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Baylor (14-7, 5-3) at Oklahoma State (15-5, 5-3) Feb. 6, 2013 | 6:00 p.m. CT Stillwater, Okla. | Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611) TV: ESPN & WatchESPN Radio: ESPN Central Texas 1660 AM, Sirius 92, XM 192

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MEDIA INFORMATION Date Wed., Feb. 6 | 6:00 p.m. CT Location Stillwater, Okla. | Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611) Tickets Purchase Tickets Online TV ESPN TV Talent Bob Wischusen (pxp), Stephen Bardo (color) Web Stream WatchESPN Radio ESPN Central Texas | Listen Online Radio Talent John Morris (pxp), Pat Nunley (color) Satellite Radio Sirius 92 / XM 192 Live Stats Game Notes Baylor | Oklahoma State Twitter @BaylorMBB BAYLOR BEARS Record 14-7, 5-3 Ranking NR (AP), NR (Coaches) Last Game Lost at Iowa State, 79-71 Head Coach Scott Drew Career: 189-142 (11th season) BU Record: 169-131 (10th season) OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS Record 15-5, 5-3 Ranking 22 (AP), 24 (Coaches) Last Game Won at Kansas, 85-80 Head Coach Travis Ford Career: 285-206 (16th season) OSU Record: 95-60 (5th season)

STORY LINES
• Wednesday's game will be televised on ESPN with Bob €ˆWischusen (pxp) and Stephen Bardo (analyst) serving as talent.
• Wednesday is the 71st series meeting between Baylor and OSU. The Bears are 4-24 all-time in Stillwater.
• With a win vs. OSU, €ˆBaylor would avoid its first regular-season 3-game losing streak since losing six straight in 2009.
• Baylor is 10-4 in its last 14 games against Oklahoma Big 12 schools after going 6-48 in the Big 12's first 13 seasons.
• Baylor has won 13 of its last 14 games against founding members of the Big 12 South Division (UT, TTU, A&M, OU, OSU).
• Baylor is 19-26 in Big 12 road games over the last six seasons after going 8-80 in road games over the league's first 11 years.
• Baylor has more Big 12 wins in the last 5+ seasons (49-41) than its first 11 years in the league combined (45-131).
• In Big 12 play, Baylor leads the league in rebounding (39.9) and 3-point FG defense (24.0%). Additionally, €ˆBaylor is 2nd in the Big 12 in blocks (4.6) and 3rd in scoring defense (61.4) in league play and has held 5 of 8 opponents to 61 points or less.
• Baylor is 135-62 since the start of the 2007-08 season, including four 20-win seasons in the last five years. The Bears had the exact same number of wins in the first 11 seasons of the Big 12 Conference (135-176).
• Baylor has accounted for 28% of the 72 double-doubles by Big 12 players this season (20-of-72). Isaiah Austin (8) and Cory €ˆJefferson (6) each have more double-doubles this season than 6 Big 12 teams (WVU-5, €ˆTCU-4, UT-3, €ˆOSU-2, OU-2, KSU-2).
• Pierre Jackson has scored in double figures in 28 straight games, averaging 18.6 points and 6.0 assists per game during the streak.
• Jackson has made a 3FG in 32 consecutive games, which is the 2nd-longest streak in program history (LaceDarius Dunn-45).
• Jackson leads the Big 12 in scoring (19.1/gm) and assists (5.9/gm), ranks 4th in steals (1.7/gm) and 4th in AST/TO ratio (1.8).
• Jackson also ranks 2nd in the Big 12 in 3FGM (2.5/gm), 6th in FT% (79.2) and 7th in 3FG% (36.2).
• Jackson is 1 of 16 players in program history with 100+ career steals. He ranks 5th all-time with 1.76 steals/gm.
• Three Baylor players are in the Big 12's top 15 in scoring - Jackson (1st, 19.1), Austin (7th, 14.5) and Jefferson (14th, 12.3).
• Jefferson also ranks 2nd in the Big 12 in FG percentage (58.5) and blocks (2.0/gm) and 4th in rebounding (8.2/gm).
• Jefferson has scored 258 points in 21 games this season after scoring 148 points in 55 games over his first two seasons.
• Austin leads the Big 12 in double-doubles (8), ranks 2nd rebounding (9.4), 7th in scoring (14.5) and 10th in FG percentage (49.6).
• Brady Heslip has made a 3FG in 53 of 58 games in his career. He has 37 games with 2+ 3FG and 24 games with 3+ 3FG.
• Heslip is 10th on Baylor's all-time 3-point FGs made list (142) - he needs 2 made 3FGs to tie Willie Sublett (144) for 9th.
• A.J. Walton ranks 3rd in the Big 12 in AST/TO ratio (1.8), 3rd in steals (1.9/gm) and 7th in assists (3.9/gm).
• Walton needs 1 steal to become the 2nd player in program history with 200+ career steals. He became one of five players in program history with 400+ assists on Saturday at Iowa State.
• Walton (89-36) needs 2 more wins to tie former teammate Anthony Jones (91-38) for 2nd place on Baylor's all-time wins list.
• Rico €ˆGathers has recorded 10+ rebounds in all 4 games in which he's played 20+ minutes this season.
• Gathers ranks 4th in the Big 12 in with 8.0 rebs/gm in league play. His 6.0 rpg in all games ranks 2nd among Big 12 freshmen.
• Gathers is averaging one rebound every 2.78 minutes played, which averages out to 14.4 rebounds per 40 minutes.
• Head coach Scott Drew is coaching his 301st game at Baylor (169-131). His .563 winning percentage is best in program history among coaches with 4 or more seasons, and he has a .685 winning percentage since the start of the 2007-08 season.
• Baylor ranks 2nd in the Big 12 in scoring offense (75.8), scoring margin (+12.0), FG percentage (45.5) and rebounding (39.2).
• Baylor has the Big 12's 2nd-longest active streak with at least one 3-point field goal made in 678 consecutive games.

