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15/15 Baylor (8-2) vs. Florida State (10-3) Dec. 25, 2010 | 6:30 p.m. CST (2:30 p.m. HST) Honolulu, Hawai`i | Stan Sheriff Center (10,300) TV: ESPN2/ESPN2 HD Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic |
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GAME CENTER: GAME 11 (Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic)
MEDIA INFORMATION
Date: Sat., Dec. 25, 2010
Tip-Off: 6:30 p.m. CST (2:30 p.m. HST)
Location: Honolulu, Hawai`i
Arena: Stan Sheriff Center (10,300)
Television: ESPN2/ESPN2 HD
Talent: Jon Sciambi (pxp), Doug Gottlieb (analyst)
Radio: Baylor IMG College Radio Network; ESPN/KRZI 1660 AM €ˆ(Waco), KHLE 106.9 FM (Killeen); Sirius (Ch. TBA)
Talent: John Morris (pxp), Pat Nunley (color)
Series (Overall): Florida State leads, 2-0
Live Stats: www.BaylorBears.com
Audio Web Stream: www.BaylorBears.com
Video Web Stream: www.ESPN3.com
In-Game Blog: None
QUICK HITS
• No. 15 Baylor will face Florida State in the third-place game of the 2010 Hawaiian Airlines €ˆDiamond Head Classic on Christmas Day at 6:30 p.m. CST €ˆon ESPN2.
• Baylor looks to avoid back-to-back losses for the first time since losing its last two regular-season games in 2008-09. Since then, Baylor is 43-12 in its last 55 games.
• Baylor and Florida State will meet for only the third time with FSU holding a 2-0 series advantage.
• BU has made at least one 3FG in 598 consecutive games -- the second-longest active streak in the Big 12.
• Baylor is 15-3 as a ranked team in non-conference play in the Scott Drew era.
• Perry Jones III has scored in double figures in 9 of his first 10 games to start his career.
• LaceDarius Dunn, who has a school-record 327 career 3FGM, has made a 3FG in 24 consecutive games.
• Dunn ranks second all-time in school history -- and ninth in Big 12 history -- with 1,890 career points.
• 54 percent of Dunn's career scoring production has come in his last 52 games (1,017 points).
• Dunn has 38 career 20-point games, including five in his seven games of the 2010-11 season.
• Quincy Acy has recorded five double-doubles in 2010-11 and has scored in double figures in four straight.
• Five Baylor players are shooting better than 70 percent at the FT €ˆline -- Dunn (88.1), Anthony Jones (88.0), A.J. Walton (75.0), Fred €ˆEllis (75.0) and Acy (74.1).
• Baylor's starting frontline is averaging 23.2 rebounds per game -- Acy (8.4), Jones €ˆIII (8.4), Jones (6.4).
• Drew is tied with Kansas' Bill Self as the second-longest tenured head coach in the Big 12 Conference.
BAYLOR/FLORIDA STATE SERIES
• Florida State leads the brief series, 2-0, and Saturday's third-place game in Hawai`i will mark the third series meeting on a neutral court.
• The schools haven't met on the hardwood since Dec. 16, 1972, when then-FSU defeated Baylor, 85-67, in Huntington, W.Va. In the first series meeting, FSU knocked off the Bears, 82-64, on Dec. 19, 1964, in Nashville.
HOLDING OPPONENTS UNDER 70
• Baylor's 68-64 loss Dec. 18 to Gonzaga in Dallas snapped its 30-game winning streak when holding opponents under 70 points. It was Baylor's first loss when holding an opponent under 70 since April 2, 2009, when the Bears lost 69-63 to Penn State in the NIT €ˆchampionship game.
• Since the start of the 2007-08 season, Baylor is 58-4 when holding opponents under 70 points.
THE LAST 55
• Since the end of the 2008-09 regular season, Baylor is 43-12 in its last 55 games (.782 winning percentage). Prior to its current run, Baylor was 32-23 in its previous 54 games (.582).
• Baylor is 23-1 at home in its last 54 games, 36-2 when holding opponents under 70, 14-0 when holding opponents under 60 and 8-0 when holding opponents under 50.
• Baylor has won 29 of its last 43 games by 10 or more points (+17.2 average scoring margin in 43 wins).
DUNN'S SIGHTS SET ON BAYLOR, BIG 12 SCORING RECORDS
• With 13 points against San Diego, senior G €ˆLaceDarius €ˆDunn moved passed Micheal Williams (1,854) for second on Baylor's all-time scoring list; Dunn currently has with 1,890 career points. Dunn now needs 300 points to surpass Terry Teagle (2,189) as Baylor's all-time leading scorer.
• Dunn, who now ranks ninth all-time on the Big 12's career scoring list, trails Texas Tech's Martin Zeno (1,913) by 23 points for eighth place and Texas' Damion James €ˆ(1,917) by 27 for seventh. Dunn needs 367 points to surpass Texas Tech's Andre Emmett (2,256) as the Big 12's career scoring leader.
1,000-POINT MAN
• LaceDarius €ˆDunn currently ranks second in school history and ninth in Big 12 history with 1,890 career points in 113 career contests (16.7 points-per-game average). In fact, Dunn has produced 54 percent of his career point total in his last 52 games, scoring 1,017 of his 1,890 points over that span (19.6 points-per-game).
NOT DUNN YET -- TRIPLE STREAK CONTINUES
• LaceDarius €ˆDunn has made a 3-point field goal in 24 consecutive games -- the fourth-longest streak in school history. Dunn is five games shy of tying Tevis Stukes' school-record 29-game streak.
• Dunn owns the second-longest consecutive games streak in Baylor history. Dunn made a 3-point field goal in 28 consecutive games over the span of two seasons -- March 1, 2008-Feb. 7, 2009.
• Dunn, the single-season and career 3-point record holder at Baylor, has made a 3-point field goal in 106 of his 113 career games.
LOOKING FOR MORE THREE-POINT RECORDS
• LaceDarius Dunn has made a Baylor-record 327 career 3FG and is the only player in program history to make 300+ 3FG. Dunn ranks fourth all-time in Big 12 history in 3FG and is one of only four players with 300+ 3FG, joining Missouri's Clarence Gilbert (332), Kansas' Jeff Boschee (338) and Texas' A.J. Abrams (389).
• Dunn needs 63 treys to become the Big 12's career leader.
DOUBLING UP
• After recording only three double-doubles in his first 70 career games, junior F Quincy Acy, who has scored in double figures in four consecutive games, has tallied five double-doubles in 10 games in 2010-11.
• Acy is averaging 18.6 points and 11.8 rebounds when recording a double-double this season.
• Baylor is 7-1 when Acy records a double-double.
UP NEXT
• Baylor will return to hardwood in 2011 when the Bears host Texas Southern on Jan. 2 at 2:30 p.m. CST in Waco. The game will be televised on FOX Sports Southwest.