Jan. 12, 2009

GAME CENTER: GAME 16
[21/21] BAYLOR BEARS (13-2, 1-0) AT TEXAS A&M AGGIES (14-2, 0-1)
Date: Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009
Tip-Off: 8:30 p.m. CT
Location: College Station, Texas
Arena: Reed Arena (12,989)
Television: ESPN2
Talent: Terry Gannon (pxp), Stephen Bardo (color)
Radio: Baylor ISP Sports Network | ESPN/KRZI 1660 AM (Waco)/Sirius Satellite (Ch. 161) | BaylorBears.com
Talent: John Morris (pxp), Pat Nunley (color)
Live Stats: BaylorBears.com
Web Stream: BaylorBears.com (live audio) and ESPN360.com
Series: Texas A&M leads 125-72
Tickets: (254) 710-1000

GAME NIGHT STORY LINES
• For the second consecutive season, Baylor visits College Station nationally ranked as the 21st-ranked Bears face the Texas A&M Aggies Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. on ESPN2. It is Baylor's first trip to College Station since last season's epic 116-110 five-overtime win vs. Texas A&M.
• Both Baylor wins at Texas A&M under head coach Scott Drew have come in overtime (2004, 2008).
• Baylor has now been ranked in the AP Top 25 Poll for a school-record seven-consecutive weeks - two weeks more than Baylor had been ranked in its 102-year history entering the season.
• Baylor is 9-4 all-time when ranked in the AP Top 25 - 7-1 this season.
• Baylor has made at least one 3-point field goal in 527 straight games - the second-longest active streak in the Big 12 (Texas, 596). Baylor has connected from 3-point range at least once in every game since going 0-for-8 in a home win vs. Texas Tech on Feb. 21, 1990.
• LaceDarius Dunn currently owns a streak of 20 consecutive games with at least one 3-pointer made - the third-longest streak at Baylor. He is nine games shy of tying Tevis Stukes' mark of 29 straight games set during the 1999-2000 season.
• Curtis Jerrells needs 17 assists to become only the second player in school history with 1,000 points, 400 assists and 100 steals.
• Kevin Rogers is 15 rebounds shy of becoming the seventh player in school history with 1,000 points and 700 rebounds.
• Rogers also recorded his 21st career double-double in Baylor's 73-61 win vs. Texas Tech on Saturday. He now has 14 double-doubles in Big 12 play - 9th-most in Big 12 history and the most among active players in the Big 12.
• 81 of Mamadou Diene's 131 career blocks have come in 46 Big 12 games - 10th-most in Big 12 history (Big 12 games only).
• Seniors Curtis Jerrells (1,432), Henry Dugat (1,064) and Kevin Rogers (1,064) currently ranked 6th and tied for 17th, respectively, on the school's career scoring list.

SERIES HISTORY
• Texas A&M leads the all-time series 125-72 and holds an 72-28 series advantage in College Station. Baylor has won two of its last five trips to College Station - both overtime victories, including last season's 116-110 five-overtime victory.
• Baylor's five-overtime victory last season was the Bears' first win as a Top 25 team (BU was ranked No. 25) in nearly 40 seasons.
• Three of the last four series meetings have been decided by 10 points or more.
• Baylor is 3-5 vs. Texas A&M in the month of January since the inception of the Big 12.

TEXAS A&M SCOUTING REPORT
• On Saturday, Texas A&M (14-2, 0-1) saw its 10-game winning streak come to an end after a 72-61 loss at Oklahoma State in the Big 12 opener for both teams.
• Texas A&M is 10-0 at home this season - seven of the Aggies' 10 home wins have been by 10 points or more.
• Four Aggies are averaging double figures, including Josh Carter (13.1 ppg), Donald Sloan (11.6 ppg), Bryan Davis (10.3) and Chinemelu Elonu (10.1). However, only two players are averaging more than 30 minutes.
• Elonu leads the Aggies with 7.3 rebounds through 16 contests, followed by Davis with 6.4 boards.

