Jan. 26, 2009

GAME CENTER: GAME 20
[11/12] TEXAS LONGHORNS (14-4, 3-1) AT [RV/RV] BAYLOR BEARS (15-4, 3-2)
Date: Tuesday, Jan. 27 2009
Tip-Off: 8 p.m. CT
Location: Waco, Texas
Arena: Ferrell Center (10,284)
Television: Big 12 Network (rebranded ESPN Plus) [Complete TV Listings]
Available in Waco-Temple-Bryan on The CW and KBTX-DT2
Also available on ESPN Full Court
Talent: Dave Armstrong (pxp), Reid Gettys (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: ESPN360.com and BaylorBears.com (live audio)
BAYLORBEARS.COM DELAYED VIDEO WILL BE AVAILABLE AFTER THE GAME
Series: Texas leads 153-75
Tickets: (254) 710-1000

GAME NIGHT STORY LINES
• After a road loss to No. 5 Oklahoma, Baylor looks to rebound with its 12th home victory of the season when the Bears host the Texas Longhorns Tuesday at 8 p.m. The game will be televised on the Big 12 Network.
• Tuesday marks the 229th meeting between Baylor and Texas, the most-played rivalry for both schools (UT leads 153-75).
• Baylor (15-4) is aiming to snap its 22-game losing streak to the Longhorns, dating back to 1998. (Baylor is 3-23 vs. Texas in the Big 12 era).
• Baylor has defeated Texas, Texas A&M and Texas Tech at home in the same season only once in the Big 12 era (BU defeated all three in the 1997).
• Since the 1996-97 season, Baylor is 10-66 vs. national ranked opponents and 3-34 under head coach Scott Drew.
• Baylor is 3-7 vs. Top 25 teams since the start of the 2007-08 season (1-1 at the Ferrell Center).
• Baylor is 6-31 vs. Top 25 teams at home since the 1996-97 season.
• LaceDarius Dunn currently owns a streak of 24 consecutive games with at least one 3-pointer made - the third-longest streak in Baylor history. He is five games shy of tying Tevis Stukes' mark of 29 straight games set during the 1999-2000 season. He has made at least one 3-point field goal in 48 of his 50 career games.
• With his first assist Saturday at Oklahoma, Curtis Jerrells became only the second player in school history to record 1,000 points, 400 assists and 100 steals in a career (Micheal Williams ).
• Curtis Jerrells notched his sixth 20-point game this season Saturday at Oklahoma and the 23rd of his career - 10th all-time at Baylor.
• Curtis Jerrells has started all 99 games of his collegiate career and, with his next start, will become only the third player in Baylor history to start 100 or more career games.
• In his last three games, Curtis Jerrells is averaging a team-high 25.0 points and 7.0 assists, while shooting 43.1 percent (22-of-51) from the floor and 45.8 (11-of-24) from 3-point range.

SERIES HISTORY
• Texas leads the all-time series 153-75 and holds a 62-45 advantage in Waco.
• Tuesday marks the 229th meeting between the schools, the most-played rivalry for both.
• Texas has won the last 22 series meetings - all 22 wins have come under 11th-year head coach Rick Barnes
• Baylor last defeated Texas, 80-75, on Feb. 21, 1998, in Waco.
• Baylor is 0-11 vs. Texas under head coach Scott Drew.

TEXAS SCOUTING REPORT
• Texas improved to 9-0 at home this season with a 67-58 win over Texas A&M on Saturday at the Frank Erwin Center.
• Texas is off to a 3-1 start in Big 12 play - one-half game head of Baylor in the standings.
• Texas is averaging more than 10.0 points less than Baylor offensively, scoring 71.9 points in 18 games.
• Texas has only three players averaging in double figures - A.J. Abrams (16.9), Damion James (15.6) and Gary Johnson (11.3). James and Johnson rank 1-2 for the Longhorns in rebounding with 8.2 and 6.9 boards, respectively.
• Texas is averaging only 4.9 3-point field goals made per game, compared to Baylor's 8.9. Abrams has accounted for 51 of Texas' 88 3-point field goals.

