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4/5 BAYLOR (9-0) 89, NR/NR SOUTHERN (4-6) 59
Wed., Dec. 14, 2016
Ferrell Center (Waco, Texas)
Attendance: 5,091

BAYLOR POSTGAME NOTES

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
- Baylor is 1 of 6 remaining undefeated Division I teams.
- Baylor is off to a 9-0 start for the 1st time since 2011-12. It ties the 4th-best start in program history.
- Baylor has won 40 consecutive non-conference home games, dating back to Dec. 12, 2012.
- Baylor's 134 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (157).
- Baylor is 165-62 all-time at home under Scott Drew, has had 12 or more wins each season since 2006-07 (147-38) and is 6-0 this season at the Ferrell Center.
- Baylor and Southern met for the 8th time. The Bears are now 8-0 all-time in the series.
- Baylor is 51-0 all-time against current SWAC teams.
- Baylor is 30-9 all-time when top-10 ranked.
- Baylor's starting lineup was Jo Lual-Acuil Jr., Manu Lecomte, Ishmail Wainright, Al Freeman, and Johnathan Motley ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" the group is 8-0 on the season as a starting unit.
- Baylor hosted its first game when ranked as a top-5 team since Jan. 21, 2012. It was the 7th-game overall in program history with a top-5 ranking.
- Baylor has won all 9 games this season by at least 3 points and averages a +16.2 scoring margin. - Drew, the program's all-time win leader, is in his 15th season overall (278-183) and 14th at Baylor (258-172).
- Drew is 225-103 since 2007-08 ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" the first year he had a full allotment of scholarships.
- Baylor is 19-1 in December games since 2013.

TEAM NOTES
- Baylor scored a season-high 89 points in the game.
- Baylor shot a season-high 57.1 percent from the floor (36-63).
- Baylor forced a season-high 19 turnovers.
- Baylor opened the game on an 11-0 run and never led by less than 8 points the rest of the way.
- Baylor closed the first half on a 9-0 run to extend a 43-26 lead to 26 points (52-26) over the final 2:08.
- Baylor's 52 first-half points are the most at halftime against a Division I opponent since scoring 59 in the first half in the NIT first-round game against Long Beach State on March 20, 2013.
- Baylor last scored 50 or more points at half on Nov. 13, 2015 against Savannah State (51).
- Baylor has made at least one 3-point field goal in 809 consecutive games ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" 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 is 5-0 this season when leading at halftime.
- Baylor has won by double-digits in 33 of its last 39 non-conference home games, including 25 of the last 28 games.
- Baylor is 229-23 under Drew when shooting a higher percentage than its opponent and 8-0 this season.
- Baylor led in bench scoring (26-6), points off turnovers (29-10) and points in the paint (50-36).
- Baylor never trailed in the game. It is the third time this season that the Bears have led for the entire game.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES
- Johnathan Motley (20 Points, 10 rebounds) recorded the 7th double-double of his career and the 2nd this season.
- Motley scored in double digits for the seventh time in eight games. It was 32nd time in his career to accomplish the feat. It was his 2nd game this season with 20 or more points this season and his 11th time in his career.
- Motley had a double digit number of rebounds for the 8th time in his career.
- Motley scored the first 7 points of the game.
- Ishmail Wainright tied a career-high with 14 points. He also had 14 points against Sam Houston State on Nov. 30, 2016.
- Wainwright tallied double digit points for the third time this season and the ninth time in his career.
- Wainright tied a career-high with 5 steals. He also had 5 against Sam Houston State on Nov. 30, 2016.
- Al Freeman (14 Points) scored in doubles figures for the 3rd-straight game, the 6th time this season and the 33rd-time in his career.
- Jo Lual-Acuil Jr. (10 Points) scored in double digits for the fifth time this season.
- Lual-Acuil Jr. had 4 blocks in the game. It was his fourth-straight game with 4 or more blocks. He now has 7 such games on the season.
- King McClure (10 points) scored in double digits for the third time in four games, after being held scoreless in the previous four. He has 9 double-digit scoring efforts in his career.
- Jake Lindsey had a career-high with 8 assists. He previously had a career-high of 6 against Texas A&M on Dec. 19, 2015.
- Manu Lecomte had 8 assists in the game, which is tied for his 2nd-most in a game this season.
- Nuni Omot played in his first game in a BU uniform, after being ineligible during the fall semester. He scored 8 points on 3-of-6 shooting.