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No. 25/23 Baylor (4-1) vs. Prairie View A&M (0-6) Dec. 2, 2015 | 8:30 p.m. CT Waco, Texas | Ferrell Center (10,284) TV: FOX Sports Southwest-Plus Radio: ESPN Central Texas

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MEDIA INFORMATION Date Wednesday, Dec. 2 | 8:30 p.m. CT Location Waco, Texas; Ferrell Center (10,284) Tickets Purchase Tickets Online TV FOX Sports Southwest-Plus TV Talent John Morris (pxp), Jim Haller (color) Web Video BaylorBears.com Satellite Radio Sirius 134 BU Radio ESPN Central Texas BU Talent Pat Nunley (pxp), Nick Joos (color) Stats Game Notes Baylor | Prairie View A&M Social Media @BaylorMBB BAYLOR BEARS Record 4-1 Ranking 25 (AP), 23 (Coaches) Head Coach Scott Drew Career: 252-172 (14th season) BU Record: 232-161 (13th season) PRAIRIE VIEW A&M PANTHERS Record 0-6 Ranking nr (AP), nr (Coaches) Head Coach Byron Rimm II Career: 114-180 (10th season) PVAMU Record: 114-180 (10th season)

STORYLINES
- Wednesday's game will be televised on FOXà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Sports Southwest-Plus,à ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Baylor's 143rd straight televised game.
- Wednesday will mark the 14th series meeting. Baylor is 13-0 all-time vs. Prairie View with all games inà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Waco.
- Baylor has won 28 consecutive non-conference home games -- last loss toà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Northwestern on Dec. 4, 2012.
- Baylor has won 19 straight home games against unranked opponents -- last loss to WVU on Jan. 28, 2014.
- Baylor ranks top-10 nationally in assist pct. (4th, 72.2), offensive rebound pct. (7th, 41.9) and steal pct. (9th, 13.1).
- The Bears are also 17th nationally in both adjusted offensive (112.4) and defensive (93.1) efficiency.
- Baylor ranks 2nd in the Big 12 in scoring margin (+22.6), rebounding margin (+12.0) and 3-point percentage (.429).
- Baylor is ranked No. 25 by the AP and No. 23 in the coaches poll. BU has been ranked in 16 consecutive polls.
- Baylor is 46-7 in November/December games when ranked in the AP poll and 59-12 in home games when APà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € ranked.
- Baylor was the only major conference team to hold every opponent under 75 points last season, and the Bears have gone 50 consecutive games without allowing 75 points.
- Baylor, Michiganà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € State and Oklahoma are the only schools AP-ranked in football and men's and women's basketball.
- Baylor has a .704 winning percentage over the last four-plus seasons (107-45).
- Ricoà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Gathers has 894 career rebounds and needs 22 more to break Brian Skinner's school record of 915.
- Taureanà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Prince has scored in double figures in 22 of the last 23 games, averaging 15.8 ppg in that stretch.
- Al Freeman has scored in double figures in all 5 games this season -- he had 7 double-digit scoring games last year.
- Lester Medford has 11 career starts at point guard and has 60 assists and 22 turnovers in those games (2.7 A-T ratio).
- Ishmail Wainright is the Big 12's only player averaging at least 6 rebounds (6.4) and 3.5 assists (3.8).
- Sophomores Johnathan Motley and Terryà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Maston and freshman King McClure combine to average 25.0 points per game off the bench. They've accounted for 86 percent of Baylor's bench scoring (125 of 146 points).
- Baylor is 40-14 in its last 54 games dating back to Feb. 12, 2014. Twelve of the 14 losses have been away from home (7 road, 5 neutral) and nine losses have been against ranked teams.
- Baylor is 198-92 (24 wins per season) over the last 8-plus seasons and has made 7 postseason appearancesà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € (NCAA Tournament -- 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015; NIT -- 2009, 2013).
- Baylor is 48-0 all-time against current Southwestern Athletic Conference teams.
- Baylor is 301-70 in football and men's and women's basketball since 2011-12, the nation's best record in that span.