LAST TIME VS. TEXAS A&M - MARCH 5, 2008
• Josh Carter and Donald Sloan scored 17 points apiece as the Texas A&M Aggies beat the Bears 71-57, avenging a five-overtime loss in College Station on Jan. 23.
• DeAndre Jordan grabbed 10 rebounds and blocked six shots for the Aggies, who won for the second time in six games after losing their last two road games by 27 points.
• Curtis Jerrells and Mamadou Diene scored nine points apiece for Baylor, held under 60 points for the first time this season. The Bears, the Big 12's second-best 3-point shooting team, went 4-for-19 from long range and shot 21-for-63 (33 percent) from the field overall.
• But the Bears shot only 24 percent (7-for-29) and missed all nine 3-point attempts in the half as the Aggies led 26-21 at the break.
• Tweety Carter sank Baylor's first 3-pointer with 17:33 left and Jerrells hit another one a minute later to give the Bears their first lead, at 31-30.

FIVE OVERTIMES REVISITED [JAN. 23, 2008]
• Baylor waited 39 years to get back into the Top 25. Then the Bears had to wait some more, enduring five overtimes to get their first win as a ranked team.
• Curtis Jerrells scored a career-high 36 points, including 11 in the fifth overtime to lead No. 25 Baylor to a 116-110 win over No. 18 Texas A&M on Wednesday night.
• Baylor won its fifth in a row and first since entering the rankings for the first time since 1969. It broke a 15-game home winning streak for Texas A&M and is the Aggies' third straight loss.
• Three free throws by Jerrells gave Baylor a 106-103 lead in the fifth overtime. Dominique Kirk got A&M (15-4, 1-3) within a point with a layup on the next possession.
• Jerrells pushed the lead back to 3 with his steal and layup with about a minute left. Aaron Bruce added a pair of free throws before a layup by Bryan Davis made it 110-107 with less than 30 seconds remaining.
• Jerrells added four more free throws and LaceDarius Dunn chipped in a pair to ensure the win.
• Davis, who led A&M with a career-high 30 points, made a layup with 9 seconds left in the fourth overtime to knot it at 99 and send it to the fifth OT.
• Dunn scored five points in the first half of quadruple overtime to give Baylor a 97-94 lead with about three minutes to go. Davis made two free throws to get A&M within one before a layup by Tweety Carter made it 99-96 with about a minute left.
• Jerrells scored six points in the last 1:01 of triple overtime, including the tying layup with 10 seconds left to leave it at 90-all and force the fourth overtime.
• Kevin Rogers' layup with 1:31 remaining cut A&M's lead to 87-84 and he fouled out less than 30 seconds later, the fourth Bear to foul out. In all five Baylor players fouled out. Rogers finished with 19 points and 18 rebounds.

LAST TIME OUT - (23) BAYLOR 73, TEXAS TECH 61
• LaceDarius Dunn scored 20 points, including 11 in a row in the second-half spurt that put No. 23 Baylor ahead for good in a 73-61 victory over Texas Tech in the Big 12 opener.
• Dunn's game-deciding spurt began with just over 12 minutes left when he hit a 3-pointer. After a Texas Tech free throw tied the game at 45, Dunn hit another 3-pointer with 11:11 left and the Bears led for good.
• It was another big bounce-back game for Dunn against the Red Raiders, coming eight days after he had only one field goal and a season-low nine points in the Bears' one-point home loss to South Carolina. Last season, Dunn followed a five-point game by scoring a career-best 38 against Texas Tech.
• Dunn, who made five 3-pointers, led five players scoring in double figures for Baylor. Kevin Rogers recorded his 21st career double-double - and his 14th in Big 12 play - with 14 points and 14 rebounds. Curtis Jerrells added 13 points.

