Baylor Game Notes 
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GAME CENTER: GAME 10
MEDIA INFORMATION
Date: Sun., Dec. 20, 2009
Tip-Off: 2 p.m. CST
Location: Waco, Texas
Arena: Ferrell Center €ˆ(10,284)
Television: FOX Sports Southwest, ESPN €ˆFull Court | Local Listings: Time Warner (Ch. 26), Grande (Ch. 27)
Talent: Greg €ˆLucas (pxp), Jim Haller (analyst)
Radio: Baylor ISP Sports Network | ESPN/KRZI 1660 AM €ˆ(Waco)/Sirius (Ch. 161)
Talent: John Morris (pxp), Pat Nunley (analyst)
Series: Baylor leads 11-1
Record vs. Southland Conference: 66-20 (.767)
Record at Ferrell Center: 200-128 (.610)
Drew Era following Win: 50-38 (.568)
Drew Era in December: 26-9 (.743)
Live Stats:
Audio Web Stream:
Video Web Stream: www.ESPN360.com
In-Game Blog: www.BaylorBears.com
MARKETING PROMOTIONS
• If you bring your Sunday church bulletin, you get a free ticket for the game
• Family Four Pack for $44 (includes four tickets, four drinks, four hot dogs, and four Baylor basketball t-shirts)
• Toys for Tots toy drive - anyone that brings a brand new wrapped toy to the game get in for $5
GAME NIGHT STORY LINES
• Baylor will get one more non-conference home test before the Christmas break when the Bears host the UT €ˆArlington Mavericks Sunday in the Ferrell Center. Tip-off is set for 2 p.m. CST €ˆand will air live on FOX €ˆSports Southwest.
• Sunday marks the 13th meeting in the series. Baylor leads the series 11-1 with all 12 previous series meeting occurring in Waco.
• Sunday also marks the first time the teams will meet in consecutive seasons since 1982-83 (Dec. 9, 1982) and 1983-84 (Dec. 7, 1983).
• Baylor is 26-9 in the month of December under head coach Scott Drew and has won 17 consecutive December games.
• Baylor's last December loss was Dec. 16, 2006, at No. 23 Syracuse (lost 94-71).
• Since posting a 21-53 record (.284) in Scott Drew's first three seasons, Baylor is 68-43 (.613) in its last 111 games.
• Since losing to Texas €ˆA&M-Corpus Christi at home in Dec. 2004, Baylor is 36-3 in its last 39 non-conference home games.
• Baylor (6-foot-6) has the second tallest team in the country at the NCAA €ˆDivision I level (based on average height). Kentucky has the country's tallest team at 6-foot-7. Virginia Tech and UConn are tied for third with a 6-foot-5 average.
• Ekpe Udoh, who enters Sunday with a team-best 30 blocked shots, has two more blocks than the entire UTA team (28) in seven games.
• Trailing only Brian Skinner (3.36), Udoh currently ranks second on Baylor's career blocks per game list with a 3.33 average.
• Since scoring a combined 13 points in his first two games, senior point guard Tweety Carter is averaging 27.0 points in his last three contests. In fact, Carter has scored exactly 27 points in each of his last three games.
• Carter is the first Baylor player to post three consecutive 20-point games since fellow 1,000-point club member and current Austin Toros point guard Curtis Jerrells did it in four straight games during the 2006-07 season.
• Carter, a career 73.5 percent free throw shooter, has made 17 consecutive free throws dating back Baylor's 72-62 overtime win Nov. 27 vs. Iona. Carter, who's shooting a team-best 90 percent from the charity stripe, missed two of his first three free throw attempts to start the season before sinking the first of his 17 straight with 50 seconds remaining in OT €ˆvs. Iona.
• Carter (213) and LaceDarius Dunn (210) have combined to make 423 career treys in 183 career games. The remaining 11 Bears have combined to make 42 career triples in 325 games.
• Forwards Quincy Acy, Udoh and center Josh Lomers are shooting a combined 67.3 percent (111-of-165) from the field in Baylor's first nine games.
SERIES HISTORY
• Sunday marks the 13th meeting in the series.
• Baylor leads the series 11-1 with all 12 previous series meetings occurring in Waco.
• Three of the last four meetings have been decided by five points or fewer.
• Sunday also marks the first time the teams will meet in consecutive seasons since 1982-83 (Dec. 9, 1982) and 1983-84 (Dec. 7, 1983).
• Baylor is 5-0 when scoring 90 points or more vs. UT €ˆArlington.
• Baylor is 9-1 vs. UT €ˆArlington in the month of December.
DECEMBER SUCCESS UNDER DREW
• Baylor is 26-9 in the month of December under head coach Scott Drew and has won 17 consecutive December games.
• Baylor's last December loss was Dec. 16, 2006, at No. 23 Syracuse (lost 94-71).
• Baylor's December winning streak started after back-to-back losses to South Carolina and Syracuse in 2006.
LAST TIME OUT VS. UT ARLINGTON (DEC. 20, 2008)
• Curtis Jerrells scored 24 of his game-high 29 points in the second half, helping No. 21 Baylor erase a nine-point halftime deficit and survive UT Arlington, 79-76.
• Kevin Rogers recorded a double-double with 13 points and 13 rebounds. Tweety Carter and Henry Dugat added 13 and 11 points, respectively.
• The Bears took their first lead of the second half on a drive and spinning layup by Jerrells with 6:12 remaining in regulation. Jumpers from Jerrells and Rogers put Baylor up five, 70-65, completing a 10-0 spurt -- the only sustained run either team could muster in the game.