QUICK HITS
- Drew is coaching his 394th game at Baylor (232-161). His .590 winning percentage is best in BU history among coaches with 60+ games, and his teams have a .683 winning percentage since 2007-08.
- Baylor is 86-11 when leading at the half over the last four seasons, including 4-0 this season.
- BUà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € has won 38% of its games (21-34) when tied or trailing at half since 2011-12, including 0-1 this season.
- Baylor is 37-22 in games decided by 5 or fewer points and 10-2 in overtime games since 2008-09.
- Baylor has been ranked in the AP Preseasonà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Poll in 5 of the last 6 seasons -- last year was the lone exception.
- Baylor is one of 13 teams to be nationally ranked in each of the last nine seasons.
- Baylor was picked 5th in the Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll, behind Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa State and Texas.
- Drew is tied with Kansas' Bill Self as the longest tenured head coach in the Big 12 Conference (13th seasons).
- Baylor has more Big 12 wins in the last 7 seasons (73-63) than its first 11 years in the league combined (45-131).
- Baylor is 28-12 in postseason tournaments (conference, national) over the last seven seasons.
- Baylor's 5 NBAà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Draft picks in the last 4 years ranks 8th nationally behind Kentucky, Duke, Syracuse, Kansas, Arizona, North Carolina and UCLA.
- BU is 86-6 under Drew when holding teams under 60 points, including a 12-2 mark last season.
- Baylor has the Big 12's 2nd-longest active streak (16th-longest nationally) with at least one 3-point FG made in 771 consecutive games. The last time BU didn't make a 3-pointer was Feb. 21, 1990, a win vs.à ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Texas Tech.

SERIES HISTORY
- Wednesday's game will be the 14th meeting in the all-time series.à ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € The Bears are 13-0 all-time against PVAMU and have a 30.1-point average margin of victory in the series (93.7-63.6)
- The closest any game has been in the series was a 13-point BU win in 1996 (76-63). Eleven of the 13 wins have been by 22+ points, and the Bears have scored 90+ points in 5 of the last 6 series meetings (10 of 13 overall).
- All 13 series meetings have been in Waco, and 7 of 13 have come during the Drew era.
- Baylor is 48-0 all-time against current SWAC members.

LAST TIME VS. PRAIRIE VIEW A&M
- Baylor built a 15-point halftime lead at 37-22, and the Bears cruised to a 60-45 win on Nov. 21, 2014.
- PVAMU's 45 points were the 3rd-fewest by a Baylor opponent during the 2014-15 season.
- Taurean Prince led all scorers with 15 points on 6-of-7 shooting in 22 minutes off the bench.
- Ricoà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Gathers had a double-double with 12 points and 13 boards in 28 minutes.

HALFTIME ADJUSTMENTS
- Baylor has won 89% of its games when leading at the half since 2011-12. The Bears are 86-11 when leading at the break in that stretch (4-0 in 2015-16, 21-7 in 2014-15, 18-2 in 2013-14, 17-1 in 2012-13 and 26-1 in 2011-12).
- BU has won 38% of games in which its been tied or trailing at the half since 2011-12, going 21-34 in those.
- BU has led at halftime in 97 of 152 games over the last four-plus seasons. With wins in 86 of those 97 games, and victories in 21 of 55 games it has trailed or been tied at the half, Baylor is 107-45 since 2011-12.

ONE OF THREE RANKED IN FB, MBB AND WBB
- Baylor, Michigan State and Oklahoma are the only schools ranked by the AP in football, men's and women's basketball.
- Baylor men's basketball is ranked No. 25, football is No. 12 and women's basketball is No. 4.
- Michigan State is ranked No. 5 in football, No. 3 in men's basketball and No. 19 in women's basketball. Oklahoma is No. 3 in football,à ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € No. 6 in men's basketball and No. 21 in women's basketball.
- Baylor, Louisville and Michigan State were the only teams to finish the 2014-15 academic year ranked in the final AP Polls for all three sports.

ELITE OFFENSIVE EFFICIENCY
- Baylor's offense has ranked among the nation's top 20 in KenPom's adjusted offensive efficiency metric in 7 of the last 8 seasons entering 2015-16, joining Duke as the only teams to make that claim.
- Through five games this season,à ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Baylor is No. 17 nationally in adjusted offensive efficiency.
- Baylor was No. 18 in 2014-15, No. 9 in 2013-14, No. 14 in 2012-13, No. 8 in 2011-12, No. 3 in 2009-10, No. 11 in 2008-09 and No. 11 in 2007-08.
- Most times ranked inà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € nation's top-20 from 2007-08--2014-15: Duke-8, Baylor-7, Arizona-5, Kansas-5, Kentucky-4, Northà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Carolina-4, Ohioà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € State-4.

