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Men's Basketball 1/25/2010 12:00:00 AM
vs.
#24/RV Baylor (15-3) vs. #11/13 Kansas State (16-3)
Jan. 26, 2010 | 7 p.m. CST
Waco, Texas| Ferrell Center (10,284)
TV: FOX Sports Plus

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GAME CENTER: GAME 19
MEDIA INFORMATION
Date:
Tues., Jan. 26, 2010
Tip-Off: 7 p.m. CST
Location: Waco, Texas
Arena: Ferrell Center (10,284)
Television: FOX Sports Plus (Complete TV listings)
Talent: Greg Lucas (pxp), Jim Haller €ˆ(analyst)
Radio: Baylor ISP Sports Network; ESPN/KRZI 1660 AM €ˆ(Waco)/Sirius (Ch. 161)
Talent: John Morris (pxp), Pat Nunley (analyst)
Series: Tied at 10-10
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In-Game Blog: www.BaylorBears.com

GAME DAY STORY LINES
• Baylor (15-3, 2-2) puts its Ferrell Center-record 11-game home winning streak on the line Tuesday when it hosts the 11th-ranked Kansas State Wildcats at 7 p.m. on FOX €ˆSports €ˆSouthwest.
• Tuesday is the 21st meeting in the series, which is tied 10-10.
• The home team has won four of the last five meetings -- Baylor won at Kansas State last season.
• Since the 2000-01 season, Baylor is 23-33 (.411) vs. Big 12 Northern schools in the regular season (19-72 against Big 12 €ˆSouth).
• Baylor is 13-7 (.650) in its last 20 Big 12 Conference home games.
• Baylor hasn't started 3-0 at home in the Big 12 since the 1997-98 season.
• With its 71-45 win Jan. 23 over UMass, Baylor posted its fourth consecutive 15-win season for just the second time in program history. Prior to this season, the Bears had posted 15-plus wins in 1967-68 (15), 1968-69 €ˆ(18), 1969-70 (15) and 1970-71 (18).
• Baylor is 21-133 (.136) -- 4-39 (.093) in the Scott Drew era -- vs. nationally ranked teams. 14 of Baylor's 21 wins over nationally ranked opponents have come in Waco.
• Baylor's last win vs. a nationally ranked team was March 12, 2009, vs. No. 14/11 Kansas in the 2009 Big 12 Championship.
LaceDarius Dunn has had tremendous success in his six career games against Big 12 teams from Kansas -- Kansas and Kansas State. Dunn is averaging 24.5 points in two career games against K-State and 21.8 points in four career games against Kansas.
• The Bears have won a Ferrell Center record 11 straight games, beginning with their NIT win over Georgetown in March 2009.
• Baylor is 22-5 (.815) in its last 27 games, dating back to the end of the 2008-09 regular season.
• Baylor has won the rebounding battle in 17 of 18 games this season.
• Through games of Jan. 21, Tweety Carter ranks second in the nation with 6.71 assists per game, Dunn ranks third nationally in 3FGM per game (3.6) and Ekpe Udoh fifth nationally (4.2) in blocked shots per game.
• Through games of Jan. 21, Baylor leads the nation in rebounding margin (+11.1), ranks third in field goal percentage defense (36.5), fifth in field goal percentage (50.1) and fifth in blocked shots per game (7.5).
• Baylor has held 13 of its first 18 opponents under 70 points, holding them to an average of 62.4 points per game.
• Carter and Dunn have accounted for 107 of Baylor's 144 3FG through 18 games this season -- 74.3 percent of the team's 3FG scoring.

SERIES HISTORY
• Tuesday is the 21st series meeting between Baylor and Kansas State.
• The series is tied 10-10.
• The home team has won four of the last five meetings.
• Baylor has won the last two meetings and three of the last four, including two straight in the Ferrell Center.
• Baylor has scored less than 70 points in eight of its 10 losses to Kansas State.

BAYLOR MORE SUCCESSFUL AGAINST BIG 12 NORTH
• Since the 2000-01 season, Baylor has had much more success against Big 12 North schools than those in the South. Baylor is 23-33 (.411) the last nine seasons vs. Northern schools in the regular season and just 19-72 (.209) against the South.
• Baylor is 14-24 (.368) in 38 regular season games against the Big 12 North in the Scott Drew era. In the seven previous Big 12 seasons prior to Drew's arrival, the Bears were 15-28 (.349) against Northern schools.
• The Bears are 9-9 in their last 18 regular-season games against the Big 12 North.

BAYLOR IN BIG 12 HOME GAMES
• Baylor is 13-7 (.650) in its last 20 Big 12 Conference home games.
• Baylor is 8-4 (.636) in Big 12 home games over the last two-plus seasons.
• Baylor has started 3-0 at home in the Big 12 only when the Bears did it during the 1997-08 season.

FOUR CONSECUTIVE 15-WIN SEASONS
• With its 71-45 win Jan. 23 over UMass, Baylor posted its fourth consecutive 15-win season for just the second time in program history. Prior to this season, the Bears had posted 15-plus wins in 1967-68 (15), 1968-69 €ˆ(18), 1969-70 (15) and 1970-71 (18).
• Baylor is now five wins shy of a program-first third consecutive 20-win season.
• Baylor has won a school-record 75 games over the last three-plus seasons, surpassing the 74 wins from 1945-49.

BAYLOR AGAINST NATIONALLY RANKED TEAMS
• Baylor is 21-133 (.136) -- 4-39 (.093) in the Scott Drew era -- vs. nationally ranked teams.
• 14 of Baylor's 21 wins over nationally ranked opponents have come in Waco.
• All four wins against ranked opponents under Drew have come during the last two-plus seasons.
• Baylor's last win over a nationally ranked opponent was March 12, 2009, vs. No. 14/11 Kansas, 71-64, in the 2009 Big 12 Championship.
• Baylor has lost two straight games to nationally ranked opponents -- Jan. 20, 2010, at No. 3/3 Kansas (75-81) and March 14, 2009, vs. No. 9/15 Missouri (60-73).

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Players Mentioned

Ekpe Udoh

#51 Ekpe Udoh

F/C
6' 10"
Junior
LaceDarius Dunn

#24 LaceDarius Dunn

G
6' 4"
Freshman
Tweety Carter

#45 Tweety Carter

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5' 10"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Ekpe Udoh

#51 Ekpe Udoh

6' 10"
Junior
F/C
LaceDarius Dunn

#24 LaceDarius Dunn

6' 4"
Freshman
G
Tweety Carter

#45 Tweety Carter

5' 10"
Sophomore
G