• Jerrells hit three free throws in the final minute, his only miss with 16.9 seconds left -- finishing the night 16-of-17 from the line. UTA rebounded and had a chance to tie, but Anthony Vereen's 3-point attempt bounced off the rim and Baylor's Fred Ellis grabbed the rebound to seal the victory.
• Baylor never found its rhythm in the first half. The Bears trailed at the break (41-32) for the first time this season and never led by more than one point in the first period.
PREVIEWING UT ARLINGTON
• UT €ˆArlington will play its first game in 15 days Sunday when the Mavericks visit the Ferrell Center. UTA €ˆ(4-3) had won three straight games before suffering a 71-67 loss to SIU-Edwardsville in the championship game of the Drake Hy-Vee Classic Dec. 5.
• The Mavericks are 3-48 all-time against teams in the Big 12 with their only wins coming against Texas A&M €ˆ(1970), Baylor (1980) and Oklahoma State (1987). Since their 69-58 win Dec. 3, 1987, at Oklahoma State, the Mavs have gone 0-21 against current Big 12 schools.
• Senior forward Tommy Moffitt, who is the Mavericks leading rebounder at 7.7 per game, will be out 6-8 weeks after breaking his left foot Dec. 4 vs. North Dakota.
• Senior guard Marquez Haynes ranks second in the nation (throught Dec. 13) with 25.7 points per game. He has scored 30 or more points three times this season -- three shy of the UTA €ˆsingle-season record (Sam Norton, 1983-84).
UP NEXT FOR THE BEARS
• After Sunday's game vs. UTA, Baylor will endure another 10-day layoff from game action before playing Arkansas Dec. 30 in North Little Rock, Ark. The neutral site game will tip at 8 p.m. CST €ˆon ESPN2.
• Arkansas leads the series between old Southwest Conference foes, 97-45. The meeting Dec. 30 will be the first since Jan. 5, 2008, at Dallas' American Airlines Arena.
CARTER GIVING NEW MEANING TO POINT(S) GUARD
• Since scoring a combined 13 points in his first two games, senior point guard Tweety Carter is averaging 27.0 points in his last three contests. In fact, Carter has scored exactly 27 points in each of his last three games.
• Carter is the first Baylor player to post three consecutive 20-point games since fellow 1,000-point club member and current Austin Toros point guard Curtis Jerrells did it in four straight games during the 2006-07 season -- Feb. 24, 2007 at Texas €ˆA&M €ˆ(27 points); Feb. 27, 2007, at Texas €ˆTech (20 points); March 3, 2007, vs. Oklahoma State (21 points); and March 8, 2007, vs. Missouri (31 points). Jerrells narrowly missed a fifth consecutive 20-point game -- he scored 19 points in a 74-69 Baylor loss to Texas in the Big 12 Championship semifinal in Oklahoma City, Okla.
MAKE ROOM FOR (TWEETY) €ˆCARTER
• During Tuesday's 30-point win over Jackson State, Tweety Carter moved up the career leaderboard in four major categories. With his 27 points, Carter moved into 21st place on Baylor's career scoring linst with 1,052 points, passing Don Heathington (1,040), Kelvin Chalmers (1,045) and Winston Moore (1,046). Carter moved into seventh place in both career assists (313) and career steals (118). He now stands alone in fifth place with 213 career 3-point field goals made -- three ahead of teammate LaceDarius Dunn (210), who currently sits in sixth place.
• Carter needs one point to become one of the top 20 scorers in Baylor history. He trails Jerry Mallett (1,053) by one point for 20th place and Arthur Edwards (1,062) by 10 for 19th.
HOW DO YOU SPELL CLUTCH? T-W-E-E-T-Y
• Tweety Carter, a career 73.5 percent free throw shooter, has made 17 consecutive free throws dating back Baylor's 72-62 overtime win Nov. 27 vs. Iona.
• Carter, who's shooting a team-best 90 percent from the charity stripe, missed two of his first three free throw attempts to start the season before sinking the first of his 17 straight with 50 seconds remaining in OT €ˆvs. Iona.
• Carter is also 9-of-10 (90 percent) €ˆfrom the free throw line in clutch situations -- the final three minutes of regulation and overtime.
• Through the final 25 games of the 2008-09 season, the Reserve, La., senior was just 54.3 percent (19-of-35) from the free throw line, including 3-of-8 during Baylor's postseason run.
HE HAS MORE BLOCKS...THAN YOU
• Ekpe Udoh, who enters Sunday with a team-best 30 blocked shots, has two more blocks than the entire UT €ˆArlington Mavericks team (28) in seven games.
DUNN'S SHOOTING SLUMP
• LaceDarius Dunn, the 15th-leading scorer in Baylor history with 1,191 career points, opened the season with a scoring barrage, averaging 22.8 points in six games.
• Since extending his double-digit scoring streak to 19 consecutive games Nov. 27 vs. Iona, Dunn has been held under 10 points in three straight contests for the first time in his career.
• Tuesday vs. Jackson State, Dunn scored three points -- his lowest scoring output being held scoreless Feb. 27, 2008, at Colorado.
A DOUBLE TRIPLE THREAT
• Louisiana guards Tweety Carter and LaceDarius Dunn have accounted for 45 of Baylor's 67 3-point field goals through nine games this season -- 67.2 percent of the team's 3-point scoring production.
• Carter (213) and Dunn (210) have combined to make 423 career treys in 183 career games. The remaining 11 Bears have combined to make 42 career triples in 325 games.
• Sophomore guard Anthony Jones is third among the current Bears with 20 career 3-pointers made, followed by junior forward Ekpe €ˆUdoh with nine (made six in two seasons at €ˆMichigan).