PRINCE IN DOUBLE FIGURES IN 22 OF LAST 23
- Taureanà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Prince has scored in double figures in 22 of the last 23 games, averaging 15.8 ppg during that span.
- Prince has eight 20-point games in that 23-game stretch after scoring 20+ in three of 77 previous games.
- Since Jan. 17, his only game not scoring 10+ points was the 2015 Big 12 Championship semifinals vs. Kansas.
- Prior to this 23-game span,à ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Prince had 22 career double-figure scoring games in 77 career games played.

GATHERS CHASING REBOUNDING RECORD
- Rico Gathers ranks 2nd in Baylor history with 894 career rebounds, just 21 back of Brian Skinner's school record of 915 boards. At his current career average, he'll need 3 more games to break the record.
- Gathers has 26 career double-doubles, tops among active Big 12 players and 4th-most in Baylor history.
- Gathers and Prince are in a race to become Baylor's 29th player to reach 1,000 career points. Gathers needs 86 more points and Prince needs 141 more. The first one to reach 1,000 will be the 11th of the Scott Drew era.

FREEMAN GROWING INTO STARTING ROLE
- Sophomore Alà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Freeman has moved into the starting shooting guard role after coming off the bench last year.
- Freeman has scored in double figures in all five games this season after scoring 10+ points in back-to-back games just once as a freshman. He also posted back-to-back 20-point games against Oregon and Jackson State.
- Freeman ranks 4th in the Big 12 in scoring (17.2), 2nd in 3-pointers made (2.8/gm), 5th in minutes played (31.2), 7th in 3-point percentage (.519), 7th in free throw percentage (.875), 9th in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.0) and 10th in field goal percentage (.558).

THREE M'S PROVIDING SPARK OFF BENCH
- Sophomores Johnathan Motley and Terryà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Maston and freshman King McClure combine to average 25.0 points per game off the bench. They've accounted for 86 percent of Baylor's bench scoring (125 of 146 points).
- Motley started all 34 games as a redshirt freshman last year, but he's come off the bench this season and is averaging 13.0 points in 21.0 minutes per game, including double-digit scoring in four of five games.
- Maston has already scored more points (28) and played more minutes (66) than all of last seasonà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € (19 points in 36 mintues). He's averaging 5.6 points and 4.6 rebounds in 13.2 minutes per game.
- McClure is averaging 6.4 points in 14.4 minutes per game off the bench. He's scored in double-figures twice and connected on at least one 3-pointer in 4 of 5 games. He ranks 4th in the Big 12 with in 3-point percentage (.571).

SECOND-MOST WINS AMONG BIG 12 TEAMS SINCE 2011-12
- Baylor is 107-45 since 2011-12, which trails only Kansas (119-33) among Big 12 teams (thru 11/30/15).
- Iowa State (104-40) is 3rd, Oklahoma State (93-55) is 4th, Kansas State (89-50) is 5th, Oklahoma (86-49) is 6th, Texas (82-60) is 7th, West Virginia (80-59) is 8th, TCU (59-75) is 9th and Texas Tech (50-81) is 10th.

PICKED FIFTH IN BIG 12 PRESEASON POLL
- Baylor was picked to finish fifth in the 2016 Big 12 Conference Preseason Poll in a vote by the league's head coaches in October. It's the fifth time in the last six seasons BUà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € has been picked in the top half of the league.
- In the last nine seasons, BU has been picked 9th in 2007-08 (NCAA Tournament), 3rd in 2008-09 (NIT runner-up), 10th in 2009-10 (Elite Eight), 4th in 2010-11, 3rd in 2011-12 (Elite Eight), 2nd in 2012-13 (NITà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € champions), 3rd in 2013-14 (Sweet 16), t-6th in 2014-15 (NCAAà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Tournament) and 5th (2015-16).

RANKED IN NINE STRAIGHT SEASONS
- Baylor joins Kansas as the only two Big 12 Conference schools to be ranked in each of the last nine seasons.
- Baylor has been ranked for at least three weeks in each of the last nine seasons, including an active streak of 16 consecutive weeks ranked.
- Baylor is one of 13 schools to be nationally ranked in each of the last nine seasons.

