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No. 24/21 Baylor vs. College of Charleston Nov. 24, 2012 | 8 p.m. CT Waco, Texas | Ferrell Center (10,284) TV: ESPN3 / WatchESPN | Radio: ESPN Central Texas / Sirius 137 / XM 199

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MEDIA INFORMATION Date Sat., Nov. 24 | 8 p.m. CT Location Waco, Texas | Ferrell Center (10,284) Tickets Purchase Tickets Online (Buy 1 Get 1 Free) TV ESPN3 / WatchESPN TV Talent Jonathan Yardley (pxp), Stephen Howard (color) Video Feed Watch Online Radio ESPN Central Texas | Listen Online Radio Talent John Morris (pxp), Nick Joos (color) Satellite Radio Sirius 137 / XM 199 Live Stats Game Notes Baylor | College of Charleston Blog N/A Twitter @BaylorMBB 24/21 BAYLOR BEARS Record 4-1 Ranking 24 (AP)/21 (Coaches) Last Game Def. St. John's, 97-78 Head Coach Scott Drew Career: 181-136 (11th season) BU Record: 161-125 (10th season) COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON COUGARS Record 2-2 Ranking NR (AP), NR (Coaches) Last Game Def. Boston College, 71-67 Head Coach Doug Wojcik Career: 142-94 (8th season) CofC Record: 2-2 (1st season)

STORY LINES
• Saturday's game can be seen on ESPN3 and €ˆWatchESPN. It's the first time Baylor has ever played exclusively on ESPN3.
• The game is one of 21 games Baylor will play on ESPN networks this season - all 31 regular-season games will be televised.
• Baylor is ranked No. 24 (AP) and No. 21 (Coaches) in the latest top 25 polls released Monday.
• Through five games, Baylor is averaging 42.0 points in the paint per game and holding opponents to 24.4 PIP per game. Cory Jefferson (11.2 PIP/game) and Isaiah Austin (9.0 PIP/game) combine to average more than 20.0 PIP per game.
• Baylor is 4-0 this season and 86-8 in the Scott Drew era when shooting 50% or better from the field.
• Baylor has won 29 consecutive non-conference home games, dating back to a one-point loss to South Carolina on Jan. 2, 2009.
• Baylor has accounted for five of the 14 double-doubles by Big 12 players this season, including two by Jefferson.
• The Bears have been ranked in 23 consecutive polls dating back to the 2011-12 preseason -- Baylor is one of four schools (BU, Duke, €ˆKentucky, Ohio State) whose men's and women's teams have been ranked in every poll since the 2011-12 preseason.
• Baylor PG Pierre Jackson was named Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year, the 2nd straight year a Bear has been honored.
• Jackson has scored in double figures in 13 straight games, averaging 18.6 points and 6.6 assists per game during the streak.
• Jackson is one of 50 players on the Wooden Award and Naismith Award watch lists -- both presented to nation's best player.
• Baylor plays two of the nation's toughest non-conference road games this season -- at Rupp Arena (Dec. 1), where Kentucky is 53-0 under John €ˆCalipari -- and at Gonzaga (Dec. 28), where the Bulldogs are 107-7 all-time at The New Kennel.
• Baylor is one of only two Big 12 schools to be ranked in each of the last six seasons (Kansas).
• In the last five seasons entering 2012-13, Baylor went 121-55 (24.2 wins per season) and made four postseason appearances €ˆ(2008 NCAA, 2009 NIT, 2010 NCAA, 2012 NCAA) with four 20-win campaigns.
• Baylor is one of only six schools nationally to play in the Elite Eight in two of the last three seasons.
• Baylor is coming off a school-record 30-win campaign, marking the second time in the last three seasons the Bears have established a school record for wins (28 victories in 2009-10).
• Drew's last five recruiting classes have all been ranked in ESPN's top 25 nationally (21st, 22nd, 18th, 5th, 14th, respectively).
• Baylor has signed 10 top 50 national recruits in the last seven years -- LaceDarius Dunn (2007), Anthony Jones (2008), Nolan Dennis (2009), Perry Jones III €ˆ(2010), Quincy €ˆMiller (2011), Deuce Bello (2011), Isaiah Austin (2012), Rico €ˆGathers (2012), Ishmail €ˆWainright (2013) and Dominic Woodson (2013).
• The Bears have four 20-win seasons in the last five years. Baylor had only three all-time 20-win seasons prior to Drew's arrival.
• Cory Jefferson (Player) and Isaiah Austin (Rookie) €ˆswept the season's first Big 12 weekly honors. It was the fourth time in program history the Bears won both awards in the same week.
• Baylor was picked 2nd in the 2012-13 Big 12 Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll, its highest ever projection.
• Baylor has the Big 12's 2nd-longest active streak with at least one 3-point field goal made in 662 consecutive games.
• Baylor will play a school-record three times on ESPN €ˆBig Monday this season -- at Kansas (1/14); vs. OSU €ˆ(1/21); at UT €ˆ(3/4).
• Baylor set Scott Drew era records with 68 points in the paint, 28 assists and a 64.5 FG% in the season opener vs. Lehigh.
• Baylor's Scott Drew is tied with Kansas' Bill Self as the second-longest tenured head coach in the Big 12 Conference. Drew, who enters his 10th season at Baylor in 2012-13, is second only to Texas' Rick Barnes, who enters his 15th season in Austin.

