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16/14 BAYLOR 104 (8-1), NR/NR HARDIN-SIMMONS 59 (6-5)
Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015
Abrams Field House (Fort Hood, Texas)
Attendance: 2,000

BAYLOR POSTGAME NOTES

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
- Baylor and Hardin-Simmons played the first-ever regular season college basketball game at Fort Hood.
- Baylor improves to 19-12 all-time against Hardin Simmons, including going 12-0 over the Cowboys since 1937.
- Baylor is 90-11 when leading at the half over the last four seasons, including 7-0 this season.
- Baylor is 103-42 when ranked in the AP poll and 27-3 when ranked in December.
- Baylor is 50-7 in November/December games when ranked in the AP poll.
- Baylor is 57-14 under Scott Drew in December games and 4-0 this season.
- Baylor is 111-45 over the last four-plus seasons.
- Baylor is 202-92 over the last eight-plus seasons.
- Baylor's starters were Lester Medford, Al Freeman, Ishmail Wainright, Taurean Prince and Rico Gathers -- the group is 8-1 on the season as a starting unit.

TEAM NOTES
- Baylor (40 team assists) set a new Baylor record for the most single game team assists in program history.
- Baylor is 186-50 under Drew and 8-0 this season when outrebounding its opponent (57-27).
- Baylor has made at least one 3-point field goal in 775 consecutive games - the second-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 has outscored every opponent this season in 2nd-chance points (17-8).
- Baylor overpowered Hardin Simmons on points in the paint (74-16).
- Baylor has gone 54 straight games without allowing 75 or more points, the nation's longest streak.
- Baylor is 123-54 under Drew when committing fewer turnovers than its opponent, including 6-0 this season.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES
- Senior Lester Medford (13 assists) set a new career-high in assists, topping his previous career high of nine.
- Medford tied for the 14th-most assists in a single game in school history.
- Medford became the first Baylor player to record double digit assists since Kenny Chery's 12 assists vs. Kansas State (2/15/14).
- Senior Rico Gathers (6 rebounds) extended his own school career rebound record to 947, moving to No. 9 on the Big 12 career rebounds list, passing Texas' Chris Mihm (945, 1998-00).
- Gathers (20 points) scored in double figures for the eighth time this season and 43rd time in his career.
- Gathers picked up his 81st career win to tie Tweety Carter (2006-10) for 7th on Baylor's all-time wins list.
- Sophomore Johnathan Motley (23 points) tied a season-high scoring effort, matching his scoring effort against Prairie View A&M (12/2/15).
- Taurean Prince (11 points) scored in double figures for the eighth time this season and the 47th time of his Baylor career. He has scored in double digits in 25 of his last 27 games.
- Prince (10 rebounds) had a double-digit rebounding effort for the second time this season and the sixth time in his career.
- Prince recorded his second double-double of the season and the fifth of his career.
- Al Freeman (12 points) scored in double-figures for the seventh time this season and the 14th time in his career.
- Freshman Jake Lindsey set career-highs in points (11), rebounds (9), steals (3), minutes played (22), and tied his career-high in assists (5).
- Junior Austin Mills scored his first points of the season, hitting a second-half three.