Feb. 23, 2009

Live Stats (courtesy Cyclones.com)

GAME CENTER: GAME 27
BAYLOR BEARS (16-10, 4-8) AT IOWA STATE CYCLONES (13-14, 2-10)
Date: Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009
Tip-Off: 8 p.m. CT
Location: Ames, Iowa
Arena: James H. Hilton Coliseum (14,356)
Television: Big 12 Network (rebranded ESPN Plus) [Complete TV Listings]
The CW, KBTX-DT2 locally in Central Texas
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)
Series: Iowa State leads 10-7
Tickets: (254) 710-1000

GAME NIGHT STORY LINES
• Baylor looks to put an end to its 0-7 all-time record in Ames when the Bears visit the Iowa State Cyclones Tuesday at Hilton Coliseum. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m. on the Big 12 Network.
• Baylor is 6-40 in its last 46 Big 12 road games, including a 5-9 mark dating back to last season.
• Baylor is 22-29 vs. Big 12 North schools over the last nine seasons (18-71 vs. Big 12 South schools).
• Kevin Rogers has scored in double figures in 17 straight games - the second-longest streak by a Bear this season.
• Tweety Carter has made at least one 3-point field goal in 14 consecutive games.
• Baylor is 10-0 when shooting 50 percent or better from the floor this season.
• Baylor is 9-35 under Scott Drew when allowing 80-plus points (1-7 this season).
• Baylor has trailed at halftime in nine of its 12 Big 12 games this season.
• Baylor has made at least one 3-point field goal in 537 straight games.
• Baylor seniors Curtis Jerrells, Henry Dugat and Kevin Rogers have accounted for 49.1 percent of the Bears' offense since arriving in 2005-06. The trio has scored 3,968 of Baylor's 8,074 points in 106 games.
• Henry Dugat is averaging 7.3 points over the last nine games (13.4 points through first 17 games).
• With Baylor's eighth point of the first half at Oklahoma State on Feb. 21, the Bears posted its third-straight 2,000-point season under head coach Scott Drew.
• Louisiana natives LaceDarius Dunn and Tweety Carter have combined for 32.3 percent of Baylor's offense this season.
• LaceDarius Dunn snapped his streak of nine-straight missed 3-point field goals, going 2-for-8 at Oklahoma State on Feb. 21. Dunn is 9-for-36 from 3-point range in his last seven games (25.0 percent) - Baylor is 1-6 over that stretch.
• Curtis Jerrells became only the sixth player in school history to amass 1,600 career points, when he scored nine points in a loss at Oklahoma State on Feb. 21.

SERIES HISTORY
• Tuesday will mark just the 18th meeting in the series with Iowa State holding a 10-7 all-time advantage.
• Baylor is 0-7 all-time in Ames; five of its seven losses at Hilton Coliseum have been by 10 or more points. The Bears lost by four (74-70) in 2003 and nine (61-52) in 1997.
• Head coach Scott Drew is 3-3 vs. Iowa State (3-0 in Waco; 0-3 in Ames and neutral site).

IOWA STATE SCOUTING REPORT
• After starting the season 12-5 with a 1-1 mark in Big 12 play, Iowa State has lost nine of its last 10 games - and four of its last five at Hilton Coliseum.
• The Cyclones are led by All-Big 12 candidate Craig Brackins, who is averaging 19.9 points and 9.1 rebounds through 27 games. Brackins is shooting 47.4 percent from the floor and 68.9 percent at the free throw line.
• Diante Garrett ranks second on the team with 9.7 points, while leading the squad with 5.3 assists.
• Lucca Staiger and Bryan Peterson are the Cyclones' biggest 3-point threats; Staiger leads the Cyclones with 37.4 percent from long distance (61-of-163), while Peterson is shooting 36.7 percent (40-of-109).

LAST TIME VS. IOWA STATE - JAN. 12, 2008
• Henry Dugat and Kevin Rogers scored 15 points each and Baylor used a 22-2 second-half run to beat Iowa State 74-67 in the Big 12 opener for both teams.
• The Bears trailed 44-37 when they scored 12 straight points for a 49-44 lead with 12:33 remaining. Aaron Bruce had seven of his 14 points during the run.
• After Jiri Hubalek made two free throws for the Cyclones, Rogers scored four of Baylor's next 10 points for a 59-46 lead with 10:03 remaining.
• Craig Brackins scored a career-high 33 for Iowa State, and Wesley Johnson added 11.

LAST TIME OUT - OKLAHOMA STATE 84, BAYLOR 74
• Junior Tweety Carter scored a season-high 30 points, burying seven 3-point field goals, but the Baylor Bears were unable to overcome a second half push by Oklahoma State. The Cowboys ultimately prevailed by 10, 84-74, at Gallagher-Iba Arena.
• Byron Eaton scored 23 points and Marshall Moses added 14 points and 18 rebounds for OSU. James Anderson dropped 20 points.
• A 4-point play by Carter with 7:19 remaining gave the Bears a 64-63 lead, but Oklahoma State outscored Baylor 20-11 the rest of the way.
• The Cowboys' closing run was fueled by Eaton, who drained a 3-pointer and converted a lay-up in traffic.
• Oklahoma State hit just 6-of-18 from 3-point range, but converted 28-of-33 free throws and outrebounded Baylor 39-30.
• Baylor was 13-of-31 from 3-point range.