UP NEXT
• Baylor heads to Rupp Arena to face Kentucky on Dec. 1 at 11:30 a.m. €ˆCT on CBS. The Bears will be looking to avenge last season's Elite Eight loss and hand Kentucky its first defeat at Rupp Arena under third-year head coach John €ˆCalipari (53-0).

SERIES HISTORY
• Baylor will face College of Charleston for the first time in program history. The Cougars are one of four first-time opponents on Baylor's schedule this season (Lehigh, Boston College, C of C and USC €ˆUpstate).
• Baylor is 4-1 all-time against teams currently playing as members of the Southern Conference.

FIRST TIME SUCCESS
• Baylor faces four schools for the first time in 2012-13 -- Lehigh, Boston College, College of Charleston and USC €ˆUpstate.
• Baylor is 28-6 against first-time opponents in the Scott Drew era and has won 15 straight regular-season contests against first-time opponents (last loss was Nov. 30, 2008, vs. Wake Forest in Anaheim, Calif.).
• Since the 2007-08 season, Baylor is 22-2 against first-time opponents, including four postseason meetings (win vs. Georgetown, 2009 NIT; win vs. Saint Mary's, 2010 NCAA; loss vs. Duke, 2010 NCAA; win vs. South Dakota State, 2012 NCAA).

CHARLESTON CLASSIC REWIND
• Baylor went 2-1 to take third place in the Charleston Classic, improving its record in regular season tournaments to 17-9 in the Scott Drew era. The Bears posted a winning record for the fifth time in their last six regular season tournaments.
• Pierre Jackson and Cory Jefferson were named to the five-member all-tournament team.
• Baylor opened the tournament with an 84-74 win over Boston College, led by Jackson's 31 points.
• The Bears shot just 37% in a 60-58 loss to Colorado in the second round.
• Baylor finished with a 97-78 win over St. John's, keyed by Brady Heslip's career-high 29 points, including eight 3-pointers.

HOME, SWEET DOME
• Baylor is 46-7 at home in the last three-plus seasons, winning a Ferrell Center-record 15 home games in both 2009-10 and 2010-11, and going 14-3 at the Ferrell €ˆCenter a season ago. Baylor is 72-16 in the last five-plus seasons at home, boasting an impressive .818 winning percentage.

A WIN WOULD ...
• Be Baylor's 30th consecutive non-conference home win -- its last non-conference home loss was Jan. 2, 2009.
• Give Baylor a 5-1 or better record through its first six games for the seventh consecutive season.
• Be Drew's 162nd career win as Baylor head coach -- 39 shy of Bill Henderson's Baylor record.
• Improve Baylor's record in its last 19 November games to 18-1.
• Improve its record to 41-7 in the month of November in the Drew era, including a 33-4 record in the last six seasons.
• Improve Baylor's record against Southern Conference teams to 5-1.
• Improve its record to 89-24 against non-conference competition in the Drew era.

29 CONSECUTIVE NON-CONFERENCE HOME WINS
• Baylor has won 29 consecutive non-conference home games. The last time the Bears lost at home to a non-conference opponent was an 85-84 defeat against South €ˆCarolina on Jan. 2, 2009.
• Baylor went undefeated in non-conference home games in each of the last three seasons (8-0 in 2009-10, 10-0 in 2010-11 and 8-0 in 2011-12). The Bears are 2-0 this season in non-conference home games.