UP NEXT - OKLAHOMA STATE (JAN. 17)
• Following Wednesday's visit to College Station, the Baylor Bears return to the Ferrell Center Saturday, Jan. 17 to host the Oklahoma State Cowboys at 12:45 p.m. on the Big 12 Network.
• The game will be televised locally in Central Texas on KWTX (CBS 10) and KBTX (The CW). A complete listing of in-state and out-of-state markets carrying the game will be available on BaylorBears.com.

LaceDarius Dunn - THE RAIDER KILLER
• During Baylor's 73-61 win Saturday vs. Texas Tech, sophomore LaceDarius Dunn scored a game-high 20 points on 7-of-15 shooting, including 5 triples and 11 consecutive points.
• In his last two games vs. the Red Raiders, Dunn is averaging 29.0 points on 17-of-31 shooting and 11-of-21 from 3-point range. Last season in Lubbock, Dunn scored a career-high 38 points, while nailing 12-of-13 free throw attempts.
• In three career games vs. Texas Tech, Dunn is averaging 24.0 points in only 26.0 minutes. The sophomore 3-point specialist is a career 48.0 percent 3-point shooter vs. the Red Raiders (12-of-25).

20-POINT CLUB
• LaceDarius Dunn's 20-point outburst in Saturday's win vs. Texas Tech was the 11th 20-point game - and Dunn's fourth - by a Baylor Bear this season.
• Dunn and senior guard Curtis Jerrells have tallied a team-best four 20-point games. Henry Dugat has two, while Kevin Rogers has one.
• Last season after 15 games, Baylor has 10 20-point outings.

ROGERS RECORDS 21ST CAREER DOUBLE-DOUBLE
• Senior Kevin Rogers scored 14 points and pulled down a season-high-tying 14 rebounds Saturday vs. Texas Tech for his 21st career double-double, moving him into sole possession of 6th place.
• Rogers now has 14 career double-doubles in Big 12 play - the 9th-most in conference history and the most among active players.

CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH A 3-POINTER STREAK
• Baylor has made at least one 3-point field goal in 527 straight games - the 2nd longest active streak in the Big 12 (Texas, 597). Baylor has connected from 3-point range at least once in every game since going 0-for-8 in a home win vs. Texas Tech on Feb. 21, 1990.
• LaceDarius Dunn currently owns a streak of 20 consecutive games with at least one 3-pointer made - the 3rd-longest streak at Baylor since 1986. He is nine games shy of tying Tevis Stukes' mark of 29 straight games set during the 1999-2000 season.
• Dunn has made a 3-pointer in 44 of his 46 career games. He did not make a triple vs. Iowa State (1/12/08) and at Colorado (2/27/08).

CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH 3-POINT FG STREAKS (SINCE 1986)

BEARS BASKETBALL ON THE AIR
• Bear basketball is aired live via the Baylor-ISP SportsNetwork on flagship station 1660AM ESPN Radio (KRZI) in Waco and worldwide on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 161. All games are broadcast by the "Voice of the Bears" John Morris, a veteran broadcaster in his 14th season, and former BU basketball standout Pat Nunley, in his 27th season as analyst.

INSIDE BAYLOR SPORTS TV SHOW
• Inside Baylor Sports, the award winning weekly TV show that covers all aspects of Baylor athletics, returns for its 10th season in 2008-09.
• Senior Producer Robert Shiekh Producer Lawrence Gilligan provide viewers an inside look at Baylor athletics with thorough highlights, in-depth interviews and imaginative features on all 18 sports presented in a fast-paced, entertaining style. Co-hosts John Morris and Lori Fogleman guide viewers through the best coverage of Baylor athletics on television.
• Inside Baylor Sports airs Sundays, Aug. 24, 2008 through June 7, 2009, at 10:30 p.m. CT on KCEN-TV in Central Texas. The program also airs weekly throughout the region on FS Southwest at 1 p.m. each Wednesday and is archived on the web at BaylorTV.com. Inside Baylor Sports also may been seen nationally on CBS College Sports Television.