his first season at Baylor, Jackson has been a part of five go-ahead, game-tying or game-winning plays, including the game-winning 3-pointer Feb. 1 at Texas A&M.
• Perry Jones III is one of 20 players named to the 2012 Oscar Robertson Trophy Midseason watch list.
• Senior F Quincy Acy ranks 17th in school history with 1,191 points. He also ranks second in career FG percentage (60.8), second in career blocks (159) and 8th in career rebounding (707).
• Baylor has held 17 opponents to fewer than 70 points. Since the start of the 2007-08 season, Baylor is 71-9 when holding opponents below the 70-point mark. Baylor is 104-25 in the Scott Drew era when holding opponents to fewer than 70 points.
• In his last 54 games, Acy has swatted 97 shots, an average of 1.80 blocks per game. By comparison, Acy blocked 62 shots in his 70 games in a Baylor uniform (0.89 blocks per game).
• 58 of sophomore G Brady Heslip’s 70 field goals have been from 3-point range. Heslip has made at least one 3FG in 22 games.
UP NEXT
• Baylor travels to Columbia, Mo., to face No. 4/4 Missouri on the Big 12 Network. Earlier this season, Missouri snapped Baylor’s 10-game home winning streak with an 89-88 setback. Missouri leads the all-time series 14-10 and holds a 10-2 series advantage in Columbia. Baylor has not won in Columbia since Dec. 17, 1948 (10 straight losses at Missouri).
SERIES HISTORY
• Wednesday marks the 20th series meeting and the 18th in the Big 12 era. Kansas leads the series 17-2 and is 7-1 in Waco.
• Baylor will face a nationally ranked Kansas team for the 18th consecutive meeting; Wednesday will be the 11th meeting with the Jayhawks ranked in the Top 10.
SERIES NOTES: Baylor’s first series win came on ESPN Big Monday in 2001, upsetting then No. 6 Kansas 85-77 ... Terry Black and Wendell Greenleaf scored 20 points each, while Black was 8-of-10 from the field with six of Baylor’s 10 dunks ... In the 2008 meeting in Lawrence, Curtis Jerrells scored 30 points and became the 20th 1,000-point scorer in Baylor history ... LaceDarius Dunn scored 23 points and knocked down five 3s as a freshman ... Baylor knocked off No. 21/24 Kansas 75-65 in the 2009 Big 12 Championship quarterfinals in Oklahoma City ... Dunn scored 24 points against Kansas in OKC, knocking down 6 3s ... In their first meeting earlier this season, Kansas snapped Baylor’s 17-game winning streak to start the season ... Scott Drew is 1-9 vs. Kansas.
HOLDING COURT AT HOME
• Since the start of the 2007-08 season, Baylor is 67-14 at the Ferrell Center (24-12 in Big 12 home games), including a 41-5 home mark in the last three seasons (15-5 in Big 12 home games). In its first seven seasons in the Big 12, Baylor was 77-38 (.670) at home. In the Scott Drew era, the Bears are 93-41 (.694) at the Ferrell Center.
• A win Wednesday against Kansas would mark a program-best sixth consecutive season that Baylor has won 12+ home games.
BAYLOR AGAINST THE TOP 25
• No. 10/10 Kansas is Baylor’s fifth Top 25 opponent of the 2011-12 season and second ranked Big 12 team it will face at home. Baylor has lost 7 straight games to Top 10 teams, with its last win vs. a Top 10 team Jan. 30, 2010, an 80-77 OT win at No. 6 Texas.
• Wednesday marks the third Top 10 matchup in program history — all this season — and the second Top 10 men’s basketball matchup in Ferrell Center history.
• Baylor is 28-142 all-time against Top 25 teams, including an 11-48 mark in the Scott Drew era. Baylor is 7-63 all-time against Top 10 opponents.
BAYLOR 20-WIN SEASONS
• In the program’s first 101 seasons, Baylor posted 20+ wins just three times — 1945-46 (25-5, NCAA West Regional), 1947-48 (24-8, NCAA Runner-Up) and 1987-88 (23-11, NCAA First Round).
• With its 63-60 win Feb. 1 at Texas A&M, Baylor secured its fourth 20-win campaign in the last five seasons under head coach Scott Drew — 2007-08 (21-11), 2008-09 (24-15), 2009-10 (28-8) and 2011-12 (21-2).
#THECARDIACBEARS
• Baylor’s 64-60 win Feb. 4 at Oklahoma State was the fifth time this season that the Bears made the game-tying, go-ahead or game-winning basket in the final 3 minutes of regulation or overtime.
• Four of those five belong to PG Pierre Jackson, who has five go-ahead, game-tying or game-winning plays to his credit this season. In Baylor’s 83-80 OT win Dec. 23 vs. West Virginia, Jackson’s 3-pointer with 27 seconds left in the second half tied the game and ultimately forced overtime. Five days later, Jackson provided the game-winning layup with 28 seconds left to give Baylor a 54-52 win Dec. 28 vs. Mississippi State.
• In Big 12 play, Jackson has drained both a go-ahead (Jan. 28 vs. Texas, 2:36 remaining) and a game-winning (Feb. 1 at Texas A&M, 17 seconds left) 3-pointer.
• Quincy Acy’s layup (assist from Jackson) with 1:29 remaining in the second half put Baylor up for good en route to a 64-60 road win Feb. 4 at Oklahoma State.
#CLUTCH IN CLOSE GAMES
• Baylor entered the season with a sub-.500 record in games decided by 5 points or fewer in the Scott Drew era. This season, Baylor is 7-1 in such games with six wins coming away from home.
• Five of the seven wins have been decided by 3 points or fewer — Dec. 17 at BYU (86-83), Dec. 23 vs. West Virginia (83-81, OT) in Las Vegas, Dec. 28 vs. No. 14 Mississippi State (54-52) in Dallas, Jan. 10 at No. 18 Kansas State (75-73) and Feb. 1 at Texas A&M (63-60).
• Baylor’s lone loss decided by 5 points or fewer this season was a 1-point loss Jan. 21 to Missouri (89-88).
JONES III NAMED TO OSCAR ROBERTSON, WOODEN MIDSEASON LISTS
• Sophomore F Perry Jones III was one of 20 players selected to the 2012 Oscar Robertson Trophy Midseason watch list, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association announced Monday.
• Members of the association’s board of directors chose the players to be included on the list as contenders for the Oscar Robertson Trophy, to be presented to the National Player of the Year by its namesake March 30 at the USBWA’s College Basketball Awards Breakfast in New Orleans.
• Jones III is joined on the list by two other Big 12 representatives – Missouri’s Marcus Denmon and Kansas’ Thomas Robinson. PJ3, the 2011-12 Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year, was also named to the 2011-12 John R. Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 in January. A two-time Big 12 Player of the Week and 2012 John R. Wooden Award midseason list honoree, Jones III was a preseason All-Big 12 selection by the league’s coaches and is the first player in program history to earn conference preseason Player of the Year honors.
JACKSON ONE OF 11 FINALISTS FOR 2012 BOB COUSY AWARD
• Junior PG Pierre Jackson is one of 11 finalists for the 2012 Bob Cousy Collegiate Point Guard of the Year award. The annual honor, named for Hall of Famer and former Boston Celtic Bob Cousy, recognizes the top point guard in college basketball. An original list of 60-plus candidates was trimmed by a Hall of Fame appointed, nationally-based committee to the final list of 11.
• Beginning Feb. 6 via www.cousyaward.com, fans will be able to vote for the top point guard. The player that receives the most fan votes will receive one vote toward the final committee vote. Fan voting will conclude March 6.