SERIES HISTORY
• Wednesday marks the 71st series meeting and 36th in the Big 12 era. Oklahoma State leads the all-time series 50-20, and owns a 24-4 advantage in Stillwater. Baylor has won eight of the last 12 meetings overall.
• Baylor is 10-24 against Oklahoma State in the Big 12 era, including an 8-11 mark during the Drew era.
• Baylor is seeking its first-ever 4-game winning streak in the series - the Bears' current 3-game streak is their longest vs. OSU.
• Prior to last season's 64-60 win, the Bears were 1-17 in their 18 previous trips to Stillwater.
• Baylor has won just four times in €ˆStillwater - 1959, 1972, 2003 and 2012.

TELEVISION COVERAGE
• Wednesday's game will be televised on ESPN at 6 p.m. CT. It's the 14th of a school-record 21 regular season games the Bears will play on €ˆESPN €ˆnetworks this season. Bob Wischusen (play-by-play) and Stephen Bardo (analyst) will serve as talent.

A WIN WOULD ...
• Be Scott Drew's 170th career victory as Baylor head coach - 31 shy of Bill Henderson's Baylor record.
• Extend Baylor's winning streak vs. OSU to an all-time series-long 4 games - the current 3-game streak is already the longest.
• Be Baylor's 8th-ever road win (6th since 2008) against an AP €ˆTop 25 team (7-75 entering game).
• Give Baylor two road wins against AP €ˆTop 25 teams in the same season for the first time.
• Mark the 2nd time the Bears have started Big 12 play with a 6-3 or better record through 9 games (7-2 last season).
• Give Baylor wins in 9 of its last 13 games against Oklahoma State since snapping a 1-18 stretch in the series.
• Be Baylor's 5th-ever win in Stillwater - the Bears are 4-24 all-time on Oklahoma State's home court.
• Give Baylor consecutive wins at Gallagher-Iba Arena for the first time since winning two straight trips in 1959 and 1972 (there was a 13-year gap between games played in €ˆStillwater).
• Improve Baylor's all-time record against Oklahoma State to 21-50, including a 9-11 mark during the Drew era.
• Improve Baylor's record to 136-62 since the start of the 2007-08 season, surpassing its number of wins from the Big 12's first 11 seasons combined (135-176).
• Give Baylor a 50-41 record in €ˆBig 12 games since 2007-08, 5 more wins than the Bears had in the Big 12's first 11 years (45-131).
• Improve Baylor's record to 28-45 in the month of February in the Drew era, including a 17-10 record since 2009-10.

STEPPING UP DEFENSE IN CONFERENCE PLAY
• Baylor ranks 3rd in the Big 12 in scoring defense in conference play, allowing just 61.4 points per game.
• The Bears lead the Big 12 with 39.9 rebounds per game and a 24.0% 3-point defense in league play.
• Baylor ranks 2nd in the league in FG defense (38.9), blocks (4.6), rebounding margin (+3.4) and scoring margin (+9.8).
• Baylor has held opponents to 61 points or less in 5 of 8 Big 12 games this season, including games allowing 40 and 48 points.
• Baylor limited Oklahoma State to a season-low 54 points on Jan. 21, which was 8 points below the Cowboys' previous season low, and the lowest point total the Bears had allowed against OSU since Baylor won 53-50 on Dec. 4, 1959.
• Baylor held Kansas to 61 points on Jan. 14, the Jayhawks' lowest point total at Allen €ˆFieldhouse since Feb. 5, 2006.
• Baylor held TCU to 40 points on Jan. 12, the fewest points any €ˆBig 12 opponent has ever scored against the Bears.
• Baylor beat Texas Tech 82-48 on Jan. 8, marking the Bears' largest-ever margin of victory in a Big 12 road game.