LAST TIME VS. TEXAS - FEB. 16, 2008
• Texas overcame a furious second-half comeback by the Baylor Bears as the 11th-ranked Longhorns won 82-77 at the Ferrell Center.
• Damion James had 19 points and 10 rebounds in the Longhorns' 22nd-straight victory over the Bears.
• Baylor closed the game with a 15-6 run, a stretch when the Longhorns missed seven free throws - including three straight one-and-one chances.
• The Bears were within 77-76 with 28 seconds left when A.J. Abrams stepped out of bounds in the backcourt for a turnover. Except Baylor gave it right back when Aaron Bruce, with nobody to throw the ball in to, called a timeout the Bears didn't have and got a technical foul.
• Abrams hit the first of his free throws, then Tweety Carter was fouled and hit a free throw - the last point for Baylor coming with 16 seconds left.
• D.J. Augustin then hit two free throws for Texas, which never trailed in the game.
• Abrams had 13 points, while Gary Johnson and Justin Mason had 12 each. Connor Atchley had 11 points.
• LaceDarius Dunn and Henry Dugat each finished with 19 points for Baylor.

LAST TIME OUT - (5) OKLAHOMA 95, (23) BAYLOR 76
• Senior Curtis Jerrells scored a game-high 26 points, while LaceDarius Dunn chipped in 20, but it was not enough as the 23rd-ranked Baylor Bears lost 95-76 to the 5th-ranked Oklahoma Sooners at the Lloyd Noble Center Saturday.
• Preseason All-American Blake Griffin finished with 20 points and 17 rebounds for his 16th double-double of the season.
• Oklahoma has npw won 29 straight games against the Bears since 1977, when the Bears last beat the Sooners. Baylor has never beaten Oklahoma since the Big 12 began play with the 1996-97 season.

UP NEXT - MISSOURI (JAN. 31)
• Baylor returns to the road to face another Big 12 North school when the Bears face the Missouri Tigers on Saturday in Columbia. Tip-off is set for 5 p.m. on the Big 12 Network.
• The Bears have won the last two series meetings - one on a neutral floor and one at home - but have not won in Columbia since 1948.
• Baylor is 5-8 vs. Missouri in the Big 12 era and 3-4 under Scott Drew.
• Baylor is averaging 95.7 points in its last three wins vs. Missouri - all three by margins of 10 or more points.

THE 2008-09 BIG 12 NETWORK TELEVISION PACKAGE
• This season for the first time, regionally syndicated games will be televised on the Big 12 Network as part of the conference's agreement with ESPN Regional Television.
• The games, previously branded as ESPN Plus, are broadcast throughout the conference's geographic footprint. Many of the Big 12 Network games will also be available as part of ESPN Full Court, the pay subscription college basketball outer-market service. In addition, numerous games will be available 72 hours after completion via the newly-designed Big 12 web site at Big12Sports.com. Below is a listing of affiliates carrying Tuesday's game:

STATIONS CARRYING THE GAME INCLUDE
TEXAS MARKETS: Amarillo - KCPN; Austin - KNVA; Beaumont/Port Arthur - KBTV; Corpus Christi - KTOV;
Dallas/Fort Worth - KTXA; Houston - KNWS; Lubbock - KJTV; Odessa/Midland - KOSA-DT2; San Antonio/Austin - KCWX-DT1; Sherman - KXII-DT2; Tyler/Longview/Lufkin - KLPN; Waco/Temple/Bryan - The CW and KBTX-DT2
OUT-OF-STATE MARKETS: Baltimore, Md. - MASN; Cleveland, Ohio - FSN Ohio (Tape Delayed, 11 p.m.); Columbia/Jefferson, Mo. - KZOU; Kansas City, Mo. - KMCI; La Crosse/Eau Claire, Wis. - KQEC-CA; Little Rock/Pine Bluff, Ark. - KASN-DT2; New York, N.Y. - YES; Providence, R.I. - COX-NE; St. Louis, Mo. - Charter-St. Louis; Toledo, Ohio - WTVG-DT2Topeka, Kan. - KSNT; ESPN Full Court and ESPN360.com