50% SHOOTING IS KEY TO VICTORY
• Baylor is 4-0 this season and 86-8 during the Scott Drew era when shooting 50% or better from the field.
• By contrast, the Bears are 0-1 the season and 75-117 in the Drew era when missing more shots than they make.
• The same goes for holding opponents under 50% -- Baylor is 154-60 in the Drew era when opponents shoot less than 50% and 7-64 when they shoot 50% or better from the field.

DOMINATING POINTS IN THE PAINT
• Despite losing three frontcourt players to the 2012 NBA €ˆDraft, Baylor is averaging 42.0 points in the paint per game this season, and the Bears are holding opponents to 24.4 PIP per game.
• Baylor set a Scott Drew era record with 68 points in the paint in its season-opening win against Lehigh.
• Frontcourt players Cory Jefferson (11.2 PIP/game), Isaiah Austin (9.0 PIP/game) and Rico Gathers (5.6 PIP/game) do most of the damage, along with guards Pierre Jackson (6.4 PIP/game) and Deuce Bello (3.6 PIP/game).

DOUBLE-DOUBLES ALL AROUND
• Baylor has accounted for five of the 14 double-doubles by Big 12 players this season.
• Cory €ˆJefferson joins Kansas' Jeff Withey as the only Big 12 players with two double-doubles this year.
• Pierre Jackson, Isaiah €ˆAustin and Rico Gathers have also had double-doubles this season.

TELEVISION COVERAGE
• Saturday's game can be seen on ESPN3 and will be available on WatchESPN.com. Jonathan Yardley (play-by-play) and Stephen Howard (analyst) will serve as the talent. Tip-off is scheduled for 8:05 p.m. CT.
• The game is Baylor's first-ever to be shown exclusively on ESPN3.

NATIONAL RADIO COVERAGE
• Saturday's game can be heard on ESPN Central Texas 1660 AM, and fans not in the Central Texas area can hear the game online at www.1660espn.com. John Morris (play-by-play) and Nick Joos (analyst) will serve as talent.
• The Baylor broadcast is also available nationally via satellite radio on Sirius 137 and XM €ˆ199.

BAYLOR IN THE RANKINGS
• Baylor entered the 2012-13 season with its third consecutive preseason ranking.
• The Bears climbed three spots to No. 16 in the AP €ˆpoll and one spot to No. 17 in the coaches poll on Nov. 12.
• Despite its only loss coming by two points to a now-ranked Colorado team, Baylor dropped eight spots to No. 24 in the AP poll and four spots to No. 21 in the coaches poll on Nov. 19.
• Baylor has been ranked in each of the last six seasons - a total of 48 polls (including preseason polls).
• Baylor is one of four schools nationally to have its men's and women's teams ranked in every poll since the 2011-12 preseason, joining Duke, €ˆKentucky and Ohio State -- 23 consecutive polls.
• Prior to the 2007-08 campaign, Baylor had only been ranked for three weeks in the program's first 101 seasons (one week in 1948-49, two weeks in 1968-69).

DREW CLIMBING BAYLOR CAREER WINS CHART
• Scott Drew currently ranks second in Baylor history with 161 career wins as the Bears' head coach. Drew needs 40 wins to tie Bill Henderson (201) for the all-time wins record.
• Drew's .563 winning percentage is the best ever by a Baylor coach with four or more years at the helm. He ranks fourth overall, trailing only Ralph Glaze (.788; 1910-13), Enoch Mills (.655; 1908-10) and Darrel Johnson (.593; 1992-94).

JACKSON NEXT IN LINE FOR 1,000-POINT CLUB
• Pierre Jackson entered the 2012-13 season on pace to become the 26th 1,000-point scorer in school history. Jackson, who scored 523 points in his first season in Waco last year, needs 376 points to become the eighth 1,000-point scorer in the Scott Drew era, joining Aaron Bruce, Curtis Jerrells, Henry Dugat, Kevin Rogers, LaceDarius Dunn, Tweety Carter and Quincy Acy.
• Jackson needs to average 14.5 points per game over the next 26 games to reach 1,000 points prior to the postseason.
• Jackson has scored in double figures in 13 straight games, averaging 18.6 points and 6.6 assists per game during the streak.