SOONER STATE SUCCESS
• After posting a combined 6-48 record against Oklahoma and Oklahoma State in the first 13 seasons of the Big 12 Conference, Baylor has won 10 of its last 14 against the league's Sooner State schools.
• 13 of Baylor's 16 Big 12 wins against the Oklahoma schools have come under head coach Scott €ˆDrew.

PILING UP WINS AGAINST HISTORIC RIVALS
• Baylor went a perfect 10-0 against former Big 12 South Division members in 2011-12. The Bears swept Oklahoma and Oklahoma State for the first time in program history, they swept Texas and Texas A&M in the same season for the first time since 1970-71, and BU swept Texas, Texas A&M and Texas Tech in the same season for the first time ever.
• Baylor extended its winning streak to 13 games against former Big 12 South teams before losing to Oklahoma on Jan. 30.
• The Bears have won 13 of their last 14 against former Big 12 South teams, including a 3-1 mark this season.

DREW COACHING 301st GAME AT BAYLOR
• Scott Drew will be coaching his 301st game as Baylor's head coach when the Bears play at Oklahoma State on Wednesday.
• Drew is 169-131 over 10 seasons at Baylor, and his .563 winning percentage is the best in program history among coaches with four or more seasons at the helm. His teams have a .685 winning percentage since the start of the 2007-08 season (135-62).
• Drew is 32 wins shy of Baylor's all-time wins record held by Bill Henderson (201-239), despite coaching 130 fewer games.
• Drew has guided Baylor to four of its seven 20-win seasons in the program's 107-year history.
• Drew's squads have also done well in the classroom, as 23 players have earned degrees during his tenure.

BAYLOR'S RECENT SUCCESS IN THE BIG 12
• Baylor is 49-41 in Big 12 games in the last five-plus seasons and has tallied the four highest Big 12 win totals in program history during that span - 12 in 2011-12, 11 in 2009-10, 9 in 2007-08, and 7 in 2010-11.
• In the first 11 seasons of the Big 12 Conference, Baylor amassed a 45-131 league record. Prior to Scott Drew's arrival in 2003, Baylor won only 33 Big 12 games in the conference's first seven seasons.

BIG 12 ROAD IMPROVEMENT
• In the first 11 seasons of the Big 12 Conference era, Baylor won only 8 conference road games (8-80). Since then, Baylor has won 19 conference road games in the last six seasons (19-26).
• Baylor went 4-4 in Big 12 road games in 2007-08, 1-7 in 2008-09 (lone road win at Kansas State), 4-4 in 2009-10, 2-6 in 2010-11, 6-3 in 2011-12 and 2-2 this season.
• Baylor is 2-14 in Big 12 games played at Gallagher-Iba Arena, with the lone wins coming in 2003 and 2012.

JACKSON'S DOUBLE-FIGURE STREAK REACHES 28
• Pierre Jackson has scored in double figures in 28 straight games, averaging 18.6 points and 6.0 assists per game during the streak.
• Jackson's is the Big 12's longest active double-figure scoring streak, 19 ahead of the next closest - Kansas' Ben McLemore (9) and Iowa State's Will Clyburn (9).
• Jackson is the only player in the nation's top 30 in both points per game (19.1; 30th) and assists per game (5.9; 25th).
• Jackson has scored 520 points and dished out 169 assists during the 28-game streak.
• Jackson's streak is the longest by a Baylor player since LaceDarius Dunn went 32 games from March 6, 2010 to Feb. 26, 2011.

AUSTIN'S IMPROVEMENT
• Freshman Isaiah €ˆAustin is averaging 15.4 points, 10.8 rebounds and 1.7 blocks over his last 12 games.
• Austin averaged 12.9 points, 7.1 rebounds and 0.6 blocks over his first 7 collegiate games prior to the recent streak.
• Austin has 7 double-doubles, 11 double-figure scoring games and 8 double-figure rebounding games in his last 12 contests.
• The streak started with a 23-point, 17-rebound performance on Dec. 12, marking the 5th time a Baylor player has ever reached those numbers. That game was his 2nd career double-double, and 7 of his 8 double-doubles have been in the last 11 games.
• Kevin Durant (Texas) and Michael Beasley (Kansas State) are the only other Big 12 freshmen to reach those numbers in a game.

RICO'S REBOUNDS
• Freshman Rico €ˆGathers has recorded at least 10 rebounds in all 4 games in which he's played 20 or more minutes.
• Gathers is averaging one rebound every 2.78 minutes of playing time, which averages out to 14.4 rebounds per 40 minutes.
• Gathers ranks 13th in the Big 12 with 6.0 rebounds per game, which trails only teammate Isaiah Austin (9.4) among freshmen.
• Gathers is 4th in the Big 12 with 2.8 offensive rebounds per game, despite playing just 16.8 minutes per game.
• In Big 12 play, Gathers ranks 4th in the league with 8.0 rebounds per game and 2nd with 3.5 offensive rebounds per game.