NATION'S BEST IN THREE MAJOR SPORTS
- Since 2011-12, Baylor has the nation's most combined wins across football and men's and women's basketball.
- The Bears are 301-70 in that span, giving Baylor 77 more wins than any other Big 12 team, and seven more than the next closest team nationally (Notre Dame at 294-74).

DREW AMONG NATION'S ELITE
- Head coach Scott Drew is the youngest of 11 coaches nationally to take his current program to three Sweet 16 appearances in the last six seasons.
- Drew (45) is joined by Xavier's Chris Mack (45), Arizona's Sean Miller (47), Ohio State's Thad Matta (48), Kansas' Bill Self (52), Kentucky's John Calipari (56), Michigan State's Tom Izzo (60), Louisville's Rick Pitino (63), Wisconsin's Bo Ryan (67), Duke's Mike Krzyzewski (68) and Syracuse's Jim Boeheim (71).

ALL-TIME WINS LEADER
- Scott Drew holds Baylor's school record with 232 career wins as head coach.
- Drew's .590 winning percentage is the best ever by a Baylor coach with 60+ games at the helm.

NATION'S FOURTH-BEST POSTSEASON RECORD
- Baylor's 17-5 postseason record over the past seven seasons is the nation's fourth-best among teams with three or more NCAAà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Tournament berths since 2009.
- The Bears' 17 postseason wins trail only Kentucky (24), North Carolina (20), Michiganà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € State (20), Duke (19) and Louisville (18) during that span.
- Baylor went 4-1 and advanced to the 2009 NIT Championship game, 3-1 on their way to NCAA Tournament Elite Eight berths in 2010 and 2012, 5-0 to claim the 2013 NIT title and 2-1 on its way to the 2014 Sweet 16.

BAYLOR BASKETBALL ON THE RADIO
- Baylor basketball is aired live via the Baylor-IMG College Radio Network on ESPNà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Central Texas and flagship station 1660AM ESPN Radio (KRZI) in Waco and worldwide on Sirius XM Radio. All games are broadcast by the "Voice of the Bears" John Morris and former Baylor basketball standout Pat Nunley. Morris is in his 28th year doing Baylor broadcasts, while Nunley is in his 33rd season as color analyst.
- The radio call from all of Baylor's games can be heard live on the Internet at www.BaylorBears.com.

BEARS ADD PAIR OF 2016 SIGNEES
- Baylor signed a pair of highly-rated 2016 prospects during the early signing period.
- The Bears inked prep forward Mark Vital (Lake Charles,à ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € La.) and JuCo forward Nuni Omot (Mahtomedi, Minn.).
- Vital is a 6-foot-6, 200-pound forward, who is ranked as high as No. 55 nationally by 247Sports.com. He began his prep career at Washington-Marion HS inà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Lake Charles and currently attends Dallas'à ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Advanced Preparatory International.
- Omot is a 6-foot-9, 205-pound forward, who is ranked the No. 1 JuCo prospect at his position. He began his collegiate career at DII Concordia in St. Paul, Minn., and is currently plays at Indian Hills CCà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € in Ottumwa, Iowa.

UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS
- Baylor has enjoyed unprecedented success over the last seven seasons under 13th-year head coach Scott Drew. Since the start of the 2007-08 season, Baylor is 198-92 (24 wins per season) and has made seven postseason appearancesà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € (NCAA -- 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014; NITà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € -- 2009, 2013) and posted seven 20-win seasons.
- Prior to 2007-08, Baylor won only 135 games in the first 11 seasons of the Big 12 era (12.3 wins per season).
- Baylor has made 14 postseason appearances (seven under Drew) and won 20+ games just 10 times (seven under Drew) in the program's first 109 seasons.

MEASURABLES
- Johnathan Motley has Baylor's longest wingspan at 7'3.5", followed by Jo Acuil at 7'3", Ishmail Wainright at 7'1.5", Taureanà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Prince at 6'11.5", Terry Maston at 6'11" and Ricoà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Gathers at 6'10.5".
- John Heard has Baylor's highest vertical jump at 39.5", followed by Lester Medford and Alà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Freeman at 37". Motley's 36" vertical is best among big men, followed by Prince, Gathers and Maston at 34.5".
- Gathers has the longest hands at 10.5", followed by Maston, Acuil and Prince at 9".
- Jake Lindsey has the team's widest hands at 10.25", followed by Motley and Wainright at 9.5".
- Wendell Mitchell recorded the fastest NBA Sprint Test at 3.01, followed by Prince and Manu Lecomte at 3.02.

