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Men's Basketball 1/2/2016 12:00:00 AM
Jan. 2, 2016

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2/3 KANSAS 102 (12-1, 1-0), 23/21 BAYLOR 74 (10-3, 0-1)
Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016 Allen Fieldhouse (Lawrence, Kan.) Attendance: 16,300

BAYLOR POSTGAME NOTES

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
- Baylor and Kansas met for the 29th time. Baylor is 4-25 all-time against Kansas, including an 0-14 mark in Lawrence.
- Baylor fell to 0-14 all-time against teams ranked in the top 2 of the AP Top 25.
- Baylor fell to 8-8 against top-25 ranked teams since the start of the 2014-15 season.
- All 3 of Baylor's losses this season have been on the road against top-25 ranked teams.
- Baylor is 105-44 when ranked in the AP poll and 19-18 in January when ranked.
- Baylor is 46-52 under Drew in January games.
- Baylor is 113-47 over the last four-plus seasons.
- Baylor is 204-94 over the last eight-plus seasons.
- Baylor's starters were Lester Medford, Al Freeman, Ishmail Wainright, Taurean Prince and Rico Gathers ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" the group is 10-3 on the season as a starting unit.
- Baylor is 73-64 in Big 12 play since 2007-08 after going 45-131 in the league's first 11 years.

TEAM NOTES
- Baylor has made at least one three-point field goal in 779 consecutive games - the second-longest active streak in the Big 12 (Texas). The last time Baylor did not connect from three-point range was Feb. 21, 1990 vs. Texas Tech.
- Baylor is 21-36 when trailing the half over the last five seasons, including 0-3 this season.
- Baylor allowed 75+ points for just the 2nd time in its last 58 games and is 42-16 in that stretch.
- Baylor snapped its Big 12-leading streak of 61 straight games without allowing more than 80 points.
- Baylor allowed 100 points for the first time since Feb. 9, 2008, at Kansas.
- Baylor out-scored Kansas 16-7 in second-chance points with a 10-9 edge in offensive rebounds.
- Baylor had a season-low 8 assists as a team.
- Baylor had a season-low-tying 11 3-point attempts.
- Baylor had a season-high 31 free throw attempts.
- Baylor was whistled for a season-high-tying 24 personal fouls.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES
- Senior Taurean Prince (17 points) had his team-high 10th double-digit scoring game this season. It was his 49th career double-digit scoring game, and he's now 16 points shy of becoming Baylor's 30th 1,000-point scorer.
- Prince went 12-of-12 at the free throw line, breaking the Baylor record for most free throws made without a miss in a Big 12 Conference game. It tied the 3rd-most free throws made without a miss in any game in program history.
- Senior Rico Gathers (12 points) scored in double-figures for a team-leading 10th time this season and 45th time in his career.
- Gathers (team-high 9 rebounds) came up 1 rebound shy of his 31st career double-double (school record is 34).
- Senior Lester Medford (15 points) had his 7th double-figure scoring game of the season. It was his 20th career double-figure scoring game, and Baylor is 17-3 in those games.
- Medford (3 assists, 2 turnovers) had his 2nd game this season with a less than 2:1 assist-to-turnover ratio.
- Sophomore Johnathan Motley had 2 blocks, giving him 57 blocks in 47 career games. His 1.21 blocks per game average ranks 9th in program history. It was his 13th career game with 2+ blocks.
- Freshman Jake Lindsey had 1 assist and 0 turnovers in 20 minutes. He's had a 2:1 or better assist-to-turnover ratio in 12 of 13 games this season.

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Players Mentioned

Jake Lindsey

#3 Jake Lindsey

G
6' 5"
Freshman
HS
Al Freeman

#25 Al Freeman

G
6' 3"
Redshirt Freshman
Lester Medford

#11 Lester Medford

G
5' 10"
Junior
Ishmail Wainright

#24 Ishmail Wainright

G/F
6' 5"
Sophomore
Johnathan Motley

#12 Johnathan Motley

F
6' 9"
Freshman
Rico Gathers

#2 Rico Gathers

F
6' 8"
Freshman
Taurean Prince

#35 Taurean Prince

F
6' 7"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Jake Lindsey

#3 Jake Lindsey

6' 5"
Freshman
HS
G
Al Freeman

#25 Al Freeman

6' 3"
Redshirt Freshman
G
Lester Medford

#11 Lester Medford

5' 10"
Junior
G
Ishmail Wainright

#24 Ishmail Wainright

6' 5"
Sophomore
G/F
Johnathan Motley

#12 Johnathan Motley

6' 9"
Freshman
F
Rico Gathers

#2 Rico Gathers

6' 8"
Freshman
F
Taurean Prince

#35 Taurean Prince

6' 7"
Freshman
F