JEFFERSON'S BREAKOUT CAMPAIGN
• Cory Jefferson started just one game in his first two seasons playing at Baylor (2009-10, 2011-12; redshirted 2010-11), while playing behind four frontcourt players currently in the NBA (Ekpe Udoh, Perry €ˆJones III, Quincy Acy and Quincy Miller).
• Jefferson has scored in double figures in 14 of 21 games this year, including three 20-point games and 6 double-doubles.
• Jefferson entered the season with a career high of 25 minutes, but he's played at least 27 minutes in 15 of 21 games this season.
• Jefferson scored more points in his first 12 games this season €ˆ(158) than in 55 career games over his first two years (148).

DOUBLE-DOUBLES ALL AROUND
• Baylor has accounted for 28% of the double-doubles by Big 12 players this season (20-of-72) - Baylor 20, Iowa State 16, Kansas 11, Texas Tech 7, West Virginia 5, TCU 4, €ˆTexas 3, Oklahoma State 2, Oklahoma 2, Kansas State 2.
• Isaiah Austin (8) and Cory €ˆJefferson (6) each have more double-doubles than 6 Big 12 teams (WVU, TCU, UT, €ˆOSU, OU, €ˆKSU).
• Rico Gathers (3), Pierre Jackson, Taurean Prince and L.J. €ˆRose have also had double-doubles this season.
• Austin is the nation's only freshman from a power conference with 8 double-doubles this season.
• Active Big 12 players have combined for 16 career double-digit assist games, and Jackson (6), A.J. Walton (2) and Rose (1) have combined for 9 of those 16 games with 10 or more assists.

DOMINATING POINTS IN THE PAINT
• Despite losing three frontcourt players to the 2012 NBA €ˆDraft, Baylor is averaging 35.7 points in the paint per game this season, and the Bears are holding opponents to 28.6 PIP per game.
• Frontcourt players Isaiah Austin (8.9 PIP/game), Cory Jefferson (8.7 PIP/game) and Rico Gathers (4.6 PIP/game) do most of the damage, along with point guard Pierre Jackson (5.4 PIP/game) and guard A.J. €ˆWalton (3.7 PIP/game).
• Jefferson has scored double figure points in the paint in 10 of 21 games, while Austin has done so in 8 of 19 games.
• Baylor set a Scott Drew era record with 68 points in the paint in its season-opening win against Lehigh.

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 96 more points to become the 8th 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 9.6 points per game over the next 10 games to reach 1,000 points prior to the postseason.
• Jackson is on pace to become the Bears' 26th all-time 1,000-point scorer and the 5th to get there in only two seasons, joining Dunn, Terry Teagle, Vinnie Johnson and William Chatmon.

WALTON ETCHING NAME IN RECORD BOOK
• A.J. €ˆWalton needs one more steal to become the second player in program history with 200+ career steals.
• Walton became the 5th player in program history with 400+ career assists when he recorded his 400th at Iowa State (2/2/13).
• Walton (89) needs one win to join Anthony Jones (91) and Quincy Acy (97) as Baylor's only players with 90+ career wins.

BEARS 11-1 WHEN OUT-REBOUNDING OPPONENT
• The Bears are 11-1 this season and 123-33 during the Scott Drew era when out-rebounding their opponent.
• Baylor is 8-3 this season and 62-16 in the Drew era when recording 40+ rebounds in a game.
• Conversely, Baylor is 4-6 this season and 49-98 in the Drew era when it doesn't out-rebound the opponent.
• Isaiah Austin (2nd, 9.4 rpg) and Cory Jefferson (4th, 8.2 rpg) both rank in the Big 12's top 5 in rebounding.
• Rico €ˆGathers is 13th in the Big 12 in rebounding (6.0) and 4th in offensive rebounding (2.8/game), despite averaging 16.8 minutes.

CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH A MADE 3-POINT FIELD GOAL - 678
• Baylor has made at least one 3-point field goal in 678 consecutive games - the Big 12's 2nd-longest active streak behind Texas.
• Baylor has connected from 3-point range in every game since Feb. 21, 1990, a win over Texas Tech.

NATIONAL RADIO COVERAGE
• Wednesday'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.BaylorBears.com. John €ˆMorris (play-by-play) and Pat Nunley (analyst) will serve as talent.
• Oklahoma State's radio broadcast is available nationally through satellite radio on Sirius 92 and XM 192.

UP NEXT
• Baylor returns from a pair of tough road games to play two consecutive conference home games for the first time this season.
• The Bears host Texas Tech at 3 p.m. Saturday on Big 12 Network and West Virginia on Feb. 13 at 8 p.m. on ESPN2.