UP NEXT
- Baylor continues its stretch of six consecutive home games with Sunday's 7 p.m. game against No. 16 Vanderbilt.
- With its No. 16 ranking, Vanderbilt will be the first AP-ranked non-conference opponent to visit the Ferrellà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Center since Tony Bennett's No. 6 Washington State team defeated the Bears 67-64 on Nov. 30, 2007.
- Sunday's game will be televised nationally on ESPNU.

Before hosting their first nationally ranked non-conference opponent at the Ferrell Center in eight years, the No. 23/25 Baylor Bears (4-1) face a winless Prairie View A&M team (0-6) at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.

In one of the biggest marquee matchups this fall, the Bears will host No. 13/16 Vanderbilt (5-1) Sunday night in a game that will be broadcast by ESPNU. The Commodores are the first AP-ranked non-conference opponent to visit the Ferrell Center since No. 6 Washington State escaped with a 67-64 win on Nov. 30, 2007.

Prairie View, which has yet to play a home game, trailed Wisconsin by just six at halftime before falling to last year's national runners-up, 85-67, last Wednesday in Madison.

"As a coaching staff, we preach to the guys each and every game that you need to be prepared," Baylor coach Scott Drew said. "And if you're not, they've all seen the list of upsets. They happen nightly. . . . That's the great thing about playing in front of a crowd. When you step out in the arena and you get the student section and Baylor Nation there, that usually locks you in and gets you focused."

Through the first five games, Baylor has been one of the most efficient offensive teams in the nation, averaging 87 points per game, shooting 49.2 percent from the field and maintaining a 1.65-1 assist-to-turnover ratio with 109 assists and only 66 turnovers.

But as good as they've been, Drew believes the Bears can be even better.

"We still want to get our turnovers to single digits, if we can," he said. "There are some turnovers we can live with. Early in the year, especially, you tend to make more mistakes not knowing exactly when your teammate wants to shoot and what shot he wants to shoot. Especially with the new guys, because things are always different when the lights are on. You get a feel for them in practice, but you have to get a feel for them in games."

Ish Wainright, a 6-5 junior wing, said there are times when the Bears are too unselfish.

"Sometimes, you'll see us pass the ball a little too much," said Wainright, who is third on the team with 3.8 assists per game. "Somebody gets a wide-open 3, and they'll turn it down and kick it out, and the next thing you know it's a turnover. That's something we've been working on - seeing who is the best passer on the team."

Scoring certainly hasn't been a problem. Four players are averaging double-figure points, led by sophomore guard Al Freeman at 17.2 Taurean Prince has had back-to-back 20-point games and has upped his average to 15.6, while Rico Gathers and Johnathan Motley are both at 13.0.

"If you just have one scorer, it's easy for the defense to really focus and concentrate on one person," Drew said. "When you have multiple guys step up and make plays, now all of a sudden you're a lot harder to defend. Partly why Al was able to get off to a good start was because everyone was so conscious of where Rico, (Prince), Lester (Medford) and Motley were. Now, the shift is focused more on Al, which has freed up other people. You love to have that balance."

Freshman guard King McClure is one of the best shooters on the team, hitting 57.1 percent from the floor and 53.3 percent beyond the 3-point arc. He has already scored in double figures twice and is averaging 6.4 points per game.

"Coming out of high school, I had the ball in my hand every possession," McClure said. "No, I have to find my role and fit in, because we already have leaders - TP, Rico, Lester and Ish, and even Al is stepping up. I have to find my role. I have a lot to learn from them to make the team better."

Junior guard Tevin Bellinger pumped in 21 points against Wisconsin and is leading the Tigers with a 14.7-point average, while 6-8 junior forward Admassu Williams is averaging 12.2 points and a team-best 7.5 rebounds.

"There's parity in college basketball, and our guys know you have to be ready," Drew said. "More importantly, the upperclassmen do a good job making sure the underclassmen know the importance of each and every game. Last year, you could have said in the NCAA Tournament, `Were you worried about the first game or the next game?' We all know each game matters, and that's a good reminder for all of us."