March 8, 2014

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BAYLOR POSTGAME NOTES

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
• Baylor became the first Big 12 team to win in Manhattan this season and snapped K-State's 15-game home winning streak.
• Today's game was the 30th meeting in the all-time series. Baylor now trails 14-16, including a 6-9 mark in Manhattan.
• Baylor is now 7-1 since Kenny Chery returned to the starting lineup following a turf toe injury.
• Baylor earned its 8th top-50 RPI win of the season.
• Baylor is now 18-29 when trailing at the half since the 2011-12 season - BU is 56-3 when leading at the half since 2011-12.
• Baylor finished the Big 12 season with a 4-5 road record, tying the 2nd-most road wins in its Big 12 history.
• Baylor's 21 wins tie the 8th-most in a season in program history (2007-08).
• Baylor's 9 wins in Big 12 play tied the Bears' 3rd-most in a Big 12 season.
• Baylor defeated Kansas State multiple times in the same season for the first time.
• Baylor is now 13-14 in Big 12 road games since 2011-12, and the Bears are 24-35 in Big 12 road games since 2007-08.
• Head coach Scott Drew recorded his 199th career win - he's 2 behind Baylor record holder Bill Henderson (201).
• Baylor tied for 6th place in the Big 12 standings, but the Bears lose the head-to-head tiebreaker with West Virginia, so BU will be the No. 7 seed at next week's Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship. BU will face No. 10 TCU at 8:30 p.m. CT on Wednesday.

TEAM NOTES
• Baylor had 9 assists and just 3 turnovers in the 2nd half. Baylor has combined for 41 assists and 9 turnovers as a team in the second halves of its last 5 games.
• Baylor has trailed at the half in 5 of its last 7 games, but the Bears have come back to win four of those games. BU trailed by 8 points at the break today.
• Baylor has made at least one 3-point field goal in 725 consecutive games - the 2nd-longest active streak in the Big 12 (Texas). The last time Baylor did not connect from 3-point range was Feb. 21, 1990 vs. Texas Tech.
• Baylor is 27-15 in March/April since 2009, and the Bears are 30-25 in March/April in the Drew era.
• Baylor is 165-79 since the start of the 2007-08 season.
• Baylor has won 26 of its last 36 games dating back to last season, with seven of the 10 losses coming against ranked teams.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES
• Cory Jefferson (16 points) had his 24th double-figure scoring game of the season and the 54th of his career (BU is 42-12 in those games).
• Jefferson (1,055 career points) moved into 23rd on Baylor's all-time scoring list, passing Don Heathington (1,040), Kelvin Chalmers (1,045), Winston Moore (1,046), Brady Heslip (1,052) and Jerry Mallett (1,053).
• Kenny Chery had career highs with 29 points, 13 free throws made and 14 free throw attempts - he made 13 straight free throws after missing his first. Chery also tied his career high with 3 steals (5th time).
• Chery scored in double figures for the 17th time this season and 6th time in the last 7 games, a stretch where he's averaging 17.7 points per game.
• Chery had his 6th 20-point game of the season (3rd in last 7 games).
• Isaiah Austin finished the Big 12 season with 57 blocks, tying former Bear Ekpe Udoh (57 in 2009-10) for 2nd-most ever in a conference season by a Big 12 play, trailing only Kansas' Jeff Withey (65 in 2011-12).
• Brady Heslip finished the Big 12 season with 63 3-pointers made, which ranks 2nd on the Big 12's all-time single-season list for conference play, trailing only OSU's Keiton Page (64 in 2011-12).
• Heslip (281 career 3-pointers) passed John Lucas (280) for 9th on the Big 12's career 3-pointers made list.
• Heslip (1,052 career points) moved into 24th on Baylor's all-time scoring list, passing Kelvin Chalmers (1,045) and Winston Moore (1,046).