Nov. 16, 2009

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Baylor (2-0) vs. Southern (0-0) Nov. 16, 2009 | 7 p.m. CST Waco, Texas| Ferrell Center (10,284)

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Baylor Game Notes

GAME CENTER: GAME 3
MEDIA INFORMATION
Date: Mon., Nov. 16, 2009
Tip-Off: 7 p.m. CST
Location: Waco, Texas
Arena: Ferrell Center (10,284)
Television: None
Radio: Baylor ISP Sports Network ESPN/KRZI 1660 AM (Waco)/Sirius (Ch. 161)
Talent: John Morris (pxp), Pat Nunley (color)
Series: Baylor leads 6-0
Record vs. SWAC: 33-0
Drew Era after win: 45-37
Drew Era in November: 21-5
Live Stats: www.BaylorBears.com
Audio Web Stream: www.BaylorBears.com
Video Web Stream: www.BaylorBears.com
In-Game Blog: Not Available

MARKETING PROMOTIONS
Take a Kid to the game (buy one adult admission, one kid gets in free)
Fans can bring a canned food item for Food for Families and receive a $5 ticket for that game

GAME NIGHT STORY LINES
• Baylor continues its season-opening four-game homestand as the Bears host Southern Monday at 7 p.m. CST in the Ferrell Center.
• Baylor is 4-0 all-time vs. Southern and won last season's meeting, 85-43, at the Ferrell Center.
• Baylor is 33-0 all-time vs. SWAC schools.
• Baylor (2-0) is aiming for its third consecutive 3-0 start under head coach Scott Drew.
• Ekpe Udoh scored a career-high 21 points and hit the game-winning shot before time ran out to lift Baylor to a 71-69 win over Hartford.
• LaceDarius Dunn scored a game-high 32 points - including a personal best 25 first-half points - in Baylor's 86-58 season-opening win over Norfolk State Friday night.
• Dunn has made a 3-pointer in 14 consecutive games dating back to last season. Dunn has scored in double figures in each of his last 15 games dating back to last season.
• Dunn ranks 17th on Baylor's career scoring list with 1,096 points.
• Dunn has 17 20-point games and three 30-point games in 72 career contests.
• Freshman PG A.J. Walton, who played a game-high 40 minutes Sunday vs. Hartford, has dished out five assists in each of his first two games.
• Baylor signed the highest-ranked recruit in program history last Wednesday when the Bears signed Perry Jones to an NLI (No. 3 by ESPNU).
• Baylor has improved its season win total in each of the last three seasons and five times in Drew's first six seasons at the helm in Waco.
• Seventh-year Baylor head coach Scott Drew has 83 wins to his credit at the helm of the Bears men's basketball program. Drew currently ranks sixth all-time at Baylor and trails former head coach Gene Iba (98) by 15 for fifth place.
• Baylor has nine underclassmen, which ranks third in the Big 12 (11, Nebraska; 10, Kansas; 9, BU and Oklahoma) and 20th among NCAA Division I schools. The Bears possess only four upperclassmen, fewest in the Big 12 and ninth nationally.
• Baylor is 21-5 in the month of November under Scott Drew.
• Baylor has won 12 of its last 13 non-conference November home games.
• Baylor concludes its four-game homestand Sunday, Nov. 22, when the Bears host Hardin-Simmons at 4:30 p.m. CST in the Ferrell Center.

SERIES HISTORY
• Monday marks the fifth meeting in the series with Southern.
• It is the third straight season the schools have met.
• Baylor is 4-0 all-time vs. Southern and won last season's meeting, 85-43, at the Ferrell Center.
• Baylor is 33-0 all-time vs. the SWAC.

NOVEMBER SUCCESS UNDER DREW
• Baylor is 21-5 in the month of November under Scott Drew.
• Baylor has won 12 of its last 13 non-conference November home games.
• Baylor is 70-31 all-time in the month of November (regular season only).

UP NEXT [SUNDAY, NOV. 22 VS. HARDIN-SIMMONS]
• Baylor concludes its four-game homestand Sunday, Nov. 22, when the Bears host Hardin- Simmons at 4:30 p.m. CST in the Ferrell Center.
• Baylor leads the all-time series 15-12.
• Baylor has won the last eight series meetings.
• The two teams have not met in the Scott Drew era (last game was Nov. 17, 2001).