UP NEXT - COLORADO (FEB. 28)
• Following Tuesday's contest at Iowa State, Baylor returns to the Ferrell Center to host the Colorado Buffaloes Saturday. Tip-off is set for 3 p.m. on the Big 12 Network. Be sure to check BaylorBears.com for the syndicated affiliates in your viewing area.

AFTER COLORADO
• After Saturday's home tilt with the Colorado Buffaloes, Baylor heads south on I-35 to Austin where the Bears will face long-time rival Texas in an important Big 12 clash on ESPN's Big Monday. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m. CT on ESPN. Ron Franklin (pxp), Fran Fraschilla (color) and Holly Rowe (sideline reporter) will serve as the talent for the ESPN production.

THE 2008-09 BIG 12 NETWORK TELEVISION PACKAGE
• This season for the first time, regionally syndicated games are 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 are available as part of ESPN Full Court, the pay subscription college basketball outer-market service. In addition, numerous games are available 72 hours after completion via the newly-designed Big 12 web site at Big12Sports.com.

STATIONS CARRYING THE IOWA STATE GAME INCLUDE:
TEXAS MARKETS: Beaumont/Port Arthur - KBTV; Houston - KNWS; Lubbock - KJTV-DT2; Odessa/Midland - KOSA-DT2; Sherman - KXII-DT2; Tyler/Longview/Lufkin - KLPN; Waco/Temple/Bryan - The CW (Time Warner Channel 165/Grande Channel 15) and KBTX-DT2
OUT-OF-STATE MARKETS: Columbia/Jefferson, Mo. - KZOU; Davenport/Rock Island, Iowa - WBQD-LP; Denver, Colo. - ALTITUDE; Des Moines/Ames, Iowa - WOI; Kansas City, Mo. - KMCI; LaCrosse/Eau Claire, Wis. - KQEG-CA; Little Rock/Pine Bluff, Ark. - KASN-DT2; New York, N.Y. - YES; Providence/New Britain, R.I. - COX-NE; St. Louis. Mo. - Charter; Toledo, Ohio - WVTG-DT2; Topeka, Kan. - KSNT; ESPN Full Court and ESPN360.com

DOUBLE TROUBLE
• Senior forward Kevin Rogers has scored in double figures in a career-best 17 consecutive games this season.
• In the last 17 games, Rogers ranks third on the team with 13.8 points, while grabbing a team-high 8.0 rebounds.
• Rogers' streak is the second-longest on the team behind Curtis Jerrells' 20-game streak from Nov. 15, 2008-Jan. 27, 2009.

A ROAD WIN IN THE BIG 12 IS HARD TO FIND
• Baylor is 6-40 in its last 46 Big 12 road games, including a 5-9 mark dating back to last season (4-4 in 2008-09, 1-5 this season).
• Baylor's 18-point win at Kansas State in January was its first win in Manhattan under Scott Drew.
• After defeating Texas A&M on the road in 2004, Baylor lost 25 straight Big 12 road games until beating Nebraska in 2008.
• Under Drew, Baylor has posted road wins against five different Big 12 schools, but the Bears are still winless on the road at six others.
• Baylor still visits twp of those schools this season - Iowa State (0-2) and Texas (0-5).

AN UNFAVORABLE ROAD AHEAD
• Baylor is a combined 1-17 in the Big 12 era on the road against its final two conference road opponents - Iowa State and Texas.
• BU is 0-2 at Iowa State under head coach Scott Drew and 0-7 all-time in Ames.
• The Bears are 1-11 at Texas in the Big 12 era and have lost 11 straight in Austin since posting an 87-81 win at UT in 1998.

BEARS MORE SUCCESSFUL VS. BIG 12 NORTH
• Baylor looks to snap its four-game Big 12 road losing streak when the Bears face the Iowa State Cyclones Tuesday in Ames.
• The Bears are 1-2 vs. the Big 12 North 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 22-29 (.432) the last nine seasons vs. Northern schools and just 18-71 (.202) vs. teams in the South.

CARTER EXPLODES FOR 30, BUT BEARS FALL AT OSU
• Tweety Carter scored a season-high 30 points in Baylor's 84-74 loss at Oklahoma State Saturday in Stillwater, Okla. Carter, who scored only nine points in the first half, exploded for 21 in the second stanza, while connecting on a career-high-tying seven 3-point field goals.
• Carter's 30 marked the third time a Baylor player reached the 30-point plateau this season, joining LaceDarius Dunn (33 at Kansas State) and Curtis Jerrells (31 vs. Oklahoma State).
• Carter fell one point shy of tying his career high of 31 set at Syracuse during his freshman season.

TRACKING ANOTHER 3-POINT STREAK
• Junior Tweety Carter has made at least one 3-point field goal in 14 consecutive games and is two games away from breaking into the Top 10 for the longest streak in Baylor history.
• Carter has made a 3-point field goal in 21 of his 23 games this season, failing to connect from downtown vs. Providence (0-2) on Nov. 27 and vs. Portland State (0-4) on Dec. 29.

ROGERS COULD JOIN ANOTHER ELITE CLASS
• Senior Kevin Rogers has grabbed a team-high 197 rebounds in 26 games (an average of 7.6 boards) and is on pace to become only the sixth player in Baylor history to lead the team for three consecutive seasons - Jerry Mallett (1954-56), Darrell Hardy (1964-66), Terry Teagle (1979-81), Darryl Middleton (1985-87) and Brian Skinner (1995-97).

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.