BEARS MORE SUCCESSFUL VS. BIG 12 NORTH
• Following Tuesday's clash with I-35 rival Texas, Baylor will head north to face Missouri Saturday in Columbia. Mizzou will be Baylor's second Big 12 North school it has faced on the road this season.
• Over the last nine seasons, Baylor has had much more success against Big 12 North schools than those in the South. Baylor is 25-31 (.446) the last nine seasons vs. Northern schools and just 17-60 (.221) vs. teams in the South.

DREW CLOSING IN ON 100 CAREER VICTORIES AT BAYLOR
• Entering Tuesday's contest vs. Texas, head coach Scott Drew is 72-84 in five-plus seasons at Baylor. Drew currently ranks 6th all-time at BU in victories and trails Gene Iba by 16 wins for 5th place.

BAYLOR'S OFFENSE PICKING UP WHERE RECORD-SETTING PACE ENDED LAST SEASON
• Baylor currently ranks 7th in the nation in scoring at 83.1 points (as of Jan. 22) and 3rd overall in the Big 12.
• Last season, Baylor led the Big 12 in overall scoring offense (81.3) and Big 12-only scoring offense (81.8). Baylor's 81.3 scoring average was the highest average since 1993-94; the Bears finished 11th nationally in scoring offense.

TOUGH STRETCH AHEAD FOR THE BEARS
• Baylor is the middle of a crucial four-game swing in Big 12 play as the Bears face Oklahoma (L, 76-95 on Jan. 24), Texas (Jan. 27), Missouri (Jan. 31) and Kansas (Feb. 2) in a 10-day span.
• Baylor is a combined 9-67 in the Big 12 era vs. its next four opponents. BU has never defeated Oklahoma (0-25) in the Big 12 era.
• Baylor is 3-23 vs. Texas in the Big 12 era (3-1 before Rick Barnes' arrival in 1998-99).
• In fact, Baylor has now lost 29 straight to OU and 22 straight to Texas.

DUNN TIES BAYLOR SINGLE-GAME 3-POINT MARK
• Sophomore LaceDarius Dunn tied a Baylor single-game record when he hit nine 3-point field goals during a 83-65 win at Kansas State on Jan. 21. Dunn finished with a season-high 33 points, connecting on 9-of-12 shots from beyond the arc.
• Dunn tied the mark set by David Hamilton on Feb. 14, 1995, at TCU.
• Both Dunn and Hamilton hit their record-tying 9 treys on the road in conference play.

DUNN AT RECORD-SETTING PACE
• Through 19 games, LaceDarius Dunn has made 65 3-point field goals, averaging an impressive 3.42 treys per contest. Dunn is currently on pace to shatter Aundre Branch's single-season school mark of 104 triples set during the 1994-95 season. Branch averaged 3.7 treys in 28 games, while Dunn is slated to play four additional regular season games. At Dunn's current pace, the sophomore could tie or break the mark by the end of the regular season.
• Perhaps more impressive, Dunn is 10 treys shy of besting his season total during his freshman campaign last year. Dunn hit 74 3-pointers in 31 games in 2007-08.
• Dunn currently leads the Big 12 in 3-pointers made per game overall and conference-only.

WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS
• LaceDarius Dunn has been Baylor's largest - and most effective - weapon off the bench during the first 19 games of the season. During Wednesday's 18-point win at Kansas State, Dunn posted two separate streaks with four consecutive 3-pointers made.
• Dunn is averaging 20.0 points, 29.4 minutes and 4.4 3-point field goals made in five Big 12 games.

CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH A 3-POINTER STREAK
• Baylor has made at least one 3-point field goal in 531 straight games - the 2nd longest active streak in the Big 12 (Texas, 600). 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 24 consecutive games with at least one 3-pointer made.
• Dunn has made a 3-pointer in 48 of his 50 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 and 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.